Can somebody please explain, because I can't really vocalise it or put my finger on it.
It really winds me up when men say 'smile, love' or tell me to cheer up, in an otherwise perfectly normal encounter (I'm not crying or acting upset). It used to happen a lot more back in the day when I worked in retail, and I was reminded of it earlier when I overheard a man say to a cashier 'do I get a smile and a kiss with that?' Grrr!
I've posted it here because I've never heard a woman say it, and can't imagine a man saying it to another man :/
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Why does being asked to smile irk me so much?
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Ducknose · 29/09/2017 18:05
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