Recently, the term "Resting Bitch Face" or "RBF" has become a popular saying. If you are someone who almost always looks mad or miserable and doesn't smile very often, you are considered to have RBF. RBF is something that is very noticeable to others. If you have it, people probably often ask you if anything is wrong and to smile more. For my entire life, I have had a resting bitch face. I speak for everyone who has it, when I say that we are not always mad, this is just our neutral facial expression.

I have lost track of the amount of times people have told me to put a smile on my face or have asked me what's wrong. The people who usually say these things are the ones that are constantly smiling, all day everyday. My mother, whom I love but, she is my polar opposite and is a person that never stops smiling. After years of telling me to smile, she finally understood that it is not that I purposely do not smile, I just have RBF.

It is not that people with RBF never smile at all. I love it when I have a reason to smile and laugh, but that's the thing about RBF: we have to have a reason to smile. We are not people who just walk around smiling just for the hell of it, that is something that would take some effort for us. When we have a reason to smile, we have no problem doing it, but our faces remain straight otherwise.

Resting Bitch Face is something that is very common, so the next time you see someone without a smile on their face, keep in mind that they may have RBF and do not want to be bothered with all of your questions. Myself and many others are used to the remarks about smiling, but it still does get annoying sometimes, so please keep in mind that RBF is very real, and even if it doesn't look like it, we are most likely very happy.