Everyone has to face themselves

Javonte 2022-04-23 07:02:30

I thought I hadn't seen it, but I didn't expect to see it again, and I was speechless

Everyone has to face themselves. Simon is an ordinary student. He has a happy family, a pair of loving parents, a lovely sister, and a few good friends. He lives a dull life. However, I slowly discovered that I have a secret. This secret is not big, but it will make people feel ashamed. Although there are precedents around and I have not been discriminated against, I am still afraid. After all, it is not me that belongs to others. Everyone’s situation is different. I am afraid that people around me will look at me differently when I tell this secret, that my parents will not understand me, that my friends will alienate me, so I run away, but I am too depressed. You can only talk through the Internet, and it is always bolder to talk to strangers. But I don't know when it started, it seems that I have changed, I began to want to know who the other party is, maybe I like the person who chats with me on the opposite side, understands all my secrets, and has a common secret. I observed every suspicious person around me and pieced together the person I imagined from his few words, but none of them seemed to come true, and I still didn't know who the other person was.

An accident happened, my secret was known to the whole school, my parents were surprised, my friends blamed me for hiding it, and what made me even more helpless and ashamed was that some people laughed at my sexuality. At this moment, I was so confused, but the other party broke up with me. After contacting me, I don't want to see me. I think I'm still a failure. I have nothing left. Maybe it’s time to face myself bravely, so I sincerely posted a blog post to inform me of all my mental journeys. Maybe sincerity is the most touching thing. I actually got praise and support from many people, and I finally saw it. The person who shared a secret with me, I didn't expect, was the person I suspected at first. Fortunately, I didn't miss each other in the end.

Everyone has secrets, some secrets can be depressing, you don't have to tell them secrets, but you have to reconcile with yourself and the world. Your whole life, I hope that every time you show a smile, it will be bright.

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Love, Simon quotes

  • Ms. Albright: Don't "Hey, Ms. Albright" me. We're not friends. You're not going to braid my hair or paint my nails. Get your ass off the table now, you sweaty, hormonal virgins. You know what? You're about to be suspended for so long that by the time it's over, you're going to be the fat, bald, unhappily married, wildly mediocre nobodies you're destined to become.

    Spencer: You can't talk to us like that.

    Ms. Albright: Actually I can, 'cuz I just did. And you know why? Because you're just those two assholes who did that shitty thing in front of the whole school. And guess what? Nobody feels sorry for those assholes, especially me. Now walk. Mr. Worth's office. Now.

    Ms. Albright: [Grabbing speaker] Unh-uh. That's mine now. I'm'ma sell it, get my tubes tied.

  • Simon: You... actually, uh, I did want to talk to you guys about something.

    Emily: What is it?

    Simon: [stammering] Uh, well...

    Jack: Let me guess. You got somebody pregnant. No, you're pregnant.

    Simon: Yeah.

    Jack: I knew it!

    Simon: Yeah, I'm pregnant.

    Jack: I knew it. I mean, he's got that glow about him, babe.

    Simon: No, um...

    [struggles to get the words out]

    Simon: I'm gay.

    [Emily and Jack are both quiet]

    Emily: Honey...

    Simon: And I don't want you guys to think anything different. I'm still me...

    Emily: Of course you are, Simon.

    Jack: Yeah. So you're gay. Which one of your old girlfriends turned you? Was it the one with the big eyebrow or...

    Emily: Jack.

    Nora: Jesus Christ, dad, do you ever shut the hell up?

    Jack: I'm kidding.

    Nora: It's not funny!

    Jack: I'm kidding. Hey, Nora, open up your gift, please?

    [an embarrassed Jack exits the living room]