Random compliments from strangers

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  • ProudMammaTo3
    ProudMammaTo3 Posts: 17
    I've been asked by some middle aged man looking at ice cream.....yes, ice cream lol...if I was more of a vannila girl or a chocolate girl. He said he really likes the vannila he sees. It was the worst line ever. Then once I had a random guy tell me I have a very nice rib cage. I was like wth!? Hannibal much.
  • salladeve
    salladeve Posts: 1,053 Member
    It is really hard for me to take a compliment. But over the years I have gotten many comments that I certainly take as compliments that I look young, especially if I'm with my teenage granddaughters (18 & 16) or my son (43) or daughter (38). As I got into my 50s and now my 60s I have learned to smile and say "thank you so much, you just made my day for me" because it really does make me happy.
  • SmoothRiko
    SmoothRiko Posts: 193
    It is really hard for me to take a compliment. But over the years I have gotten many comments that I certainly take as compliments that I look young, especially if I'm with my teenage granddaughters (18 & 16) or my son (43) or daughter (38). As I got into my 50s and now my 60s I have learned to smile and say "thank you so much, you just made my day for me" because it really does make me happy.

    As it should!
  • laurenmanderson1
    laurenmanderson1 Posts: 113 Member
    honestly I have never had a random person come up and compliment me....so I have no answer for you. But you have a very stunning face and gorgeous hair, so I am not surprised you have compliments from strangers. Probably daily :smile:

    If you are not getting compliments regularly the population of Billings MT needs a new optician :flowerforyou:

    I second this! You are so beautiful!
  • laurenmanderson1
    laurenmanderson1 Posts: 113 Member
    :flowerforyou: I agree with most people's response. If I am complimented by a stranger I just give them a genuine smile and a simple thank you very much.
  • smesche
    smesche Posts: 234 Member
    Then once I had a random guy tell me I have a very nice rib cage. I was like wth!? Hannibal much.

    :laugh: but at the same time :noway:

    That is creepy and just not right.
  • SwitzEngine
    SwitzEngine Posts: 3,418 Member
    If I get a compliment I am proud the whole day :-)
  • SweetLilyR
    SweetLilyR Posts: 283 Member
    I love getting random compliments from strangers...even from the somewhat creepy people.

    My only problem is that I never get complimented by anyone in real life besides my hubby. However, my 10-year dry spell of random compliments was broken last week when I not only got hit on, but was also given this guy's phone number while out with my skinny hot best friend at a bar!! I'm still glowing from that one encounter and it's been a week now!

    Now if only it would happen again so I wouldn't think it was a fluke accident...
  • seliinac
    seliinac Posts: 336 Member
    I was taught by my mother to take a compliment with grace, so I say thank you and smile.

    The most memorable compliment I've received was when I was around 18 or 19 in a car with friends. We were at a red light and I laughed at something and looked then looked out the window and the guy in the car next to us said I had a beautiful smile. It meant a lot because he wasn't trying to come on to me at all.

    The weirdest compliment I received from a stranger was when I was 16 or 17 years old and waiting to meet my dad in a park (he was late as usual). This guy asked to sit on the bench beside me. It was a public park so obviously I'm not going to say no! Then he started chatting with me and said he liked the hair on my legs!! I'm fair so I only shave my lower legs as the hair on my thighs is barely visible. That creeped me out! I was so mad at my dad for being late!!
  • missveeoh
    missveeoh Posts: 90 Member
    The thing is....I've never received compliments from strangers.
    So I'll be pretty startled. Even if it happens, I'll probably hear these compliments from my friends
    That a certain somebody thought I was pretty-
    Or my mom (her coworkers go to the same gym I do and they tell her I'm looking healthy and or pretty) so maybe I'm standoff ish?
    I always have a serious look on my face. I guess I scare people haha!
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    I am always giving compliments to people IRL. Again, not catty or rude compliments, but very sincere ones - if I like their hair, their clothes, something they do, something the say, etc. I love seeing them smile and most appreciate the gesture.
  • DesireeNL
    DesireeNL Posts: 220 Member
    Doesn't happen a whole lot but I just smile and say thanks :-) It doesn't mean they want something from you or you have to engage in a conversation, usually they just move on minding their own business anyway.

    There was an older lady who came up to me at the bus stop and said she just HAD to tell me that my hair colour was so beautiful and asked if it was my natural colour. (I'm a ginger) That was really sweet of her and it made me smile. And it was a good reminder to give more compliments myself, knowing how nice it feels to get one!

    I've only experienced one weird situation, when I was in the US at the mall, having a slushee/slurpie (don't remember what those things are called) and playing around with my phone while waiting for someone. Some guy came up to me, sat at my table and started telling me how beautiful my hair was and how it looked like silk and how I looked like an angel. Yes it was creepy. He did try to ask me out on a date. Turns out he was 18 or 19, and I'm 32 O_o When he started to touch me (hand on my shoulder) I stopped it right there and told him to keep his hands to himself. Luckily he got the message and left.
  • nursenelson
    nursenelson Posts: 295
    I get a lot about my hair, and it makes my day. People that have to tell me they love the colors I have, or that my make up is nice, makes me feel nice about myself. If I see someone that has a really nice dress, shoes, shirt, anything, I will let them know that I think its pretty and I like it.

    I get compliments on my hair and makeup too!
    and I also compliment someone if I think they have nice shoes or a cool purse etc

    Usually a Thank - you is the best thing to say

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