Standing before the mirror, she was unsure. Years of speculation and a lack of self-confidence were calling her. She should be dressing a certain way in order to look her best, at least so the magazines and internet told her. But she didn’t like the style that was supposed to “suit” her; she liked tucking in her shirts. Did it matter really? Who would care, in the end? In all likelihood, only her.
Tugging at the shirt, folding it up, she imagined what it would look like tucked into her shorts. Fear and doubt threw all they could at her. She tried to keep them at bay. Why was she listening to those voices that didn’t know her, her body, her style, her likes, or dislikes? It was then that she realized that she had added “not wearing her shifts tucked in” to her personality because at some point she had heard she wasn’t supposed to.
Feeling timid, she unbuttoned her shorts and stuffed her shirt in before rebuttoning them. There was a slipt second where her heart lept. She liked it; she felt confident. However, it didn’t take long for the other voices that weren’t hers to come roaring in. They told her that it was wrong, that it wasn’t how she was supposed to dress for her body type, that people would look at her and think that she didn’t look good.
“Stop!” She told herself. “Who cares? Who’s actually paying attention besides me? I like this and I’m going to wear it.”
She walked out of her room, feeling more confident and more like herself than she had in all the years she’d been dressing following the “rules”.
Great one! Never follow rules you don’t like 🙂
Thank you! And I totally agree!
tails in/tails out. Mine is “in” today, too!