A bird in a trenchcoat

Any flaw you see on yourself...... that being any scar, mark or mole, or awkwardly sharp angle or too plush curve you feel all too self-conscious about...... just know your F/O loves you and every aspect of you, both inside and out~

They are more distracted than you know, regularly getting lost in thought about having your body flush against theirs and keeping you held tightly in their grasp.

This is you and your f/o btw

Nowadays, it feels like a requirement. Now the expectation is that love your F/Os because of the merch. More merchandise = more love for your F/O. And if you don't have enough merch of them, you aren't actually in love with them. And even if you do have a lot of merch, it's never going to be enough.

I genuinely do blame the use of riako/gachikoi/oshikatsu and similar terms being used for selfshipping because, such terms came from Japanese idol communuties that already encouraged extremely unhealthy views on love and especially with parasocial relationships. Hell, riako/gachikoi literally refer to believing that an idol (as in, a flesh and blood human who exists right here in our world) is in love with you, specifically, and that this is a good thing. A fictional character can't be hurt by you, but a real person will.

Sometimes that real person is you, going into debt to prove yourself the winner of a nonexistent competition. You should buy merch of your F/O because you enjoy having it. If you feel like you "need" to or else you aren't "truly" in love, that's when you need to stop and think about whether you actually like selfshipping or not.