AskDrFeeder:
You are not the only one. It's hard to find the right person, but hang in there. And while you wait, get your financial house in order. There are few better feeders than ones who can easily afford food, clothes, plane tickets and such.
Munchies:
I mean, becoming financially stable is important, but that's not nearly enough. Many (usually male) feeders mistake being financially stable and monetarily generous for being someone worthy of spending time with.
Besides, despite guys griping about the contrary, there are many (usually female) feedees who refuse money from unfamiliar feeders because they will take that as them owing them for things they don't want. For example, because a feeder paid a feedee for food, they owe them nudes.
In my experience, the best way to get into a feedist relationship is to be someone they can be vulnerable with and not have your fetish as the main/sole part of your relationship. This should be a person you can at least see yourself being friends with.
Tightercollars:
this cant be honest enough. i talk alot now with my partner about the fantasy aspects within feederism and how reality in a relationship works. At fantasy feeder, the community feels like it put the fetish first and thats the impression ive gotten with the interactions ive recieved and thats not where growing relationships start. romantic or not.
I've had several dedicated feedees and encountered other feedees casually. Despite being a sadistic domme extreme feeder, the number one thing they've always told me is they feel safe with me. Sometimes, I've been told they've never had a feeder they've felt safer with.
No matter what flavor of feeder you are, if you cannot foster an environment where your feedee feels safe and implicitly trusts you, you have failed as a feeder. In the feedee-feeder dynamic, the feedee has the most to lose. They are changing themselves for our pleasure.
If it doesn't work out, we can walk away virtually unchanged. But a feeder is putting their body on the line. They can't take off the pounds or any health complications that might arise. They need to trust that we will always put their needs before our wants for this to work.