“I like your braids!” said some girl to another. The other turned to me in a lackluster way and said in a dull voice “Thank youuuu” and then noticed it wasn’t me who said that and was like “Oh, that wasn’t you??” then turned to the other person and thanked them genially.
I don’t think she meant to make me self conscious about maybe being creepy or weird but as a person who has lived life as a generally aesthetically pleasing person, I spent a lot of time wondering *what* made me creepy?? (Side note, a lot of women take “you’re beautiful” as creepy from an ugly or old man but not from a hot one, that’s where this thought came from.) I mean, she never said that I was creepy but I got that vibe and now I’m sitting here wondering what’s wrong with me and she’s probably blocks away and already forgot my existence