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DAE feel like the birthday party smile is a full time job?
At my kid's party yesterday, I was laughing with the other parents while inside I was just counting the minutes until I could be alone. My husband had a work emergency and missed the whole thing, so I was running the show solo with a fake grin plastered on my face for three straight hours. How do you handle it when you have to be 'on' for people but you're completely drained inside?
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charles_mitchell9h ago
That "fake grin plastered on" is the worst. I try to find one small, real moment to focus on, like a kid's genuine laugh, to recharge for a minute. It gives the performance a tiny bit of real fuel.
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the_thea2h ago
Totally! I've started doing that with boring tasks too, like finding one interesting thing in a pile of paperwork to make it feel real.
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