I finally stood up for myself after 21 fucking years and I feel good.

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I (21F) finally fucking stood up for myself. 21 long years and I feel like I’ve broken a barrier.

Ever since I was young, I have been abused by men. Growing up into my teenage years I was cheated on, lied, used, in every possible way.

Today my ex- who I have not seen in 10 months came back to town and showed true indication that he had changed and became a better man and thus I agreed to meet with him.

2 minutes into sitting down at a bar he upped and left with a friend of his and left me there for 15 minutes alone: the old me and that relationship would have sat there and waited until he came back but I realised in that very moment 3 things-

I do not deserve to be someone’s door mat

I do not deserve to be an afterthought

I love myself and I respect myself more than this to put myself through this again.

As I got in the Uber to go home I hear a whistle behind me, and .. I didn’t look back. I didn’t stop, I just got into the Uber and said “please, drive as fast as you can out of here”.

I am proud of me. And if nobody else is- fuck it at least I am. My tattooed manifesto finally became manifested-

Beg for nothing, bow to none. for those who wanted to see the tattoo