Formality

I’m same. I hear often that I’m in a bad mood. I can’t imagine myself doing playful smalltalk with someone who I don’t know well. Others people do it often. 

In my teens and twenties I was often asked what was wrong or why am I depressed because me internal emotional state was rarely reflected on my face. I’m better at it now but it’s still an issue

I really wish I could do playful smalltalk with strangers but I feel as if I’m breaking all the rules or invading their personal space.

There are people at work who could crack cheeky jokes in a roomful of strangers. I really envy that.

I'm often told I look miserable, but I just have resting "lady dog" face.

Trust me, I’m a man and I’ve received that all my life.

That annoys me too and also 'I thought women were supposed to be able to multitask'. 

I decided a while back that I'm going to not bite my tongue or sit on my hands the next time someone says that to me, but punch them in the face which is what I really want to do in response. I think it's something nearly always said to women and very rarely to men, probably because women are "supposed" to look pretty, appealing and non-threatening to men, basically it's a misogynistic attempt at control.

There used to be a road I had to walk down on occaission that seemed to full of men saying that, at the end of the road, was a vets, a maternity unit  and an oncology unit, so for a lot of people, "it" probably had happened.

I decided a while back that I'm going to not bite my tongue or sit on my hands the next time someone says that to me, but punch them in the face which is what I really want to do in response. I think it's something nearly always said to women and very rarely to men, probably because women are "supposed" to look pretty, appealing and non-threatening to men, basically it's a misogynistic attempt at control.

There used to be a road I had to walk down on occaission that seemed to full of men saying that, at the end of the road, was a vets, a maternity unit  and an oncology unit, so for a lot of people, "it" probably had happened.

Trust me, I’m a man and I’ve received that all my life.

That annoys me too and also 'I thought women were supposed to be able to multitask'.