Why I Hated My Name

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I hated my name up until the last year, or so, of my life. Elizabeth Morgan Firth is my full name. I asked my parents today why they named me that and they said “Mom liked the name Elizabeth, and I liked the name Morgan. We didn’t argue about it.” Which their response made me dislike my name again. The reason I hated my name in the first place is that I always thought it was so average. Everyone is named Elizabeth. Three of my best friends’ middle names were Elizabeth growing up. Not to mention I look like the OG Queen Elizabeth. Pale redhead with extremely dark brown eyes. Elizabeth is a biblical name meaning “God is my oath,” Morgan is Welsh and means “bright sea,” and lastly Firth is Scottish and means “barren land.” Both my first and middle …show more content…

I am finally able to say that without wanting to move to another planet. That is pretty exciting for me. I have known since I was seven or eight that I liked girls, boys and anything in between. But it wasn’t until I was ten or eleven that I realized it wasn’t just me. I had never heard of other sexualities at that point in my life. I felt ashamed and embarrassed. I came out to my bestie (still to this day) and she said cool but she didn’t care at all, which was the best thing she could have said. I also came out to the girl who called me an extension of Satan, which suddenly urged her to want to me my friend again. She thought to be bisexual was “cool.” Senior year of high school I opened up to a couple of my closest friends and literally all of them cut ties with me except for this [insert cuss word here] who told everyone he was “banging” the fat lesbian. Which the more I think about the more confused I become. I assume the majority of the girls I told thought that I was trying to hit on them which was definitely not true. It wasn’t until the beginning of 2017 I came out to my parents and they have shoved it under the rug and pretend I am straight as can be. My brothers still have no idea though. But, I don’t care anymore! I love who I love. I have no say in the matter. My sexuality has helped me realize that people are sometimes brought down by their culture. I am proud of who I am growing up to be and I will always be open-minded when it comes to the

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