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I’m speaking at an event tomorrow, and I’ve just managed to give myself two black eyes.

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CIumsy · 13/04/2026 22:44

Not looking for advice because I think all I can do is plaster on the makeup tomorrow and hope that goes some way to reducing the appearance of the two massive shiners I’ve given myself 😭

Is anyone else an absolute klutz?

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Knotgrass · 14/04/2026 10:38

My toddler once broke my nose coming in for a particularly enthusiastic hug when I was still in bed, first thing in the morning (he basically headbutted me when I was lying down) the week I started a new job and was giving the keynote at a big international conference. All my new colleagues kept visibly worrying that I was covering up DV, despite me explaining, and not all the Estée Lauder Doublewear foundation in the world covered up my two shiners...

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