Weirdest compliment

[Mariela]

I forgot this one...

When I was 17 I used to work in one of those little stores in the hall of a mall. It was a candy store, like those that sell pretzels, etc. I was always in the cofee area preparing and serving cofees. This old man and his wife were drinking coffee and she told him: "She looks like Mayra." The old man looked at me very serious and said: "You look a lot like my daughter, but she is prettier."
I am not sure if he was just teasing, but I was left with a "What tha?" feeling.

 

[Kathy02]

Well, today I had to go to the warehouse that dh works in to drop something off. as sooon as I left he called me and said that all the guys that saw me went up to him after I left and asked who I was. When he told them I was his wife they all said, "She's HOT!". I'm not sure if it's because they never see women down there so just about any women walking into there would get that reaction. Or if myself, in sweats, no makeup, and hair pulled into a ponytail was really that hot. LOL!
I've also once had an older man (probably 80) say something to the effect that I was a total cutie a few years back in Target. That was a little wierd. OH, the worst one, some drunk guy in the parking lot of, go figure, the liqeur store once told me that I had a nice pony tail. I said thank you and when I went hom and told dh he explained that men think about pulling pony tails during sex when they see them and that was what the man ment. EEEWWW!!!!

Kathy

 

[bjbowers]

I walked into a store last week and when I got in line, one of the younger girls behind the counter looked at me and said loudly "you are just beautiful." I blushed and said thank you, as everyone is now looking at me. She then asked "how old are you?" I said "34" and I'm thinking OMG is this girl hitting on me? Then she asked if I was married. I say no, and I'm trying desparately to think of how to say "but I'm in a committed relationship" without sounding scared or rude So I didn't say anything other than "no."

Then she said to her co-worker, "man, I wish my dad was still here." What a weird transition for me...first I think this 20-something girl is hitting on me, then I realized she just thinks I look old enough to be her STEP MOM!!
Brandi

 

[Mariela]

Kathy, thanks for the alert. I have long hair and almost always wear it in a ponytail. !!!!!!

 

[Kathy02]

Yeah, I had no idea. I have my hair in a pony all the time too.

Kathy

 

[sparrow]

I was at a pub one night, sitting at a table right next to the band area. the band was playing when all of a sudden the lead singer stops, looks at me, and says, Wow, you look just like Gloria Estafan!

Very strange.

Sparrow

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow - what a ride!’ — Peter Sage

 

[Teddygirl]

Nice thread!!

Okay, the best one yet for me a few yrs ago. My Dermatologist and her worker kept giving me compliments saying how pretty I was. Till they both agreed that I look like Halle Berry. I looked around the room and as huh! Thinking to myself hm....never heard that one before.

My X boyfriend GM when she first met me she said I look like Denzel Washington wife, I can agree with that one, I have heard it several times and just looking at her I can see me.

Teddygirl~

 

[bestoutwest]

Last spring I was examining a dog (Bichon) who was having a difficult labor. I was trying to determine if I was going to have to do a c-section or if we could deliver the puppies manually. So I'm standing in the exam room with the clients (husband and wife-the wife's a bit kooky!), doing a vaginal exam on the dog, when the wife looks at me and says, "You look so pretty today!"!!!! I didn't know quite what to say, so I said thanks and went on with the exam. The husband was completely unphased, as if she says crazy things like that all the time! BTW, the dog needed a c-section!

 

[robin8r]

I used to wear my long hair blonde and an older lady came up to me and said, "You look just like that pretty lawyer on Fox News!"

She meant Ann Coulter! I'm sure she meant it as a compliment but UGH! I was like ....NO WAY!x(

Robin

BTW, I'm now a brunette!

 

[buffettgirl]

OK, it took me all day to come up with one. The other day at church, my DD and I were standing in the kitchen with our backs turned towards the big window that opens into fellowship hall. One of the older woman said, when I turned around, "You two look so alike from the back." Since I have at least 40 pounds on my 19 yo DD, I was flattered to hear my big butt looked just like her medium butt. I'm not sure she was.

 

[Miss Lee]

The only thing I can think of that's kind of weird is that people are always complimenting me on my "beautiful eyes", or "exotic eyes". I have 1 blue and 1 green eye. My eyes were once the same color but the one faded to blue as a result of a rare inflammatory process. I used to try to explain this to people. Now I just say thank you.

 

[smoogy]

Some of these are such a hoot!

The one that comes to mind right away is from a guy that I was dating. He blurted out: "Your hips are so small. They look like a man's hips! Now, if he hadn't been just practically groping me with a stupid grin on his face, I would have seriously been insulted.

Then again, I don't get offended very easily. ;-)

 

[smoogy]

My DH thinks she's hot! ;-)

 

[gym_mom]

The weirdest compliment I got was from our neighbor. WE had just moved in and I had spoken to him a few times before. One day I stopped and had a good long chat with him (he's in his 70's). During our conversation he said, "I have to pay you a compliment, You're much better looking than I thought". I'm glad he told me he meant it as a compliment. I'm not sure I would have know otherwise.

Claude




"Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." Satchel Paige

 

[Jacque1038]

Someone asked me if my Mom put miracle grow on my eyes when I was a baby.