A friend of mine asked me to be his girlfriend. I told him I would think about, talked about it with my mom, and decided I didn’t want to be in a relationship in middle school. He whispered ‘Bitch’ in my ear every time I sat in front of him in class until he was expelled for fighting a few weeks later.

“When I was in sixth grade.”

#womensstories: when women refuse men (via feimineach, from the independent)