Compliments and nice things to say

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  • LiftingSpirits
    LiftingSpirits Posts: 2,207 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    I said I liked your boots and when I said it your smile brightened your whole face. It was a nice smile, and made you look beautiful, even tho I don’t know you.

    Sometimes i study random people to see what makes them uniquely beautiful. Like in an airport or something. And there’s always something. Everyone has their ‘thing’ that is so endearing and sexy and human. I have had to stop myself from telling strangers their thing that makes them beautiful to me. Maybe I shouldn’t. Maybe it’s worth the risk of a punch to the face for being creepy.

    It’s worth it. Even if it’s awkward. Even if they don’t seem to receive it well. It’s worth it.

    Be careful.... she will call you bossy
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    I said I liked your boots and when I said it your smile brightened your whole face. It was a nice smile, and made you look beautiful, even tho I don’t know you.

    Sometimes i study random people to see what makes them uniquely beautiful. Like in an airport or something. And there’s always something. Everyone has their ‘thing’ that is so endearing and sexy and human. I have had to stop myself from telling strangers their thing that makes them beautiful to me. Maybe I shouldn’t. Maybe it’s worth the risk of a punch to the face for being creepy.

    It’s worth it. Even if it’s awkward. Even if they don’t seem to receive it well. It’s worth it.

    Be careful.... she will call you bossy

    And I’ll mean it too 🤨
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    @Reckoner67 you are one of those rare people who make me burst out laughing not just because of how funny you are but also because you’re so quick and witty and i admire/envy that trait
  • CoffeeAndContour
    CoffeeAndContour Posts: 1,466 Member
    Life hasn’t spent much time being kind to you, but you have not let it make you bitter. You exude a sense of kindness, strength and grace that I admire greatly. You have this ability to be kind to unkind people, but not at all like it’s a struggle or like it’s forced, but like it’s second nature to you. I think that speaks volumes about your character, and I think most often kindness is just what someone needs.
  • OGingerBeardMan
    OGingerBeardMan Posts: 157 Member
    My grandpa was the king of giving out compliments to anyone and everyone. I always psyche myself out thinking I'll just come off as creepy. Like earlier this week I was shopping for new shoes and saw a girl with a fantastic color job on her hair. I was just walking past her and i thought to myself, "Wow she has gorgeous hair." I always kick myself after for not just saying it.
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    My grandpa was the king of giving out compliments to anyone and everyone. I always psyche myself out thinking I'll just come off as creepy. Like earlier this week I was shopping for new shoes and saw a girl with a fantastic color job on her hair. I was just walking past her and i thought to myself, "Wow she has gorgeous hair." I always kick myself after for not just saying it.

    @LiftingSpirits tell him the thing
  • LiftingSpirits
    LiftingSpirits Posts: 2,207 Member
    edited April 2019
    My grandpa was the king of giving out compliments to anyone and everyone. I always psyche myself out thinking I'll just come off as creepy. Like earlier this week I was shopping for new shoes and saw a girl with a fantastic color job on her hair. I was just walking past her and i thought to myself, "Wow she has gorgeous hair." I always kick myself after for not just saying it.

    Tell her! Tell them all!!
    But please don't wink, linger there or touch her. Random compliments from the opposite sex need to be obvious that they are genuine and not a form of foreplay
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    Co-op students, I'm very flattered that you like to "job shadow" me and lurk beside me the whole time you are here, it's nice to feel appreciated and liked by you, it's nice that you want to help me
    ...but could you not

    I mean this in the nicest most complimentary way possible, what could I do to make you like me less?
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    To the lady at BK drive thru last Sunday, you really made my day. There I was, unshowered, greasy messy bun hair and no make up since our water treatment plant is still under water and I am still living off of bottled water for every little thing I have to do that involves water usage. I came through your drive thru to get a small caramel frappe and take to the laundry mat with me to wash a week's worth of my smelly families' dirty clothes and undergarments, since there's no running water in our whole town. But as you handed me my delicious perfectly made caramel frappe you said, "Freshly made just for you, beautiful." No, you were the beautiful one with mad caramel frappe making skills.

    I wondered how you were faring down there in Ohio 😏
  • OGingerBeardMan
    OGingerBeardMan Posts: 157 Member
    denny_mac wrote: »
    newmeadow wrote: »
    The lady who answered the phone when I called in my take out order tonight called me Honey. Then she called me Honey in person when I came in. I love terms of endearment.

    She sounds like any number of ladies I have come across when I lived in the south. It's very endearing. Bless her heart...

    Southern folks were always my favorite to talk to when I worked various customer service telephone jobs. They always left you feeling better about the day and about life in general, even when they were calling because you shut off their phone because they forgot to pay their bill. It was always easy to say, "Sure, I'll get that turned right back on for ya!" All they had to do was call you sugar, hun, or sweetie.
  • OGingerBeardMan
    OGingerBeardMan Posts: 157 Member
    My grandpa was the king of giving out compliments to anyone and everyone. I always psyche myself out thinking I'll just come off as creepy. Like earlier this week I was shopping for new shoes and saw a girl with a fantastic color job on her hair. I was just walking past her and i thought to myself, "Wow she has gorgeous hair." I always kick myself after for not just saying it.

    Tell her! Tell them all!!
    But please don't wink, linger there or touch her. Random compliments from the opposite sex need to be obvious that they are genuine and not a form of foreplay

    Roger that. I'll keep this in mind next time the situation arises :)
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    Vikka_V wrote: »
    Co-op students, I'm very flattered that you like to "job shadow" me and lurk beside me the whole time you are here, it's nice to feel appreciated and liked by you, it's nice that you want to help me
    ...but could you not

    I mean this in the nicest most complimentary way possible, what could I do to make you like me less?

    eat an onion like an apple

    That oughta do it!

    Sounds like 17 year old girl repellent to me
  • rdevol
    rdevol Posts: 278 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    To the lady at BK drive thru last Sunday, you really made my day. There I was, unshowered, greasy messy bun hair and no make up since our water treatment plant is still under water and I am still living off of bottled water for every little thing I have to do that involves water usage. I came through your drive thru to get a small caramel frappe and take to the laundry mat with me to wash a week's worth of my smelly families' dirty clothes and undergarments, since there's no running water in our whole town. But as you handed me my delicious perfectly made caramel frappe you said, "Freshly made just for you, beautiful." No, you were the beautiful one with mad caramel frappe making skills.

    I wondered how you were faring down there in Ohio 😏

    It use to look like this:

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    But now everything looks like this, for hundreds of miles.

    0mmek51aaq9a.jpg

    nm37xbu1zzsw.jpg

    I use to think homesteading would be fun but after 3 weeks of no running water and no sight of it being restored soon, I've completely changed my mind. Homesteading would suck.

    I must be living under a rock! (Admittedly, I avoid the news cuz it depresses me). I live in Ohio (Cincinnati), but haven't heard about flooding in our state. Sorry you're going through all this - what area are you in?
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    rdevol wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    To the lady at BK drive thru last Sunday, you really made my day. There I was, unshowered, greasy messy bun hair and no make up since our water treatment plant is still under water and I am still living off of bottled water for every little thing I have to do that involves water usage. I came through your drive thru to get a small caramel frappe and take to the laundry mat with me to wash a week's worth of my smelly families' dirty clothes and undergarments, since there's no running water in our whole town. But as you handed me my delicious perfectly made caramel frappe you said, "Freshly made just for you, beautiful." No, you were the beautiful one with mad caramel frappe making skills.

    I wondered how you were faring down there in Ohio 😏

    It use to look like this:

    ea7bje4xye8p.jpg

    But now everything looks like this, for hundreds of miles.

    0mmek51aaq9a.jpg

    nm37xbu1zzsw.jpg

    I use to think homesteading would be fun but after 3 weeks of no running water and no sight of it being restored soon, I've completely changed my mind. Homesteading would suck.

    I must be living under a rock! (Admittedly, I avoid the news cuz it depresses me). I live in Ohio (Cincinnati), but haven't heard about flooding in our state. Sorry you're going through all this - what area are you in?

    Speaking of living under a rock, i just learned that there’s a huge dinosaur dig like a few miles from me so 🤷🏼‍♀️
  • rdevol
    rdevol Posts: 278 Member
    I was trying to make a left turn into McD's across two lanes of busy traffic. A guy not only stopped in his lane to help me cross over, but watched traffic in the other lane for me to tell me when it was safe to turn. Thanks guy!
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    rdevol wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    To the lady at BK drive thru last Sunday, you really made my day. There I was, unshowered, greasy messy bun hair and no make up since our water treatment plant is still under water and I am still living off of bottled water for every little thing I have to do that involves water usage. I came through your drive thru to get a small caramel frappe and take to the laundry mat with me to wash a week's worth of my smelly families' dirty clothes and undergarments, since there's no running water in our whole town. But as you handed me my delicious perfectly made caramel frappe you said, "Freshly made just for you, beautiful." No, you were the beautiful one with mad caramel frappe making skills.

    I wondered how you were faring down there in Ohio 😏

    It use to look like this:

    ea7bje4xye8p.jpg

    But now everything looks like this, for hundreds of miles.

    0mmek51aaq9a.jpg

    nm37xbu1zzsw.jpg

    I use to think homesteading would be fun but after 3 weeks of no running water and no sight of it being restored soon, I've completely changed my mind. Homesteading would suck.

    I must be living under a rock! (Admittedly, I avoid the news cuz it depresses me). I live in Ohio (Cincinnati), but haven't heard about flooding in our state. Sorry you're going through all this - what area are you in?

    LOL I knew someone would be confused by this, I do live in the midwest but not Ohio, she was messing with me. The last 2 pics are really real though and it's devasting. The bottom pic is a town 5 miles from me, where I lived until a few years ago. We moved to higher ground with the last threat of a devastating flood that never happened. I do still have tons of friends and family that live/d there though and have lost almost nearly everything they worked their whole lives for and it's heartbreaking. I complain about not having running water, due water treatment plant being inundated by 6+ feet of ecoli infested river water but I can deal with that, I couldn't deal with having to start completely over. Keep in mind that the treatment plant affected is 10+ miles from the river, that's how fierce this flood was. I wasn't exaggerating when I said this spans for 100's of miles.
  • RomaineCalm
    RomaineCalm Posts: 3,972 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    I said I liked your boots and when I said it your smile brightened your whole face. It was a nice smile, and made you look beautiful, even tho I don’t know you.

    Sometimes i study random people to see what makes them uniquely beautiful. Like in an airport or something. And there’s always something. Everyone has their ‘thing’ that is so endearing and sexy and human. I have had to stop myself from telling strangers their thing that makes them beautiful to me. Maybe I shouldn’t. Maybe it’s worth the risk of a punch to the face for being creepy.

    It’s worth it. Even if it’s awkward. Even if they don’t seem to receive it well. It’s worth it.

    I’m still recovering from the last time I complimented you 😅😏

    Well I'm still floating. ;)
  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
    Unexpected compliments last for days; thanks for that :)