compliment Tank something that makes the recipient feel very good about themselves. 000714 ... daxle I have no idea how to believe compliments I am given thank you, mom 000915 ... Raina flattery and fucking lies. It gets you everywhere with those who aren't so wise. Just call me the owl, because I'm not impressed. 000926 ... tourist If I hear a compliment, I usually suspect that I'll hear the motive behind it soon enough. But I guess I'm just Jaded that's all. 001103 ... tourist If I hear a compliment, I usually suspect I'll hear the motive behind it soon enough. But I guess I'm just Jaded that's all. 001103 ... danielle is it something you mean or are you saying it to make me feel something different than what you mean to say ... 010210 ... unhinged "you're not hot but i still want you" a_failed_compliment 010210 ... Machelle I live longer on one compliment than I do on a paycheck. 010424 ... Toxic_Kisses I have a hard time believing what ppl say when they compliment me 011011 ... kss today a friend that I hadn't seen in a while said I seemed at peace with myself. oh, and I had lost weight. both I worked pretty hard at, and I decided to not argue with her, and just take the compliment. sometimes, it's okay to feel good about yourself, especially if you're going to stick around for a while. 021111 ... Norbert The hardest part of receiving a compliment is remembering to say, "Thanks!". 040308 ... white_wave a compliment has no value unless you believe it to be true. 040308 ... z even if you do not believe it's substance its intent can have value 040308 ... misstree after reciting a poem for a boy at a party, he said, "who wrote that?" "i did." "you're lying! who wrote that?" "i don't read other people's poetry except for my own entertainment. that's mine." "you're lying!" "would you like to hear another poem?" i read him about 5. i don't know if he ended up believing me, but i took his disbelief as a compliment. compliments are easiest to believe when the giver has nothing to gain from it. my heart aches whenever i come across someone who can't recognize the good about themselves--especially because you know that they would take insults to heart in a second. 040309 ... white_wave z said: even if you do not believe it's substance its intent can have value *************************************** something that never occured to me. but believing it's true gives it MORE value. if i receive a compliment and i don't think i'm worthy of it, the feeling of being praised doesn't last long, or i question whether they are sincere. if i believe it's true then my ego is boosted for a longer period of time. hey, maybe i really am an attention whore, but i'm a bit modest.... 040309 ... imaskitzo when people give me a compliment, I suspect they're lying because they feel sorry for me 041031 ... andru235 i always feel much better when i compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself on my ability to compliment myself ... 051021 ... emmi "it sounds like a compliment, but really it's an insult" 051022 ... Ubiquitous Flattery I just love the way everyone here combined their efforts to make this blathe so *wonderful*! 061011 ... epitome of incomprehensibility "You're good at math... for an English major." "When you wear a hairnet, you look so cute! Everyone looks cute in hairnets." "You're a musician, so I can tell you have a good soul. I can see it in your eyes." 140507 what's it to you? who go blather from