Posted by sunny10 on April 20, 2005, at 13:59:39
In reply to Re: (((Susan))) » Susan47, posted by alexandra_k on April 19, 2005, at 23:57:02
I am not good at accepting them. I usually wonder what it is the person wants by getting on my good side- yes, completely paranoid and out of left field... but the fielder's glove seems to be the one I'm trying to throw away! (baseball analogy, sorry it s*ucked...!)
And, apparently, when I give them, I do it badly- am usually misunderstood!
The ones I can't stand are like, "that's quite a dress", or "where did you get those shoes?", et cetera...
They are usually the product of someone trying to be civil, but they COULD mean "that's by far the ugliest dress I've ever seen", or "I need to know the name of that shoe store to make sure I never go there" !!! So, of course, I never know how to respond to them... Those "civil" pseudo-compliments just leave me tongue-tied everytime...I, too, find myself to be socally inept at times, Alex!!!
Anyone got ideas on how I should respond to those types of "compliments"?
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