No one is entitled to anything, especially you.

Since preschool, I've had many friends who happened to be part of the male species. I thought I was equal to them; just one of their peers. Once puberty hit and we entered middle school, a small isolation between the boys and girls began. We developed different features and started to grow new kinds of feelings towards each other. I’d say some people handled these feelings better than others. Some people can't tell the difference between puppy love and obsessive.

This issue began my eighth grade year when I was only 13-years-old. I’ve always been polite to every person who comes up to me because everyone deserves that respect... until that respect has been broken.

At first it was a harmless friendship but then it became an issue that affected my everyday school life. I would have to become paranoid in the hallways, to make sure he didn’t spot me or else he wouldn’t leave me alone for hours until I made up an excuse to leave. That issue didn’t resolve until I graduated from middle school.

Boys in middle school were just the beginning of my issue. I remember there were days I would come home from high school crying to my mom that a boy wouldn’t leave me alone after I told them I wasn’t interested in them. I always felt like I was a magnet for attracting the wrong types of people, but I felt bad that I had to treat them differently because most people at school were so mean to them.

Looking back at that situation, why did I feel bad that I didn’t feel the same way towards them as they did towards me? As humans we can’t help who we are attracted to. When you like someone, it’s natural and you know it’s right.

There was a situation my senior year where I called this guy my best friend throughout high school. We were strictly platonic as we both went through relationships with different people and we were totally OK with it (or maybe it was just me). When it was our last year in high school together, he realized this would be his last time to make a move. He began to treat me more like his crush, and do things for me and then expect something in return.

If someone does something nice for you without you asking, never feel like you owe them anything.

I decided to cut this person off from my life because it started to affect the relationships that were good around me. He was mad at me because he didn’t get what he wanted.

Why do some men and women feel entitled to someone else? We should all be able to face the fact that not everyone in the world is going to like us,but there is at least more than one person who will like you.

So if someone doesn’t like you, breathe, say “I deserve better” and move on.