when your parents say you make them feel like they've failed, say good.
when people say you can't be happy with your lifestyle, say watch me.
when people say you'll regret cutting your hair, changing your name, or getting surgery, say you'll regret thinking you have control over me.
you are a human being first and foremost. you may be someone's child, you may be someone's niece or nephew, you may be someone's parent, you may be someone's uncle or aunt, but that is not how you should first be known as.
you matter because you are a living, breathing person, not because you are "this" to them.
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