You look tired

[Gentlewithme]

I'd say I'm told I look tired at least 3 times a week. Life is tiring though right? I get at least 8 hours sleep a night, I eat ok and get my 10,000 steps in. Please can someone tell me where I might be going wrong and how perhaps I can look more...awake?

No idea but you are not alone. If someone asks this to me now I say something like "I have 2 kids and I work full time, this is just my face now"

People can be so rude. I'd ignore and say I'm fine.

Do you feel overly tired?

I'm not sure how to look more awake. Do you have circles under your eyes? You could cover them up I suppose. .

I do find for me I look so much better with blush. It's the only makeup I wear most days.

People are so rude. I do think sometimes it doesn’t come from any concern, but just them making a dig.

I would say something like ‘yeah, so do you, it must be something in the air’.

I know! I wouldn't dream of telling someone that. I might need to work on the old makeup skills a little. Maybe by covering my dark circles I'm drawing more attention to them!

It’s a weird thing to say to someone really.

Honestly this is where the mn classic, did you mean to be so rude? come in to its own.

Yep, I get it all the time. A lot after throwing a big kids party the other day. A few of the parents said afterwards “Were you okay? You looked really tired”. Well no, I wasn’t okay, it’s a f’ing kids party, and I was knackered 🤣. I do think it’s just my face now. I feel quite embarrassed when people say it to me though, especially when I feel I do everything in my power to put on a smile, be chatty and friendly and I still get hit with the “you look tired” line 🤦🏼‍♀️. I’ll just walk around with matchsticks propping up my eyelids, hopefully that’ll shut them up.