Today, I was excited that my new skin care regimen seemed to be paying off. I told my husband of 35 years about it and asked him if I "looked good". He looked me over as if I were a stalled engine and said, "You look less stressed. That's good, but I mean… You still look like yourself." FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I got my hair done, eyebrows waxed, and a new expensive dress to impress my boyfriend. When I got home I asked him if he noticed anything different about me. He looked at me for one minute before asking, "Did you finally start using Proactive?" FML
Today, a colleague said I looked “different” and I thought it was a compliment. It turns out they meant that I looked “tired and stressed.” I smiled awkwardly and said, “Thanks?” while internally dying. FML
Today, I looked at my face to see if my new age-defying lotion was working. My skin does look younger, it's covered in pimples like a teenager's. FML
Today, I realized that whether it takes me 3 minutes or 3 hours to get ready, my husband always has the same reaction, “Uh… yeah babe, you look fine.” Thanks for the confidence boost babe. FML
Today, I talked to my father for the first time in several years. I proudly told him that I have been attending Beauty School. He looked me up and down and said, "Doesn't look like you've learned much." FML
Today, my 6 year-old daughter saw me putting on makeup and asked, “Mommy, are you trying to look less tired or more alive?” FML
Today, I was talking to my boyfriend, feeling pretty low. I said something along the lines of, "You like me even when I look like shit." He replied, "Ah, that's just how you naturally look." FML
Today, I saw a picture of me from a night of drinking that surprisingly looked really really good. I showed my boyfriend and he agreed with me. Then he added, "What's funny is it looks nothing like you!" FML
Today, feeling very self-conscious about my looks, I told my mom I felt ugly and wished I could be as beautiful as her. She only said, "Yeah, I'm pretty, I wonder what happened to you." FML
Today, my boyfriend asked me if I wear makeup much. Expecting him to say something about my natural beauty, I replied with an honest, "No." His smiled softly, gently squeezed my shoulder, and said, "Maybe you should." FML
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Jall8089 9
How is looking like yourself but more relaxed a bad thing? I don’t get it.
IHaveThePower 18
So if I said 'the Jungian archetypes of superheroes in popular fiction can be applied to a Hero's Journey reading of various movies', would you know what I meant? Yeah, guys are about as clueless about makeup--they have no idea how it works, because usually no one's ever told them. Probably your husband was saying 'Wait, you didn't shapeshift?', because the 'makeover scenes' in movies involve near-shapeshifting levels of actress change. Admittedly this is not a really smart thing for your hubby to have not figured out yet, but...hey, 'my SO is a himbo' should be a tag on this site for a reason.
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Jall8089 9
How is looking like yourself but more relaxed a bad thing? I don’t get it.
IHaveThePower 18
So if I said 'the Jungian archetypes of superheroes in popular fiction can be applied to a Hero's Journey reading of various movies', would you know what I meant? Yeah, guys are about as clueless about makeup--they have no idea how it works, because usually no one's ever told them. Probably your husband was saying 'Wait, you didn't shapeshift?', because the 'makeover scenes' in movies involve near-shapeshifting levels of actress change. Admittedly this is not a really smart thing for your hubby to have not figured out yet, but...hey, 'my SO is a himbo' should be a tag on this site for a reason.
BrizBurry 10
see? he did notice something!