You’re Not The Only Awkward One: 50 Singles Reveal The Most Embarrassing Way They Chased A Crush

By Thought Catalog Updated January 12, 2024

37. IM conversation died down and couldn’t think of something to say so I spammed keys on the keyboard, hit enter, and said my cat ran across the keyboard. Oof.

38. Oh god I made a fake Facebook account to post on my wall and talk to him so it looked like I had made friends. I hate middle school me.

39. Leaned over in English class every day and copied his handwriting until ours matched. I had this theory that if our handwriting looked the same he would fall in love with me, but he turned out to be mean, and I wound up with pretty handwriting.

Trace the scars life has left you. It will remind you that at one point, you fought for something. You believed.

“You are the only person who gets to decide if you are happy or not—do not put your happiness into the hands of other people. Do not make it contingent on their acceptance of you or their feelings for you. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if someone dislikes you or if someone doesn’t want to be with you. All that matters is that you are happy with the person you are becoming. All that matters is that you like yourself, that you are proud of what you are putting out into the world. You are in charge of your joy, of your worth. You get to be your own validation. Please don’t ever forget that.” — Bianca Sparacino

Excerpted from The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino.