[ SECRET POST #1446 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1446 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 13 pages, 302 secrets from Secret Submission Post #207.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

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[(Anonymous)]

The important part is that you are okay being a Bertie. Your family is of secondary concern in that respect. You're not here to please your parents - you're here to create a wonderful life for yourself, independent of them. Not saying you should stop caring what they think, just that what YOU think should take priority.

[(Anonymous)]

...am I writing secrets in my sleep? You're not alone, OP.

[(Anonymous)]

anon, are you me? I don't want a Jeeves, but I sure as hell hate being The Smart One.

[(Anonymous)]

I want a Jeeves that understands how socially inept I am and is okay with that.

[(Anonymous)]

Awww, I want a Jeeves. :'( Unfortunately my friends are just as, ahem, 'dysfunctional' as Bertie's are, so I always end up being the Jeeves. Always.
I feel you, OP.

[jabber-moose.livejournal.com]

I feel like i could have written this secret, and I agree with the first anon of this thread 100%. Here's to hoping everything works out for you. ♥

[(Anonymous)]

OP here: Thank you all so much.

[(Anonymous)]

OP, you sound very much like me a few years ago, and I dare say that it will get better. I used to be "the smart one", and my parents expected so much from me. After school I got into a really demanding university and failed horribly. I felt worse about disappointing my parents than about failing my course. My parents accepted my choice to drop out of this university, but they were very unhappy about it.
A few years later I finished my studies at a more 'normal' university, I have a good (but not extraordinary) job now and am happy with my life. And I'm fairly sure that my parents are happy for and proud of me, even though I didn't turn out to be some sort of genius. Just do what makes you happy, do what's best for you. Your parents will surely realize sooner or later than your happiness is more important than their expectations.

[oflittlebrain.livejournal.com]

being "the smart one" is shit, IA and I'm sorry they're such dicks about it ):

do you also have a sibling who's "the pretty one"? I've been told that! to my face. lolz

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks.

LOL. No, that hasn't happened, but once she gets old enough I'm sure it will. :P

[ceilonar.livejournal.com]

I hate when people assume I'm smart.

I mean, it's not as bad as when people assume I'm mentally deficient, but still irritating.

My parents are always saying "you're brilliant, dear" and I say "...at what?"

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, man. Growing up, because I'm smart in some ways (read books), people just expected me to be good at... math, and remembering details, and caring about politics, and all this stuff. I just... hate disappointing people.

One of my favorite things about my current S.O. is how he never expects me to remember this sort of stuff. He still treats me like I am an intelligent being, but when I'm around him I don't have to spend so much of my time being evasive or going, "Uh, yeah, sure, I remember/care about/know how to do/want whatever you're talking about" to someone who assumes I do, because I'm brilliant or something.

And because I've been around him for so long, I started to realize that I am a complete person just as I am, and acting more confident. Smiling when I say, "I don't know" or feeling comfortable saying, "actually, I can't remember names." There is nothing wrong with me. I don't HAVE to know everything, or worse, pretend I do.

Um. Anyway. I hope you find your Jeeves, too.

[iambic5.livejournal.com]

This secret breaks my heart. Because this is me, too, and I'm tired of having to explain to people that even though I got good grades all my life, I'm not good at academics and I don't enjoy it. Et cetera. And people have told me that I'm basically Bertie, except a girl. So yeah.

But! The fact that so many other people have commented saying "this" makes me feel a little better. We Bertie-types have to stick together, or... something. I don't know, I sort of lost my thread there.

The point is, this. And *hugs*.

also I want a Jeeves too.

[mjnuts.livejournal.com]

Are you me, OP?

It gets better, if that is even remotely helpful... But it took me years to be okay with it myself and to stop caring that my parents still would rather have me be someone else, someone with studies of grandeur. Sorry, mom and dad, I like writing, reading and kids, no lawyer or doctor is getting out of here. They're starting to accept it now. :)