You say lonely like a curse, like it’s something I do to survive.
You say alone like a blessing, like this is what I chose, to be alone with you over myself, my sanity, my own heart.
things I’ve learned to say to boys:
-you’re not funny
-don’t talk to me like I’m dumb
-I probably know more about this than you do
-don’t fucking talk about her like that
-I’m not comfortable with this
-I don’t owe you anything
-you just repeated exactly what I said
-no
me and my friends went to the mall when we were in 10th grade. my friend was ordering at Subway, but me and my other friend wanted to eat something else. so we waited while he ordered, and me and my friend talked about something random, but we were so focused in the conversation that when the employee turns to us and asks “would you two like anything,” my friend, without hesitation, calmly and confidently replies, “no thanks, we’re gay.” to which the employee turns and walks away without a word. the thing is that we didn’t catch it at first. after 3 minutes after his response, and our conversation coming to a close, he realizes and asks me, “did i just say ‘no thanks, we’re gay?!?!?!” my eyes widen as the realization sets in and we end up on the floor laughing hard
