I was put to the test amongst a new set of friends recently. They were chatting about what they would change if they had the money for cosmetic enhancements. It was the expected conversational dance; โI need a boob jobโ met the response โIโd get a tummy tuckโ, and so on. Except, as eyes turned to me, ready for me to share the flaw I was keen to fix, I couldnโt think of anything. In that moment, I was alright with myself. โI wouldnโt change anything,โ I said, shrugging. I quickly got the sense that this response was wrong. (If youโre thinking of that Mean Girls scene โ youโre spot on; the one where Regina George and co stand in front of a mirror picking apart their skin, hair and nails, and Lindsey Lohanโs character, Cady, feeling the pressure to participate, says, โI get bad breath in the morningโ).
