they were wrong

“They were wrong.”

I can remember when it became more normal than exceptional for someone to bring unhelpful attention to how girly I was or how manly I wasn’t. It used to really hurt my feelings.

Over time, I have come to accept that I’m not the typical “guy’s guy,” embracing that as a part of who I am and changing when I see room for growth.

For the boy version of me though, I think that was a really big pill that was really hard to swallow; my feelings got hurt pretty often.