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To be told I have a big forehead

32 replies

Queenofkittens · 07/07/2025 12:08

Sounds hilarious, and I have often joked it is, but at the same time it isn't that bad. Think Ant mcpartlin but not as big. So bigger than average, but not something that you would see first when looking at me. Anyway, I was at work yesterday and the normally shy Indian nurse who barely says anything to me says out of nowhere, you have a big forehead. I just laughed and said oh thanks. Then she gestures to the wall of our staff photos and says 'and in that photo'. I said great thanks for that. I'm honestly hurt, and annoyed that she said it, even though it's never been an insecurity of mine I'm now thinking I should get a fringe cut! Tell me how to just let this go please as I really want to say something now, but she's not a horrible person, just....honest I guess?

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Katiesaidthat · 07/07/2025 12:30

I know, I am very intelligent. Yours is quite narrow, isn´t it? But then, I´m not British...

ShamrockShenanigans · 07/07/2025 12:27

It doesn't matter whether you consider her to be a horrible person or not.

What she said was bloody rude and you should've told her there and then.

It's too late now really.

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 07/07/2025 12:25

Everyone who has botox has a big shiny forehead imo.😂,so you're not alone.
Some cultures just say as they see tbf

LadyWiddiothethird · 07/07/2025 12:25

My sons have big foreheads,not that big that I thought anyone would notice.Showed an acquaintance a photo of them and she said “big foreheads!”,I was gobsmacked,didn’t say anything at the time.........but I will have her back when the opportunity arises.She is the first person to ever comment and these fellas are in their late forties.

ThatLoudBear · 07/07/2025 12:21

I think that was really rude and unkind of her to say so.
I have a massive forehead and am pretty self-conscious about it.
My Mum told me about 'Elizabethan foreheads' and how they signified nobility, but that was not very helpful, growing up as I did in the 1980s, not the 16th century!
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FoxtrotOscarFoxtrotOscar · 07/07/2025 12:21

I too have a high forehead, OP, and don't wear a fringe either.
If anyone comments, I say it accommodates my huge brain.

SaturdayDream · 07/07/2025 12:18

I would complain about her in all honesty because if you said anything to mock her appearance I’m sure you would be dragged over hot coals.