Growing up, I watched Disney princess movies almost every day. I still watch them occasionally with my 3-year-old niece or when I want to re-live a piece of my childhood. My favorite princess movie was "Aladdin." Jasmine was, and still is, my favorite princess because she lived in the coolest castle and had a pet tiger. When I was little, I thought the princess movies would come true. I thought I was going to grow up to be a princess and live in a world where animals talked. Sadly, I found out that there were a few things I would never get in my non-Disney world.
1. My hair would never be flawless.
Let’s face it, these girls were born with hair made by gods. I still have an unreal expectation of how my hair should look. All I ever wanted was for my hair to be long and have massive volume like Ariel. I guess it just wasn’t meant to be.
2. I would not fall in love with one glance at a boy.
True love didn’t just come to me the first time I looked at a boy like I was expecting. Princesses made falling in love look so easy. Why couldn’t this happen for me?
3. My pet side kick could never be a tiger.
There were multiple things that prevented me from getting a tiger. Mostly the fact that it is illegal to own a tiger. I had to stick with my side kick being a dog. This is the one thing I wish Disney wouldn’t have gotten my hopes up for.
4. My fairy godmothers will never come.
Cinderella had a fairy god mother and Sleeping Beauty had three, so naturally I thought I would have them. Well they never came and made me pretty dresses or turned a pumpkin into a carriage. Ill never get to see what my fairy got mothers magic could have done for me.
5. Falling gracefully is not a thing.
Princesses made everything look so graceful. If they fell over it wasn't a problem because they were somehow able to pull it off with no scraps of bruises. When I fell it was not so graceful. I was the girl who would come up with two scraped knees and a bruised chin.
6. Animals won’t ever talk or sing.
If Cinderella could have mice that would talk to her I should be able to talk to my dog. I waited for years to hear my pets talk. People probably thought I was crazy when I would try and talk to my pets, but I really did think that animals could talk.
7. I would never get to wear fancy dresses every day.
Princesses had the big ball gowns and they got to wear them every day. I grew up in the wrong time where it is not socially acceptable to wear a big fancy ball gown every day. Watching these movies growing up I didn’t understand that the movies took place in the past. I took me a while to understand why my wardrobe couldn’t look like the princesses.
8. I would never become a princess.
Sadly, no matter how hard I try, I will never become a princess. I have slowly accepted the fact that my parents are normal people and are not a king and queen. However, I am still holding out on my dream to be Elsa and become queen.
Even though I will never become a princess or live in a world where animals sing with me, I will continue watching Disney movies so my inner child can be happy.
