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I'm tired of having a baby face. As I get older and my face stays the same it becomes more and more of an obstacle in my life. It makes it hard for me to date, have friends, feel confident, get a job, pretty much everything. My friends treat me like a little kid and sometimes it makes me want to break down crying because I feel so unseen ya know? They never let me pay for anything they treat me like you would a little sibling they always say things like careful there's a baby in the car. And I can take a joke but this isn't teasing it's blatantly and constantly forgetting that I'm the same age as them and treating me like I'm less than them. My friends are good and kind people they just honestly keep forgetting my age. I-I don't know what to do. I act my age I dress my age I always fight for the respect an 18-year-old should get yet over and over I have to remind people I'm not 14. And it's kind of heartbreaking because I have a bit of a crush on this guy in my friend group but I know it will never matter because he sees me as a little kid when I'm only a year younger than him. It damages my confidence so much because every time I like a guy I'm reminded that he sees me differently and any hope I ever had of having a boyfriend just goes down the drain. All I can ever do is be there for other people and I want more than that. I could be happy enough with just having a few friends to love platonically to fill the void but unfortunately I feel like I can't even have that because my peers make me feel like I'm less than them.
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What seems like a curse to you now, may seem like a blessing when you're all 35, and your friends start getting crow's feet.
Nobody likes to hear "You'll grow out of it", when that's entirely the point - but... you surely will.
In the meantime - it sounds like a lot of the problem is how uncool your friends are being. You say they're good and kind, but they just "forget" how old you are... but then they say things like "careful, there's a baby in the car!" - that's not forgetting, they're actively teasing you. Even if it's good-natured, you can tell them to knock it off because it upsets you.
You're clearly more mature than you look, and than most of your friends are, by the sound of things. I hope you're not waiting for someone else to bestow confidence upon you - you're going to have to reach it on your own. You can decide how you feel about yourself.
ReplyA baby face is a blessing. Years from now what's it gonna matter what your current friends say? People will likely say I bet you're older than you look as compliment. That's what happened to me not long ago because I got baby face too. So don't sweat it. Its a good thing. If your friends can't accept you for you , you don't need them.
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