Sweet About Me, Nothing’s Sweet About Me

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Sweet About Me, Nothing’s Sweet About Me

The myth of women always being nice has to die. And in 2026 that is the part of me that I am leaving behind. The part of me that gives too much only for it not to be appreciated. Dame Helen Mirren once said that the first two words a woman should learn should be „fuck off.” This might sound extreme but when you understand that we spend our whole lives being told to please people and make people happy
And yet we are so vulnerable to risk and exploitation (this is something that I could talk about for hours, but I won’t on this blog, right now). So if you add a natural desire to not be mean with a heightened vulnerability then you have a problematic mix. Let me introduce one more factor: neurodivergence

What if you are like me. You struggle to read between the lines some times (while also being amazingly good at it in other situations). You tend to see the best in others and want to trust them.
You are vulnerable anyway and you need people to help you navigate this world sometimes. What’s going to happen when you are taught to be nice to people, people are preying on you and you are naturally vulnerable anyway? That is beyond the scope of this blog. Instead I’ll just say this: 

I am done with being „nice” to people. I’ll probably be as sweet and as loving to you as I ever was if you see me. But I’m no longer giving myself away to anyone anymore. I’m not giving you more than I can give. And I am my own. And frankly after everything I have been through in my life I owe it to myself to have a good life
I owe it to myself to focus on my work and get my job done
And I don’t owe anything to anyone 
Sweet about me, nothing’s sweet about me, yeah
A photo of a full moon at night

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