RBF (resting bitch face) rant
Please note that not everyone who looks like they're scowling is sad, upset or angry. That's just the way our fucking face looks.
There is nothing I hate more than someone I know or a complete stranger saying something like "hey, smile. It's not so bad" or something like that. While I'm just sitting here minding my own business. I'm actually completely thrilled about continuing my wedding plans, but THANKS for reminding me I apparently frown even when I'm happy. I'm sure it'll show up in our photo shoot. Thanks for being #34839 on the "told me I look sad and shouldn't be, even though they don't know that I am" list.
Sorry about your disability btw. Disability being that you are so damn bothered by someone elses face that you HAVE to say something. If not that, that you don't have the ability to think before speaking.
If you want to make sure some random random person is ok, or make their day better *if* they're sad, >***start a real conversation!***< Don't just blurt out "hey, cheer up". It's rude and can be hurtful!!!!! If you know that person well enough to have a good idea of what they're like when they're down, fine. If you are literally anyone else, just don't go there or do something to take their mind off of it.
I know some of you are probably going to think "I'm just trying to help" or "at least they care", but I assure you that it hurts people like me that experience someone mindlessly informing us we look sad and thus make others very uncomfortable to the degree which someone has to say something to make the frowny perpetrator stop their nonsense EVERY OTHER DAY.
Some people, like co workers and siblings, even state it every day as a joke. CAN THE REST OF US JUST BE OURSELVES?! I literally think I'm smiling sometimes yhen someone busts in with "can you not frown about this happy moment?" FUCK you. You're not funny! You're not helping! And if you have someone with RBFS in your life, know that no amount of trying to coax a ear to ear smile is going to happen unless you have something nice or funny to say.
Rant over. And for anyone else with RBFS, I feel you. Don't let them turn your beautiful apparently frowning into a for real frowning face. ✌✊
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