When an old money person compliments your skin, they might actually be insulting you. Let’s discuss.
We’ve all heard the stereotype: rich people have better genes, no stress, leisure time, and endless money for facials and estheticians. But truthfully? Most old money people my age look like wrinkled old bags. They’re cheap, and they spend all their time outdoors—riding, sailing, playing tennis, gardening.
Unwrinkled skin is really only a status symbol for third wives and new money. People with no horses.
So when they say, “You’ve got such good skin—you look so young,” what they’re really saying is: You’re not one of us.
How do you respond? Forget the polite deflection. Give those bitches something to chew on. Offer them a story so unhinged it keeps them up at night.
“My secret? I find that anger blocks my pores, so I lock myself in my husband’s walk-in freezer—the one he uses for his hunting trophies—and scream until I can feel my lymph start to drain. I also use that Romanian woman everyone uses… except for you. She combines Botox with corporal punishment. If you fall out of resting bitch face—joke’s on her—I lost the ability to emote as a child. Once a year, I go to that clinic in Lausanne—you know the one. I get my face cryogenically frozen for a week. Very good for inflammation. Oh, and I inherited my godmother’s facialist. She flies in from Reykjavik with a suitcase full of glacier water and krill. You smell like a sea lion afterward, but you look like a baby’s bottom. You really should try it sometime.”
Now they’ll either laugh, be horrified, or quietly decide you’re completely unhinged. All excellent outcomes.
I hope this helped.