Left Handed Compliments

my mom told me once that i was well adjusted.

Of course. But I think that's what keeps us so enthralled by them.

From my grandmother when I was six: "Don't you worry, ugly babies make pretty ladies." Followed promptly by the story of The Ugly Duckling.

My family just told me outright that I was odd. They also pointed out eccentric old ladies in the street and said that I was like that. My best friend calls me and tells me how ugly I am, and that my mum pays her to be my friend, but that's cos she loves me really.