Most Backhanded Compliment Ever Received?

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  • petithamu
    petithamu Posts: 582 Member
    Oh Oh I have another one!

    When I visit Taiwan, my grandmother always says:

    Lulu, how come you're not married? Is it because you're a little fat and boys don't like fatties?'
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    Oh Oh I have another one!

    When I visit Taiwan, my grandmother always says:

    Lulu, how come you're not married? Is it because you're a little fat and boys don't like fatties?'

    faintTHUD.gif:noway: Whaaattt?

    I think Grandmothers lose their brain-mouth filter when it comes to granddaughters. th_1sm067roll.gif
  • ChunTingO
    ChunTingO Posts: 225 Member
    oh my god!! that is how my family is in Taiwan !!! they want to tell you why you are not married!!!
  • jenbk2
    jenbk2 Posts: 614 Member
    Um- I would have said "and YOU still need to learn manners". Good lord
  • Woodman725
    Woodman725 Posts: 288 Member
    I always get the thinner face thing. Then they always ask,"Did you change what you eat and workout?". Well, duh, I didn't accidentally lose 25lbs. And this is a great thread, I don't know how some of you haven't actually punched/slapped these people.
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    My boss:
    "Oh, you lost weight? I never thought of you as that fat in the first place."
  • ItsMandeeBitch
    ItsMandeeBitch Posts: 159 Member
    "I like bigger girls." Said to me by drunk customer one night at work. He was trying to hit on me, but failed miserably. I had put on a considerable amount of weight from bartending. :/

    Orrrrrrrrrrr...You are so sexy I like thick girls. I will always have an *kitten* and t*ts but is there a need to call me thick...if I never hear that word again even talking about milkshakes I will be :-)
  • ahartery9891
    ahartery9891 Posts: 139 Member
    I hate the 'You would look amazing if you put a little make-up on"

    If you mean breakouts, then sure!!
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    "I like bigger girls." Said to me by drunk customer one night at work. He was trying to hit on me, but failed miserably. I had put on a considerable amount of weight from bartending. :/

    Orrrrrrrrrrr...You are so sexy I like thick girls. I will always have an *kitten* and t*ts but is there a need to call me thick...if I never hear that word again even talking about milkshakes I will be :-)

    Agreed! Thick makes me sick.
  • casey12105
    casey12105 Posts: 293
    Oh, and when I was at my heaviest it was the ever popular 'You have a really pretty face'. In the silence that followed I could always hear the echo, 'but you have a HUGE *kitten*.'. Brilliant...

    lol this. I've gotten this all throughout my life. In highschool I had a teacher say it in front of class.
  • rebelontherun
    rebelontherun Posts: 192 Member
    I hate when I talk about my weight, and losing weight with people and they go "Oh no you're fine just the way you are!" Really? 40% body fat is fine huh?
  • ItsMandeeBitch
    ItsMandeeBitch Posts: 159 Member
    "Wow, you've lost a lot of weight! You must be starving yourself...'

    I HEAR this all the time!!! Just reading these makes me remember moments I have had to deal with like the jealous girls at work make it a point to talk past my desk at lunch and say are you eating today...(or my family...you arent starving yourself are you)....Just the other day a family friend saw me eat pizza and said you are purging are you...HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Clearly if I was STARVING I wouldnt be dieting or working out! Idiots.
  • dfresh926
    dfresh926 Posts: 48
    I've lost 30 pounds, and everyone keeps saying it shows in my face. Now I know, and YOU know, that my head was not 30 pounds overweight, so pick a new body part to compliment!!!!
    lmao!!!!! thank you!!!!
  • ItsMandeeBitch
    ItsMandeeBitch Posts: 159 Member
    I hate when I talk about my weight, and losing weight with people and they go "Oh no you're fine just the way you are!" Really? 40% body fat is fine huh?

    i feel you too girl...A mix between (curves are hott) ( I love thick girls) and (you have such a pretty face) people make you so tied between dieting and cheating and making yourself CRAZY.
  • dfresh926
    dfresh926 Posts: 48
    "I like bigger girls." Said to me by drunk customer one night at work. He was trying to hit on me, but failed miserably. I had put on a considerable amount of weight from bartending. :/

    Orrrrrrrrrrr...You are so sexy I like thick girls. I will always have an *kitten* and t*ts but is there a need to call me thick...if I never hear that word again even talking about milkshakes I will be :-)

    Agreed! Thick makes me sick.
    some things are just better thick!!!
  • HalfofHilary
    HalfofHilary Posts: 224
    Wow, your starting to get a normal person shape to you
  • bast2112
    bast2112 Posts: 63
    Yesterday I had my husband take my before pictures for my 30 day shred. I looked at them and said, "Perfect, they look terrible!" He replied, "Yah they do." LOL! I kinda asked for it.
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    I just now had a co-worker say "you are such an inspiration for me."

    This wasn't backhanded. But it made me smile. And I wanted to share. :)
  • realia
    realia Posts: 169 Member
    "Keep it up! After you lose all the weight, you'll be the real woman you're suppose to be."
    OH, OK.
    :huh:
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    Wow...your penis looks bigger now that you lost some weight! :grumble:
  • SabrinaJL
    SabrinaJL Posts: 1,579 Member
    I think Grandmothers lose their brain-mouth filter when it comes to granddaughters. th_1sm067roll.gif

    Mine sure did. Every time I'd go see her, the first thing she'd tell me is how fat I was. As if I don't own a damn mirror. Once I had lost about 15 lbs.

    Grandma: Have you lost weight?
    Me: About 15 lbs.
    Grandma: You're still fat.
  • bethanyweathers
    bethanyweathers Posts: 296 Member
    "You've lost some weight! Glad to see you finally taking care of yourself."
    --My dad. He's so charming.
  • curvygirl512
    curvygirl512 Posts: 423 Member
    This isn't about weight loss, but it's a comment that ended a friendship.

    My husband and I were having zero success trying to conceive. After four years, we were finally pregnant. When we announced it to my co-workers, I was four months along and starting to show. I let my husband do the talking--he was pretty much jumping out of his skin with excitement to break the news, and he blurted out that he was going to be daddy.

    One of my co-workers responded, "Really, who's the mother?"
  • beethedreamer
    beethedreamer Posts: 465 Member
    my older sister told me this... i don't see her often maybe every other month or so since we live in different states.

    "Wow you look great and lost a lot of weight, but why are you all bulky and have big ugly muscles...stop lifting weights already."

    i thought it was pretty funny.

    apparently she never got the memo that muscles are sexy..
  • MissAnjy
    MissAnjy Posts: 2,480 Member
    This isn't about weight loss, but it's a comment that ended a friendship.

    My husband and I were having zero success trying to conceive. After four years, we were finally pregnant. When we announced it to my co-workers, I was four months along and starting to show. I let my husband do the talking--he was pretty much jumping out of his skin with excitement to break the news, and he blurted out that he was going to be daddy.

    One of my co-workers responded, "Really, who's the mother?"

    I literally jaw dropped at this one. W T F. Some people, seriously. I just don't even know how to respond.
  • currlygirrl
    currlygirrl Posts: 82 Member
    My absolute favorite isn't related to weight....... "You are REALLY pretty....for a redhead!!"
    Ummmmm......thanks? :smile:
  • portianay
    portianay Posts: 13
    "You've lost weight! Are you sick or something?"
  • stenochick
    stenochick Posts: 142 Member
    This happend back when I was much much thinner. My sister at the time was 50-60 lbs overweight.
    My sister and I were visiting my grandfather. We walked in the door and gave him hugs and kisses and his first words?
    "Melanie, you're thin like this side of the family. Your sister is fat like her dad's side of the family." WTF? :huh:
  • noltes2
    noltes2 Posts: 202 Member
    Some of these are SO wrong on so many levels. haha a good one would be me showing a picture of an event to one of my coworkers from last summer. She went, "WOAH, you WERE pretty chubby!" I laughed and was like, "I know, that was 44 pounds ago!" I guess she didn't believe me when I told her I lost some weight!

    Then there's my parents who refuse to compliment my weight loss because they think if they do I'll stop losing weight, and they want me to keep losing. They just keep telling me I am in my 20s and I should be in my prime and be 110 pounds. I have 114 pounds of lean muscle mass so at 110 pounds I'd be dead.
  • mmkay007
    mmkay007 Posts: 7
    Once at school we were trying on cheerleading uniforms.
    I told my friend that I looked like a fat hippo.
    My coach said: "Well, you don't look like a hippo..." indicating that i did look fat.
    Gee thanks!
    And my one friend, right after I got a haricut, said, "Yeah, that was a good length. You got it short enough to get off all the split ends, but long enough to keep your face from looking fat!" Awesome.
    And my favorite, from several professors: "You seem so quiet and dull in class, I never expected such great work/discussion!" Maybe I'm just bored in your stupid lectures?
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