Today, quite by chance, I met up with someone whom I absolutely adore. He used to work at the salon-spa owned by a mutual friend until about four or five months ago. I haven't seen him since he left, and miss him desperately. He was just about the world's bitchiest and best girlfriend -- we spent hours sitting together, privately cutting the spa clientele up and giggling over our catty comments. How on earth could I fail to love this man? He would paint each of his fingernails a different colour and then wiggle them in front of me so that I could select the colour that best suited me. That and the fact that to date, he is the only person who has told me me that I simply must get myself a pair of Manolo Blahniks or Christian Louboutin (actually, I think he used the words "you absolutely need them"). Oh and he used to drool appreciatively over some of my sexier shoes. Who could ask for anything more?
Here was the one and only compliment I received today:
Fab friend: You look good. You've lost some weight, haven't you? (which made me think "Did you think I needed to?)
Seeing me shake my head as he spoke, he went on without missing a beat,
Fab Friend: Oh ... well then you must have been working out lately?
Again, more head shaking
Fab Friend: Oh ... well uh ... you're um ... very tanned, aren't you? That's it, isn't it?
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
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Again, along with the 'is it that time of month?', men should excise 'have you lost weight?' from their list of things to say to women.
Snooze, I totally agree. That and strangers should refrain from asking you when you're expecting on the off chance that you've just got what C. refers to as "expansion belly".
Guys should just learn to leave it at "Wow, you look great! Something is different. Is that a new lipstick?". No? "Hmmm, well, I don't know what it is, but you look hot."
See. Simple & effective.
Goodyear: Exactly. Obviously you took my course Correct Conversation 101 and received straight A's.
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