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Diamond_Dog

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5. That's exactly what we feel like doing,yes

Reply to sboatcar (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 6, 2026, 03:17 PM

13 hrs ago

I have had complete strangers (male) come up to me and tell me to “Smile!” (Of course when I was younger)

I always felt like saying Really …. Just leave me the f- - - alone! Who asked you?

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Trump told a female reporter to smile. Why women aren't happy about it [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 13 hrs ago OP

My worst example was mercuryblues 13 hrs ago #1

I'm a man, but I feel like if I were a woman and someone said that to me I'd probably slap them sboatcar 13 hrs ago #2

That's exactly what we feel like doing,yes Diamond_Dog 13 hrs ago #5

Insecure people sometimes only feel comfortable around people who smile all the time. Omnipresent 13 hrs ago #3

See...Women Are Supposed to Always Be Happy or at Least Content. MineralMan 13 hrs ago #4

Wow, MM. Thats a great response! I wish I'd known it when I was younger. Diamond_Dog 13 hrs ago #7

Probably, after he picked his jaw off the floor. MineralMan 12 hrs ago #9

Oh yeah. mercuryblues 12 hrs ago #11

Ugh. I have also heard that one before. So ugly. Diamond_Dog 11 hrs ago #13

... he'd probably counter it with "Bitch!" Talitha 11 hrs ago #15

DING DING DING!!! 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #8

I've seen that a few times, too. MineralMan 12 hrs ago #10

Ya gotta wonder... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #12

Ain't that the truth! Diamond_Dog 11 hrs ago #14

THIS just proves beyond doubt how TSF feels about woman. That's why bluestarone 13 hrs ago #6

I remember once a couple of "men" were following me around a retail store senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #16