Respect Their Choice

Is it true? Can someone really force you to fall for a person that you had no intentions of falling for?

It couldn't possibly be true, right?

Right?

As an Asian American, I was raised a certain way, but was taught another. As a Chinese person, I was raised to respect your elders, to be shy, to be behaved, and to do well in school. As a Chinese girl, I wasn't allowed to go out as much as my brother did. My wildness has always been inhibited because of the restraints my parents put on my social life.

That, I resented. As I grow older, I still feel like they treat me like a child. I've never done anything that caused them to mistrust me, yet they do. It kind of forces me to lie to them or feel like lying when I do feel like rebelling. Maybe ignorance is bliss for them.

I wondering how much falling is required for me to get glimmers in my eyes. I think about the great love that I will have. As much as I want love, I still smile with hope that my love will be a great one when it comes.

If I were to like someone who was not available, it's merely a crush. I don't need to fall hard for anyone who has chosen another.

I think love is hard. But it's definitely well worth it.