Take Off The Mask. I Want To See Who You Are Underneath
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Take Off The Mask. I Want To See Who You Are Underneath

Just be yourself!

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Take Off The Mask. I Want To See Who You Are Underneath
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In this day and age, I have found that more and more people think that they have to pretend to be someone they're not to impress some new person in their life. Even if this new person is only an acquaintance I have seen this happening. But here's the thing if you aren't yourself around new people in your life how are you ever going to have a really honestly happy relationship with a significant other in the future?

Rather than pretending to be someone you're not I want to challenge everyone to be your true self around every new person in your life. If you're hanging out with someone new for the first time and you usually wear sweats and no makeup and you aren't going out on a date but are going to just hang out and watch movies or chat then go ahead keep those sweats on and keep that face makeup free. If the other person is going to think less of you for doing that then you don't really want them in your life anyway.

If you wouldn't normally talk about some aspect of your life don't go out of your way to talk about it with someone new. If it's something that you would normally hold off on telling someone for a longer period of time then just a few days then keep holding on to that thing that you normally wouldn't talk about.

Don't make something up about yourself because then you have to go out of your way for the rest of any form of relationship with someone to keep them happy and make it seem like you didn't lie to them. If they realize that you lied to them about one thing they will wonder how many other things you have lied to them about and then they won't trust you again.

If someone is taking the time out of their life to talk to you and be involved in your life they deserve the real you. Would you want the fake version of someone? Your answer should have been no. Just like you don't want the fake version of someone no one wants the fake version of you.

Think about it if you get used to giving people the fake you then when you get married your husband or wife will also only know the fake you and they may not have married you if they knew the real you and when they eventually find out who the real you is they may end up asking for a divorce which will only cause everyone involved to be hurt in the process.

Moral of this article is this. If you are yourself around every new person you meet not only will you be happier but when you find your mister or misses right they will know the real you and they will be happier knowing that they saw the real you from the start and that you didn't lie to them throughout the entire relationship leading up to that.

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