Do you like CATCALLS??

curvykim78

So I am curious about something...yesterday as I was running with my son in the stroller, I had a guy yell out to me "lookin' good!" I kept running and said thanks, I'm trying. So it got me thinking...do you think catcalls are trashy & rude or do you take it as a compliment?

denisegetskinny

I personally(especially at my age) get a smile on my face when someone catcalls me. Why not take it as a positive?

pastryari

I take it as a compliment.

_Countryboy_

I take it as a compliment.

Here Kitty, Kitty.....kiitttttttyyyyyyyyyy! :flowerforyou:

pastryari

I take it as a compliment.

Here Kitty, Kitty.....kiitttttttyyyyyyyyyy! :flowerforyou:

brainzap

No, I hate them. They make me want to hide and wear a garbage bag.

PhearlessPhreaks

depends on the cat call... something like what you experienced is cool... lewd type cat calls, not so much.

ThatSoundsHard

I often get comments from dudes walking by that are like: "daaamn girl, I like the way your thighs giggle"
That actually happened. To date it is still the best thing anyone has ever said to me. Ever.

jennyrebekka

Do I need to state the obvious here.....?
It depends on if the guy is hot or not - - hello!

sozisraw

In my younger days I was snooty and ignored them and strutted past nose in the air!
Nowadays Im very grateful :laugh:

lazsundayam

I agree...at my age...and after my journey...I'll take it! I've worked hard to get to where I am and I love having someone notice!

jagh09

I think it depends on what they say! And sometimes how they say it. I had someone say "You look nice today beautiful" and I was truly flattered.

But if someone was just randomly driving by yelling "Mmmmm....Mmmmm, I know it's Jelly cuz Jam don't shake like THAT", I might find it a little more offensive.

Getting a compliment is nice. Feeling like a piece of meat, not so much.

diodelcibo

I hate it when people are rude by complimenting me...

Pangea250

Compliment, 100% of the time. Always puts a smile on my face.

curvykim78

Do I need to state the obvious here.....?
It depends on if the guy is hot or not - - hello!

LOL!

Melissa11412

back in the younger days.....well, basically what just7lbtogo just said!!!! it's nice to still be noticed here n' there

ninerbuff

I'd be concerned if I only got them from men.

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Queen8shaq

I hate it when people are rude by complimenting me...

BAHAHAHA!

5n0wbal1

Glad someone thinks I look good, but I live next to a six lane road, and anytime I go out to exercise, I get honks. Makes me feel a wee bit uncomfortable. Especially because I was doing a run/walk day, and while I was running, a guy in a red Saturn purposely slowed down to watch my butt, then sped up when I started walking again. Creepy.

lilRicki

it makes me giggle and blush...and then I flip them the finger. Seriously people, it's a little embarrassing. Especially when I have to look around and go "who me"...but secretly, i love it.

mackemom

If someone catcalled me, I'd probably go makeout with him! JK!:laugh:

lilRicki

I think it depends on what they say! And sometimes how they say it. I had someone say "You look nice today beautiful" and I was truly flattered.

But if someone was just randomly driving by yelling "Mmmmm....Mmmmm, I know it's Jelly cuz Jam don't shake like THAT", I might find it a little more offensive.

Getting a compliment is nice. Feeling like a piece of meat, not so much.

best pick up line EVER!! no jam don't shake like that lmfao

curvykim78

If someone catcalled me, I'd probably go makeout with him! JK!:laugh:

LMAO Awesome!

chezmama

I don't get them anymore, but two summers ago I was at a Mexican restaurant and a very young and handsome waiter winked at me. I know he didn't mean a thing by it, but I was thrilled because for the first time in years (decades, even?) someone of the opposite sex actually saw me enough for me to be winked at....thus debunking my theory that I was, if fact, invisible.

salladeve

It depends on what is said. In my younger days, when I worked in the office of an auto factory, many comments were made to me that were just lewd and those I did not take as a compliment, they made me very uncomfortable. A call out of "looking good" or others along those lines have always been appreciated.

southpaw211

If someone catcalled me, I'd probably go makeout with him! JK!:laugh:

No joke! It's been many a year (and many a pound) since I've been catcalled. I'll take what I can get. My husband told me I didn't look like a fatass in my spandex running gear last night, so I consider that a win. It's practically a cat call. :ohwell:

zoeysasha37

It really depends on what they say...

Your looking good or you are very pretty / I just say thanks and keep going

If they say, the things I would do to you, blah blah blah , nice *kitten*, blah blah , huge tits, blah , then I become I ***** and say, **** off loser.......

terlyn20

yes, i do and always have, but even more so now that i am over 50.

BinaryPulsar

How I feel about it will certainly depend on the circumstances (and shouting from a car is different from on the side walk, next to me, while walking by, or while on the train). What you are describing, I would feel happy about. Sometimes when I was a teenager and it happened a lot, there were times when I felt uncomfortable because I was just out walking and felt on the spot when guys were always shouting out at me (sometimes startling me, not because I felt threatened, but just because I didn't expect to be shouted at). I was also young and didn't understand that I looked good (so I would wonder why they were doing it). I'm usually happy about it now (not when it's vulgar). I don't like when I'm walking by a group of guys and they catch me off guard, so I don't respond (because I'm a little shy and I still have a hard time understanding that they are talking about me and because I'm a married woman), then they insult me if I don't respond the way they had wanted (I don't like that). But, I never let anything like that hold me back from anything. Anyone that understands what it's like to be human can understand there are times/ways/reasons when it's appreciated and times when it's not.

Any guy that thinks women are obligated to respond to them when they cat call is probably not very popular with the ladies due to their social awkwardness and lack of basic social skills and lack of skills at interacting with women in an appealing way.

devil_in_a_blue_dress

It appears I am in the minority here, but no -- I don't like catcalls. They don't make me smile, they don't make me feel good about myself --- they make me wonder what on Earth possessed a complete stranger to think it's ok to make any sort of statement on my appearance by acting like a drunk frat boy, and then think I am rude because I am not flattered.

I don't mind it at all if somebody walks up to me and says something nice -- or uses a corny like as an attempt to start a conversation - but yelling something objectifying/whistling/making loud sounds at a random person you think is purdy with no intentions of speaking to them is not cool. It's creepy.

I_Will_End_You

No thanks. I don't like when people yell out to me, whether it's positive or not. It's usually perverted anyway.