• Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    My boyfriend can smell when someone drank alcohol hours (or even days!) later. He seems to smell it in a person’s sweat, so we suspect he senses some kind of metabolite.

    As to me? In-person I seem to emit a comforting, trustworthy aura. Children and stray animals approach me like they just know that I’m a safe space for them. As a result, I’ve acquired quite a list of no-kill shelters in my phone. I also ended up working in children’s therapy.

    Adults who share my wavelength can also recognize it in me, and I can recognize it in them - we’re drawn to each other in the same “inherently trustworthy” way. I suspect it’s an aspect of neuro-divergence.

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        6 days ago

        Well yeah, they’re saying it’s their super power, not their minor power.

        Or are you saying attracting minors doesn’t count toward Disney Princess credentials?

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        5 days ago

        Especially if they use it for evil. This could be a fork in the road for their origin story! Controlling animals to do their bidding.

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      5 days ago

      I also have that aura, and I am here to lend credence to being able to see it in others, and them seeing it in me.

      I have this cute phrase for when it’s not just that aura but also the obvious background of trauma, “We have so much in common! I’m so sorry.

    • ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.world
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      I’m similar. Ever since I was a kid, my mom would notice that “babies love me.” They really do. If there’s a baby nearby, it’ll probably love me and I’ll probably be making faces at it, etc. I think it’s partially the beard, but it was true pre-beard, too.