Fake

I just want to know want constitutes "being fake"? Yea...a girl can have fake hair, fake nails, and fake [insert almost any anatomical body part here]. However, that doesn't make a person.
Except, I prefer it when a girl's fake goods look real...so real, in fact, that I can't tell it's fake.
But when I'm asking about fake, I'm asking about the fake everyone claims everyone else is. I don't know, I just see a lot of people running around convinced that they are so "real". And maybe they are, I guess it all depends on their definition of real and fake.

In my opinion, real does not mean

• Yelling at the top of your lungs at every given moment
• Sighing audibly and rolling my eyes when I encounter someone I have formerly had issues with
• Jumping stupid every time I feel wronged
• Being down right rude
  

I don't know...someone out there is convinced that I can't be a "real, black girl" if I don't do the aforementioned. I can sometimes deal with loudness, but I don't like it. If I see someone I had an altercation with, I will just keep walking as if I'm passing a stranger in the street. And sometimes I smile at strangers, so that just might happen. If I feel wronged, I'll try to explain how I feel to the person in a way I think they'll understand. And when did manners equal fake? I feel like it takes a lot of work to hold a grudge. Yes, I remember why we fought. No, I don't feel the need to revisit that anger every time I see you. Plus, while would I let YOU ruin my day? I have so much other stuff that can ruin my day a lot better than you, trust me.

I don't know. I just don't like being angry. I don't like bad blood. I don't like burning bridges. So if trying to salvage some kind of common courtesy between us equals fake...so be it.

Alexany <3 the Fake