not gonna lie, family gatherings feel like an Olympic sport. every question feels like an interrogation, and I’m not even competing in the right events. my cousins have houses, families, and fancy jobs, and here I am trying to explain why my biggest achievement this year was teaching my dog to sit. my parents don’t see me. they only see the 'potential' they think I’ve wasted. sometimes I wonder if...
it's not that i want what others have—it's just hard watching friends celebrate their new homes while i struggle to pay rent and honestly, the only thing in my life moving forward is the pile of takeout boxes in my kitchen; meanwhile, every news cycle about the elections has everyone discussing progress and here i am, still trying to find a reason to keep showing up when all i feel is like a ghost...
yo, bruh, so I was trying to explain why I freak out whenever I see a pigeon, like, literally, I get that they're just birds, right? but somehow I ended up sharing the whole story about how one attacked me when I was five and I started crying. now everyone knows I’m low-key terrified of pigeons, and I’m just standing there wishing I could vanish, while they’re cracking jokes about me. it’s like, why did I open this floodgate? now I can’t even walk past one without feeling like I need a bodyguard or something. #awkwardconfessions #notthatserious
yo, bruh, so I was trying to explain why I freak out whenever I see a pigeon, like, literally, I get that they're just birds, right? but somehow I ended up sharing the whole story about how one attacked me when I was five and I started crying. now everyone knows I’m low-key terrified of pigeons, and I’m just standing there wishing I could vanish, while they’re cracking jokes about me. it’s like, why did I open this floodgate? now I can’t even walk past one without feeling like I need a bodyguard or something. #awkwardconfessions #notthatserious
not gonna lie, the World Cup hype is everywhere, and I just... feel empty. yaar, matlab samjho na, in the middle of planning my own life, I’m surrounded by friends all hyped about teams. while I am just here, praying that this month my salary clears without a glitch. घर वाले समझते नहीं, they think everything is sorted, while I hide my empty fridge behind a pile of old newspapers. and the worst par...