Worst compliment ever... - Democratic Underground

mcctatas

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:08 PM
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Worst compliment ever...

so I go to Starbucks to get a coffee and this man keeps staring at me and finally says "Is your name ******?" I reply "Yep, did we go to HS together?" and he says "Yeah, I'm so and so but wow, you're aging better than the rest of us" :wtf:

Might as well have said "you aren't half bad for an old broad"

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billyskank

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:10 PM
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1. Doh!

I'm sure he meant well, but... compliment FAIL! :hi:

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redqueen

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:11 PM
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2. Someone actually said that to me...

"you look good for an older woman."

Gee, thanks a lot. :rofl:

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mcctatas

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:19 PM
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4. OMG...

I hope you kicked his/her ass!

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redqueen

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:24 PM
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6. Heheh... naaaah...

at my age, I'll take any compliments I can get. :P

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Magrittes Pipe

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:29 PM
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9. You're totally hot, considering you're an old bag.

:loveya:

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redqueen

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:39 PM
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13. You go away!

Hippie earworm-spreading... person! x(

:)

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Starbucks Anarchist

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:40 PM
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14. You look good for any age.

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redqueen

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:47 PM
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16. Check's in the mail.

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nickgutierrez

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:11 PM
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3. That's pretty awesome.

"Wow, we're the same age, but you don't look nearly as old as I do!"

:rofl:

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Orsino

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:25 PM
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7. Yeah, this strikes me as a high compliment.

Perhaps "aging" is a dirty word? shrug:

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eyesroll

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:23 PM
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5. I've gotten "WOW! I didn't know you were SO OLD!" from classmates.

I'm 33. They're 25, give or take. It's not really a huge difference but you would have thought I'd said I was 90.

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tjwash

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:28 PM
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8. Look on the bright side. I got told "Hey you're lookin' good for a guy your age" yesterday.

:crazy:

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BOSSHOG

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:37 PM
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10. I said something stupid once when I was trying to be nice

A lady was helping me in the library several years ago, she was very nice. I asked her when the baby was due. She said she wasn't pregnant just fat.

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mcctatas

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Thu Dec-11-08 04:44 PM
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17. OMG, I did that exact same thing only worse...

me: "Well at least you'll have time to lose the baby weight before swimsuit season"
her: "I'm not pregnant"

:yoiks:

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DS1

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:37 PM
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11. I got carded yesterday

at 35 :bounce:

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mcctatas

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:39 PM
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12. Braggart!

actually I get carded a lot too but I think it's because I'm short.

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MrCoffee

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Thu Dec-11-08 04:46 PM
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18. They card everyone who tries to buy Swank, a 5th of Wild Turkey and a box of .45 hollow-points

You're on a list somewhere.

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mcctatas

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Thu Dec-11-08 04:47 PM
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19. ...

:spray:

you owe me one new monitor!

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DS1

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Thu Dec-11-08 04:51 PM
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20. Swank?

Swank is for amateurs

/this message brought to you by Puritan Magazine

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unpossibles

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Thu Dec-11-08 02:42 PM
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15. actually you should take it as a compiment

if only because he is the same age. Sure, he could have just said "wow, you look great!" or similar, but sufferers of Y Chromosome disorder are often a bit lacking in the social skills and clues departments.

I had showed some friends pics of my HS reunion which I did not go to. Most of them said something similar, including "you went to school with those people? They look like they're 5-10 years older than you." I thought it was nice.

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Deep13

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Thu Dec-11-08 04:52 PM
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21. I guess I don't understand the preoccupation with denying the inevitable.

We ARE all aging aren't we?

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mcctatas

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Thu Dec-11-08 04:56 PM
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22. You're a dude...

you can age and still be considered attractive, it is harder if you don't have a broken X chromosome ;)

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redqueen

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Thu Dec-11-08 05:03 PM
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23. Praise Jeebus for boob jobs and face lifts!

:woohoo:

:P

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mcctatas

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Thu Dec-11-08 05:03 PM
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24. Shhhhhh...

don't tell them our secrets! :rofl: Of course personally, I have been blessed by good genes and clean living :rofl:

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redqueen

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Thu Dec-11-08 05:06 PM
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25. I've been blessed by the

"I just don't give a fuck" gene. :D

:hi:

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Schema Thing

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Thu Dec-11-08 05:09 PM
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27. well, you're doing a damn good job of it,

old woman.

:P~

..'ow can you tell 'es not a king?

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LoveMyCali

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Thu Dec-11-08 05:07 PM
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26. I actually had one that was worse than that

It was the first day of my news internship and I was introduced to a new co-worker who said "Well, you certainly have the looks to make it in this business."
To which I responded "We're in a radio station."

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