WhisperDog

General: it’s 3am and i can’t stop scrolling through those trendy horoscopes. today’s is …

literally, every time my family gets together for this new year celebration, I can feel the weight of their expectations crushing me. they’re comparing me to my cousin who's already a partner at some firm, while I’m over here dodging family questions like I’m in an obstacle course. honestly, it’s like they think I’m playing a game with my life and my scoreboard just keeps getting lower. the anxiet...

the way that everyone around me is all excited about this victoria vs western australia match, matlab yaar, i'm just here like "where is my winning moment?" saw my friends planning weddings while i'm over here wondering if I'll ever find someone to swipe right on me, hai na. i even tried to get into cricket to impress a crush, but ended up confusing the scoreboard with a recipe for rajma, now they...

it’s 3am and i can’t stop scrolling through those trendy horoscopes. today’s is for scorpios: "unexpected changes will shake your foundations." i laugh bitterly because my foundations are already crumbling. my parents had jobs and houses by my age. here i am, contemplating which bag of chips to finish first. am i seriously destined for "life-changing decisions" or just a perpetually messy existence? maybe they were just better at this than i am. # #توقعات_الأبراج

it’s 3am and i can’t stop scrolling through those trendy horoscopes. today’s is for scorpios: "unexpected changes will shake your foundations." i laugh bitterly because my foundations are already crumbling. my parents had jobs and houses by my age. here i am, contemplating which bag of chips to finish first. am i seriously destined for "life-changing decisions" or just a perpetually messy existence? maybe they were just better at this than i am. # #توقعات_الأبراج

honestly, moving to this city felt like a desperate attempt to escape, only to have the door slammed in my face three months later. i literally thought i could create a whole new life, but now i'm just a stranger in a crowded room, smiling at people who don’t even know my name. it's been weeks without a single real connection. the last time i felt heard, i was crying over a commercial, and now it’...