An Education

So here are a couple recent life lessons:

1) Don't push someone away when they are genuinely making an effort to be your friend. That's just silly.

2) You don't always have to listen to everyone else's "helpful" advice. Especially when it's unsolicited, and sometimes even when you've sought it out. There are a lot of folks out there who do have your best interests at heart, but that doesn't always mean they're right. They'll tell you how to dress and how to talk and what to talk about and why you're wrong to feel the way you do. They might be right, but at the end of the day, you've gotta be true to yourself.