Hi, guys! My name is Christine and I'm 20. If you think that plastic surgeries only fix problems, that's not true. Sometimes they create even bigger problems… Have you ever had to choose between family needs and your dream? Hopefully, by the end of the story you won’t think that I’m a monster… I always knew that my destiny was related to fashion modeling. I used to be the tallest girl in school and in my pictures I looked much better than in real life. But I had two major obstacles: my mother and my nose. My big BIG crooked nose!
"Mom always worked hard and raised me very strictly. I have never met my Dad — he left us when I was a baby. My Mom never had a boyfriend since. She is really conservative. I mean… maybe even too much.
In our small town everybody noticed that I was taller and slimmer than the other girls. Neighbors and colleagues always told my Mom that I was destined to become a runway star! But she didn't wanna hear about it! My mom worked hard at a hospital as a nurse and the only option she considered for my future was going to medical school to become a doctor.
Needless to say, she also refused to discuss the possibility of plastic surgery. In her little world I was beautiful enough the way I was. She would always buy me boring, ugly outfits to make sure I didn't stand out too much. I was forbidden to hang out with boys and she tried to protect me from heartbreak, saying that I needed to get my education first… I never really had any boyfriends...
But despite my Mom, my plan was to go to New York after my high school graduation, to fulfill my dreams. My friend Lily, who already lived in New York, was hired as a model by a small agency. She promised to provide me with support and advice when I arrived. I had secretly saved money for my dream since I was 14, working as a babysitter and a waitress in my spare time. By graduation I managed to save enough money to cover the initial cost of my relocation to New York. But it was still not enough to cover the cost of my plastic surgery.
I was afraid that my Mom would sabotage my plan, so I didn't tell her about my plans to relocate until the evening of the day when I was supposed to leave. Guess what happened next? Of course, we had an epic fight! She started yelling at me, saying that she gave me everything she had! And that I was such an ungrateful daughter — her sacrifice was never appreciated… Then she started to threaten that she would never ever talk to me again if I left now. But nobody had the right to stand between me and my dream! With my eyes full of tears, I said goodbye and left. I cried almost all the way to the bus station.
In New York, things went well. Lily helped me to find a place to stay. I got a job as a waitress to make a living and collect the missing money I needed for the surgery. I spent the bulk of time at castings. And always heard the same thing from the modeling agents: “Giiirl, your body looks gorgeous, but this nose needs to be fixed.”
Eighteen months later, I still worked as a waitress and rarely received any decent job offers as a model. But I had one thing to celebrate — I finally managed to save the entire sum for the plastic surgery!!
So, I called my doctor and he scheduled the procedure. This hospital didn't look like the most reliable and luxurious place in the world, but that’s all I could afford at that moment…
As for my Mom… we never made up and I never heard anything from her during this period, but guess what?!
On the day when I was supposed to pay for my surgery, I got a call from my aunt Tina. It turned out that my mother lied to me about her financial situation! Our house was foreclosed on by the bank and now she was going to lose it because she had gotten fired. Ironically, the sum she needed to cover the debt was almost equal to the price of my surgery. My aunt had three children and no savings. She couldn't help my mother financially — she could only invite her to live at her place… Mom has never been sociable and didn't have any friends who were eager to rescue her. I felt that I was the only person who was able to save her. But apparently, she was too proud to ask for my help.
When I hung up, I took a long walk in the park to get myself together. I questioned what the right choice was? On the one hand — I was so close to pursuing my dream, but on the other — my mother could lose our home and end up living in her sister’s basement!
And that was so unfair to hide her money issues from me for so long! Why is it my responsibility to deal with them?!…
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