i feel like sometimes i have an rbf and realize too late that someone smiling

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this happens to me too much when im zoning out i don’t mean to😭

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Tbh nothing makes me happier than when another girl smiles at me

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Weirdos jealousy me? I notice last second ):

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Autism

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I looked in the mirror recently and smiled how I smile back at people in public and brother my face looks like it doesn’t move but I feel like it does

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Someone smile at me please!!! I tried so hard to talk to girls but no one says anything back yall just be looking at me !! Hold a conversation! Please

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Sometimes my brain takes way too long to process I’m sorry 😭

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Crippling anxiety and self doubt

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sometimes i smile and wonder if my face noticeably shows that i’m smiling. very bad rbf and a closed mouth smile looks awkward on me sometimes 😭

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Im gay and I always smile at pretty girls

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Nothing is ever so personal…take a chill pill

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Sometimes I’m just not looking at you

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“You should smile more” is such a patriarchal trope

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Because I sometimes am too busy looking at people’s tops and the butterflies to notice. Other times, I’m thinking about my responsibilities-

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Maybe she’s overwhelmed and it’s not about you and she didn’t realize it

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Most of the time, I’m off in my own little world

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I’m depressed

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i have really bad eyesight and i can’t see shi

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I’m literally ND leave me alone ;-; (sometimes I also do not notice)

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guys sometimes my reaction time is genuinely just horrible but i swear i mean to smile

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I get that but sometimes I’m having a bad say and all I want is to be left alone. I always feel bad when I notice too late also.

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I have a rbf but still smile and get no smile back. don’t make me slap a bitch 😒

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Sometimes I get scared and just make a quick smile but it can just look like I'm grimacing sometimes so I'm sorry if that's me 😭😭

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I’m blind asf and can’t tell when someone’s smiling at me unless they’re within 3 feet of me 💔

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i'm locked in on other shit bruh not everything's abt u

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i have autism

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Met a girl at the club the other night who growled at me, yes GROWLED, when i smiled and tried to compliment her. Some people are genuinely just unhealed, dont take it to heart just keep being you, the right people will come 💓💓

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i never mean to be rude it’s always by accident 😭

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sometimes i’m locked in on walking and i feel like someone smiled at me but i don’t notice 😬

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Sometimes I just don’t register it until it’s too late

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just disassociating thinking about everything that’s ever went wrong in my life sorry

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It takes me a little while to react and when i do they’ve already walked past😭😭

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sometimes i be staring at how pretty the makeup or outfit is so im too busy to realize ur also looking and smiling 😭

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I feel like sometimes I think I’m smiling but it looks like I’m not because it’s really hard to force a strong smile sometimes but I do tryyy girl

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i’m going to be so honest, I probably didn’t see you and then squinted to make it better and then got embarrassed because it looks like i’m glaring

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It’s so bright out I can’t see shit

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y’all it’s common decency to be polite😭 some of us want to make friends

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only pretty girls smile at me the ugly girls dont

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i’m gay but like some people are just rude asf

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It’s because I’m gay and I’m panicking.

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I thought it was just me.. it’s that rbf or they are like why are you talking to me vibe smh

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I fr sometimes don't notice ☠️ also I have an rbf 24/7 so my bad 😂

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I’m having a bad day let me be

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Sometimes I’m just going through it

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I get scared whenever I make eye contact with anybody and immediately look down, so I wouldn't see if you did 😔

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well my braces leave my mouth cut tf up so it pains me to smile but i be trying

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I dont realize youre smiling at me until its 30 seconds later and then I beat myself up about it because I shouldve smiled back and now I feel awkward and like an asshole 🌝

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autism

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I REACT TOO LATE IM SORRYYYY💔😭😭

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FR WHY

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Bro fr

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I have a rbf and I am scared af so I am sorry I am a locked in anxious girl

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sometimes i get nervy and then its too late

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and i totally agree

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I swear I feel so bad bc sometimes I’m like passing by and they smile at me and I don’t have enough to smile back 😭 or when my brain finally catches on it’s to late to smile back ☹️ I feel bad for the rest of the day

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Literally everyone keeps their heads down and when they are up it’s just for side eyeing people

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REAL

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Bc I’m from NY

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no genuinely why is it so hard for people.

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I just don’t want to.

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Oh but if I do it I’m a creep (guy btw)

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