Not my note.

It’s so easy to rip people down. Pump someone’s tires. It means way more than you can imagine.

  • Shellbeach@lemmy.world
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    11 个月前

    Compliments are hard to take for some, and it sounds like you find it patronizing and creepy. This is for this very reason that I was really hesitant as a woman to compliment men, I’m more or less the same generation.

    One time late at night, I had no makeup on and was very frumpy, going to buy a six pack at 7eleven. There, a gorgeous gigantic drag queen told me “Giiiiiiirl, look at your faaaace, you’re so gorgeous”. It was so so so cool and made me feel like a queen. So from then on I thought fuck it, I don’t get compliments often and when I do, it makes my day. So now I do whenever I am sincerely impressed or enjoy something.

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        11 个月前

        Lol I love how it jumps from my having an opposing view to me being an asshole because of it.

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          Well that person said no man is an island, and the ones who want to be are assholes.

          Does that describe you? Do you want to be an island?

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      I appreciate compliments. I have a hard time accepting overly specific compliments.

      The original note that started this thread was on the overly specific side.

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      Drastically different than observing you and your family over the course of multiple hours. The example you gave is valid and I love shit like that.

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      To be very fair there’s a difference between giving a compliment to your face directly and writing a letter with specific details that could come off a bit creepy.

      “Hey nice hair! You’re rocking it!” - said to your face as someone walks past.

      Is different to what’s in OP.