i got some issues w this post bc i was that girl. i’m a very emotional person in general, and i’m also very articulate and outspoken about my emotions. i show love by literally showing love and affection in a typical way. my dad and brother, are also very emotional people; however, they showed those emotions and love, especially, by picking or messing with me. for years it made me angry and i didn’t like them. it took me growing up a little and also just talking to them to realize that they weren’t trying to hurt me in any way- that’s how they naturally communicated their feelings, the same way i naturally communicate by articulating my feelings. often they felt like i was being too sensitive and rude to them when i would ignore them, and i felt they were being insensitive and rude when they didn’t stop. it took us both learning that we are saying the same things in our own, very different ways. now, they know when i say to stop that they need to stop because i have learned to interact with them in their way to a certain point, and vice versa. boys in general don’t express emotions the same way as girls. you can’t expect them to communicate the way you do all at once, and you can’t expect them to learn to communicate in your way if you don’t try to communicate in theirs. do i love the teasing and picking all the time? not really, but now i understand that is them saying they love me or missed me, etc. do i still get fed up sometimes? yes, but now i can just say that it’s too much and they need to chill and they understand that i’m not trying to push them away.