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dear sixteen year old me, 

it's going to take you about a year to get over him.
yes a whole year , deal with it and get on with your life.
he's an asshole who never deserved the time and love of your fifteen year old self.
despite that , fifteen year old us was stupid enough to give it to him.
learn from this.
you won't take a gap year and despite what you think , 
you have no idea what you want to do with your life.
or what you will do with your life for that matter.
don't go to town until your 18. it will make it that much better when you do.
stop forgiving people so easily.
not everyone on this planet is as loving , caring , honest and loyal as you.
and no matter how much you wish they would be , it's not going to happen.
ring up fourteen year old us for me would you ? and tell her to tell Grandad how much we love him every opportunity she gets.
because when he's gone we will regret not telling him when she had the chance.
stop caring about what they think , or about what everybody thinks for that matter.
you are way too good for that.
just be yourself.
please - and i know you will think im weird for saying this - but honestly ..
pleeaase stop popping your freaking pimples. you will get scars.
sixteen year old me,
i could go on like this for hours. but to be honest i don't want to.
you're strong. always remember that.
you're beautiful. you may not feel it right now. but you are.
you're smart. don't get yourself down when people get better grades than you.
high school just isn't really your scene.
despite what you may think right now , there are great guys out there.
fifteen year old us was just unlucky enough to get our heart broken by one not so great guy.
oh and you'll meet one of those great ones when you turn eighteen.
at least so far so good. remember not to get your hopes up too soon though.
just like im trying not to right now.
but most of all, you may not think it's 'cool' or whatever.
but wear a sunhat. re-apply your sunscreen and dont sunbathe in the middle of the day.
you're smarter than that.
make the most of every day.
tell your family how much you love them and appreciate everything they do for you.
dear sixteen year old me,
i know you will never read this
but i needed to tell you anyway.
because it's taken some time but i finally learnt who our real friends are.
i found the strength to do what we always really wanted at uni.
 - yup even broke it to dad that it's not med school.
and guess what ?! we got over him. i dont give a flying fuck anymore.
bet it feels like that will never happen for you right now huh. but it will.
trust me.
oh and one last thing,
you are amazing. so smile :)