When you get a compliment like looking great in a dress, doesn’t it tell more about the dress than yourself? What does it mean when pretty much everyone in the room is pretending to like a beverage just to be with strangers? Don’t the guests figure out that the house doesn’t look this great all the time?

Or is the compliment for the decision/choice of the dress and understanding that the dress will look good on you? is it that you are willing to tolerate something awful for the rest of your life to be friends? is it that you want to treat the guests as a king?

After all, every single thing in either social company or in preparation for it, is a big phoniness. Try to have a stranger like you the way you are on a first date. See how long before the guest starts mouthing your housekeeping skills if it is not tidy on their visit!

So, does the authencity lie in the type of phoniness one wears?

Here ends my random babbling … I just had to comment as the thoughts in this post made me think. Thanks for that!