I now understand why midlife women become bitches.

All your life you're told to smile, to be agreeable and make sacrifices.

It's all basically so people can treat you like shit and you'll put up with it. Then blame you for allowing yourself to be treated like shit.

Then one day it all makes sense.

Fuck people. Fuck staying out of their way. Fuck being palpable for people who will talk bad about you behind your back. Fuck doing nice things and being nice in general so people can take from you then disappear when you need a hand.

I owe everyone what they owe me, nothing.

You start to make yourself a priority and then it happens, you're a bitch.

If having an identity outside of what makes everyone else comfortable makes me a bitch, then I'm a bitch 💋