Day 71: If I Ruled Lichtenstein... No One Would Have To Justify Who They Are

Most people don't wear hats. But some people do.

Most people drink alcohol. Some people don't.

Most people decide to have kids after they're married. Some choose to have kids before they're married, without a partner to help raise the child, or never at all.

Guess what? Regardless of whether I choose to wear a hat or drink or have kids,  it's OK. They are my personal decisions. 

And all of those personal choices are none of your fucking business. Just like your decisions regarding these matters and countless others are none of mine.

Who are you to ask why someone is wearing a hat? Maybe she's embarrassed by the fact that she didn't get to wash my hair and it's greasy, and your drawing attention to the fact that she's wearing a hat today - which she doesn't usually do - just makes it more awkward for her. Or maybe she just likes her hat and wanted to wear it. Why are you asking her to vocalize my decision?

I don't drink alcohol anymore. And when people ask me why I don't drink - which annoyingly happens virtually every single time I do anything outside of work hours - I say, "I do drink. If I didn't drink anything, how else would I stay alive?" And then I quickly change the subject.

Besides, who the fuck are you to ask me why I made the personal choice to not ingest alcohol when most people do? Maybe I'm allergic to it, maybe I'm addicted to it, maybe I'm trying to get pregnant, maybe a family member is an alcoholic, maybe I'm on probation and wearing an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet and don't want to go to jail. I choose not to drink alcohol, so what gives you the right to question my decision?

And yes, some people get married. But why does that mean that you're going to immediately start thinking of having kids? Maybe you've been trying and it hasn't happened, or maybe you don't want kids. And people bringing it up over and over just adds insult to injury.

In Lichtenstein, people have class. I'm not saying they're perfect, but they respect people's way of life. They respect the decisions people choose for themselves and don't make them justify those choices or vocalize why they've made these decisions.

This is why the motto of my country is "Lichtenstein. To each their own."

Although it also works, the motto is a little more PC than "Lichtenstein. Mind your own damn business."