She soooo has a point. RBF as a concept was funny for a while, but... this is my actual human face. I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO.

When my husband and I were starting out in our late 20s, we kept a pretty tight budget. We had debt to pay off, and we wanted to save for a house. There were times when we were upfront about not wanting to go out with friends or family members because money was tight, and we would invite people over to our place…

My sister once told me that I was born in the wrong era, in that the niche that nature intended for me was clearly to be one of those pale, sickly Victorian girls who lie on a chaise longue and then die of consumption. I can’t even be mad, she’s completely correct.

Same. I joke all the time about how I would never have survived any other location or time period. I was a sickly child, and I inadvertently continue to flip off Darwin at every turn.

No one is thinking of Ethan Hawke.

It’s just my face. Some of my students get it and send me RBF memes on various social media. Trust me, people will know when I’m actually mad at them.

He wasn’t always a hot piece of ass.

My favorite is when men try to encourage me to smile. It’s not patronizing or galling at all.

I am 44, and my décolletage shows my age. That HAS to be photoshopped, but at least Madonna does a better job than my mom’s friend who has blurry spots where her double chin is in all her profile photos.

Smiling ia overrated, plus premature wrinkles

@Gabby Sidibe: My wife was taken out with forceps after her mother was in labor for 7 days. (The hospital, in the USSR, made my MIL sign a waiver of liability if her child was stillborn.) As a result she’s been accused of RBF because there’s a dent in her forehead that makes her eyebrows point slightly down. Plus,…

In my college years I was broke, and made very little money my first couple years after college. My one buddy was into going to clubs, eating at good restaurants, all that. He had a job “off the books” and was apparently making a fortune. I was just honest and said “Dude, I can’t afford any of this”, and he was all “I…

One of my closest long-distance friends just moved back to town and she’s all about going to places where you dress up, get bottle services, all that. We made plans for the weekend and I told her money’s kinda tight. She suggested getting apps and drinks at a place SHE wanted and she’d cover my tab. I can’t complain…

This is an entirely different article that should be written. If you are in your 20s, you should not be allowed to make your bridesmaids/groomsmen pay out the etc for your wedding.

That was my experience as well. Back when I legitimately had basically no money one of my best friends had...expensive tastes. I was upfront about it and we basically made a deal; She was willing to slum it with me at dive bars, but she would also drag me to fancy stuff - and was willing to pay for whatever I couldn’t…

Wow. This. Very much this.

I’d imagine the wedding/bridesmaid stuff is nuts. I was chatting up a girl at a bar (26-29 rough guess) and she was like,

I’ve seen friendships ruined over this, particularly in regards to weddings. The bride or maid of honor are well off, so that means a Vegas bachellorette party, weekend spa for a shower, $300 shoes for bridesmaids. It can run in the thousands. This is planned without any regards to their friend’s finances. In fact,…

I’ve found that all my friends were really understanding when I was honest because, let’s face it, we’ve all been there.

Whenever your friends suggest an activity that requires a lot of money being spent, suggest something else. If they want to go to a night club, suggest a movie night at home. If they want to go to a ball game, suggest a nice nature hike instead. If they want to go on a trip abroad, suggest spending a long weekend in…