"Be busy, start earning, be ambitious."
"Dress well. Be beautiful. Be calm."
"Be approachable. Be reserved."
" Stop giggling in every little thing, you are not a child anymore. Why don't you ever laugh? Learn to smile more."
"Get out there and meet ppl. My god! Why are you never home!."
"You are allowed this and that. Why can't you decide on your own??"
" Oh! But you aren't allowed 'THAT'."
"BE INDEPENDENT, YOU'RE TOO INDEPENDENT!"
"Have you forgotten you're a lady?! "

They ask you to put a rein on your emotions, coz the way you feel and emote is overwhelming to them...
Wipe your tears, put a smile on...., no one cares if you want to or not.
'How you feel is yours to hide'
And when I finally retreat back to my shell n isolate myself from the world, you ask why?

© sophie nam