I am one who appreciates compliments. I am not the most confident and hey, who doesn't want to be told they look good, right? I have come to realize that there are many different kinds of compliments and some that are actually insults but disguised in the verbiage of a friendly exchange of words between you and what same may call..."YOUR FRI ENEMIES". These are "friends" on a social net working site, the girl next door, the family you are forced to tolerate and even yes, someone you might consider a friend. Sad but true. Lately there have been a few exchanges that have left me feeling like I was side swiped by a tiara.
Personal favorites: What was said and what I was thinking.
"You look really tired, are you o.k?"~"Did you really just say that right before I compete? I was (note WAS) really having a great time and thought I looked good. I knew I should have hired a makeup artist. Wait I AM ONE. WT....."
"WOW (emphasise on the WOW), you lost weight"~ "Why yes I did. I HAD A BABY when you saw me last. What was I, a HEIFER at a size 4!!!!"
"If I were AS SHORT AS YOU, I would have altered those shorts" (said right before a fitness event)~"Well, if I did you would have reported me too and I am not that SHORT! You are just REALLY tall! REALLY, REALLY TALL!"
I guess when it comes down to it, compliments are what you make of them. So I will just assume I am a thin, petite exhausted Mom. Hey I am! (roll with me on thin:))))
1 comment:
Deanna,
This is so funny, and yet so true. I grew up around those sort of comments. I called them back door compliments. I have heard them a couple of times in the small pageants I have been in or helped with. The sad part is, I take them to heart even when I know they are not true.
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