Honestly.  What to say about the “Smile Trainer”.  As if in order to attain true happiness all we need to do is stick a piece of rubber in our mouths.  (To those of you with dirty minds thinking up naughty replies to that, just say no. )

Okay the existence of this product is funny enough on its own to justify appearance in my blog, but I can’t resist some kind of commentary on what this says about us.

Especially for women.  People don’t seem to mind if men grouse around or look “serious”, but if a woman gets pensive, all of a sudden it “must be that time of month”.

Sure we want people to smile and be happy, but sometimes telling people “smile” or “cheer up” isn’t really helpful.  If you want someone to smile, how about doing something thoughful, or surprising them with something sweet and unexpected…

Our mothers used to say “I’ll give you something to cry about!”  I wonder what would happen if we went around giving people something to smile about instead. 

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