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Critical Personality
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 11, 2020 (message contributor)
My cousin was in love and wanted to introduce his bride-to-be to his hypercritical mother. But in order to get an unbiased opinion, he invited over three other female friends as well and didn’t tell his mom which one he intended to marry. After the four women left, he asked his mother, "Can you guess which one I want to marry?" rd.com
"The one with short hair."
"Yes! How’d you know?"
"Because that’s the one I didn’t like." —Fatima Farhat
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