Weirdest backhand compliments...

HereWeGoAgain7
HereWeGoAgain7 Posts: 163 Member
in Motivation and Support
So after reading through several negative posts about people saying mean things...what are some of your favorite backhand compliments (or straight forward compliments)?

1. "Honey, I want my tshirt collection back. Go buy some cute workout clothes."

2. "Would you slow down already? Some of us can't jump up a mountain like a billy goat." (exercise-induced asthma and weight gain made a single flight of stairs impossible without a breather at the top)

3. "You never quit on a workout do you?" (said by an amazed instructor at my CrossFit box. He hadn't seen me do a workout in over a month and prescribed a really tough WOD. Recommended I cut back to half of what everyone else did, I didn't. Still finished in under an hour.)

ETA: my ticker lies, down 30 lbs from workout alone and nearly 16 inches.

FORGOT ONE: "Wow, so this is asparagus? Hmm...I can see why you like it." Said by a friend that the only "green" thing I have seen eat was Mint Chocolate Ice Cream. She has now successfully tried asparagus, broccolli, califlower, bananas, sweet potatoes, and mango.

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  • zorbaru
    zorbaru Posts: 1,077 Member
    if your califlower, bananas, sweet potatoes, and mango are green, you're doing it wrong :D
  • Spooky_Scully
    Spooky_Scully Posts: 73 Member
    I was running around on a crazy night shift at work and a patient's mother looked at me and said 'look at you go! no wonder you're such a skinny little thing!'.

    I'm trying for toned, not skinny :laugh: and I work my butt off both in the gym and at my job! But I smiled, laughed and thanked her, because it's still amazing not being the chubby girl! :blushing:
  • HereWeGoAgain7
    HereWeGoAgain7 Posts: 163 Member
    if your califlower, bananas, sweet potatoes, and mango are green, you're doing it wrong :D

    LOL good point! How bout earth grown instead of fabricated?
  • HereWeGoAgain7
    HereWeGoAgain7 Posts: 163 Member
    I was running around on a crazy night shift at work and a patient's mother looked at me and said 'look at you go! no wonder you're such a skinny little thing!'.

    I'm trying for toned, not skinny :laugh: and I work my butt off both in the gym and at my job! But I smiled, laughed and thanked her, because it's still amazing not being the chubby girl! :blushing:

    I bet! Especially in what I'm guessing is a high stress medical job!
  • HereWeGoAgain7
    HereWeGoAgain7 Posts: 163 Member
    And today's: "Hey, you do know you left your inhaler here for like a week right? Must be doing something right if you can forget it like that."
  • lemur_lady
    lemur_lady Posts: 350 Member
    The one I get most often is 'wow you're looking SO much better'.....well thanks but so much better than what? Was I really that bad before :sad:
  • HereWeGoAgain7
    HereWeGoAgain7 Posts: 163 Member
    The one I get most often is 'wow you're looking SO much better'.....well thanks but so much better than what? Was I really that bad before :sad:

    +1

    Ranks right up there with "you should wear makeup more often" for me lol.
  • sunnyeuphoria
    sunnyeuphoria Posts: 85 Member
    My favorite so far has been, "wow, you look a lot different now... you look great! You seein anybody?" As if they would only be interested in me smaller as opposed to bigger.... hmf! No thank you. And as if I didn't look acceptable before? Double whammy.
  • Spooky_Scully
    Spooky_Scully Posts: 73 Member
    The one I get most often is 'wow you're looking SO much better'.....well thanks but so much better than what? Was I really that bad before :sad:

    +1

    Ranks right up there with "you should wear makeup more often" for me lol.

    Haha, I didn't wear make-up to work one day because I was running late. Had about 3 people ask me if I was ok and if I was sick/tired. So much for the 'natural' look :grumble:
  • HereWeGoAgain7
    HereWeGoAgain7 Posts: 163 Member
    My favorite so far has been, "wow, you look a lot different now... you look great! You seein anybody?" As if they would only be interested in me smaller as opposed to bigger.... hmf! No thank you. And as if I didn't look acceptable before? Double whammy.

    Me thinks there would be tears...from the gut punch I gave them in return for those comments...
  • HereWeGoAgain7
    HereWeGoAgain7 Posts: 163 Member
    The one I get most often is 'wow you're looking SO much better'.....well thanks but so much better than what? Was I really that bad before :sad:

    +1

    Ranks right up there with "you should wear makeup more often" for me lol.

    Haha, I didn't wear make-up to work one day because I was running late. Had about 3 people ask me if I was ok and if I was sick/tired. So much for the 'natural' look :grumble:

    See if you NEVER wear makeup, you wouldn't have that problem when you forget :D

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