When I was little, I would go up to other kids at the playground and say, “do you wanna be my friend?” Straight up, no introductions, just right to the point. Most of the time, it worked. The other kid and I would start playing and doing whatever it is that […]
For the last few years I’ve decidedly kept my dating life shrouded from my parents. I just didn’t talk about it. They would inquire and I would change the subject. Eventually they learned that they weren’t going to get anything from me and they stopped asking. A few weeks ago […]
When I was very little, think primary school, I rarely spoke up during class. Apparently it was pretty noticeable, because it almost always came up during parent-teacher conferences. “She’s doing very well but she’s not asking enough questions,” my teachers would say. I remember being confused by this. Most of the […]
