Yesterday was not a good day for me thanks to my mom
Hi Guys! All of this happened because we had to pick up polished shoes at an indoor flea market. This is important because of what happened on the way there and while we were there. On the way to the place, my mom was talking about how my friend's mom had given us an invitation to my friend's quinceañera and then she asked why I wasn't taking part of it. I couldn't tell her everything so I just said that I didn't want to be a part of it and my mom was very upset that she told me that all the other girls had already picked out their dresses so I just ignored my mom because I don't care about when she tells me this kind of stuff. When we walk in to the flea market, we pass by a store that sell things for quinceañeras. My mom immediately tells me that I would be wearing one of the crowns on the display windows if I had chosen to have a quinceañera. This made me feel bad but I ignored it. I just assumed that all of this was because of my cousin's quinceañera today. Unfortunately, I was wrong and I knew it from the start. I was just hoping that maybe my mom wouldn't be doing this to make me feel bad. I tried to distract myself by looking at some iPads being sold but then my mom said we had to leave so I walked off. After that, we passed by a makeup store and my mom's friends were asking if I was my mom's daughter so that in the future I could buy makeup products from them. My mom told her that I was her daughter but that unfortunately, I don't like makeup. All those comments made me feel different. I overanalyze stuff that affects me a lot so now I'm starting to question if I was destined to always be told to be something I'm not so I look more feminine and to lie in the public eye so I fit in with some outdated standards of what women and girls like and do. It's sad to wake up from the great dreams I have where my mom can't tell to not do stuff because it isn't feminine and realize that my actions are all based on the stereotype that all women and girls act and feel the same. My mom has been making these remarks ever since I started to tell her that I didn't want to do stuff that I just didn't feel comfortable with thanks to old gender stereotypes. What do I do about this? These comments affect me in a negative way and I hate hearing them all the time. I have to go. Leave your responses in the comments. Bye Bye!