I’ve always wondered what ‘you look very summery’ means, having received that ‘compliment’ from men a few times. Now I know! Thank you. But - how to respond to such comments?!
Either a withering stare or: "Yes, it's amazing, I can just wear ANYTHING and still look great – and it's great that you've found something that matches your personality so well!"
I wore a red and white gingham top on a boozy river boat thing. By the end of it I was also wearing the table cloths (as chaps) and napkins (hat, flower ornament). As you said, haunted by it for life.
Thumbs?! So many compliments would be better as dumb little thoughts that spark briefly and then evaporate. Some people can’t help themselves, though, like a toddler pointing in wonder at a plane flying overhead.
I should think it bloody does rankle. Hope this frightful person is no longer a colleague.
(Also 15 years ago, -ish, a pub/hotel-owner I knew introduced me to someone he was talking to in the garden with ‘this is Dr Cargill. She had a very intelligent father’.)
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I’ve always wondered what ‘you look very summery’ means, having received that ‘compliment’ from men a few times. Now I know! Thank you. But - how to respond to such comments?!
Either a withering stare or: "Yes, it's amazing, I can just wear ANYTHING and still look great – and it's great that you've found something that matches your personality so well!"
There’s a variation of ‘I could never wear that’ along the lines of ‘It’s ok for YOU’.
Hahaha YES
‘you look like someone who rolled round a Sue Ryder shop covered in golden syrup.’ Genius.
haha thank you
I wore a red and white gingham top on a boozy river boat thing. By the end of it I was also wearing the table cloths (as chaps) and napkins (hat, flower ornament). As you said, haunted by it for life.
Hahaha
Some of these give ‘plain downright unequivocally deliberately insulting and meaning to hurt’ a sort of rustic charm, by contrast.
Hahaha
This is brilliant! Not enough eulogies begin with ooh la la.
Hahaha RIGHT?
Three things:
1. Someone once looked me up and down for ages, looking for something to say and said "you have such nice... thumbs"
2. This same person said "you look so much like that X Factor winner." I was flattered until I realised she meant JAMES ARTHUR.
3. My friend once thought she was dressed as a sexy dalmation and her crush said, "I love your costume! It's so cool you're going as a Christmas cow."
Thumbs?! So many compliments would be better as dumb little thoughts that spark briefly and then evaporate. Some people can’t help themselves, though, like a toddler pointing in wonder at a plane flying overhead.
So many times I went into work for a day shift and got asked if it was a busy night... I'm just pale!
Hahaha OMG! The neck of them!
Your translations are spot on!
Gained from bitter experience
That was super fun, Justin. Thank you!
Thank you!
"I've always loved that dress."
Haha oof!
This is brilliant. "You look well" = instant panic
Such a loaded statement!
If my Mam calls anyone’s outfit “a bit quirky” she thinks they’ve escaped from a mental health facility.
Hahaha!
A colleague once looked me up and down and said “You looked nice yesterday.” That was 15 years ago. Still rankles 😂
I should think it bloody does rankle. Hope this frightful person is no longer a colleague.
(Also 15 years ago, -ish, a pub/hotel-owner I knew introduced me to someone he was talking to in the garden with ‘this is Dr Cargill. She had a very intelligent father’.)
I have no words 🤦♀️
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OMG what a horror!!
I have had almost of all these, lol. x
A sign you must be doing something right!