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- This actually happened today. Throwaway account since most of my friends know my main account.
- I M24 took a few years in photoshop and consider myself to be sort of good at it. I have a female friend (let's call her Ella) who I met about a year ago. She does some photography and modeling as a hobby.
- To start off, I have a small photo retouching business. Nothing special, just a little side gig that makes me some cash on the side while I get my degree. Also, I have a business email set up that I use ONLY FOR MY BUSINESS AND NOTHING ELSE. My friends know this and they know to only send me things on it if they need any work done.
- About 2 days ago Ella F22 send me a text saying, "Hey, I'm going to do a shoot today. Would you be able to take a look at some of my pictures when you get the chance?"
- I replied, "Yeah sure just send them whenever and when I get time I'll take a look."
- A few hours go by and I get the email. Now, let me say I am not the most attractive guy. I'm pretty short. I exercise regularly but I'm not super fit. My hair is really hard to work with and I feel like I could do a lot better in the looks department. Also I NEVER ask for nudes from ANYONE. I feel like it's disrespectful. Also, I've dated but recently got out of a really nasty relationship that left me feeling pretty self conscious.
- All of this leads to the inclination that if someone is sending me nudes, it's probably not because they're interested.
- Anyway, I get the email and it's about 20 nude pictures. Very tasteful and left nothing to the imagination. I figured she was starting an OF or something and since it's her body, her choice and I support my friends in everything they do, I touched them up early this morning.
- I just cleaned up some blemishes, got rid of some stray hairs and razor bumps, and touched up some of the coloring. I also made a black and white set along with bit of dodge and burn. The long and short of it is, I spent a lot of time on it.
- After all of that was done, I sent back the edited versions with the message, "Hey don't sweat payment. I hope this is what you're looking for. If you need me to take another look let me know."
- She sent me a text maybe 15 minutes later saying, "This isn't what I was looking for at all."
- I said, "Oh sorry, I just wasn't sure what you wanted. If you want me to go back and redo it I can."
- Then I get the text, "It's fine. I g2g. Bye"
- Super confused so I called her roommate (who I am also friends with) and asked if she was okay.
- She let me have it. Started calling me dense, stupid, a jerk, and many other things. Through the insults I finally got the real story. Maybe I'm just naive, but I don't know why she would make it seem as if she wanted me to edit them when she just wanted me to look at them.
- This just happened before I typed the post. I'm really not sure what to do. My last relationship kind of made me weird with dating, so I know I'm not ready. I want to feel like I'm worth something before I start dating again, but at the same time I can't help but feel like I did something wrong. Is there anything I can do to save the friendship?
- TL:DR Friend sent nudes to me. I didn't realize the nudes were for my enjoyment, so I retouched then and sent them back. Now she's really mad at me.
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