I love Rping but

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Created Mar 12, 2022 02:28:59

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Or rather, I LOVED (past tense) rping.

I really don't care for it now.

For people I've been PM RPing with, this isn't anything new. You all know how long it takes me to message ya'll back. I flake on you all all the time. And to be honest, it's because...RPing was once a fun hobby for me, but now it feels...not fun.

And it's not the fault of any of my friends on here, I like all of you and talking to you. It's just....Rping in general I'm starting to really dislike. It used to be fun, but I've been doing this since 2014...(when I had my first acct here) and I always had phases of me falling out of love with rp, and then falling back in.

But now, it is emotionally draining, and it seems like a chore/work now. And, I don't know how to explain it, but I always feel like rping is holding me back in life somehow. Not that you all (my friends/rp partners) are holding me back, you aren't. It's RP in general. I just...don't enjoy it anymore. I lose inspiration fast. I hate replying to people. I don't hate talking to you all. I hate doing rp replies. There's a difference. I think part of it is due to past bullying I've faced on this site that's kinda affected me, but even moving on past that...it's also just because I feel I'm growing out of it, plus my life's about to get real serious and busy and I don't always (if ever) have time to log on anymore. Like I said, this feels like work now, instead of a hobby.

Am I weird? Or do any other RPers out there feel the same too sometimes? Is it normal to not like RPing anymore?

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kitramos 2 years ago

I get it, and yea if you don't want to do it anymore that's fine, and if you want to chat about more general stuff you can hit me up on discord. if now I get that too life it was it is, and the only two constants in life are death and taxes. and even those find ways to get worse from time to time. so I get it, heck I haven't been in a rp outside of a few pm's on this site for months.

though it's more due to the fact that it's harder and harder to find one that's still active and is not non-au. and even when I do it'll die like a month latter if it even lasts that long. barely have a chance to get anything started before all that is thrown out and you gotta start again, and again. or get accused of stealing someone's idea when you first meet them because there's now way anyone could come up with a similar idea. and get run out of the rp because your explanation didn't sound sincere enough.

anyways if you want to just chat in general and dispense with the rp I'm open to that. sure i'll miss the rp but I don't want to make you feel like you have to do anything for me so I'll get over that.

rennuelaw 2 years ago

Oooh trust me it's normal.
Over the years, i've grown out of it and came back so many times and i think it's a plethora of reasons, bullying and stuff as well as other factors (feeling like the characters and plots you wanna do aren't what other people would want.)
That's why i think it's good to just take breaks or if you're rping with someone, tell them you can take a long time to respond and once they give you the go ahead, don't worry about replying, do it when you want to do it and only do plots you really really like.

51730e75925c7e1dca74 2 years ago

Honestly it’s not feeling fun. Im focused on RL more now then RP because it’s not even fun anymore to me that’s why I leave short replies and im going through health issues and money issues.

26d7589e8d90e86191a0 2 years ago

Yes It feels that way, thats why I stopped joining roleplays cause I join and I legit leave 3 days later. Its has nothing to do with the rp itself, but before there more people who loved it and actually wanted to rp. Now it feels like its the same people, they want it done some type of way and it would drain anyone.

Thats why I am just in one rp, and if it doesn't get better I might focus on my personal life more. Lately Ive been into dramas and wattapp dramas, so I reply and then I vanish, so do not worry ♡ all of go through it darling ♡ I hope you are having a wonderful day ♡ I really wish you the best in life ♡

Bowrair 2 years ago

It’s normal bro. There’s many ppl who have rp more as a temporary hobby until they want to focus on their real life- or maybe they have no choice but to focus on their life. It’s not weird and I won’t fault you if you leave rpr for a real life. Just I hope you let everyone you’re rping with know or that’ll definitely be something messy

Kaworu 2 years ago

"But now, it is emotionally draining, and it seems like a chore/work now. And, I don't know how to explain it, but I always feel like rping is holding me back in life somehow."

THIS. I feel like rping is my downfall. I'm in an important moment in life when I should be trying to improve myself and moving forward in life, yet I'm spending so much time here. I always say "I'll come back with only one or two characters" but it's a matter of time until I find one or two loyal rp partners and feel bad if I don't reply quickly. Even when I'm not online I feel it's mentally draining, the 5+ pending replies are always haunting me in the back of my mind. I do still like writing and rping, I love making characters and coming up with plots, but I don't always have the energy. I just wish I didn't have to commit so much, you know? Like other hobbies I can jump out of temporarily as there's no one else involved and waiting for me.

b43ce361e1dd2e2d440f 2 years ago

Several of us have grown out of it, dearie. Well, some of us come back ( victim one, right here ) but I think it's completely normal to grow bored of something.. to lose interest. Normally, for me, it also feels like it becomes work or an obligation to those I'm writing with. But honestly, it's nothing to hold against you.

It's completely normal.