But you have such a pretty face.......

coffeemommaof4
coffeemommaof4 Posts: 12 Member
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This one always gets me. Any ideas for a clever comeback, for the ever so dreadful, "you have such a pretty face" comment/insult?
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  • SparkleShine
    SparkleShine Posts: 2,001 Member
    This one always gets me. Any ideas for a clever comeback, for the ever so dreadful, "you have such a pretty face" comment/insult?

    How about...." you have such a big mouth.":laugh: :devil:
  • ohpampered1
    ohpampered1 Posts: 37 Member
    I would say; So tell me how you really feel, and why you think this is any of your business.
  • charelg
    charelg Posts: 599 Member
    I would say, and bless your heart, you have such an ugly soul.
  • quillsHP
    quillsHP Posts: 91 Member
    I always say "I KNOW". They seem so taken aback by the confidence :tongue:
  • coffeemommaof4
    coffeemommaof4 Posts: 12 Member
    LOVE this answer!!
  • sreimer07
    sreimer07 Posts: 154 Member
    I always say "I KNOW". They seem so taken aback by the confidence :tongue:


    this!!!
  • morganhccstudent724
    morganhccstudent724 Posts: 1,261 Member
    Thank you?
  • Moe0112
    Moe0112 Posts: 123 Member
    I always say "I KNOW". They seem so taken aback by the confidence :tongue:




    true statement!!!
  • rikisue206
    rikisue206 Posts: 99 Member
    I would say, and bless your heart, you have such an ugly soul.

    This! I about killed over laughing!
  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
    I simply say "Thank you"
  • ctgirlscout
    ctgirlscout Posts: 90 Member
    Just say "thank you" and move on. They are well-meaning, although clueless.
  • emtjmac
    emtjmac Posts: 1,320 Member
    But... you do have a really pretty face... I don't get it.
  • SouthernSweetie74
    SouthernSweetie74 Posts: 844
    I don't take it as an insult. I love it when people tell me I have a pretty face. I know I have a pretty face. I know I need to work on the rest of me. Okay. That's all. Thank you.
  • SouthernSweetie74
    SouthernSweetie74 Posts: 844
    But... you do have really pretty face... I don't get it.

    EXACTLY.

    And just because someone says that doesn't necessarily mean that the rest of you isn't pretty. I've been complimented on my eyes. Does that mean that the rest of me isn't pretty? NO. I've been complimented on my hair. No one ever seems to take offense to those kind of compliments. I think it's our own insecurities that make us take offense to the "pretty face" comment. I'm all about some compliments, whatever kind I can get, I say bring it!
  • _JR_
    _JR_ Posts: 830 Member
    I would say "shut up, and keep your damn compliments to yourself. Jerk!" :ohwell:
  • desireepr123
    desireepr123 Posts: 5
    I think it often depends on who is making the comment - women are sometimes more "honest and helpful" so a confident response will usually stop the cattiness. Men, I have finally come to understand, are generally more "what you see is what you get" they actually mean you have a pretty face. Take the compliment as it is intended. Either way - a woman trying to undermine your confidence (ask yourself why) or a man telling you he thinks you're pretty - they are both compliments, right?
  • coffeemommaof4
    coffeemommaof4 Posts: 12 Member
    Y'all are pretty wise...some funny...and others...well just annoyingly right :-) I do think I need to take it as a compliment. Although sometimes the delivery isn't the best.......I will kill them with kindness, a smile and a heartfelt thank you....or "suck it" depending on my mood.
  • eldrith1399
    eldrith1399 Posts: 23
    But... you do have a really pretty face... I don't get it.

    I'm with him. I assume they actually mean it because you do have a pretty face.
  • coffeemommaof4
    coffeemommaof4 Posts: 12 Member
    But... you do have a really pretty face... I don't get it.

    I'm with him. I assume they actually mean it because you do have a pretty face.



    THANK YOU :-)
  • coffeemommaof4
    coffeemommaof4 Posts: 12 Member
    I would say "shut up, and keep your damn compliments to yourself. Jerk!" :ohwell:

    see.....you get it :wink:
  • jennajocummings
    jennajocummings Posts: 104
    Growing up chunky, and having a thin sister I used to get that all the time... even from my mother who loved me with all her heart. I don't think (generally speaking) people mean it as an insult. if you come back with a rude comment it just makes you sound bitter. Be thankful you have a pretty face... I can lose weight, but I can't change my face. =)
  • mvatrail
    mvatrail Posts: 45
    Look them straight in the eyes and say " Did you just say use my can of mace" ?
  • jennajocummings
    jennajocummings Posts: 104
    But... you do have really pretty face... I don't get it.

    EXACTLY.

    And just because someone says that doesn't necessarily mean that the rest of you isn't pretty. I've been complimented on my eyes. Does that mean that the rest of me isn't pretty? NO. I've been complimented on my hair. No one ever seems to take offense to those kind of compliments. I think it's our own insecurities that make us take offense to the "pretty face" comment. I'm all about some compliments, whatever kind I can get, I say bring it!

    This! ^^^^
  • JAMProphet
    JAMProphet Posts: 288 Member
    I would say, and bless your heart, you have such an ugly soul.


    BURN!!!
  • coffeemommaof4
    coffeemommaof4 Posts: 12 Member
    Growing up chunky, and having a thin sister I used to get that all the time... even from my mother who loved me with all her heart. I don't think (generally speaking) people mean it as an insult. if you come back with a rude comment it just makes you sound bitter. Be thankful you have a pretty face... I can lose weight, but I can't change my face. =)

    very well said.....and that was my exact situation as a child. Thank you.
  • PapaDunx
    PapaDunx Posts: 243
    Lady Astor : Winston! You are drunk!
    Winston Churchill : Madam, you are ugly, but in the morning, I will be sober.

    Take the compliment, for what it is. Better than them saying "Shame you are a lard-*kitten*"

    BTW ... you DO have a pretty face.
  • coffeemommaof4
    coffeemommaof4 Posts: 12 Member
    Lady Astor : Winston! You are drunk!
    Winston Churchill : Madam, you are ugly, but in the morning, I will be sober.

    Take the compliment, for what it is. Better than them saying "Shame you are a lard-*kitten*"

    BTW ... you DO have a pretty face.

    that one made me giggle......and thank you sir.
  • coffeemommaof4
    coffeemommaof4 Posts: 12 Member
    :laugh:
    Look them straight in the eyes and say " Did you just say use my can of mace" ?
  • Ronngie
    Ronngie Posts: 295 Member
    I had an ex boyfriend tell me when we were together, that if I was thin I would be the most beautiful woman in the world. It hurt my feelings so badly, and I hid it from him.
  • Taimarra
    Taimarra Posts: 60
    This one always gets me. Any ideas for a clever comeback, for the ever so dreadful, "you have such a pretty face" comment/insult?


    "That makes one of us"? Maybe? (Or is it late, I'm PMSing, hate that "compliment," and am super grumpy? LOL)

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