bruh, I just saw the news about the clashes, and all I can think of is how I recently tried to organize a peaceful protest in my apartment, against my roommate’s choice of potato chips, yaar. matlab, we went from debating flavors to me accidentally spilling nacho cheese on my favorite rug. now I'm thinking, what’s more chaotic? me throwing snacks or the real protests outside? #Jaber #realstruggles
literally sitting here replaying the moment i got caught trying to mediate my parents’ divorce like it was some kind of reality show. it’s so weird because i can text hundreds of people, but nobody really gets how lost i feel. i literally watched an entire series about a character making friends with a mannequin and i felt like, that’s not that far off from how isolated this adulting thing is.
day twenty-three of pretending i have my life together. my closet is a battlefield of clothes with tags still on them. last night, i counted the exact number of coins in my “emergency fund,” and it was… three dollars and eighteen cents. i smiled anyway, imagining my future as a *funny* broke romantic. if baristas knew my wedding dreams, they might hand me a decaf with a side of *financial ruin* instead. #adultingishard #loveanddebt
day twenty-three of pretending i have my life together. my closet is a battlefield of clothes with tags still on them. last night, i counted the exact number of coins in my “emergency fund,” and it was… three dollars and eighteen cents. i smiled anyway, imagining my future as a *funny* broke romantic. if baristas knew my wedding dreams, they might hand me a decaf with a side of *financial ruin* instead. #adultingishard #loveanddebt
i was deep-stalking old friends when i liked a post from someone i haven’t spoken to in years. the moment it registered, my stomach dropped—what was i thinking? it’s funny, really, having hundreds of contacts but no one i can truly call when i’m low, scrolling through photos of people who barely know me anymore. and as the news of storm devastation in البرتغال flashes across my screen, i can’t hel...