A Letter To All The Daughters, Sisters, Wives, Girlfriends, Girls and Women.

Dear daughter, sister, wife, girlfriend, girl, woman,

May I be one of the few men in your life that apologizes for how you have been treated. I am sorry that you think to gain attention by someone you must wear that low top or those high shorts. I am sorry that we expect you to be eye candy when really we should be looking your eyes which are full of pain and hurt. I am sorry we give whistles, winks, looks and slaps that you outwardly respond with flirting back, but on the inside all you want is someone to truly just care for you.
I am sorry of the times we have scrolled through Instagram looking for a picture to double tap. I am sorry that we make you into an object to be used, looked at, played with and then thrown away when the next best “thing” comes our way. I am sorry for the times when we have asked for a picture, when we have simply talked to you so “words can be extended”.
I am sorry for all those late nights we have stayed up lusting over your pictures, your videos and your chat replies. I am sorry for the hurt, the abuse, the pain, and mistreatment. I am sorry that in pretending to be “your man” we have really just solidified the fact that we are a little boy.

You do not have to wear those clothes, say those things, send those pictures and make those videos to be loved, to be wanted, to be cared for. Unfortunately we have force fed you those lies to make you think it is truth, that in order to get our attention you need to do those things. When in reality you don’t need to be anyone you aren’t, do anything you feel uncomfortable with, or say anything that you know is empty.

So be yourself, not what we say you are, not what the world demands you to be, not what you mind thinks you must do, be you.

So let me be on of the few MEN out there to say I am sorry for so much, and I know those words will not make up for everything. But I am making a stand, beside you… I am saying that it is time to grow up… that we need to be MEN in order to let you be the WOMEN YOU ARE.

Sincerely
-Nathan Huff