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RBF

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All you really need is a smile

The other day I met someone and I did not have a very good first impression of them. I thought they seemed rude and unfriendly and oblivious to the people and circumstances surrounding them.

This went on for a while. I was watching, as I always do, and silently critiquing everything they did. I would add also what they said except they barely spoke.

Then suddenly I said something funny to someone else and my silent watchee grinned. Their whole face was completely transformed. They looked friendly and open. Their quietness was suddenly concentration.

Shame on me.

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6 responses to “RBF”

  1. itsmemb Avatar
    itsmemb

    I find now that I feel icky a lot, I have a hard time reading people and I think people look at me and think I’m an old troll woman because not only do I have resting bitch face, I have resting bitch entire countenance.

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    1. Tracy Avatar
      Tracy

      I do not think you could look like an old troll woman unless you stopped at Party City and bought a costume, but I do understand exactly what you are saying.

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      1. itsmemb Avatar
        itsmemb

        Thank you! I have been feeling so poorly and just so completely spent lately that I just feel like a hag.

        Thank you for all your support. It means so much to me.

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        1. Tracy Avatar
          Tracy

          Then I will make you laugh too.
          I sent my sister a picture of something we were talking about and I am in the picture. This was the response that followed.

          “OMG How old is that picture?
          You look so good.
          Now.
          Not that you were shrek before.”

          I of course responded with a dancing naked Shrek.

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  2. Tami Avatar
    Tami

    Kinda makes you step back doesnt it. I had a similar experience last night. Started out thinking just like you. She didn’t smile, she spoke. It was her uncensored yet respectful tone, never breaking eye contact. Which can be unnerving but wasn’t. There was a tough vulnerability there that you dont see a lot. When you immediately know that wasnt shared without a quick inner fight, it kinda gets ya right in the heart when its offered. I’ve been thinking about it a lot today.

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    1. Tracy Avatar
      Tracy

      Sometimes it’s hard to take those extra minutes to really see what’s going on.

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