Do you like CATCALLS??

curvykim78
curvykim78 Posts: 799 Member
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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?
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  • denisegetskinny
    denisegetskinny Posts: 21 Member
    I personally(especially at my age) get a smile on my face when someone catcalls me. Why not take it as a positive?
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    I take it as a compliment.
  • _Countryboy_
    _Countryboy_ Posts: 71
    I take it as a compliment.


    Here Kitty, Kitty.....kiitttttttyyyyyyyyyy! :flowerforyou:
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    I take it as a compliment.


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

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  • brainzap
    brainzap Posts: 145 Member
    No, I hate them. They make me want to hide and wear a garbage bag.
  • PhearlessPhreaks
    PhearlessPhreaks Posts: 890 Member
    depends on the cat call... something like what you experienced is cool... lewd type cat calls, not so much.
  • ThatSoundsHard
    ThatSoundsHard Posts: 475 Member
    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
    jennyrebekka Posts: 626 Member
    Do I need to state the obvious here.....?
    It depends on if the guy is hot or not - - hello!
  • sozisraw
    sozisraw Posts: 418 Member
    In my younger days I was snooty and ignored them and strutted past nose in the air!
    Nowadays Im very grateful :laugh:
  • lazsundayam
    lazsundayam Posts: 2 Member
    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! :wink:
  • jagh09
    jagh09 Posts: 555 Member
    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
    diodelcibo Posts: 2,564 Member
    I hate it when people are rude by complimenting me...
  • Pangea250
    Pangea250 Posts: 965 Member
    Compliment, 100% of the time. Always puts a smile on my face.
  • curvykim78
    curvykim78 Posts: 799 Member
    Do I need to state the obvious here.....?
    It depends on if the guy is hot or not - - hello!
    LOL!
  • Melissa11412
    Melissa11412 Posts: 145 Member
    back in the younger days.....well, basically what just7lbtogo just said!!!! it's nice to still be noticed here n' there :wink:
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,992 Member
    I'd be concerned if I only got them from men.

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  • Queen8shaq
    Queen8shaq Posts: 46
    I hate it when people are rude by complimenting me...

    BAHAHAHA!
  • 5n0wbal1
    5n0wbal1 Posts: 429 Member
    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
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    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
    mackemom Posts: 277 Member
    If someone catcalled me, I'd probably go makeout with him! JK!:laugh:
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    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
    curvykim78 Posts: 799 Member
    If someone catcalled me, I'd probably go makeout with him! JK!:laugh:

    LMAO Awesome!
  • chezmama
    chezmama Posts: 396 Member
    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
    salladeve Posts: 1,053 Member
    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
    southpaw211 Posts: 385 Member
    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
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    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
    terlyn20 Posts: 142 Member
    yes, i do and always have, but even more so now that i am over 50.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    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
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    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
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    No thanks. I don't like when people yell out to me, whether it's positive or not. It's usually perverted anyway.

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