I know this is possibly just the stress talking, but I can’t help but feel like a heap of shit. No matter how mature I behave, I’m always seen as the little girl who's talking big talk and blowing hot air. I’m fed up. I’ve exhausted too much to get myself to where I am and it is really painful to still be treated like a joke. I want to be taken seriously.
I want people to stop thinking that my opinions are that of a naive happy-go-lucky hormonal teenage girl. Despite what some may think, I really do know my stuff and I am more than capable of deciding what I want. I might choose to be optimistic and hopeful, but it does not mean that I cannot think like an adult and see reality.
And all the ganging up and teasing is just fucking annoying. You could at least respect me a little. Yes yes I know some of you say all of this is just a joke, but please realise that your long standing joke is one that is degrading and demeaning to me. I am not a kid. Don’t treat me like one. Some of you guys say stupid shit too, but you don’t see me rounding on you every week. I’m tired of feeling worthless around all of you.
Now, here is where it gets really emo.
I have wants. And I know that I am young, but it does not mean that I don’t need some form of affection. What is it about me that is so off putting, that some people would just brush off my attempts to get closer? Is it because I act too young? Is it because I really am a joke? Or is it because, to you, I am just a child who is looking to get into something that is too “adult” for my little head to comprehend?
I sound a tad desperate, but it is frustrating to never get through to a person. Take me seriously. I’m not here to play games. Behind all this childlike wonder, there is a girl who can form her own ideals and love with all her heart. Give me a chance to prove to you that I am not getting myself in way too deep. I know what I want, and I know I’m more than just some loud, ditsy girl with ridiculously impossible dreams.
I’m not a little girl anymore. I’m a girl who has grown through her rough patches and who’s ready for something a bit more concrete.