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AIBU to ask people to confess they also dislike masks for shallow and superficial reasons?

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VeilsForVirtueMasksForVice · 27/08/2020 15:50

Yes I am clearly a terribly shallow and superficial person Blush Come join me if you are also a shallow superficial person and make me feel better.

This is, by the way, fucking lighthearted I am wearing my masks and behaving myself so don't anyone start being pompous at me Wink

Reasons I don't like wearing my masks.

  1. I have a pretty new septum ring which has cat ears. No one can see it Also, sometimes the cat ears catch on the mask when I am taking it off and this aggravates me.
  2. I have lots and lots and lots and lots of nice lipsticks including a new Burts Bees crayon thing I bought just before lockdown and which is possibly the nicest one ever. No one can see it. Also if I wear it anyway it rubs off on the inside of the mask (this is also very aggravating).
  3. I make my own masks and I am spending a fucking fortune on nice fabric. I can't stop myself.
  4. I am getting fucking spots on my chin, I'm in my 40s and have had about three spots in the whole of my life. I can only conclude this is mask related - although I actually am horribly worried stressed about other stuff (hence my distraction attempt of this lightfuckinghearted thread) and maybe that is causing them, but I will blame said masks anyway.

Come and confess your similar thoughts. I will even tell you which lip crayon it is (seriously it's like the Holy Grail) if you cheer me up.

OP posts:
mynamesnotMa · 29/08/2020 17:32

I can no longer stick my tongue out when I am thinking. Or pull a cats bum face when displeased.

PaperMonster · 29/08/2020 17:34

I like mine cos it covers my big nose!!

DeeCeeCherry · 29/08/2020 17:42

I look like a complete nerd in steamed up glasses and mask. I feel unattractive af. It messes with my makeup. I cba with lipstick now also. Yet somehow I am liking the anonymity of it. I can get away with not making small talk when I'm not in the mood.

OLGADEEPOLGA · 29/08/2020 18:02

I miss smiling.

RabbityMcRabbit · 29/08/2020 18:04

They make me feel all sweaty and breathless and I feel like a bank robber in them - DDs both assure me that, in my sparkly fitflops, I don't really look like a bank robber, so there's that issue dodged at least... Blush

ItsAlwaysSunnyOnMN · 29/08/2020 18:13

Surgical masks have give me spots

Cotton masks don’t (so wear these away from work)

Foxyloxy1plus1 · 29/08/2020 18:27

I was asked to fill in a form at an appointment yesterday. The appointment was about my eyes, so I’m struggling anyway, but the mask steamed up my glasses, so I couldn’t see to do the form.

Yes, I do put on the mask and then my glasses and I do wear the ones with the bit you squeeze round your nose, but they still steam up enough to make it difficult.

TravellingSpoon · 29/08/2020 18:31

I haven't managed to master taking off my mask without pulling my hearing aids off!!

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