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Dear Haters

This is for you.

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Dear Haters
Katy Montgomery

Newsflash, you aren't dictatorial. You are not the boss here. Just because you may think it, or you may say it, doesn't mean that it's right -- or that it's true.

You're a hater, so, that means almost all of your opinions are negative. It also means you really just need a confidence boost. Yes, you do have the right to have whatever opinion you want. Free speech, free beliefs, free thoughts. But guess what? This doesn't give you the right to hurt people or drag them down with those free negative opinions of yours.

This may be a surprise to you, but I don't care what you think of me. If I would rather stay home than go to a party, I'm gonna miss that party and feel great about it. If I want to wear bright sparkly makeup on my eyes, I'm going to and I don't really care what you think about it.

If I want to post 200 pictures from my beach trip on social media I will. If I want to post 2000 selfies on the internet for people to see I will and if that "annoys" you then why are you looking at it? That doesn't make me conceited or full of myself, maybe I just feel confident in these pictures and I want to share them. Maybe I feel beautiful for once and I want people to see that I feel beautiful.

Why are you even following me on social media in the first place if you don't like what I post? Just so you can "make fun of it" or complain about it some more? That sounds pretty miserable and pathetic to me. If you spend your free time checking up on the life of someone you don't care for then you have no life. The thought of someone doing that is actually pretty funny.

So, I'm not going to give you the power that you're searching for. I'm not going to give you the power to ruin my day or the power to keep me from smiling. I'm going to stay home when I want and binge Netflix and post as many pictures and selfies as I want. I'm going to smile every single day, more than I would normally. I absolutely could not care any less if you think that's "weird" or "annoying" or whatever other negative adjectives you may be thinking.

The point is, I'm me. I'm living for me, not you. I don't owe you any explanation for my preferences or my choices. If you don't like them, or me, it's not my job to make sure that you do.

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