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comment by swedishbadgergirl
swedishbadgergirl  ·  3368 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: Are you comfortable in your own skin?

This describes me.

Right now it's 01.51 in the morning and I'm dreading having to socially interact with people - even though I'm good at it - or rather I'm skinny and white, short and a redhead so people think I'm cute. Even when I am actively panicking people think I'm cute.

People don't DISLIKE me, they just instantly treat me as a manic-pixie-dream-girl without REAL feelings.

'Cause I'm cute. And fun. And younger than everyone.

You know, it took me way to long to realize why people suddenly started being so goddamn nice when I was 13. Not just boys, everyone. Teachers, girls random people I'd never met before.

I had been bullied up until then, and people who had treated me like I didn't exist were suddenly looking at me. I freaked out. i had no idea that it wasn't because they hated me until I met new people who hadn't known me before.