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When she tells you she loves you, believe her. When you’re 8 years old and you’re the tallest one in your class, enjoy it. When you get laughed at for coming in last running the mile in gym don’t bother telling the gym teacher, he’ll join in. When you decide to wear a side pony tail to elementary school one day ignore the kids when they point and whisper, it does look cute. When she tells you she loves you, believe her. When Derek buys you make up for Christmas throw it in his face. A) you’re beautiful without it B) you’re 10 years old, you don’t need it. When you have a crush on that new boy Chris don’t get too excited, every other girl does too. When you’re the only one of your friends to not have divorced parents, feel blessed. When you move to a small town in the middle of nowhere don’t hate it, you will learn to love it soon enough. When you go see spiderman with the boys in summer camp instead of another cinderella story with the girls remember why, it will make sense later. When she tells you she loves you, believe her. When you meet a nice boy in honor choir and he asks for your number, don’t give it to him, he’s a dick. When you’ve never been asked to be someone’s date to the dance, don’t worry it’s so unimportant. When your mother buys you makeup for your birthday don’t take it offensively she’s only trying to help. When she tells you she loves you, believe her. When kids pick on you in middle school and say hurtful things, brush it off, they haven’t even graduated yet. When you get called a teacher's pet laugh at them while they have to work 10 times harder than you do. When your best friend won't go to prom with you because he's afraid of what people will think, stop talking to him, he is an asshole. When you make out with your bestfriend at her birthday party, do not hate yourself, she was just a bad kisser. When the whole school finds out and calls you a dyke causing you to stay in the closet for years, tell them they can go fuck themselves and be proud of who you are. When you get a job at a Haunted House do not date the girl who works in the slaughterhouse, she has knives…. So many knives. When you get a job working in an art gallery enjoy those long days you have no idea what they will mean to you later. When she tells you she loves you, believe her. When you have a mental break down about having to be undecided freshmen year of college, relax, it doesn’t matter, you’re a freshman. When your dad says “You know what I don’t understand about gay people” don’t get mad he’s not trying to be offensive. When you work with a woman named Daisy don’t wait a month to start talking to her. When she tells you she’s from different country understand that means she will eventually go back to that country. When you two are crying on the porch together in the rain hold her a little bit longer. When she tells you she loves you, believe her.