Everyone has always called me a drama queen. I hated it, I mean, I suppose I can be a bit loud at times; I speak in hyperbole. You know "I swear to God, I was in line for seventeen hours". When something's beautiful, I call it out, when something is awful I make a point of making that clear. I guess I'm not very guarded. So what? I always thought that was a nice quality to have. But noooo. Nobody ever says "You're a drama queen" with reverence or admiration. It's like a bad thing to be. I blame Mary J Blige.
So I did a little thinking about that term. "Drama Queen". And I 've come to a conclusion. It is okay to be a drama queen- as long as you're the right type of drama queen. And a theory was born. Behold the three types of drama queens.
Type A: This is a girl (or boy) who does not thrive unless there is drama. There always has to be a huge scandal. She can't date anyone unless she has to overcome obstacles to get him. (He's in prison, he has a girlfriend, he's gay...) You can't keep her attention unless your life is in peril. She's your best friend when she can be there for you, not neccesarily because she wants to be there for you, but because she wants in on your drama. She starts fights, she holds grudges, she gets off on confrontation. She usually has a bunch of friends, but is kind of mean to them- but they take it. They love her and they think the way she acts is kind of funny- and maybe they're a little afraid of her.
Type B: This one is always a victim. Everything is so much worse to her than it actually is. She can burst into tears at the drop of a hat. If something minor goes wrong, she's in an exsistential crisis. A flat tire could ruin her life. At least in the moment it does. If she has a boyfriend, she is always putting him through the ringer. Bad news, he's never gonna be good enough because any mistake he makes, whether it's showing up late or leaving the toilet seat up, he's gonna hear about it, alot. If she's single- she's got bad taste in men. Like- abysmal, catastrophic taste in men. She likes bad boys, bad guys- guys she has to save, guys she has to pay for, guys who treat her like crap- She's a magnet for thses guys- almost like she's looking for them.
Type C: She's Liza! It's not that things are so intence for her- she just has an intence reaction to everything. Good music is "brilliant", Bad food is "intolerable, disgusting, repugnant". When she's startled, she screams. She talks loudly, she sings out loud to the radio- regardless of where she is. She's even been known to dance on tables. She's social, fun, has an eccentric style of dress and isn't afraid to flaunt her stuff. If she has low self esteem- she hides it. Very well. She has intence, relationships because she usually falls for guys that are like her.
You can guess which one I'm gonna say I am, right? With a Z, baby! No- seriously, I know that there's a little of all of them in me- but I prefer to believe I'm Type C. And I have a big problem with type A's. The point is- I'm not ashamed of being a drama queen anymore. It's good to be queen.
No, it's fan-fucking-tastic.
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This is so true! I think there is a little of all of them in all of us, or maybe just us, and that's why we're "us."
Two are the closest people in my life are a B and a C... does that make me an A?
;-)
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