The best way to describe millennials is "unapologetically bad ass." Seriously, we're fearless leaders with an exceptional perception of our own worth, and we don't hold back our voice. We recognize that we have a voice. We aren't afraid to acknowledge if something is wrong and take action. We thrive off of our own independence; we are the ones to fuel our own fires.Older generations call us entitled, but we work just as hard as they do. Like they did with the generation before them, we work hard to prove our worth to them. People like to make jokes about our participation ribbons, but not all of us are handed a gold star every time we complete a mediocre task. We chase our wildest dreams no matter how many times we're mocked by older people, or even our peers. We're called disrespectful when we vocalize our opinions. Disrespect is often wrongly characterized as an articulation and defense of opinion. Again, almost everything we do is unapologetic.

We don't leave our unapologetic behavior at the door when we're interested in casually dating (if you can call it dating) people either. We don't think twice about what we do sometimes. We can be messy and careless. It's not bad to be a little selfish when you're dating. It's about time people own who they are and own their own worth. We build ourselves up instead of doing the opposite. We only want what we deserve. We've taken our parents' advice to heart and we follow our guts like their holding the map to Heaven's gates.

However, sometimes we forget to watch our step. We're too busy looking at our own two feet and forget that sometimes our unapologetic actions have consequences. Sometimes we forget that our selfishness can get out of hand and we might feel fine, but the person standing next to us is falling apart at the seams because of something we did or said. Our worst habit, one we cannot excuse or deny, is that when important things happen, things that can potentially hurt us, we runfor dear life. Our unapologetic mindset runs for the hills.

Older generations tell us we stare at our phones a lot, and they're honestly right. When we're faced with a problem we stare at a screen, avoiding someone's eyes or even the problem itself. We have all day to text a person, but don't have time for dinner. We have time for Netflix, but not to go on a picnic in the park. Maybe millennials are easy to please. Maybe we don't mind the whole "Netflix and chill" thing, but maybe that's what we think we're supposed to want.

What happened to proper dating?

What about a proper break-up opposed to ghosting?

When did we become so afraid of talking to one another (in person)?

When did our little bit of selfishness become an obession with ourselves?

When did we become okay with replacing social interaction and connection with network connections?

When did our phones get picked up and our heads dropped low?

We're stuck over analyzing our own text messages for clinginess instead of coming out with how we really feel. Why are we so apologetic when it comes to our feelings?

Some point down the line, we lost sight of real communication and connection. We stick to texts and emails instead of phone calls and dinner dates. "What if someone stops talking? What if it gets awkward because I don't know what to say?" We're not an iPhone (or an Android, if you're into that). We can't just factory reset things when they start to get faulty. We can't just reload. We can't power off. The only way to experience life is to live deeply. I CRAVE awkward silence. I crave the tangibility of another person. I crave the nervous stutter. the sweaty palms. There's so much beauty in the realness of a conversation with someone you care. There's so much passion in a break-up. I want to remember what it's like to feel my emotions to my core. I demand for us to bring our unapologetic attitude back to dating and break-ups. It's the only way we can really experience life.