Trying Your Best, Getting Critiqued

“I went to a department store, got full make up done by one of the makeup artists and went to my then girlfriend’s house to show her because she always nagged me about making more of an effort and I wanted to surprise her and she critiqued my make up while I stood on her porch.”
We’ve all tried to do something we don’t really like for the sake of impressing and getting some approval from our loved one. But when they start criticizing you, it all feels like you’ve wasted all that time for nothing…