We’ve all got that one friend who is super sweet. She treats everyone with kindness and respect, and you rarely-to-never hear her participate in gossip. She’s a nice girl, but, every so often, she lets something out and she isn’t as nice as you’d thought. Everyone gasped in shock when you all heard her swear for the first time in high school.
1. You never, ever swear. But when you do, everyone hears it.
You stub your toe. Normally you can just handle it and let out a polite little “ow!??? But you’ve had a long, tiring day and that loud “FUCK??? slips through your lips before you could catch yourself. Your friends and any passerby look up at you in shock and disbelief. Most of the time, you’re too nice to swear. But not today.
2. You always speak highly of others and look for the good in all people. Until you don’t.
You’re a natural sweetheart, a totally innocent Cady Heron at the beginning of Mean Girls. But when someone deserves it, and I mean really deserves it, like you can’t find a reasonable justification for why they’re such a horrible person, you’ll call it as you see it. Everyone’s a little astonished that you didn’t say something kind or nice like you normally do. When you talk badly about someone, they seriously deserve it.
3. Every so often, you roll your eyes behind someone’s back. This sends your friends into a fit of shock and laughter.
You just could not resist. Again, you’ll only let your inner grumpiness out if it’s necessary. Sometimes people are just too full of themselves and you gotta take their ego down a few notches. And come on, a little eye-roll is harmless. You’re still charming and nice and adorable, just with a hint of grumpy.
4. You rarely complain…but sometimes you just need to vent about how much everything and everyone sucks.
As the nice girl, you don’t like to subjugate your friends to your heavy emotions and moods. For the most part, you can deal with your problems on your own and your friends see you as a stable rock that they can depend on. But there are days when you really need to yell about your stupid boss and stupid professor and stupid assignments, not to mention the stupid mean asshole on the way home who let the door slam in your face instead of holding it open.
5. Normally you’re calm and sweet, but when something pisses you off, you let it out.
Yes, life is usually frustrating and slow, and not many people cooperate when you need them to. Usually, you stand by and let it pass because you know that other people are probably having a bad day. You’re usually empathetic and patient. but there’s only so much you can take until you decide that you’re going to devise a plot to destroy the world and all of the annoying humans.
6. You’re always there for your friends, but sometimes they need a little tough love.
As the nice girl, you’re the shoulder to cry on. You’re the one who always coddles your friends and reminds them how amazing they are. But sometimes they’re just too much. They’re being a little too ridiculous and you won’t tolerate their nonsense. Some wise words from your inner grumpy cat do the trick.
7. When you meet new people, it’s only natural for you to be polite and happy and kind. With your best friends, you let your inner grumpy cat out.
It’s almost impossible to tell when you’re being fake nice because 99% of the time you’re truly genuinely nice. But if someone rubs you the wrong way, you wait until they’re gone to release your claws. And your friends are totally shocked because they certainly did not see that coming.
8. Your nice manners and genuine optimism are mistaken for sarcasm. But when you actually use sarcasm, people think that you’re just really nice.
Being ultra nice is a blessing in disguise. Everyone knows you as the innocent nice girl. But only your real friends have seen the grumpy side underneath all of the niceness. So while you have to reassure others that you’re being honest and not sarcastic, when you’re actually sarcastic people think that you’re just being nice. It’s a win-win, you can secretly be a grumpy cat.
9. You’ll always go out of your way for your friends. But when the nice girl takes it too far, you throw them some well-deserved side-eye.
Nice people are underestimated. You quite observant, and know how to throw shade. But you only get shady when it’s totally warranted. And it means a lot more coming from you because you don’t throw shade around on the reg. Side-eye from you shouldn’t be taken lightly, you’re telling your friend that she needs an attitude adjustment.
