yooo, honestly, I was just scrolling through all this news about elections in Bangladesh and it hit me, yaar. I’m stressing over basic stuff like whether I can afford lunch while others are stressing over the country’s future, matlab samjho na. People think I’m okay just because I can play it cool, but really, I’m just a broke mess hiding behind fake smiles and hoping nobody notices how empty my w...
yooo, every family gathering feels like a game show where the prize is my worthiness. “how are your cousins doing so much better?” like, what do you want me to say? i mean, i’m over here wanting a financial miracle but still somehow spent all my cash on candles that smell like fresh laundry and random trinkets i don’t need. it’s exhausting pretending everything’s fine when i know my biggest win wi...
day 47 of pretending my life is perfectly fine. it’s three a.m. and I’m in the kitchen calculating how many more nights I can make a half-bag of frozen vegetables last me. my friends think I’m living the dream, sipping cocktails while they cover their bills. little do they know my pantry looks like a college dorm room after finals, and my last indulgence was eating peanut butter straight from the jar... just to feel something.
day 47 of pretending my life is perfectly fine. it’s three a.m. and I’m in the kitchen calculating how many more nights I can make a half-bag of frozen vegetables last me. my friends think I’m living the dream, sipping cocktails while they cover their bills. little do they know my pantry looks like a college dorm room after finals, and my last indulgence was eating peanut butter straight from the jar... just to feel something.
day 21 of pretending to be fine. family keeps asking when my turn will come, like it’s a game show. they think bhai, meri zindagi ka script likhna asaan hai, but nobody understands that this is all just... exhausting. matlab, jaya ki baat kar rahe hain, unko toh ghar ke saath “accepted” hona hai. meri kahani toh abhi tak inki like kareeb bhi nahi hai. unki shaadi ka compare hota hai, mere dil ke b...