Sep 21, 2025
The problem with giving advice to angry and suffering people is that rather frequently the thing they need to know to improve their position is the last thing they want to hear and not something they have the capacity to internalize or accept
#I’m at work#Sorry#Wish I could help you angry shoplifting 13 year old#I’d tell you I grew up with a girl in your exact position and I fully understand but it will sound condescending and out of touch#I could sit down right now and describe exactly how the next ten years are gonna go for you but you won’t believe me and you won’t care#And the unfortunate truth is that the solution yiu want is the solution I KNOW you want and nobody is in a position to provide it#I saw your grandma pick you up in her car that smells like cigarettes with the six pack in the back seat#I can see you’re wearing your dad’s Lucky Lager hoodie with the welder’s spark burns all up the front#I can see you keep your sleeves pulled over your hands and you have twenty mismatched bracelets#That don’t completely cover the texture of your skin underneath#Your shoes are a size too big like mine were growing up#Because if you get something new it needs to last longer than it’ll take to grow out of it#I’d like to tell you I saw you#Even if you didn’t get caught#Because I feel like it would mean more to you that someone was paying attention#All that thick black eyeliner makes your eyes look huge#But your hair is oily and tangled#And your shirt smells like weed#And you’re holding yourself like you’re used to being small#That’s the tough part of growing up#Looking bigger than you feel#And realizing you need things that are missing years before you learn how to look for them#Stuff you’re gonna spend decades learning how to ask for#Idk maybe I’m just being corny#Maybe I’m way fucking off#I just really hate seeing unhappy kids#Really hate seeing what happens to them when they can’t find their way out of the box#Yanno?
