I really don’t have a question, I just needed to vent some things that have been hampering me for a while and this is really one of the only places I can think of to do just that. All my life I have been preasured to be Suesie-bloody-Homemaker, or at least what people concider acceptable by both friends and family. While I was in high school I was always preasured to excel in everything whether it be in extra caricular activities or my studies, I always had to be the best. It always seems as though I’m being compaired to my sibblings and their accomplishments by my family. Being on the A – B honor roll with a B+ average wasn’t good enough for me because my brothers and sister were always on the A honor roll at school. I was always being compared to others by my friends at school as well. Why didn’t I dress in the newest style of clothing, or why didn’t I speak in the same mannor as they did, or why did I prefer the company of literature, notebook paper and ink to the company of people who only had two things on their minds: who’s getting sex and who has more money? Even now that I’m graduated I’m constantly being ridiculed by both my family and friends because of my idealistic views, and everyone is always asking me “why can’t you be normal like the rest of us”? When ever I even concider broaching the subject of wanting to travel and see the wonders of the world there is always someone there to burst my bubble with a derogatory remark such as “Katie you’re acting like a silly little girl. Get your head out of the clouds and act like the adult you now are”. How is wanting to accomplish your dreams childish? What is so wrong with wanting to travel to new places, meet new and exciting people, and making your life as wonderful as possible? I’m always being told to “grow up” and “act like an adult” but tell me something, does being “grown up” and “acting like an adult” mean all you have to look forward to in life is going to the same dead in job day in day out for the rest of your life with out ever doing something worth while? Why does wanting to make a mark on this world make me an idealist romantic with no possible hope for a future? Everytime I talk about my dreams someone always tells me “you can’t do it, you’re not brave enough”, sometimes it seems like the only person who believes in me anymore is me, and I’m tired of it. Sorry to have taken up so much space, I just needed to get somethings off my chest.
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Just needed to vent....
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You are definitely in the wrong environment. By "graduated", I assume you mean from High School. If so, what are your plans for college? You really need to get away from home, at least for a while.
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no its not wrong to try and live your dreams hon, when you have a wealth of pics, and info from all over the world it will be those people who told you to grow up that will be jealous!I applaud you for wanting to travel, i never got a chance to when i was your age, before i had the kids, and tho i don't regret for a second having them, I do regret not seeing more of the world - don't have regrets. If you can do it, do it!And as for people putting you down, well, they obviously see something different from you, than in themselves, and most of the time people ridicule what they either don't understand or what they envy in someone else. Go for it girl, live your life, its the only one you have hugs
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In reply to: You are definitely in the wrong environment. By "graduated", I assume you mean from High School. If so, what are your plans for college? You really need to get away from home, at least for a while. Yes, I'll be out of high school one year this May. I haven't actually started college yet, I wanted to take a break from school first because I knew that if I jumped right into college right after high school I would have droped out within a year. I've always wanted to persue a career in either the Arts or in Classical History. I've also wanted to dabble in photography as well. I'm trying to save up as much money as possible so I can study abroad.Thank you Angle hugs You always know how to make me feel better. Thank you to both of you guys ^_^