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09 | i swear im nice

aparently, I have the saddest resting bitch face when im walking around, minding my own business on campus. the amount of times people ask me if im okay is astounding. 

One time i had just gotten out of a super easy math exam. i finished quick and got out early. I walked out the building and this lady approached me, asking if i was okay. i was very okay, i was quite happy that i finished early. when i asked why she asked me that, she said "you just look so sad."

That made me soo depressed. i know she was well meaning. we had a short conversation and she told me that i shouldn't look so sad. she was the type of lady who is definitely a mother figure. turns out she was the head of one of the humanities departments. 

i try to naturally smile more but its hard. back in middle school, my resting face was a slight smile. but i noticed that when i was mean mugging, people teased me less, so i just...stopped smiling.



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aprilatecake

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my pet peeve is being asked to smile. my exhaustion face comes across as more gloomy than tired, and then i get people trying to cheer me up when i want to be left alone. like thank you but please go away


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keils

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yea it fr feels like u cant win sometimes, smile too much n you end up getting teased but not enough and you get ppl asking what’s wrong i wonder what the right balance is


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