I’m pretty sure I realized it in my preteen years when I first started watching the Disney channel but there was one instance really hit it home for me.

I went to Vegas for my friends 21st birthday with all of her sorority sisters. I was the only friend from back home so I already felt like the odd one out. I was a late bloomer so I was awkward with little to no confidence. We were at a pool party when one of her beautiful sorority sisters grabbed me and said “Let’s walk around and look for free drinks”. Not 5 min in, a group of guys at a table with bottle service flagged us (her) down. She proceeded to flirt with them and get free drinks while I stood off to the side awkwardly. They didn’t acknowledge me or offer me any drinks, it was MORTIFYING. I wish i could go back and hug that timid little girl and show her what a badass b she would become.