Mmabatho Mampane

Mmabatho Mampane (17)

From

Mpumalanga, South Africa

How do you feel right now?

I don't feel anything. I feel hungry?

Do you have siblings?

I have an older brother, six years older. He's in university.

Don't you feel like an only child when he's away at school?

No, I don't. Because my mother mentions my brothers name every chance she gets.

What do you want to be when 'grow up' ?

I'm not sure. I wanted to be a CA but then my father convienced me there weren't as many job opportunities as in the Math/Science field.

What things do you feel free to tell your mom and what things don't you feel free to tell her?

Well... Most of the time, she's the one speaking and then I just listen really. But I talk to her about my friends, people who hurt me, how I'm feeling, like if I feel sad or whatever.

I don't tell her that I'm dating. Well I don't tell her everything else really.

When something something bothers you, do you keep it inside or do you open up?

I always open up. To my mom mostly or if it concerns her, my aunt.

Describe the relationship your parents have with each other?

That, is one of the things that hurt me. I feel like my mother tries her best to make the house fun and warm but my father is just always weird towards her, he kinda undermines her and she's really capable of big things and my mom shares everything my father does to her with me and I'm afaraid to tell her to stop. I feel like if someone is always going to tell you certain things about another person, you're going to start feeling a certain way towards that person. I don't want to start not liking my father.

What is your relationship like with your father?

It's often me asking for money. I feel bad sometimes that, the only time I talk to him is when he is either helping me with some homework, Math and Science, or when I'm asking for money.

What's your relationship like with your brother?

I don't understand him. At all. I feel like he's low-key mean. To me.

How do you want your relationship with your brother to be different?

I want us to talk more, chat more, like him telling me what I should know about boys. Spend time with me. And maybe just once, take me to the mall, for movies of something.

The one time he took me to the movies I was surprised. But really happy.

How'd you feel about yourself before you had your breasts reduced?

I hated myself kinda. I felt like all people saw when they saw me were boobs and I felt like I walked funny because of them. So it messed up my confidence a lot.

How do you feel now ?

Happier.

University, would you like to study really far from home or closer to home?

Closer to home. Because I'll probably miss my mom.

Best 2017 moment?

...

Favorite place to go?

Toilet.

Movie genres you like?

Comedy, Action and Horror. Definitely not RomComs, they're all about love.

What makes you smile?

Food. (with no hesitation)

December, 2017