Stop judging me for snorting when I laugh

When someone makes me laugh, I will snort.

It’s been this way for a fair few years now, and I don’t know when it started and I very much don’t know if it will ever end.

But what really grates me is the people that make fun of my snort. It’s a part of my laugh, it’s a sign that I find you funny, and more importantly, it’s a sign that I’m happy.

I am probably about to snort here

Making fun of someone’s laugh is literally like stopping them from expressing their joy – this is not an exaggeration, and anyone with an ‘ugly’ laugh will agree, until you decide that you don’t care what people think, laughing almost becomes an ordeal.

My laugh is a cackle, it is ridiculously loud, ridiculously high pitched, sometimes ridiculously OTT, but will always, at some point, involve some kind of snort. Sometimes, it will come early on, like a burst of joy breaking through the room. Sometimes, it’ll come later in the laugh, when I’m struggling for oxygen and I literally can’t breathe. Sometimes the entire laugh will just be a snort. Short and snappy, and always for sure, gets a lot of attention.

Laughing away

Usually my laugh has a mixed response. Some people say ‘aw that’s cute’, and some people are horrified. Normally, when someone has never heard me laugh before, I will get some form of comment, or some more laughter at my expense.(I actually don’t mind this reaction) I’ve got used to it now, but for a while it was a bit like yeah okay, this is my laugh but please stop laughing at my laugh.

I’ve been compared to a pig, I’ve been told to stop faking it, and I’ve been told my laugh is horrendous.

But what kind of person comments on a laugh type, I mean literally, you are killing my vibe here. Comparing me to a pig when I laugh is not funny, nor is it original, and people are damn lucky I can take a joke and join in, because that can be seriously harming to a self esteem.

My sister has a nicer laugh than me

The worst reaction I’ve had is someone telling me no guy would find me attractive because of my laugh. Like wow, okay, you’re pinning my entire potential love life future on a snort. Like for one, who cares, and for two, shut up. I don’t want to try and hide my snort for the sake of a bloody guy.

The best kind of reactions are shock, but then more laughter at the hilarity of my laugh (because yes, I am bloody hilarious, even my laugh agrees) and then more laughter, until we become best friends over the state of my laugh. It’s fun, it’s nice, and it means I am not at all self conscious about the noise I can’t help.

Basically what I’m trying to say here, is by telling someone their laugh is ugly, or by saying you are literally a pig for how you laugh, is ultimately detrimental to their happiness. Laughter is a way of expressing joy, and no matter how ridiculous you may think it is, it’s natural and it’s mine. I don’t want to have the fear about laughing around new people, because some idiot had the audacity to comment on it a few weeks ago.

It’s a laugh people, get over it.