Resting bitch face, also known as RBF, Chronic Bitch Face, or Bitchy Resting Face, is a term for people whose facial expression (or lack there of), unintentionally appears angry, annoyed, or judgmental in its natural state.
Unfortunately, I suffer from RBF. Every time you pass by me, I have this expressionless blank bitchy look on my face. Everyone assumes I'm upset, or a snob, or mean. But, I'm not at all and I'm probably in a perfectly good mood, sorry but I can't help it, my natural face just looks like that.
However, it is a common thing that many people have. Celebrities such as Natalie Portman, Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox, Kayne West, Kristen Stewart and even Queen Elizabeth II are all culprits of RBF.
Resting bitch face is a real thing and it really sucks, but if you have it you've probably gotten used to it because it was just the way you were born. By now you're probably used to it and don't mind it much. But there are daily struggles we RBF sufferers go through daily. Here are a few I have experienced in my day-to-day life.
1. People are constantly telling you to smile more. And you’re just like “No thanks… “ (Of course you say this while you force a fake sarcastic smile).
2. Whenever people get to know you the first thing they say is, “You’re a lot nicer than I thought you’d be."
3. It could be the most exciting moment of your life and you’d still have an expressionless look on your face.
4. Smiling feels forced, it’s actually a lot of work and effort for you to smile, so you’re not going to do it unless you’re REALLY enjoying yourself.
5. People always ask why you look so upset all the time, and you always respond with, "I'm not, it’s just my face."
6. There's probably like 10 people a day who ask, “Are you okay?” or "You look upset, what's wrong?"
7. Your teachers probably don't like you very much because you look super disinterested and bored all class, even if you're not (but let's face it you probably are).
8. People assume everything you say is sarcastic. Which is totally not true, you're only sarcastic like 70 percent of the time, not all the time.
9. People are intimidated by you because you look like you’re ready to kill someone all the time.
10. But resting bitch face isn't all bad. It has its perks like nobody trying to sell you products in the mall and having less wrinkles. You've actually grown to love and accept it!
