r/OldSchoolCool Jul 27 '26

1950s Sylvia Plath in happier times, early 1950s

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u/LyttleRedWritingHood Jul 29 '26

Many of us know how to look the part, because people are not genuinely ready to receive someone who is desperately unhappy. You get tired of answering that question “How are you?” honestly so many times, just to see the regret of people having asked you in the first place when you tell them the truth.