My family is driving me up a wall. My father and stepmother are just pissing me off and have been for a while. They won’t just use my name. For my privacy let’s say my name is Mary. It’s never just my first name they constantly use my first and middle name. It’s always Mary Kate never just Mary or Mary girl or baby girl or sister or baby and I hate it. I just want them to use my name. My mom can do it and i actually enjoy the nicknames she gives me probably because I like my mom. It makes me feel like a child like they still see me as a 7 year old and I hate it. And now my younger brother whos around 9 has started doing it to. Imagine a 9 year old running around calling his older sister “Mary girl” or “Mary Kate”. I don’t know why I just hate it. I’m fine when he calls me sis or sister that’s normal but hearing him use my full name just gives me this weird ick. Apologies if this is worded badly I’m just on my last nerve. I am a few years from being an adult I can legally drive I just want them to stop. They are literally the reason I plan to change my name because I associate my birth name with such bad memories it doesn’t feel like me anymore.
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I got my learner’s permit on Friday and I’m so happy! I’ve been driving around where I live some with my mom and she says I’m doing good even if I drive under the speed limit lol
I’m white and don’t really know any POC who I could ask this. I know the basics of how tanning works. it’s when your body makes more melanin but I also know the reason black people have darker skin tones is because of melanin. I know it’s definitely possible for them to tan but is it noticeable or is it just like “oh I’m a bit lighter in spots the sun hasn’t hit”? Thank you for listening to my ridiculousness I hope this didn’t come off as rude or anythin.
I swear every time I go out on vacation the food tastes better. it doesn’t even have to be the beach food tastes better even on girls’ trips and I don’t know why. It’s not when fancy food either. is this just me or is this like thing that everybody experiences?
I have my sweet 16 coming up (I’m not sure if this is big outside of the US but it’s basically like a quinceañera except for 16 instead of 15) and I am very excited. it’s being planned at my dad’s house (my parents are divorced) and I’m going on a trip with my mom. Anyways my stepmother is helping me plan because she’s an adult and my father would be horrible. So far it’s going amazing and I’m so excited but we’ve been talking about makeup and hair lately. I LOVE makeup like bright bold sparkly makeup. It just makes me happy and I want to wear makeup for my party because it’s MY big day and the BIGGEST birthday I’ve celebrated. My stepmother said “I don’t think you need a lot of makeup I like what you’ve got on right now“. I did not have any makeup on. When I tell you my heart sunk because I had been planning to wear makeup to my party. I said “(stepmom’s name) I don’t have any makeup on…” She doubled down and while I don’t remember exactly what she said it was something along the lines of “oh well you don’t need much makeup”. I kind of just said okay and moved on. My mom is the one doing my makeup and I know she’ll do exactly what I want but I worry that my stepmother will say something about it when she sees is. I still plan to have the colorful makeup that I want I just hope she doesn’t say anything that brings the mood down.
(for context this isnt the only things shes done it’s just more recent and it pisses me off that shes trying to dictate this because she tried to tell me the dress I wanted which has a very long train might be ‘too much’ like woman you told me I could do whatever I want I’m going to get the fancy dress you promised me)