Personal Narrative: My Greatest Obstacles In Life

When your emotions are at play it is really hard to make the decision that you know is correct. My greatest obstacle in life has been to let go of someone I thought I loved and it took a lot for me too. Since I was little I always did everything that my parents wanted me to, I was top in my class, didn’t go out, succeeded in school and never got in trouble. However, there is a point when you finally grow tired of doing what others think is right. I use to hate their overprotectiveness and wished things were different and I let my longings get the best of me. As a child the hardest decisions are satisfying your parents or yourself. However, there are consequences to every action you do.
In my junior year, I did something that was really foolish …show more content…
it only lasted 7 months us not talking and then I forgave him because I have never been one to hold grudges I and he started to talk and at first it was nice but eventually I started to see his true character. He really is not a nice person he is manipulative, a liar and does not care about anyone but himself. However, I did not know how to let him go because in truth I still had feeling for him. If you get a cut you put a bandage on it if you break your leg you put a cast on it but when your emotions are damaged what do you do? That was my conflict I did not know what to do and I struggled until finally I decided if I want to succeed I cannot just think of my present I must also think of my future. A future without him and a future where I am happy.
The reason I realized what type of person he was because after I started to talk to him again, I had sex with him and had a pregnancy scare. When I told him I was pregnant he literally wanted to hash his hand of it. He told me to tell my parents that it was not his baby that I had sex with some other guy. Also that I should get an abortion because if I had the kid he was not taking any responsibility for it and that is my only