Only

I hate that word. I know it's stupid. How could someone hate a word? But just the sound of it is stupid. ONLY. Only. Only. Only. It has no meaning to anything. I'm only seventeen. I'm only a girl. It's only Saturday. It almost sounds like an insult. People say I'm "only a child" and that I don't know what I'm talking about. They are ONLY adults. Half the time adults act like our mistakes are this new thing and they don;t understand why we did it. Well they were once ONLY children. People hang this word over us. Thinking it will change our mind. And usually that works. If a fifteen year old wants to get a job, they can't because they are only a child. let me tell you, some fifteen year olds are more mature than some twenty-five years olds. This word has many meanings. Being single; the only option; being recent. An only child. You can only go to your room. I only read that yesterday. These are how you use the word.