My size identity is “normal human size,” so no, my size identity doesn’t affect my body image. I’m 5’10", which is pretty average. Boring answer, I know.
@TakoAlice8 said in Does your size identity affect your body image?:
I hope you can see, obviously I identify strictly as a tiny
No, I CAN’T see…because you’re just so very, very small. 
Maybe jump up and down and wave your arms around a bit?
(I hope that made you feel small, if only for a split second.)
@BryTheGuy Yes and no. I like the idea of the micro-sized shrinking, but once they enter the human body, it kind of kills the potential for interaction. Tinyness without interaction seems like “theoretical tinyness” rather than “tinyness in practice.” It’s like being a parent…if I’m the father of a child who I’ve never met, and I don’t even know my child exists, does that make me a parent? Technically, yes, it does. In theory. But not in any real practical way.
When the tinies are actually inside someone’s body, it doesn’t really “feel” like they’re tiny. It feels like they’re explorers on an alien planet, because the stuff they’re interacting with isn’t stuff that we recognize from our everyday lives. It’s alien. If the tinies are thumb-sized, we have a reference point for their tinyness, because ordinary objects like pencils are now significantly larger than they are. But when the tinies are inside a human body and surrounded by giant red blood cells, we don’t have an obvious reference point for their tinyness. It’s like the question about the tree falling in the forest…
@skysayl We could probably make the series of words even MORE random! 
“Lose consciousness atop the grooves of the phalangeal extremity belonging to myself”
[giant makes a persistent subtle buzzing sound to gaslight the tiny into thinking the buzzing is coming from her own brain]
Girl, you so fine, you should sleep on my fingerprint and arrange your body into an S shape.
Because you’re a “prints S.”
This isn’t related to roleplaying or size stuff specifically, but I would disagree with the idea that cheating is the point when you romantically desire someone else more than your partner. The thing about desire is that it’s not really something we can consciously control. I think it’s very unrealistic to expect that you will never see or encounter anyone who seems more desirable to you than your partner in some way, especially considering that there are eight billion people on this planet. What are the odds that the person you chose to build a relationship with is going to always and indefinitely be the most desirable person in the world to you? Very, very low. Plus people change, and relationships change over time, so you can’t expect desire to remain absolutely constant. That’s why long-term relationships are based on commitment and not on desire alone. That’s why it used to be so hard to get a divorce: it was meant to deter married people from abandoning their commitments just because they were having a bad day or a bad year, or because they saw a hot person in a bar and became infatuated.
I think there’s a world of difference between desire and action. I might hate my boss, and I might desperately want to wring his neck, but does that make me a murderer or a violent person? No. I’m not guilty of violence unless I act upon my desires, or unless I start making a plan to hurt my boss and I intend to follow through on that plan. When desire turns into action or serious intention, that’s when the line has been crossed. It’s the same way with cheating or with other “crimes.” Desire alone does not equal guilt.
Desire is involuntary, but action is voluntary. Action is something you can control, but desire is generally outside of your control…that’s the key difference. Why am I harping on this? Partly because I don’t want anyone to beat themselves up for something they can’t control. I don’t want anyone to beat themselves up for having perfectly natural and understandable desires that every human has. But the other reason is that I don’t want to see anyone use desire as an excuse. If you believe that having certain desires automatically makes you guilty, then it’s easier to rationalize certain behaviors to yourself. You might think, “I’m already guilty of cheating, because I desire someone else more than my partner…therefore I might as well do what my desires tell me to do, since I’m guilty either way!”
Yes, I have had size interactions in real life, but I was the one who initiated them, so I’m not sure if that still “counts.” 
I’ve romantically/flirtatiously roleplayed size stuff with more than one girl I was potentially interested in. I did it in a normie-friendly, playful way, not in a kinky-sounding way or in a way that would set off a normal person’s creep-o-meter. I never told them it was a kink or a special interest of mine or anything like that, because:
When I did this roleplaying, there were a couple girls who got really, REALLY into it. They embraced being tiny and loved every second of it (and embraced the idea of staying tiny indefinitely). No, I don’t think they had a size kink, and I don’t think they were sexually turned on by the sizey stuff itself…I think they just really enjoyed the emotions (and the flirtation) that came with the fantasy. I think it’s a fantasy that speaks to something pretty universal in the female psyche, which is the same reason why Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey became so mega-popular. I never got a negative response from any of the girls I tried it on. Maybe a couple neutral responses, but most of the time, the responses were either positive or VERY positive.
The same personality types I like in real life: sweet, submissive, possibly shy (but not so shy that it’s impossible to interact with her), childlike (not childish).
And I’d definitely prefer if she enjoys being tiny, or at least doesn’t hate it once she’s had a chance to get used to it and get past the initial shock and fear.
@coolguy69 Yes, I do relate. I’m a straight guy, and everyone expects straight guys to be extremely into nudity and sexual content. But I’m “weird.” I’m generally not a fan of NSFW size content, although there are exceptions to that rule. When I DO enjoy the NSFW stuff, it’s not for the reasons you would expect…I usually enjoy the non-NSFW elements of it. And I’m also not into nudity…I prefer tinies to be clothed. (Although it can be great when a woman shrinks out of her clothes and has to wear makeshift clothes…depending on what the makeshift clothes are!) Strangely, I don’t consider myself to be asexual at all…I feel like my preferences would be less weird if I WERE asexual! 
At least then it would be “expected.”
And yeah, I don’t like cruel stuff at all (although lighthearted teasing and being “fake mean” to the tiny can be fun). There are a number of things in size content that are turnoffs for me, like tiny men, furry stuff, bodily functions, etc., and cruelty or sadism is definitely one of my turnoffs. The idea of being on either the giving end or the receiving end of ACTUAL mistreatment or meanness or anything truly degrading–either in fantasy or in real life–just makes me feel disgusted.
So I guess we’ll say my tastes are very “soft.” If super-violent, rapey size content is hard liquor, then I’m the one drinking a virgin strawberry daiquiri. (Interestingly, I don’t drink alcohol at all in real life, and I never have. I wonder if there’s some sort of relationship between my habits and preferences in one area of life and my proclivities in other areas. There probably is…at least a tiny bit.)
Personally, I’m skeptical of the claim that “these guys were dominated by women from an early age, so they eroticized their pain and turned it into pleasure.” That’s one possible explanation, but it could also be pure coincidence. We’re not hearing from all the guys who were dominated by women and DIDN’T develop a size kink, so we don’t really have any group we can use for comparison. I think most men who had these unpleasant childhood experiences probably wouldn’t be very forthcoming about it when talking with strangers or acquaintances…UNLESS they were trying to come up with a possible explanation for why they developed an unusual fixation. Searching for answers to that question might cause you to go to places where you wouldn’t otherwise go.
My mom was very domineering and controlling (and still is), and my sister took after my mom. As a kid, I was frequently dominated by both of them to varying degrees, even though my sister was two years younger than I was. I hated every second of it. I didn’t develop an interest in giantesses or being dominated. To this day, the thought of being dominated or degraded by a woman is a MASSIVE turn-off for me. Instead of being interested in giantesses, I had an interest in protecting tiny women (I’m definitely not a switch). I think I had this interest by the time I was six, if not younger, and I don’t remember it being triggered by a particular event or a particular piece of media.
Anyway, my childhood experience was somewhat similar to the experiences reported by these male GTS fans, and my interests went in completely the opposite direction, compared to theirs. I realize that I’m a minority in the size community, though. I also realize that my experience could be an exception, and exceptions don’t necessarily disprove the theory.
@littlest-lily See? Playing video games DOES lead to real-life violence!! If you grew up playing Tetris, you can’t resist the urge to insert snugly-fitting things into other things. It’s all downhill from there… 
@foreverlurk Exactly…I believe Google is pure evil. And so are Apple, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, etc., because they’re all wannabe dictators whose end goal is to get as much power as possible (by any means possible) and to control everyone forever, appointing themselves as our unelected rulers. If I could avoid giving money to any of them, I would, but it’s pretty much impossible to do that without swearing off computers and phones altogether.
“Do not trust Google Drive”? I think it would be most accurate to say “Don’t trust Google…ever.”
@SmolChlo said in What are your favorite clothing items for giants/tinies?:
@skysayl ugh and I just love it when they stop directly above like that! So intimidating. Like halp I’m jus a smol bug
Oh, this is a thing I do with female tinies at the office. I lift up my shoe and rest it on the top of her head ever so slightly, then when someone asks what I’m doing, I say, “Look! She’s wearing a giant as a hat!” (Very topical, since this thread is about the best clothing for tinies.)
It also makes a great last-minute Halloween costume idea. Sort of like a couples costume…
I like feminine, flowy stuff like dresses and skirts, or makeshift clothing (the fact that makeshift clothing often resembles a dress anyway doesn’t hurt). Makeshift clothing can add to the cuteness factor, and it also emphasizes the fact that the tiny is living in an alien world that’s not made for her.
Some people say tinies should wear “practical” clothing, like combat boots and cargo pants, because life as a tiny can be demanding. Personally, the more practical and utilitarian the clothing is, the less interesting it is to me. Tiny women are better when they don’t look like Navy SEALs.
I’m not really a fan of doll clothes (unless they look exactly like regular clothes)…only because the more the tiny resembles a toy that a child would play with, the more it reminds me of “kiddie content.” If I’m envisioning a romantic or sexual scenario involving a tiny woman, I don’t want to be thinking about ANYTHING child-related or child-adjacent…for obvious reasons. 
That just feels uncomfortable.