"I want to apologize to all the women I have called pretty..."
Mostly because once I call one girl pretty, the rest get jealous as shit if I don't compliment them too. Don't believe me? Pick one girl in a group to compliment, and watch all the others turn into whiny little bitches.
"...before I've called them intelligent or brave."
I only did it because you're neither.
"I am sorry I made it sound as though something as simple as what you're born with is the most you have to be proud of..."
Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Maybelline. Maybe nobody cares.
"...when your spirit has crushed mountains."
You are the cause of erosion. Congrats.
"From now on I will say things like, you are resilient..."
Are you swooning yet?
"...or, you are extraordinary."
For a list of compliments that don't suck, click here.
"Not because I don't think you're pretty."
I mean, I don't, but whatevs.
"But because you are so much more than that."
You're also smelly and socially awkward.
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