My Type

Screenshot of a message Natalia Berry was sent

my type has a million tattoos and a weird personality

my type reads more than they write, listens more than they talk, and mulls over easy decisions with irritating care

my type looks like they smell

my type prefers to fuck in dark silence: no music, no strobe lights, no theatrics 

my type lies about their music taste until it’s too late and we’re both pretending to like St. Vincent

my type lies about their kinks until it’s too late and we’ve already invested in dilators

my type lies to their therapist

my type lies about having a therapist

my type lies for fun, but I can never prove it

my type has stomach issues, but won’t, no can’t, give up dairy

my type’s favorite movies are Heathers, Being John Malkovich, and BIG, in no particular order

my type has developed an illogical toxic romantic connection with Augustus Waters, not Ansel Elgort, but Augustus Waters

my type despises Ansel Elgort

my type hates at least one of their parents for a really good reason and the other for no reason at all

my type would never say that their favorite writer is Jack Kerouac

my type fell asleep while reading On The Road, but kind of likes The Dharma Bums

my type feels personally victimized by Mailer, Pollock, and Woody Allen. 

my type has never finished The Office (and never will)

my type wouldn’t have voted for Obama for a third term

my type rejects the idea that, “at Amazon, we are a family”

my type doesn’t romanticize the Coasts, but will never go back to Ohio

my type spends hours inside of museums with a pen and paper, but never writes anything down and is never going to

my type thinks museums are a pretentious waste of time, and he is wrong

my type has had an abortion

my type lost their virginity at camp, on a lake, in the dead of winter, with their best friend, with their twin brother in the room, on a couch, in a movie theatre, doesn’t count it, lies about it frequently, can’t remember it, didn’t feel anything and cries about it every January

my type has nothing bad to say about Beyoncé

my type has secret generational white blood money they refuse to acknowledge, but it put them through college

my type thinks we all failed Megan Fox

my type has $14 in their bank account

my type is afraid of their mother

my type never compliments fat girls on their “confidence.” In quotations. Or otherwise.

my type would rather paint an entire two-story house with a toothbrush than spend even 30 seconds listening to Ben Shapiro 

my type doesn’t believe in “hearing both sides”

my type is a child of immigrants

my type still loves their racist grandma

my type has an excessive collection of porn downloaded onto their computer in a secret file with a password and the password is “cautious” 

my type self-diagnoses every ailment on her body and in her mind, especially those within her mind

my type has a subscription to The New Yorker, but has never received a single issue

my type understands the brilliance of bees 

my type lost their mother when they were young

my type has food issues, but doesn’t put them on me

my type is actively gentrifying a neighborhood, but is too selfish to leave

my type has commitment issues, a shaky sense of self-worth and is finally dating age-appropriate women

my type thinks I’m age-appropriate and he is wrong 

my type doesn’t stan CEOs (and yes, I’m talking about Elon Musk)

my type will never be out of debt 

my type speaks three languages, but none of them well

my type knows the difference between living in New York and being a New Yorker

my type knows that their apartment is haunted 

my type laughs at astrology because they are a Virgo sun, Cancer rising, Gemini moon

my type has a stacked closet filled with clothes they can’t afford

my type grew up in foster care

my type masturbated for six years with an electric toothbrush 

my type has gotten a box-kit perm

my type has some tweets they should delete 

my type is still in love with their ex, but won’t admit that out loud and that’s okay because I’m in love with mine too

my type’s parents still pay their rent

my type is 30 years old

my type finds award shows boring, but red carpets exciting

my type does not laugh at so-called “women’s work”

my type can’t quit their office job

my type is protective of their little sister to the point of sweet nauseum

my type had a breakdown and shaved off their hair one summer

my type finds no pleasure in pranks, can’t stick to a routine, and hasn’t come out to their family

my type played D1 soccer in college and they are very gay

my type used to think edgy humor was cute before his rebrand last summer

my type has a close friend they have slept with a few times “on accident”

my type studied Gender Studies and is afraid for the future

my type is a little bit shy and a little bit sad

my type wanted to ask me out last year, but I was still dating that girl

my type looks exactly like I do

my type is an enigma, a ghost

my type doesn’t think they’re my type and they’re wrong

my type doesn’t think I’m their type and they’re wrong

my type has already broken your heart and will certainly break mine