I wasn’t asked to a single dance in high school and didn’t have a serious romantic relationship until I was 22. And like, yeah that shit hurt when I was younger. I had a lot of fears that I was unlovable and that I didn’t deserve to be happy. And every time I would try to talk to anyone about it, the conversation became, “you’ll find someone”, when it should have been, “you don’t need a relationship or a date, you’re lovable & complete & beautiful on your own”.
So yeah, please normalize young people not dating, and please stop shaming them for it. There’s more to life than romance, despite what the media wants us to think.
the day is literally not even over and i got something else to add:
The Mary Sue publishes an interview with Dwayne Johnson claiming that he thinks “snowflake culture” is “taking us backwards,” The Rock responds on Instagram claiming that the interview was completely fabricated.
So there’s a storyline to this. A magician was strolling down the street one night and overheard a little boy playing guitar. The sound was so beautiful that the magician wanted to reward him; so in his sleep, the boy was taken to the magical land of Maconda, in this world, the boy grew 10 years older and became a young man. (100 years of solitude reference alert) While the boy (now young man) is making his way to the town, he met a fighting couple in the desert. So he played flamenco music, the couple danced and this mended their relationship. The magician was very pleased with this and so transformed doves into dancers to accompany the young man’s music. The magician also made it very clear that the magic will disappear if the young man puts down his guitar. So he played, and the dancers danced. One of these dancers really caught the young man’s eyes, she was so beautiful and graceful that it left him in awe. In a moment of passion, he left his guitar behind and wanted to ask her for a dance. The magic was instantly lost and the boy woke up from the dream.
