Some man shook my hand at work the other day and he was was so shocked at how small my hand felt in his. He kept commenting on it, using adjectives like tiny, fragile, precious, clean and pretty (for a guy).
It was so weird. and the whole interaction made me realize how pretty and well kept my hands actually are compared to a lot of other grown men. I went to the washroom and spent like 30 seconds looking at my hands lol. and this is something i’ve never even thought about.
I told my boyfriend about this, and he said something that really touched me. This is only a paraphrase, but I hope it opens your eyes like it did mine:
You live in your own body all your life, sometimes you need a stranger to come in and say something mundane and stupid to make you realize that you shouldn’t be so hard on yourself all the time….you are loveable in ways you will never understand.
