The "Fuck Off" Face

  You're on your way to go grab some milk from your local 7 Eleven or whatever, you're minding your own business, and this guy from out of nowhere "hollers" at you and makes some cliche, not very well thought out comment about how good you be lookin'. First response: ew. Your messy ghetto/hipster look does not impress, I don't want to be bothered, and I'm just hoping you don't follow me for the next several blocks. You shoot him the "fuck off" face, as I like to call it. Second response: I'm feeling pret-ty swanky-sexy right now. I DO look good. This turned out to be a pretty swell day, excuse me while I post some chipper, douchey, self centered Facebook status about how fly I am. Third response: Do I look good? Was hipster man trying to be ironic? Do I have something on my face?! Perhaps spandex leggings AREN'T my thing!? Excuse me while I go hide and feel embarrassed about how excited I just was. 

   I don't know about you but I pull the fuck-off face out pretty often and I find myself feeling like an ass. One- some of the compliments are totally harmless and quite frankly very sweet, and yet I still find the need to be a I'm-too-good jerk to the randoms. Two-the fuck off face is only to be used on the boys who shout obscene pickup lines out of moving vehicles! Why the face?! Why feel so conflicted, offended, flattered, and hurt by what was probably a 5 second interaction? 

 

   I don't know if this is common for all the ladies out there, or just the ones who find themselves feeling pretty down on themselves but I wonder- why can't we just feel good about ourselves and take a compliment? Obviously, creeper comments coming from creeper men don't merit a silent happy dance, but sometimes, guys really are just trying to be nice (and flirty). I think my response to harmless hit-on-ery generally indicates how I feel about myself. If I feel straight up offended and like I'm being made fun of, I feel hideous and don't really value myself. If I feel conflicted- flattered and skeptical- then I'm pretty much in limbo with myself. If I just feel like the bees' knees the rest of the day, I feel pretty good about myself and very comfortable with where I'm at- not just physically but emotionally too. 

   Ladies, show of hands, how often do you whip out the "fuck off" face?