Expectations

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I guess I knew from when I was little but I didn't know what it was called or if there was anyone like me I always thought that I was broken or something. But, I was told that I was just a tom-boy. I remember always wanting to play with the boys and do what the boys were doing. But then all the expectations of how a girl was supposed to act or look was piled onto me and I believed that girls could only be like this and I was dressed in pink and dressed and skirts and ruffles. I didn't like it but I was told to do it and I got in trouble for playing in the mud like the boys or digging for worms. I was given all of this girly thing and I alway felt like there was really something wrong with me. Once I got old enough to dress myself and make my own decisions I started acting like a boy and dressing like a boy then the expectations came again and I tried to ignore them and do what I wanted to do but it was really hard to when you know that this is what you're supposed to be like if you're a girl. But I didn't want that I tried to run away from it. I was told I'm a tom-boy it's just a phase you'll like make-up and girly things but I never did and still don't.

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