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swedishbadgergirl  ·  3396 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: Are you comfortable in your own skin?

Okay, honestly time.

I'm pretty. Not in a "I want to live with her the rest of my life" way, but in a "Don't stick your dick in crazy" way.

You see, I grew into being pretty.

Very suddenly.

The same year I was in the US.

So when I came back people treated me not as an annoying kid but as... Something exotic. Something that was nice to look at from afar but that you shouldn't touch. It didn't help that I never stopped speaking English. I have heard the phrase "stop speaking English, you're in Sweden" thrown at me.". This is hilarious because I look so white it is ridiculous. And because my Swedish is very good, thank you very much.

Also, people treat you as stupid if you are intelligent and pretty. I was the smart kid until I became the pretty one. Like not "oh she is dumb" but more "oh she doesn't know what she is saying". Which, yes, yes I do.

On the internet I'm still the smart one. And I'm starting to feel like that in the real world to. So yes.