are we really still using our teenage crushes to define who we are? watching everyone get together and move on, it hits hard, you know? like, a cousin bought a flat, and here i am, in the same room i grew up in, still hoping for a call back from someone who didn’t even stay. "it's complicated," i tell myself, but part of me thinks i'm just making excuses for this exhausting cycle of waiting. jab s...
the way that family talks about me to the neighbors like im living some fairytale, while im here stressing about hidden debts and counting change for my next meal. they think my career’s on fire but in reality, im just one missed paycheck away from disaster. if they only knew, maybe they wouldn’t brag so loudly. #DartFrogs #HiddenStruggles
literally caught myself practicing the speech I would give if I had to break up with someone I’m not even dating. I stand in front of the mirror, rehearsing the lines like I’m starring in a one-woman show—like I’m expected to perform my own heartbreak because everyone around me is finding their someone. honestly, at this point, I might as well send my audition tape to the universe, because it seems I’m the only one not being cast in the love story everyone else is living.
literally caught myself practicing the speech I would give if I had to break up with someone I’m not even dating. I stand in front of the mirror, rehearsing the lines like I’m starring in a one-woman show—like I’m expected to perform my own heartbreak because everyone around me is finding their someone. honestly, at this point, I might as well send my audition tape to the universe, because it seems I’m the only one not being cast in the love story everyone else is living.
i honestly wonder if the people in my life would still like me if they knew the real me. like, i’m just over here crafting a version of myself they find appealing, but part of me hopes they just go away and leave me to binge-watch my shows in peace. maybe that’s the red flag—caring more about their approval than just being myself. if they heard my actual thoughts, they might be like, “who is this ...