Fake compliments.

Should I accept gracefully?

Photo by Adam Winger on Unsplash

Yesterday I went to lunch with some new girlfriends. We lunch together every Friday.

As soon as I arrived, one said — I love your hair shorter.

Another said — I love the colour.

I was perplexed. I hadn’t even washed it, so it looked ghastly. I ordered my lunch — chicken pad Thai — and sat down.