Did you gals get conflicting messages from your parents? I think my mother was trying to make me think I was crazy or trying to confuse me.

One day she was waiting for me in the car as I ran into the store. When I got in the car she said, "I notice that people look at you funny because you don't smile." Crazy #1. Then, I'm laughing and smiling at something on another day and she tells me I don't look pretty when I smile. Crazy #2. I believe it was intentional and to this day, I still don't think I have a pretty smile. Sad, sad, sad.