I wasn't raised to wait for a prince charming to come knocking at my door while I wait for him to rescue me. I was raised to handle my own shit and get on with it. I don't need a prince or a man or whoever to come save me. I need to put my big girl panties on myself and deal with whatever life throws at me. Now, don't get me wrong, having a prince is nice, but I don't need one. No one really does. And if they say that you do, they're lying.

I see too many girls in today's society want to be treated like royalty. Do this for me. You should buy me this. Do that for me. Actually, if you want it, go out and get it yourself. You go and do it yourself. I refuse to have someone do the things I am fully capable of doing myself for me. I refuse to be a princess.

I refuse to have a man think that I need him to function in life. I refuse to make someone of a different educational or socioeconomic status feel inferior to me because I think that I deserve/am better. I refuse to make my significant other do things for me because I just don't feel like doing them. I refuse to make everyone acknowledge my presence because quite frankly I don't care if anyone sees me.

Now don't get me wrong, I love a good Disney princess movie like any other twenty-something girl. But I refuse to allow that to become my reality. I refuse to think that the stranger I randomly meet in the forest or on the beach is my soulmate and make it my life goal to meet him and marry him. My goal is to get my education and put myself first. Make some money and do the things that I want to do without restrictions, with or without prince charming.

Honestly, I am the furthest thing from a princess. High heels hurt my feet, and I love a good pair of sweatpants. My posture is that of a 95 year old and sometimes I go days without shaving my legs. Sometimes I can be too loud and I enjoy getting muddy on the four wheeler on the weekends. I have the mouth of a sailor and I hate being in the spotlight. I can carry my own bag and I can do the same things boys can. I hate girls who can't do things for themselves and sometimes, I like just being one of the guys on a Friday night at the bar.

I refuse to have anyone think that I am above them. I am just me. I am not better than the stranger next to me or the person next to them. I refuse to be a princess because I know that's just not me. I want to be treated the same as anybody else, male or female. I want to be treated as me because I refuse to be a princess.