11.
From people who have read my thrillers: “But you look so normal!”
All. The. Bloody. Time.— Joanne Harris (@Joannechocolat) September 13, 2020
12.
BFF in late teens, appraising me: ‘Well Elizabeth, you have a nice head.’
— Elizabeth Knox (@ElizabethKnoxNZ) September 13, 2020
13.
First time I took my girlfriend (now wife) home to parents, mum made a lovely three course meal.
When mum scraped leftovers into the dog’s dish the dog began to tuck in, my wife exclaimed, “Wow, that dog will eat *anything*”.
20 years later and mum still teases her about it.
— Steve Blair (@UniversalExile) September 13, 2020
14.
“Oh well erm you have nice hair for a crippled chick.”
Random dude in a shop.
I have many many more but when you are disabled these so called compliments are daily.
— Fuchsia Aurelius 🏳️🌈 (@LadyAurelius) September 13, 2020
15.
Old boyfriend of mine: ”every girl looks better with makeup… especially YOU”. He then told me I should always wear it, even to bed, because I’m ugly without it 🙃
Jokes on him, I have started to love my bare, makeup free face: pic.twitter.com/1gazs2gZSQ— Elli Glaser (@EllinorGlaser) September 14, 2020
16.
Years ago, when I was still writing for an ad agency, I turned in some copy to a client who legit said: “Wow, nice work. You keep this up, and one day, you’re gonna be really talented.”
— Trey Callaway (@TreyCallaway) September 13, 2020
17.
When I told a ‘friend’ I was pregnant the reply was ‘it’ll be no problem to you with hips like that’
— Judith Finlay 🏳️🌈 (@Sprocketburp) September 13, 2020
18.
I painted a big self portrait that i was really proud of showed ma mam and she was like
” that’s really good , is it Freddie Mercury?”— AmatusSarra (@AmatusSarra) September 13, 2020
19.
Make up artist asked me what was wrong with my face…
Explained to him that as a survivor of family violence as a child, that I had a lot of self healed facial fractures…
He then complained about how difficult my lack of symmetry made his job…— ☀️💧🌏 Kel Freitas (@madeiraglow_kel) September 13, 2020
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At a party when I was about 30 yrs old, I wore a mini skirt. A catty woman from dance class came over to say “You’re very brave to wear that.” I, surprised, said “why?” Her; “I’d never have still been wearing skirts that short at your age…”
Me; “Why? Were your legs horrible?”— Flamenco Nut ❄️ (@flamencobug) September 13, 2020