22.11.09

Smile. Part zwei.

I tried another smiling test today. To see how people who didn't know why I was smiling would react. I tested it on my family, and all through dinner my face was adorned in a bright teeth-showing smile. And they reacted exactly how I predicted they would. 

My mother could not stop furrowing her eyebrows at me and neither could a friend of the family, who was eating over. My mother, mother's friend, father and sister then continued to conspire what could be "wrong with me" to make me smile like I was. 
The guesses follow:

Honey, did you inhale too much cleaning fumes? (We cleaned the whole house today, my aunt is coming)

Are you on drugs?

Did you take Prozac? (followed by, "How could you, I didn't write you a prescription...")

Is there something in my teeth?

She's up to something...

Did you put something in the pie?

You, aren't engaged, are you?!

In retrospect, it was actually almost impossible not to smile. I highly suggest this experiment to anyone who wants to test reactions, or just needs to smile.  

In all honesty, I think it's too bad how people don't expect others to smile. It's sad to me... making me wish people smiled more. So smile gosh darnit!

1 comment:

  1. I think we smile plenty. But usually it's provoked. Besides, those are fantiastic reactions. Much more entertaining than none at all.

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