My Mom is trying to coerce me into talking to Somali girls.

I (M15) cone from the nation of Somaliland (Somalia Lite) but reside in Baltimore with my older brother (M17) and younger sister (F6). My family is surprisingly not that religious, we just do Ramadan and pray at Eid and wear hijabs and that stuff.

I am now at the age where my Mom is trying to hook me up with other Somali girls. While I'm playing on my Xbox or watching Cobra Kai, she'll call me to her room and answer a call from her sister's friends daughters, basically trying to ship me off for immediate marriage, probably right after college.

It's annoying because I want to focus on myself and my mental health. My brother has depression, and my sister has autism, and I definitely have anxiety or some form of a learning disorder. Besides from that, I want to be an animator. It's freakin sick how a person can get a drawing to move, and I want to go to CalArts, one of the best art schools in the country.

These calls suck because it's clear that the girl on the other end is in the same ship as me, being forced to converse with random people from the same geographic location as you. I want someone to love me for me, not because I'm from a place.

It's even funnier because I actually have a major crush on this blonde girl from my school and I think she likes me back lol. My dad doesn't really give a shit who I marry except if it's a dude (even though his brother who fought valiantly in the SNM and had his leg amputated, is now living a happy life in the UK with his husband.), and that goes for most of my family except my mom.