When You Were Ashamed of Home
A friend offered to walk you home, and you said no, too fast. You made an excuse. The truth is you didn't want them to see your home — it's smaller, older, messier than theirs, and you've built up a picture in your head of them judging it, judging you. So you keep your worlds apart. You go to their house, never the other way. It's getting harder to explain. And underneath the effort of hiding is a horrible question you can't shake: if your home embarrasses you, does that mean you're ashamed of your own family, the people who made it?
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