[Carl Copeland]

Originally Posted by Julie Steiner

Some people—mostly women—don't like the unflattering depictions in ... Shakespeare's Sonnet 130.

But some people are humorless narcissists, insecure about their flaws and paranoid about putdowns.

Thanks, Julie. I’ve never forgotten a stage performance of that sonnet by a married couple I knew. He read, while she grimaced and glowed accordingly. My own narcissism, insecurity and paranoia about putdowns is treatable with doses of self-deprecating humor.