Gilded People

                   I know I portray that girl. That girl is calm and composed, and always attempts to be formal. That girl is a goody-two-shoe and never does anything wrong. That girl who has wisdom beyond her years and is often praised for her maturity. But if people think this is the real me, then they have been deceived by a charade. In fact, I am not this person. First off, the composed personality that I portray is less of a result of my personality than it is a necessity. I have a belligerent temper. If anyone infuriates me (many drivers do so frequently) I start out by verbally abusing them. Basically every dirty-little-thing I know will come out of my mouth. And by the time I have these comments have barely been started, the relationship I had with the given person would have deteriorated. Thus, it is necessary that I keep that composure, for fear of any statement that I regret later on. Secondly, I am not an angelic goody-two-shoe. Instead, I am a teenager. So, I also I make my share of mistakes. It is very irritating when my peers tell me that I could never do anything wrong because I question whether they actually know me. Lastly, don’t picture me as that overly mature girl. I detest it when people think I am so mature. For example, some family friends recently told me that I was like an adult, but I just looked like teenager. Sure, that may be sweet and all, but this is irritating because I definitely am not that mature. Ask my family. They know. Maybe all this resentment is due to my strives to become rebellious. But then again, if that is what I am aiming to achieve, I definitely am not mature. Because of my short fuse, my less- than-angelic personality, and my immature behavior, I get irritated by my pet peeves. Frequently.

                I am a complete introvert. On a psychology survey I received the lowest score for extroversion in my psychology class- a 16. Yeah, it was low. Mr. Johnson stated that introverts were able to observe people well and figure out their personality. And I can definitely do that. As an introvert I am able to understand other people a little more easily. Or at least I think that. But recently, I think I have lost my magic touch. People have just become too confusing for this petite head to handle. And that is why my number one pet peeve is people. When someone asks me, “Are you okay?”, I reply by saying that people are irritating. Why have people become so irritating lately? I guess in an effort to maintain a good relationship with everyone, some persons have just stopped speaking their mind. Maybe they think that sharing their opinion, will make them be judged or will insult someone else. And to avoid that, it is easier to just avoid contact between people. Or so they think. And that is why too many people are gilded. Society is just filled with these gilded persons.  I hope that one day, these gilded persons will see that their mind is just as important as the next persons.   Then, they will become their true selves. And people will be less irritating.