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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Questions for those who found the monologue accurate:

Who had these expectations of you?
Who is putting this pressure on you in your life?

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My parents
My friends
My colleagues
My boss
Teachers at my kids school

When I was younger it was also the men in my dating pool and some of my male friends and colleagues, especially around expectations of appearance, needing to look sexually appealing but also to never cross an invisible line into "trashy" or to appear to be working too hard at looking attractive. Also my dad is very misogynist and he has always had really unrealistic expectations for me to "act like a man" which he thinks means having no feelings or problems, but also to fulfill a "traditionally" feminine role of always taking care of OTHER people's feelings and problems (which my dad does not perceive himself to have because of the aforementioned misogyny).

But as I've gotten older, and as I've gotten better and resisting those pressures, I think the pressure of expectations has shifted to come almost (but not quite) entirely from other women. Especially around motherhood. The judgment, criticism, and contradictory expectations from other women around being a mom suck. I wound up culling my friends after I had a baby because I had several friends who were just nothing but criticism and judgment and who needs that? No one, that's who.[/quote]

I call BS on this.  There is zero chance that all of those people are/were actually putting any pressure on you to be perfect in your real life.  You’re most likely putting that pressure on yourself and then projecting.  (I mean, why on Earth do you think your kids’ teachers give a single hoot about you?)

(And trying to look attractive but not trashy for a date just seems… reasonable?)

This monologue most likely resonated with you because you are an over sensitive and dramatic individual.[/quote]

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