I recently got a fortune cookie that read “You are affectionate and loyal to those you love”. My mom just laughed it off and said “thats not true” and “you dont go around hugging your friends and family”—which is true, I feel more socially acceptable online than in-person, but her words are not what it means to be affectionate. Being affectionate means to show warm, tender feelings of love or fondness to someone or something. This fortune made me think about my online friends who live on a whole other continent. I’ve loved and supported them all unconditionally. This piece of paper holds so much sentimental value to me because I think it reminded me of myself. At least, I want it to remind me of myself because I feel like I’m thinking too highly of myself. Thinking of myself that way makes me feel extremely self centred. I’ve never been better than anyone and I’ve known that my entire life. I wish I could treat myself better but thats actually really hard for me to do.