I Must Have Said It Wrong

Sometimes, I think, we should all do a good amount of shutting up. 

But then—what’s more delicious than talking and talking and talking? 

The thing is, it does come with the risk of saying something wrong. 

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"How do you look so good ON INSTAGRAM?”

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You read it right. I was the recipient of that delicate remark, dropped over coffee by one of my very best friends whom I love. Really, I know she’s right—I do look good on Instagram. Because I control the freaking environment, okay? I know my lights and my angles.

I felt the affront, but not how you would think. It actually amused me, because I could see that she was putting her foot in it and didn’t realise it. So I let her say it a few times, and then I spoke up.

“Hey!!! I get it, I look awful in real life. Will you stop now?” I said it, but jokingly, because it’s really not a big deal. She suddenly realised what she was doing and got so flustered she froze. 

Then we laughed. I don’t get phased by these types of remarks.

Because I thought it was…