Worst insult

May 11, 2014 11:54

[The workshop prompt was to write about the worst insult from your childhood.]

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"You're pretty," she said. I was stunned. I was 8, and I was not pretty. I knew I was not pretty, and no one ever pretended. People said, "You have such pretty long hair," or "You look just like your Aunt Jean," and she had pretty hair, and she was nice to me and ( Read more... )

navel-gazing, childhood

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vettecat May 13 2014, 04:37:31 UTC
Ouch.

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