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“A Bit Weird, But Okay”: Our Community Shares The Weirdest Compliments They Ever Received (40 Stories)
Say what you want, but the skill of complimenting someone is a very subtle one.
Some praises are like magic wands that always work. For example, "Talking to you is like a breath of fresh air!" or simply, "Wow, you look beautiful," or "You tell the craziest jokes."
However, there are plenty of people in the world who choose to stray from the traditional path of praise in favor of something more original, peculiarly specific, or downright bizarre, leaving their unfortunate targets to wonder whether they should be flattered, irritated, confused, deeply amused, or perhaps, all of the above.
I asked the Bored Panda community to share the weirdest compliments they ever received, and truth to be told, the responses did not disappoint.
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#1
“Nice muscles… for a girl,” a football player at my school said this to me, roughly 10 seconds before I almost broke his arm in an arm wrestle.
Never mess with a swimmer. Or a girl. Or a girl that swims. I guarantee that you will be injured either mentally, physically, or both.
Final score:
220points
#2
"I hate pretty girls. They think they can get what they want with their looks. That's why I like you."
... so I'm not pretty. Ok.
Final score:
208points
#3
I was in a Barnes and Noble once and a woman told me that she liked my aura. Apparently, it was very bright and positive so it was a nice compliment.
Final score:
192points
#4
"You're so tall & pretty! Are you a stripper?" - Some Random Lady at Walmart. And she was completely serious as she offered me a job at the local strip club after I responded "No."
Final score:
180points
#5
A woman once said to me with exaggerated enthusiasm, "Oh, I just love the way you apply your makeup! It looks so natural - especially your blush! And I know what I'm talking about because I used to sell makeup."
I replied, "I'm not wearing any blush. That's just a mild case of rosacea."
Final score:
177points
#6
"You are pretty for a black girl."
Umm eww.
Final score:
176points
𝙰𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝙶𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝟸𝟺/𝟽 2 years ago
𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚎𝚕! 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢, 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢’𝚛𝚎 𝙰𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗, 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗, 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌, 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚎, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎!!!!
#7
"You have eyes like a cow. Jersey cow. Jerseys are pretty foxy for cows." Stop digging laddie.
Final score:
164points
Yoga Kitty 2 years ago
To be honest - the Jersey cows ARE really pretty, especially their eyes!
#8
Not even sure if this was a compliment, but someone once told me, I'd be useful in an apocalypse.
Final score:
164points
#9
Them: Wow! You’re weird!
Me: thank you!
Them: *Awkwardly turns around*
Final score:
149points
#10
Random man at a shopping center, back when I was a teenager, "It's not right for a girl to be tall, dark, and handsome!"
Final score:
131points
Samantha Power 2 years ago
In days gone by, ladies were often referred to as 'Handsome' it went out of popular usage. That was actually a nice (if a little odd) compliment x
#11
Following a routine colonoscopy, my gastro doctor said I have a "perfect colon." I said, "Thank you!"
Final score:
129points
Samantha Power 2 years ago
People would pay good money to have a perfect colon, I am envious :)
#12
Once my crush's mom complimented me on my socks in front of my crush and then she told him to look at my socks and I felt plain awkward.
Final score:
123points
#13
My friend told me I was an off-brand Energizer Bunny.
Final score:
117points
#14
The PA at my doctor's office always tells me I have beautiful eardrums during my annual visit. One time she even told another doctor to look at them. The other doctor was also impressed.
Final score:
114points
#15
When I was pregnant a coworker told me I looked like Mother Earth. He meant it as a compliment.
Final score:
109points
Lawrence Thatcher 2 years ago
Perhaps it's just me, but I feel like automatically saying the first thing that pops into your head is NOT an advisable strategy for most of the "compliment" givers mentioned on here...
#16
You're more beautiful than a new set of snow tires! (I'm from northern Minnesota.)
Final score:
108points
Nitro Codes 2 years ago (edited)
Sounds like a weird but well meant comment to me! Unless "snowtire" is slang for something over in Minnesota.
#17
You are really smart for a woman.
Final score:
107points
#18
"You look like you can kill someone with your calves." I have pretty muscular legs.
Final score:
106points
#19
I wore a new t-shirt with a purple cat on it to college. Us students from different classes got squeezed together into one room for a lecture on internships.
In the middle of the lecture, in the center of the room, and with every student's full attention, our teacher suddenly falls silent. He peers over the rim of his glasses, at my shirt.
"...Nice pussy."
Final score:
98points
eliza mcclain 2 years ago
Teach must be real old school, like from when p**y still meant a cat.
#20
"You have really nice veins."
Final score:
92points
#21
"Wow! You look really good in clothes!"
This was said in front of my new husband. He was a customer of mine, I'm an automobile mechanic and he had never seen me in anything except uniforms before.
Final score:
92points
#22
"You're so pretty, except you're fat. At least your face is pretty."
Final score:
91points
#23
A lot of people praise my eyelashes. I am a man, and the only thing I know about my eyelashes is that I have them...One woman told me that when I die, I could donate them to her and she'd get them made up as false lashes. Not creepy at all!
Final score:
89points
#24
"Your hair is beautiful. I'd like to ask you out but I would want to control your hair. I'd want to be your hair master."
Final score:
85points
#25
This was a compliment I received on the "About Me" section on a dating website:
"I really like your syntax."
Final score:
81points
#26
My friend told me I was "Strange, Unusual and very truthful with what I say."
She was being nice and said she liked having someone who was different and can trust when they say something.
Final score:
73points
#27
I have twice visited places I once worked at and have been told that "it is a lot less weird around here since you left."
Final score:
71points
Sandy Bobo 2 years ago
Ok this legit could be said about me and I'd totally take it as a compliment. Lol
#28
"You ar not as ugly as most gingers and lucky you 're a woman, and you only have freckles on your face...."
Final score:
71points
#29
"Your voice is much bigger than your body." Still not 100% sure it was a compliment. Low key bothers me occasionally.
Final score:
69points
#30
"You look like a beautiful vampire." (I have very pale skin)
Final score:
68points
#31
"Your scleras are so white, you must be very healthy!"
Final score:
67points
#32
“I love your new glasses. They make you look smart.”
Final score:
65points
#33
"If you were a superhero, you'd be Deadpool." Still don't know how to take it, DP is a bad @ss, but that skin condition...
Final score:
62points
ThePanInPanda 2 years ago
I'd be flattered, tbh. Deadpool rules, I hope whoever said it to you meant it in a good way!
#34
"You smell... *Long sniff* Like champagne and roses." I still do not know what that means.
Final score:
59points
#35
My endodontist told me, while I was being prepped for oral surgery, I had "nice, long roots." Thanks?
Final score:
54points
#37
You are better at sports than other Indian girls.
Like wtf
Final score:
53points
#38
1. "Usually, I don't like people like you but you are cool though."
2. "You're so different than I imagined."
Final score:
51points
#39
Friend said that I have a beautiful neck and asked if she could stroke/touch it?
What do you think ?
Annette Easton 2 years ago
As a teenager with braces on, I was sitting on the bus one day and smiled at a little girl with her mother. The little girl tugged on her mother's sleeve and said "Mommy! That lady has diamonds on her teeth!"
Chinmayee Kalghatgi 2 years ago
My mother calls me fat as a compliment and it doesn’t bother me contrary to what others think because when my mom was my age she tried to gain weight because of how thin she was and it never seemed to work.
Deson 2 years ago
Just some thoughts here from me: Ladies, so you know guys often don't get complimented very often and thus we remember a compliment (even the weird ones) for a very long time and with a lot of impact. Feel free to compliment someone, you may have a bigger impact than what you might know. I'm a guy so trust me on this one. I truly wish I had received a lot of these compliments back in my youth or even now. Perhaps a less lonely existence might have resulted in my life.
Tanya Venter 2 years ago (edited)
I often compliment people. And I truley mean it. Nothing beats seeing a cashier smile if you compliment their lipstick or earings.
Load More Replies... Annette Easton 2 years ago
As a teenager with braces on, I was sitting on the bus one day and smiled at a little girl with her mother. The little girl tugged on her mother's sleeve and said "Mommy! That lady has diamonds on her teeth!"
Chinmayee Kalghatgi 2 years ago
My mother calls me fat as a compliment and it doesn’t bother me contrary to what others think because when my mom was my age she tried to gain weight because of how thin she was and it never seemed to work.
Deson 2 years ago
Just some thoughts here from me: Ladies, so you know guys often don't get complimented very often and thus we remember a compliment (even the weird ones) for a very long time and with a lot of impact. Feel free to compliment someone, you may have a bigger impact than what you might know. I'm a guy so trust me on this one. I truly wish I had received a lot of these compliments back in my youth or even now. Perhaps a less lonely existence might have resulted in my life.
Tanya Venter 2 years ago (edited)
I often compliment people. And I truley mean it. Nothing beats seeing a cashier smile if you compliment their lipstick or earings.
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