My dubious taste in men: a case study
Apr. 23rd, 2016 10:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragonlady7via http://ift.tt/1QuL1oj:
ineptshieldmaid:
Man, sitting down opposite me: now I can lose myself in those blue eyes… (In moderately theatrical tone)
Me: laughs
Man: now I can lose myself in those blue eyes! (Increased theatrics)
Me: laughs
Man: … Are you one of those people who gets weird when they get a compliment?
Me: no? It depends what compliment?
Man: but I just said about your eyes!
Me: … I’m not impressed by compliments on things that are obvious to me.
Man, in falsetto: ah yes, my eyes are gorgeous!
Me: yeah pretty much.
ugh this posted instead of letting me edit it.
#I actually love compliments on things I already know#if those things are things I did on purpose#eg general fabulousness#great hair#magnificent emergency costume repair skills#all round gloriousness#or even something I did not grow on purpose but did exhibit on purpose#eg cleavage#but my eyes? who cares about my eyes
Exactly!
Also, if you go for an extravagant compliment on someone, or a Witty Joke, and they laugh it off, repeating your line is absolutely not the graceful fallback! Like, they heard you and didn’t respond the way you were hoping! Better try Plan B!
Ugh.
ineptshieldmaid:
Man, sitting down opposite me: now I can lose myself in those blue eyes… (In moderately theatrical tone)
Me: laughs
Man: now I can lose myself in those blue eyes! (Increased theatrics)
Me: laughs
Man: … Are you one of those people who gets weird when they get a compliment?
Me: no? It depends what compliment?
Man: but I just said about your eyes!
Me: … I’m not impressed by compliments on things that are obvious to me.
Man, in falsetto: ah yes, my eyes are gorgeous!
Me: yeah pretty much.
ugh this posted instead of letting me edit it.
#I actually love compliments on things I already know#if those things are things I did on purpose#eg general fabulousness#great hair#magnificent emergency costume repair skills#all round gloriousness#or even something I did not grow on purpose but did exhibit on purpose#eg cleavage#but my eyes? who cares about my eyes
Exactly!
Also, if you go for an extravagant compliment on someone, or a Witty Joke, and they laugh it off, repeating your line is absolutely not the graceful fallback! Like, they heard you and didn’t respond the way you were hoping! Better try Plan B!
Ugh.
