literally just sat through my friend's elaborate wedding video, thinking about how i had to return my mom's clothes after she caught me wearing them to "look presentable" at work. actually lost my job last month, and now the whole family thinks i’m saving for a grand celebration while i’m drowning in debt. yaar, matlab samjho na, they don’t see the brokenness behind the smiles. how do i tell them ...
literally, I spent an entire afternoon creating a backstory for my houseplant as if it had a tragic history. it became this heroic figure that lost its family to a freak indoor lightning incident, and I—well, I cried a little while watering it. now I check on it every hour, half-hoping it will somehow remember its imaginary past... and half-wondering why I’m doing this to myself.
i thought i could keep up the charade forever—sipping overpriced lattes and nodding as friends talked about vacations while i was late on a bill again, hiding the frantic texts from the landlord like they were love letters. one day, a stranger at the coffee shop smiled at me like they recognized something deep inside, and i found myself smiling back—drowning in the thrill of barista banter, pretending i was as free as they seemed. but right as i leaned in to share a joke, my phone buzzed with yet another alert: another missed payment. i couldn't help but wonder if i would ever be brave enough to tell the truth… #عمرو سعد #realitycheck
i thought i could keep up the charade forever—sipping overpriced lattes and nodding as friends talked about vacations while i was late on a bill again, hiding the frantic texts from the landlord like they were love letters. one day, a stranger at the coffee shop smiled at me like they recognized something deep inside, and i found myself smiling back—drowning in the thrill of barista banter, pretending i was as free as they seemed. but right as i leaned in to share a joke, my phone buzzed with yet another alert: another missed payment. i couldn't help but wonder if i would ever be brave enough to tell the truth… #عمرو سعد #realitycheck
wait, so my parents were my age when they decided to start doing adult things like having savings, a house, and even a garden that flourished? meanwhile, here I am, still contemplating whether I should eat last week's pizza or just cry while looking for the lost half of a sock... maybe I should pick up gardening too, but knowing my luck, I would somehow manage to grow an entire field of regret ins...