What are some back handed compliments you have heard or received?

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Thodsis · 51-55, M

'Mmmm. This tastes great. Nearly as good as my mother makes.'

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@Thodsis I'm gonna start calling people out on backhanded compliments. I don't get why they are necessary.

Thodsis · 51-55, M

@iamnikki Have fun with it. "Thanks for the compliment. I'll file it away with the others" is one that I've yet to use.

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@Thodsis I always hear comments about my weight. About me being 'too skinny' at 5'3 130lbs. I'm gonna start saying " You know, I've never heard that by someone of a normal weight'. The people who comment are always overweight/obese. One lady told me as I was walking out of walmart eating a candy, that I 'need to eat more than that'. Had I been a mean person then, I would have said " why, so I can be riding on a scooter like you"? Again, obese...

Serenitree · F

I hand stitched a layette for a new baby. When I gave it to the new parents, the husband said "She couldn't have made this. It's too well made. She's just not this good"

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@Serenitree 😯

Serenitree · F

@iamnikki Yes. That's what I thought.

StardustandMelancholy · 41-45, F

I was told once I sang like a bird - and not like a weird bird such as a flamingo. Something nicer than a flamingo.

JarJarBoom · 41-45, F

"You must be very brave for wearing that today"

Doomflower · 41-45, M

"You have such a pretty face" when I was very fat.

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@Doomflower where's the backhanded part? Saying one has a pretty face isn't backhanded🤔

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