This was one of those things you run across that both instantly makes your day and causes you to laugh so hard you not only snort but continue to laugh so long it deteriorates into that wheezy, shaking, silent laugh where tears are streaming down your face and you start to believe you’ll honestly never stop laughing again. First off, I LOVE that feeling, don’t you?
And secondly, “chronic bitchface” ? I so have that. And mine looks exactly like the chick on the right, down to the bun and glasses, although my bun is brunette. My mom has it too (whose bun is blond), and even though we know this about one another we still sometimes ask each other “what’s wrong?” or “are you ok?” when the bitchface is happening. Krisatomic is my hero for making this, I am definitely buying both my mom and myself a Chronic Bitchface print to frame! If you don’t have need of this print, check out the rest of her work, one is truly better than the next, I wish I could have every single one.
By the way, note to strangers: if you encounter someone with the bitchface and you want them to smile, say nothing and simply smile at them. 99% of the time they will smile back and feel good, your mission therefore accomplished. Because telling sufferers to “smile” or “cheer up” will just cause their mood to start matching the face. Seriously.
Oh dear! My friend and MOH has this problem as well (her hair is reddish though, and she rarely wears it in a bun). My family was actually really offended during the wedding ceremony because they thought she was giving the evil eye to my 3 week old nephew (who was of course noisy as he was a newborn!). I had to explain to them that it was “just her face” but oh how I would have rather used the term “chronic bitchface” instead!
*kate
i too have a bitch face. no one ever buys me a drink in a bar. oh well.
I LOVE it! I think that having grown up in a city gives me chronic bitchface. Sometimes the opposite happens to me though, too- I have found that when I go on long and painful runs, I grimace in a way that appears to other runners to be a smile. It took me a while to figure out why everyone was being so friendly to me when I was all sweaty!
Hahaha I love this!
I must have chronic bitchface too b/c people commonly tell me to ‘just smile’. I ripped some guy a new one outside Whole Foods last week when he said it to me–NO I DON’T WANT TO SAVE THE WHALES — all said in a withering glare.
xo,
C
YES. completely relate. i tend to have bitchface….but i swear i’m really friendly!
Haha, hysterical!!
oh my god, yes! People ALWAYS ask me what’s wrong.. and I’m like nothing? This is just how I look, asshole. lol
Ha!! too funny!! I’ve just come by your blog and it’s fabulous dear! xo -Taj
Too funny!! I find it hard to believe that you have this affliction!! My girls say I have a mirror face – some expression I have when I’m checking on my reflection!! Who knew!
hahaha, I seriously loved that print when I first saw it! Although I’m fortunate enough to not suffer from the affliction, my grandma totally does.
Oh my god! I love this! That is so me. I need this print.
PS: Just found you through a comment you left on Tiffany’s blog… about shaming people who say rude things. I LOVED that comment!
I was fired for this disease and I was pregnant!
By the way, note to strangers: if you encounter someone with the bitchface and you want them to smile, say nothing and simply smile at them. 99% of the time they will smile back and feel good, your mission therefore accomplished. Because telling sufferers to “smile” or “cheer up” will just cause their mood to start matching the face. Seriously.
truer words were never spoken.
I LOVE THIS! In high school I actually had people write in my yearbook, “Before I talked to you I thought you were a bitch, but your actually super nice!” Another point for chronic-bitchface. Thanks for finding this, brightened my day (and my bitchface)
Sarah