i don’t follow the “respect is earned” philosophy. i respect everyone naturally and then each person has the opportunity to lose my respect based on their behaviour. that’s it
dating someone who knows you're a work in progress, but still adores you for the absolute fucking masterpiece that you already are is extremely important
Now that I’m older & I realized that they most likely paid for this out of pocket, this made me appreciate teachers more as they are criminally underpaid