Basic truths

“She was that rare ‘no makeup’ type. And I don’t mean the type like my friend Jeannie who spends three hours every day working to do makeup that looks like she’s not wearing any makeup. I mean the no. makeup. type. I admit I was a bit uncomfortable with that fact until I could get used to it. But I wasn’t prepared for her bathroom. Upon returning to her apartment after a day at the park I had an occasion to be in there and what I found absolutely alarmed me. Aside from a half-filled box of tampons and a bar of soap, the only personal care products in the entire bathroom were a bottle of witch hazel, a toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste. ‘Who is this woman?’, I thought. ‘And what type of Girl Planet does she come from?’.”


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