21 September 2007


From:that frolicsome kid
To:Whom this may concern
Date:21 September 2007, 16:54
Subject: Embarrassed over a lip balm  

It's bad enough that I have dry lips and have to rely on using a lip balm. Why must that accident have to happen? I shouldn't have brought that lip balm stick to school, let alone put it in the same pocket as my handkerchief. I shouldn't have gone down to eat! =O It's so embarrassing!

Must one of the two girls have to go all the way to my other blog and ask such a personal question? She left a message, "Do I use a lip balm?". Yeah, obviously, since you have already seen it with your eyes. As much as I wished it wasn't an illusion, it wasn't. It projects an impression that I, a guy, is metrosexual. I don't worry about my appearance excessively! I wished I have no dry lips. On that day, I must bring that stick to school and put it in the pocket. Woe is me!

I'm very embarrassed. How am I supposed to answer it? Tell the whole world that I depend on it? I'll be laughed at! Even at this moment, I can feel the malicious gossip about me spreading from one person to another, as if acting rather feminine isn't bad enough. Maybe I should just delete her message, but that would make things worse by indirectly denying it. I could say I have dry lips, but I sound really ridiculous and people will laugh at me and call me names. =(

It's stupid! Ahhhhh! Why me? =O I feel really self-conscious now.

I was in a mood to study after I came back from lunch but after seeing that message, I lost my motivation. I started worrying and despite genetics being an interesting topic, I kept thinking about her message. I wished she asked me privately instead of online.

I really don't know what to do now... =( Stupid lips!

Comments (5):

It's okay to use lipbalm. Seriously.

Dude, it's JUST LIPBALM. Really. I know lots and lots of non-metrosexual guys using it. Hell, it makes your lips all soft and smoothy, I don't understand why everybody doesn't use it.
Tell your peers to grow up :)
Don't worry about it.

I shouldn't worry so much about using it. Thanks for the reassurances. =)

I wonder what you said in the end?

My boyfriend uses lip balm - he buys vaseline so it's vaguely manly. I say vaguely.

Just told her the truth via e-mail, i.e. health reasons. No response till today. Whatever. At least it stops potential gossips when I put it that way. ;)