"Perhaps that’s why I’ve become less interested in understanding mean girls and more interested in recognising genuinely kind women." - love this part. I think the one thing that can really take the power from people that move this way is to paying them no mind. If you can, shift the attention elsewhere and they will lose their influence.
There is so many kind people out there, it is worth looking for them!! :)
I really love the way you write; thoughtful, honest, and nuanced. 🌿
As I was reading, I wondered if these dynamics are partly competition, partly difficulties with emotional maturity, and sometimes rooted in insecurity. Truly secure people seem able to celebrate others without feeling diminished themselves.
Thank you for giving words to something many of us have experienced. 🤍
"Perhaps that’s why I’ve become less interested in understanding mean girls and more interested in recognising genuinely kind women." - love this part. I think the one thing that can really take the power from people that move this way is to paying them no mind. If you can, shift the attention elsewhere and they will lose their influence.
There is so many kind people out there, it is worth looking for them!! :)
thank you so much! Trying to look for them haha
I really love the way you write; thoughtful, honest, and nuanced. 🌿
As I was reading, I wondered if these dynamics are partly competition, partly difficulties with emotional maturity, and sometimes rooted in insecurity. Truly secure people seem able to celebrate others without feeling diminished themselves.
Thank you for giving words to something many of us have experienced. 🤍
wow thank you anna, that truly means so much to me to hear 🤍
and yes.. I do wonder if competition, emotional maturity and insecurity are still factors for the older mean girls.