I don't Care.

I'm in an Era in my life where I don't care about being polite or nice.

I don't know where the gap happens from child to adult where we start to put the feelings of others before our own.

Where we become performative and wear a constant mask in outside spaces.

I honestly can't remember.

However, I have become aware and distant from those masks.

Those masks do nothing but suppress reality but only temporarily.

A temporary fix. Something like a butt lift.

It's going to saggy and fall off eventually.

What changed me or made me more aware is the fact that nobody cares like you.

Nobody gives a single fuck about you and the things you care about more than you.

Nobody walks around or wakes up in the morning and says "Man, I would if she'll be upset if I wore this or said this or did this". I would hope if you had a partner, they would give some consideration to how things would make you feel but it's not their Number 1 priority, day in and day out. The only persons priority it should be is yours! You should matter to you!

I'm for damn sure not doing that with anybody else, so it's not expected.

I say all that to say that you can be kind. Kindhearted and considerate. However, you don't have to play nice! You can play it REAL! The REAL is respected more than the performance any day.

Unapologetically be you and speak your boundaries.

Stick to your boundaries.

If they can't handle it, then maybe they don't need to be around you.