#being young

[cigarretteluvr]

loving someone at nineteen is so different than loving someone at seventeen or twenty two. there is a searing passion of pent up energy from being stuck between knowing nothing and knowing everything and then on top of it all, knowing love.

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

"Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalise so suavely and mendaciously about the golden hours of youth -- that period in life when every sorrow seems permanent, and every set-back insuperable?"

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (1933)

[credits-roll]

But youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

[thoughtportal]

it is hard being young

[2lovedddkaii]

[neverending-youth]

You know what feels strange? When we started to run our tumblrs we were these lost, misunderstood teenagers. Now we are young adults (possibly still lost and misunderstood). How time flies for our generation. Coming home from school feels like yesterday.

[kim-namjuns-baby]

20 years damn, im old in a young way and young in an old way

[wolfie-wolfgang]

mists of time. me. felt so cool. wrong too.

[a-ruby-is-a-sapphire]

Core Core Beauty Standards

I'm tired of everything I choose to do being criticised. I'm never enough for them then they wonder why I am a ball of stress.

I drink and don't drive and stay up until 4am once a fortnight dancing in a club with friends and cook simple foods cause I'm not into cooking and like my hair long and fringe short and want to fall in love and hold hands and watch movies in cinemas but I don't like movies at home and love catching up with my friends like I'm a reporter getting every detail out of a celebrity in a tell-all special interview and fuck I love being young so why does everyone tell me I need to have babies and stop loving my pets so much and learn how to cook overly complicated recipes no one really likes anyway and start dressing with an emphasis on my body but not be slutty but also cut my hair shorter because it's intimidating men but not too short because that will also intimidate men and I try too hard if I have dating apps and not hard enough if I don't and...

What more do you want from me? I don't care anymore. I am the person who has to live myself, so what you say doesn't get priority anymore.

[the-bisexual-bitch]

This, but also, being 14 in and of itself doesn't actually make what someone says less valid. Being a kid meaning that you don't get listened to ever is heartbreaking. Knowing that you can do all the research in the world and still, no one will pay attention to you and any points you have will be dismissed isn't good for anyone's self esteem, let alone a 14 y/o. (Source: I was a gifted 14 year old who's opinion was dismissed their entire life)

i think it’s funny when someone acts really angry about something you say online. could be whatever. and you check their profile and go. oh wait. you’re literally 14. nevermind. talking about this with you is like 100% useless. and they go “my age has nothing to do with this” like actually your age has everything to do with this. when you are 14 literally everything is influenced by how fucking 14 years old you are.

[cigarretteluvr]

in my head, we’re still 16 at that house party, leaving our friends to smoke in the side yard. i still look at you with the same excitement in my eyes, and you still look at me like the most precious thing on earth. we pass a joint back and forth, hoping it might count as our first kiss.

[eosofspades]

i didn't have "i'm broken" teenage asexual angst i had "i'm literally being the only reasonable one about this concept and the rest of you are behaving like fucking freaks" perception issues

[riverdeansart]

when the two least affectionate guys ever start dating, their love language becomes acknowledging each other's presence

[brownkatana]

I don’t think people realize how lucky they are for having the right to do mistakes. For having the right to experiment life simply.

[candycatfalls]

hes a seduction master the likes of which humanity has never seen