Dear Princess Jasmine,

There’s a difference between girls like you and the ones like myself. You are the standard, the common, and the easy to find. You’re the kind of girl someone marries. And it’s cool. I’m not looking to be like you, and even though back then, years ago I used to pretend being a you, I don’t anymore. I don’t hate you. This is not a hate letter. However, I do have issues with people like yourself. Mostly when they start to act like they are the Sun, when you’re not even close to being Pluto. You are a Jasmine, bland and unoriginal. While myself, I consider myself more like a Lady Macbeth, ambitious, strong and usually misunderstood. But of course I don’t expect you to comprehend that, and we’ll leave it at that. You don’t even know who Lady Macbeth is, the same way you have no idea of who I am.

There’s a reason why guys generally marry Jasmines. Jasmines are easy. Jasmines fight for the love of their life, even if that means putting their goals behind. Jasmines put their life to aside for a man, and well, I don’t. I am not saying I am the only one. There are plenty like me out there. Girls who appreciate other things besides a diamond ring on their left hand, and you know why? Because that ring is easy and it will come. But we are not willing to quit our life-style, goals and plans for it. Not yet. It is not worth it.

The funny part of all this, is that in your shallow heads you believe we want to be like you. That we are dying to have an Aladdin and a ring, while in reality we have much more than that. And I am here to tell you dear Jasmine that we do have things to fight for, the fact that we don’t have a life partner yet doesn’t mean we don’t have a life. As you had before meeting Aladdin, we also have goals and we are brave enough to pursue them. We are not settling and we won’t settle, because why would I settle with Aladdin if I can have Prince Charming? Don’t get me wrong, I am not talking fairy tales. I am talking about a real man, not a thief, that will understand me and love me, instead of taking my dreams away. One who will never build me a castle, knowing that I am able to build my own. As many other women in history we did not choose the easy road, but we chose the one who will get us further, the one who will make us happier. The one that not everybody is courageous enough to take.

Please do not feel offended Jasmine. I do not blame you, I somehow admire you, because I was never able to pretend long enough to be a Jasmine. I could have been living in a palace by now, but I was never the one to pursue what was easy. I never was, and I will never be. Oh, and by the way, try going outside the castle, it’s beautiful out here.

-MC