Dear Coachella Girl, No One Is Asking You To Apologize — That's A You Problem
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Dear Coachella Girl, No One Is Asking You To Apologize — That's A You Problem

They're only first world problems, buddy. About as first world as it gets.

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Dear Coachella Girl, No One Is Asking You To Apologize — That's A You Problem
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Dear Coachella Girl,

Hi! How you doin'? Hope you had fun at Coachella. I heard Beyonce was amazing; wish I could have seen it. Well, no, that's a lie, I'd rather watch it on YouTube in the comfort of my own home instead of being surrounded by a mob...but you do you, I guess.

Alright, so let's get to what's probably the main reason people are picking on you for going to Coachella, and it's not because your parents paid for it. It's because, well, it's Coachella. Big events like this are always the brunt of a lot of jokes, and Coachella kinda deserves it. The event has a reputation for a lot of cultural appropriation, and the owner has donated to anti-LGBT, climate change denying groups and anti-abortion groups. But hey, I bet you didn't know that.

And I bet you either:

a) Weren't culturally appropriating anything because you wouldn't do that or...

b) Were unaware.

That's okay. Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is that now you know and can do better next time.

And now for your main complaint about the whole ordeal. Apparently, you don't like that people make fun of you for your parents paying for your trip or buying you these nice things. First of all, I'm happy that you get to do stuff like that! I hope you're thankful, because there's a lot of people who aren't as fortunate as you. Not everyone gets to go swimming with dolphins, gets a brand new beautiful car for their sweet 16 or gets to go to Coachella.

But if people make a couple jokes, it shouldn't bother you as much as it does.

When I got my new laptop, a few people teased me lightly for having a brand new touchscreen laptop, calling me "rich little white girl." And you know what? They're not wrong! I come from a well off family, and yes, we're white and live in the suburbs, so we fill a couple stereotypes. But those jokes don't bother me. They shouldn't. No one is trying to hurt my feelings; they're just commenting on my life. And I'm grateful for my life!

These jokes shouldn't bother you. No one is asking you to apologize or make excuses. All you have to do is smile and shrug it off.

So in conclusion, Coachella girl, no one is asking you to be sorry that you get to do all this fun stuff. Though, if you're showing off, thinking you deserve everything to be handed to you and looking down on those who aren't as fortunate as you, then yes. You should apologize. But again, I'm sure that's not you.

No one is asking you to apologize because you didn't do anything wrong by being fortunate. All anyone is doing is making a few harmless jokes, or they're simply commenting on the fact that you're reasonably wealthy. Don't let these jokes bother you, because they just plain and simple shouldn't. These are first world problems that should never hurt so much that they warrant an entire article.

In hopes that you learned something today,

Me

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