The title of this blog might make you think I'm about to blast one of my friends, but it's quite the opposite. This is a happy story.
One of my closest friends calls this dress my Cabbage Patch Dress. And, well...look at it. He's got a point. Screw him anyway, but yeah. He's not wrong. But that's not the point. The point is: until recently, I had never had people in my life who could criticize me without throwing me away. I have always had to be perfect in order to maintain the relationships I cared about. If someone criticized me, that meant there was something about me that needed to change in order for them to love me. I never realized how badly I needed people in my life who can criticize me--even mock me sometimes--without it ever being a reflection of their love for me.
If you don't have friends that can hate your dress and still think you're pretty... get new friends. I did, and it made all the difference.
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