The gal who was processing my return at Saks today was young and cute. Makeup in place, hair nicely styled, outfit quietly hip. So it surprised me when one of her co-workers walked by and commented after greeting her chirpily, “Oh — and you look good today!” As if looking good was more of an exception rather than the rule for this young, cute thing.

She must have sensed my invisible raised eyebrow because, without looking up at me from the register, she explained, “My ex’s new girlfriend was in here yesterday and I looked really awful. You know, it was early in the morning, the day after Christmas…”

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