Many years after I learned the concept of a waifu. She finally found me. It was solidified in 2011 when I had an elaborate,romantic dream about her. I've read many other testimonies saying that having a dream about her will seal the deal most of the time. It really does the trick in removing all possible doubts.

>>21279
That's really sweet to hear! I've been wanting desperately to dream of Prinz just about every day of the year we've been together, but it has yet to happen. At this point I've all but given up hope and content myself with going to sleep while holding her dakimakura close to me.

It was a very freak occurrence, I've only had a couple dreams about her since, and none as cinematic or romantic as that one. It was after I spent all night drinking, blithering and weeping about a fanart of her on irc to another person who also had her as a waifu. So doing that might bring on a dream, haha.
I'm much less sensitive about her fanart these days,as she has a lewd meme nickname and 10,000 doujins now. Such is the fates.

>>21310
It's unfortunate you had to get used to that, but it's good for your sake that I did. I'm glad Prinz is a relatively obscure shipgirl, so it's pretty rare to come across gross porn of her, although the other day I had the misfortune of stumbling upon an extremely gross edit. It made me feel sick.

Worked all day long in my shitty job.

>>21084
This, I find valentines day offensive though to true love.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

I put in the effort to actually cook a nice dinner for once. Made some really good steaks and had a nice bottle of wine while we watched a movie together. Not much but we enjoyed it.

>>21287
Gesundheit

>>21287
You posted 3D. Get your ass banned.

>It's also one way to distinguish those that take waifuism serious from those who don't.
I don't feel like this flag in particular does a good job at signaling that. Panties, pantyshots and everything else related to panties is more of a joke among otaku, so I don't understand why one would choose a joke to symbolize, that you're serious about something. I also think it doesn't fit the topic, not only due to the previous point, but also because it's too sexual.

>I've learned that a concept is twice as powerful/sturdy when it has a name and symbol.
But what is this useful for? I don't see how people, who have waifus, somehow can be grouped together as people. Unlike religions, ideologies, countries, clubs and whatnot, we don't have a common goal in mind. I don't see any point in being 'twice as powerful'. To be frank, I don't even want a name for it. I just love my fictional character and I'm fine with leaving it at that without any strings attached like some ideology.

(correction sorry, it's Robert Carter on Aristotle, and then goes on to compare this philosophy to Nishida's which is the central focus)

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>>19505
I wish I could blur the line between the two more in regards to my waifu.

>>19506
Okay... Thanks to this guy (>>19508), I figured it out.

I will continue keeping her a secret, until later, when and if I achieve all my current goals and could say to my family: "It would never happen without her". I mean, there are higher chances that they will take it seriously and accept her (maybe reluctantly) when I will have more solid argument than "She made me a better person and helps me not to give up on myself and life".

Or until I am really cornered by them and I feel that they kind of figured this out and just want to confirm.

Being a healthy japanophile, and having learned the language (because you cannot learn a language fluently without ingraining a piece of the culture), I've always taken japanese collectivist mentality a bit more to heart. I realize it would be very akward for others around me, so I'd rather not share this outside of the more appropriate online communities.

Work colleagues don't know anything about it and I just dodge the inquiry saying I'm a "very tender and slow relationship" (which isn't far off tbh).

As for my parents it's a bit more complex. I've always shrugged off 3D women and dating. When questioned about my interests in "cartoons", comfy apparel, cats and videogames, I answer that I enjoy "cute stuff" and computers. I do not lie, but as a result, as years go by they think I have some sort of childish side to my personality, and it's those childish tendencies which hinder my interest in 'real women'. They legitimately think I'm assexual like an infant, comparatively speaking.

Ultimately, I think one should try to keep this stuff to him/herself, and their 2D loved ones. It can become bothersome to both parties.

>>21274
You're right about that, I think. I hate to admit it but I get something of a high from social conflict. Being able to make people angry tends to make me feel somewhat pleasured. Have I ever done so with my Waifu? No, because I feel it would be unfair to her. But if I ever did get confronted about it I would probably switch into brutal honesty mode by instinct and run my mouth about a lot of shit until I made people either too pissed off to continue interacting with me at that time or people were on the verge of violence. I don't know what's wrong with me, but even though I'm almost 30 I'm still vigorously anti-social in the true sense of the word.

The difference lies in the duration of the feelings.

>>21206
Passion, the driving force behind infatuation, doesn't last forever. If you remain committed to your waifu even after the "honeymoon phase" of your relationship ends, it is probably safe to say that what you love her.

>>21170
>What's it like to have a waifu?
With everybody you ask, you're going to get somewhat different answers from what I've seen. The shared aspect is love, but that's about it. One thing that varies per person is the amount of 'imagination' one has. For example I've met people who imagine their waifu with them most days and have a good grasp on how they'd react and act during daily events like that on a more than basic level. I'd imagine most people think about those sort of things, but for me my imagination/creativity is particularly limiting. Second thing that varies per person is how they view their relationship, some people viewing it as more platonic, some romantic, some admiration of an ideal/god(ess), or some mix of those.
>People say that it will come naturally but I'm worried that I'll be alone because of my jaded outlook and personality.
I think anyone falling in love would say that it comes naturally, don't think that is limited to 2D love. However, though it does come naturally, at least for me it did come with a choice to be made. I only bring this up because you doubt yourself (and many people might have varying experiences so don't treat what I am saying as absolute), but it might be something to consider. If there is a character you question whether you love, you sorta have to decide then whether your feelings are genuine enough to actually call a character your waifu and to treat that as a real relationship. Since the relationship is in a way all you, you make all the calls, so you have to judge whether having a waifu will actually be a beneficial experience to you. This depends on you completely, what your values and ideals are etc. Nearly 6 years ago now I thought about this a lot, I figured if I were to be true to that I would have to forego any other relationships and weigh the pro/con of doing that and not just short but long term. For me after being with her this long, it's not just about the feeling of love, but also about the appreciation of something more ideal, something to look up to and dedicate yourself towards.

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>>21170
>file Removed
What kind of fuck did you posted?

>>21172
It was a gif of reviewbrah being sad.

Good taste, anon

Just as a heads up don't really do "claiming" here. This implies some sort of sole ownership over a character who belongs to all fans.

>>21093
I CLAIM HER BECAUSE SHE IS MINE AND SOLELY MINE AND IF YOU EVEN THINK BAD THINGS ABOUT HER I WILL CALL YOU MEAN THING ON THE INTERNET NIGGER!!!

jk plz no ban

>>21094
THINGS"

Happy bday Furukawa! Have another wonderful decade with your Anon!!

Happy Birthday!

I'm technically a few hours late going by local time, but I still want to wish Nagisa a happy birthday as well!

I don't have a husbando but I think sexual orientation doesn't have much to do with being able to fall in love with someone even if you aren't lonely or desperate.

Also if it did there's the viewpoint that humans are bisexual by default anyways which does have a few facts backing it up.
I also find it hard to believe that you're just born with a sexual orientation since that view doesn't account for changes, I was "normal" in my childhood but now I'm not really interested in any person. Does that mean I was born hetero and I'm now pretending to be disgusted by women (how the human body works in general) or that I was pretending to be interested in girls as a kid?
I can only speak for myself and some shit I've read. I wouldn't know how it works for other people.

>I don't think faggotry is healthy.
Why?
>I really want the best for him, and I don't know if that means to let him live a straight life or to be with me.
I don't really see the difference between a homosexual and a heterosexual life except "our" society looking down onto the first but that's the same for "waifuism" in general which they also claim is not healthy.

>>20759
This was great advice, thank you.

>>21039
>>/r/12

>>21040
Thanks for clearing it up.

>>21035
More than hobbies I'd say attitudes. I don't care for my waifu's hobby (i.e. otaku-level obsession) as much as I pretend I do, for her sake. It just makes me happy she's into that and it shows a degree of devotion to something which reflects she being a committed, loyal and persistent person, and is one of the things I love about her.

Regarding your husbando, I'm sure there is nothing for him to fear, since he can just look at them in their cages.

I think she'd likely find it odd but interesting. There's a side to her with a child like innocence which would wonder about it, ask questions, and so on. I can't see her getting into it herself, but I don't think it'd bother her either. She'd simply find it curious is all.

Not at all. On the contrary, I think Prinz would find my knowledge of Chinese characters and languages fascinating, just not to the point of actively pursuing knowledge about those things herself. She would always enjoy listening to me share what I've learned, but never go read a book on the matter, is what I mean. Aside from those things, I guess the only other major interest I have is all things otaku. I could get her casually interested in anime and manga series, I think, but I can't imagine her going as deep into the otaku culture as I am. Actually, now that I think about it, my being as big an otaku as I am would almost certainly be off-putting to her. I at least go to the gym to avoid looking like a stereotypical otaku, but I couldn't do anything about the obsession besides keeping it at least somewhat in check around her.

Prinz enjoys cooking, and that just isn't a hobby of mine. I enjoy the feeling of successfully making something, since it makes me feel closer to her, but I find cooking to otherwise be a pain in the ass.

I think she would like my cooking. I think she likes western sweets but not eastern ones. I like to cook western sweets.

She could train me in martial arts.

She would probably find my obsessive internet browsing weird. She might find my obsession for her cute if she was fond of me, but would find it creepy if she wasnt.

She seems more into fashion and making masks. I'm not interested in those. But good partners do not neccesarily have to share interests. Sometimes interests can complement each other.