I HATE When People Say This To Me

I got this idea from Christin yesterday. She posted about how young she looks, and how she gets told all the time she looks like she is graduating from high school, just getting her driver's license, problems buying alcohol, etc.

So it got me thinking about something that I hate, no despise, when people say it to me. 

They say, "What's wrong? Why aren't you smiling? Is something wrong? You just look sad."

My reply..."Ummmm, nothing is wrong. This is just the way I look."

I mean, once they go there, the REAL bitch face comes on and I have to pretend I like the person and remind myself that I'm in public before I clock them across the face for asking such a dumb question. 

And these are not people I know. Because people I know don't ask. They know that if something is wrong, I will show it. If I want to share with them, I will. And I am usually vocal about it. I may be guilty of wearing my heart on my sleeve. If I don't like you, you usually know. But the people asking these asinine questions....these are COMPLETE STRANGERS 99% of the time.

So how do I reply to this? I simply say, "Nothing is wrong, this is just how my face looks."

"Well you look so sad!"
"Nope, I have a great life, nothing to be sad about. This is just how my face is."
"Well you should be smiling!"
"Why? So I can walk around all day looking like an idiot?"

Note the crazy eyes...

To me, the people that walk around with a big ol' smile on their face look a little silly. I mean, more power to them if that's how they wanna roll. But me? Nooooope. Not for me. I'm a pretty happy person overall, I just may not show it how others think I should.

I mean, how do you not take offense to someone telling you that you look sad all the time? I'm sorry that you don't think my face exudes happiness, how would you like me to fix that? Oh wait...I don't care...

Do you guys have anything that people say to you all the time that just gets under your skin? Especially people you don't know???