30 Of The Funniest And Weirdest Compliments Folks In This Online Group Got
It may surprise you how many people feel uncomfortable when they get complimented. It sounds counterintuitive as compliments are there to uplift someone, point out their best features and are overall a positive thing to say. But not everyone feels that they deserve to be praised, so they don’t really know how to react and just feel that the whole interaction is unnecessary.
But there are normal compliments such as pointing out beautiful shoes and there are compliments that can really take you a second to comprehend whether that wasn’t an insult. In this list you will find these kinds of compliments that are so specific or unusual that people really don’t know what to think of them. The thread was created by Redditor Smalie, who asked, “What’s the weirdest compliment you ever received?” and people had some really interesting ones to tell about.
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"you remind me of Kermit the frog. Not in looks, in vibes."
I once had an old Hispanic lady that didn’t speak English who I didn’t know have someone she was with come over to me at a restaurant and ask if she could bless my eyes for me. She said she wanted to bless them so nothing would ever happen to them because she’d never seen anything like them.
A random woman outside a café beside a train station, as I get chased by a wasp:
"You smell very sweet and spicy, that's why he's chasing you. Its very nice!"
Thank you random lady, 2 years later and I'll never forget.
Me : Pulls down mask to drink water
Girl I work with : “You know most people take there mask down and they look worse you look good though”
Me : puzzled look on my face Thank you
Girl : Don’t worry I like girls
I went to Mexico with a buddy about 10 years ago and we were drinking with a bunch of people. Well another group of people were standing near us and kept looking over and whispering to eachother, staring at us until finally a few of them approached us. The one guy looks at me and says "are your calves real?" I was like ughhhhh yeah.. they're real, he turns to his friends and yells "they're real!" They all proceed to walk over and talk to us. A group of maybe 10 people complimented me on my calves, it was very weird.
I had a gym teacher in middle school whose calves looked like steaks. It was the only part of him that was in shape.
"your mind is like a kaleidoscope"
I was told by a random lady walking past me in the mall that I had a really large, bright aura. I looked at her kinda confused and she just said she was gifted that way and to have a nice day and kept walking…
From a coworker’s partner (a Japanese woman, speaking English): “You have a big eyelash. I am jealousy!”
As a man, I don’t get a lot of eyelash compliments.
Edit: This has been an eye-opener (pun intended). It’s also been cool to learn what is marking the lenses of my specs
“I like your little hat” - a girl working the Whole Foods Checkout. I was having a socially awkward day and she was a bit awkward too. I think she found something endearing in how I was being and felt compelled to say something nice to me. It was just a basic wool hat/beanie for winter, not even that little. I still appreciated it and she was kinda cute.
A girl in high school told me I have really pretty knees.
While doing CPR on an inmate, a nurse showed up to relieve me and before doing so said, “ you look like you’re good with your hands. How else do you use them?”
My first child had been born a few weeks ago. I came back to work and one of the bosses said, "Oh, congratulations on your....on your news...yeah...good luck with that.":
Because you caught him off guard as he didn’t remember why you were gone
I was at a pool party in college and I saw two girls that looked like they were talking about me. I asked if I could help them in a flirty way and they straight up said “we just wanted to say you have really nice nipples”…I’m a guy
Sadly I didn’t get either of their numbers but at least now I know that I have nice nipples.
Be sure to mention that as often as you can. People just don’t take enough pride in their nipples these days.
‘Despite what everyone says about you, I still think you’re quite fun’
"your eyes are so beautiful! I just want to scoop them out and replace them with my own"
I wear sunglasses everywhere now 😑
“Your ears look like tortellini … delicious”
I was late for school and decided not to shower so i could catch my bus in time. I arrive to school say hello to a girl I barely knew, she comes up to me smells my sweaty shirt and says "Dammn you smell really good". Yeah that was a creepy way to start the day.
As I know from the internet, some people have a alarming interest in smells like this
It's pheromones - musk, if you will. We're out here wearing smartwatches and having college degrees but deep down we're still animals haha.
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I love my boyfriend’s smell, especially if he’s all sweaty. I can just burrow into his armpit and hibernate there. I spent three months in hospital a few years ago, and it took half an hour by bike for him to visit me, so every time he came I made him bring a spare along so I could steal his slightly sweaty shirt for me to sleep with.
My husband smells of sandalwood when he's been gardening. I sniff him for as long as he will put up with it. But I wouldn't accost any one else
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My fiance smells amazing. Its weird to say his natural smell smells good but it does! And it doesn't matter if he's been sweating all day or not. The man never smells bad! And I'm not one to be keen on ppls smell.... But when I snuggle him at night it makes me feel good to smell him. So so odd.
I don’t think it is, sounds to me like you found a good match!
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As long as I can remember I love the smell of my mums hands. They're smelling like soap all the time, also without being washed. They smell like home to me
She was attracted to your pheromones. Take it as a compliment.
Pheromones, my friend, pheromones ...the cause of good, and bad, relationship decisions
I love the way my boyfriend smells and sometimes smell his arm pits. My mum who is a nurse said if you're in love you like the way a person smells
Scientifically it has more to do with genes. Women tend to find that sweat smells better from men with a different genetic background to them, whereas women tend to find the opposite for the sweat of other women. Basically you're attracted to genetically unrelated men (to boost the genetic potential of future offspring) whereas you're attracted to genetically related women (to foster familial bonds).
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My husband smells amazing after he's been at work all day (he's an architect), and I love to sniff him for a minute when he gets home. He thinks it's weird but he obliges.
Sometimes a persons natural smell just strikes you, it’s a chemistry thing.
I don't like the smell of sweat, but damn the way my husband smells in the morning after missing a shower is dreamy. He totally tricked me into liking him with his pheromones...
That's actually a REALLY nice compliment. You'd make a compatible couple if personalities matched as well. Nothing better than smelling BO of my S/O - not a fetish thing. His pheromones match my senses, that's all
So OP skipped the shower and decided dirty clothes would be a good follow up?
I don't shower before work because I work outside and that kind of stuff but sometimes my BO smells spicy and not bad like BO.
Yeah it's rather flattering but creepy depending on context. I feel being told face to face is awkward but fine, as long as the other party isn't being obviously aroused. But the creeps in public transportation that comes really close, and in a not-too-subtle way, to sniff you is a definite nope.
A drunk old sailor once told me the shape of the top of my upper lip was very nice. Very specific and very odd. He was nice though, gave me some (unsolicited but true) life advice as well.
"I like how you look at me, like you are going to kill me" - my gf at the time.
In her defence my resting face does look kinda mean lol
She likes the fact you look like you're about to murder her .... let's just digest that a moment, shall we?
An older woman said I had nice skin (I'm a dude if it matters.) It came across as a "I'd like to wear it," but then later that evening I realized the party I was invited to was actually a sales pitch to join some pyramid scam to sell skin products. So it was less weird in retrospect, but clearly something had gone wrong.
That I’m vertically fat
I once got told "You are not *that* ugly" ... yeah, cheers, did a wonder for my self-esteem. Not.
“You’ve got so much testosterone I could probably get pregnant sitting next to you.”- random girl back in college.
When I was 17 during my first day of work, said by a female coworker: You're so tall and skinny, you'd look great pregnant.
There are women who are worried about their pregnant figure, but saying it like this is kind of uncomfortsble
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Once a guy I worked with told me I have a sporty figure. My response was a confused expression. He explained that he meant it in a good way because I have a nice build. Then he got all flustered and embarrassed and left. I accepted that he meant it as a compliment and didn't mean for it to sound weird. Probably just didn't want to say something unoriginal and stupid like I'm hot or whatever. He was a really sweet guy.
Most guys are terrible at giving compliments to people they like because suddenly your brain disconnects from your mouth and garbage like this come out. It's generally only the dbags that are good at it because they do it so often and don't really mean it.
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Took my tiny dog to the park. She walked, we played. She is very special to me. As I sat on a bench talking to her and giving her treats, a older gentleman approached. He said, "Should I return as a dog, I hope I belong to you", then bowed and walked away. I'll never forget that.
🙉That would be my ultimate compliment. I mean people have said similar things, but that would be a purrfect thing to hear😻
Load More Replies... A drunk friend of mine wanted to compliment a girl's eyes outside a disco. He ended up saying "I love your blue... perfume". Don't drink and flirt.
Once had an sweet old lady walk up to me and take both of my hands in hers, look intently at them and say "You have a creators hands. You just need to ignore the pain" She gave me a big smile and all I could say is "Thank you" and she walked off. I like to paint, draw and build things. I'm currently painting a picture of Spyro the Dragon even though my hands ache. I have also started quite a few other projects and I am enjoying myself immensely. This meeting happened in November 2019
I had a HS teacher who, when we were doing a unit on WWII, told me I would probably survive captivity because I had an active imagination.
FWIW, I had an endodontist tell me I had "nice, long roots" when she took X-rays of my teeth. Thanks(?)
I have a heart condition that required a lot of surgical remodelling of my heart. Apparently my surgeon did a good job because I always get complimented on it when I have an ultrasound. My current cardiac technician gets very fangirly every time, saying how breathtaking and beautiful it is, like she's looking at a painting, and am I sure I don't remember the surgeon's name. I guess there is art in the medical world. 😆
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compliments from random old ladies are the purest, they always mean well
I once was told, with the sweetest of meaning, that I looked nice, like a purple truck. Backstory being I was dressed in a purple skirt for church, my guy buddy knew that I had owned a really pretty purple pickup truck in exactly the same color once, that he liked as well. He's just really bad at compliments. I looked at his so very sweet face, and told him that since I knew him and really loved him, and knew what he meant, I would enjoy that compliment forever, but that if any other man ever said that to me I would punch them in their head. He said he knew it was wrong as soon as it left his mouth, but it was like little mouth farts, he couldn't recall them in time. I laughed so hard it hurt. Still Love that guy.
"Your handwriting is so terrible you could be a doctor!" That one still makes me laugh.
I was getting an ultrasound several years ago to look for ovarian cysts and the doctor said "you have the most perfect uterus I've ever seen! It should be in a textbook!" Thanks I guess? Another time I was in class and a few ladies said I was "the thickest white girl we've ever seen" which according to them was in fact a compliment.
Yesterday a girl in my gym class told me I had really great back posture and that it was weird. I don't actually know if this is a compliment.
I’ve been told by a creepy guy in a choir that I have the legs for a dress. I’m a dude if that matters
I got told I look like 'Tom Hanks.. somewhere between 'Big' and 'Cast Away' if you know what I mean!'. On the Same day, I was asked by another lady if I 'donate sperm? Because I wouldn't want to f**k you, but I'd love to have a kid like you!'
Me at my annual mammogram, the radiologist says every flippin' year: "I love your breasts. They're textbook (disorder). Just textbook!" and he's sooooo happy about it. Me, not so much.
Yeah, he needs to stop saying stuff like that. And you should tell him so. Then if he doesn't, report him.
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Once a Ophthalmologist said he takes pictures of unique eyes and blows up the photo to hang. He ask if he could photograph mine. It felt kind of creepy.
I have a photo of my own retina that I am considering blowing up to put on the wall, so it may have been a compliment :)
Load More Replies... You are so much nicer than you look... Er... (Is that a compliment or an insult?)
"Negging", I believe... it's a hybrid, a manipulation tactic.
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The weirdest compliment I ever got was from the mother of a (male) online friend of mine. He lives in another country, and the train arrived VERY early, and it was a small town, so there were no cafes or restaurants open that early in the morning. So my friend just grabbed me and off we drove to have breakfast with his parents. His mother did not know that we were coming, so she had no time to clean the kitchen., and she was very stressed about that. But when we left she told me: "you are very nice, you're not a bimbo, so you may visit us again anytime, even when the kitchen is not cleaned" And for some reason that's one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me.
She's so comfortable with you that she doesn't care if the kitchen is cleaned! That is a great compliment!
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I get really embarrassed when people say what a cute/adorable little voice i have or that im so small and cute i mean thankyou but i dont like that my voice never deepened or that im short its really embarrassing 😫
I once had a customer tell me, "Your eye are pretty, you look like my sister in law... she's such a bitch." LOL!
I was told by my dentist that my teeth are "groovy". Which apparently means they're more susceptible to cavities :/
I was told I have a very “period” look. This really confused me until I looked up what it meant.
Once a guy yelled "Mamazota!" at me in a thick colombian accent, I was caught so off guard I just laughed. The thing is, calling someone "mamacita" (little mama) means that such girl is sexy (tbh comparing someone you like to a mother irks me) but mamazota would translate to big mama, so it felt like the guy at the same time called me thick (which I kinda was at the time) and the part that stuck with me instead of being "this guy things I'm sexy" was "this guy just called me fat!"
I've been told I'm too pretty to be in a wheelchair and told I shouldn't wear bright red lipstick because I'm in a wheelchair. People are odd!
That's really weird, rude and none of their business.
Load More Replies... I have several but I think the one that stunned me the most was when an opponent football player said I would look really pretty if I were a girl back in my teens. I remember being absolutely lost for words.
My doctor at uni told me my tonsils looked like ripe strawberries, he could just pluck them out and eat them. I had tonsillitis
I just hate when people say a compliment in a surprised way. They are not backhanded compliments, it's just the people who are complimenting have low expectactions of you, you know? Like "Oh you look so feminine!" (just because I was wearing heels. I'm all about confort, do not wear high heels that often.). Or "Oh you really understood this and it was very complex!" (yeah, not a total idiot! It was my boss who said it, after I had some very specific doubts about a project, which showed that I had both read the whole thing and understood it, hence my questions. I did point out to him "You know, you could have sound less surprised when you said that. He agreed and apologized.). And this one time, I had this really nice black suede jacket, and my friend's mom complimented on nice it was, beautiful (she never said it looked good on me!), nice cut, completely different style from what I usually wear and then finally said: "It's a really nice jacket you have there. Too nice. Oh well."
If there's one thing I"ve learned over the years, never compliment strangers.
Complimenting strangers is ok if it is simply meant as a compliment and then you move on. If it is meant as a way to get something back (a conversation, date, another compliment) then it is likely it won't be received well.
Load More Replies... My brother works in an Op Shop (thrift store) and many of the people he works with and serves are middle aged ladies. He has gotten so many compliments on his pretty eyes. They are a really nice azure blue with long thick eyelashes. All three of my brothers had really long eyelashes and I inherited my mum's short fine ones :)
My mum is a retired school teacher. Years ago there was a sport event at her school, where teachers and pupils from other schools took part. The children did athletics, and mum and teachers from other schools assisted. She thought one of the male leaders was rather good looking. He looked very well trained and impressed her. She couldn't help trying to show off a bit and suddenly he approached her. He looked appreciative, and she realized he was going to say something, a compliment perhaps? He looked at her and said, "You are a typical... shot-putter." She's never forgotten this.
Once a guy I worked with told me I have a sporty figure. My response was a confused expression. He explained that he meant it in a good way because I have a nice build. Then he got all flustered and embarrassed and left. I accepted that he meant it as a compliment and didn't mean for it to sound weird. Probably just didn't want to say something unoriginal and stupid like I'm hot or whatever. He was a really sweet guy.
Most guys are terrible at giving compliments to people they like because suddenly your brain disconnects from your mouth and garbage like this come out. It's generally only the dbags that are good at it because they do it so often and don't really mean it.
Load More Replies... Took my tiny dog to the park. She walked, we played. She is very special to me. As I sat on a bench talking to her and giving her treats, a older gentleman approached. He said, "Should I return as a dog, I hope I belong to you", then bowed and walked away. I'll never forget that.
🙉That would be my ultimate compliment. I mean people have said similar things, but that would be a purrfect thing to hear😻
Load More Replies... A drunk friend of mine wanted to compliment a girl's eyes outside a disco. He ended up saying "I love your blue... perfume". Don't drink and flirt.
Once had an sweet old lady walk up to me and take both of my hands in hers, look intently at them and say "You have a creators hands. You just need to ignore the pain" She gave me a big smile and all I could say is "Thank you" and she walked off. I like to paint, draw and build things. I'm currently painting a picture of Spyro the Dragon even though my hands ache. I have also started quite a few other projects and I am enjoying myself immensely. This meeting happened in November 2019
I had a HS teacher who, when we were doing a unit on WWII, told me I would probably survive captivity because I had an active imagination.
FWIW, I had an endodontist tell me I had "nice, long roots" when she took X-rays of my teeth. Thanks(?)
I have a heart condition that required a lot of surgical remodelling of my heart. Apparently my surgeon did a good job because I always get complimented on it when I have an ultrasound. My current cardiac technician gets very fangirly every time, saying how breathtaking and beautiful it is, like she's looking at a painting, and am I sure I don't remember the surgeon's name. I guess there is art in the medical world. 😆
Load More Replies... compliments from random old ladies are the purest, they always mean well
I once was told, with the sweetest of meaning, that I looked nice, like a purple truck. Backstory being I was dressed in a purple skirt for church, my guy buddy knew that I had owned a really pretty purple pickup truck in exactly the same color once, that he liked as well. He's just really bad at compliments. I looked at his so very sweet face, and told him that since I knew him and really loved him, and knew what he meant, I would enjoy that compliment forever, but that if any other man ever said that to me I would punch them in their head. He said he knew it was wrong as soon as it left his mouth, but it was like little mouth farts, he couldn't recall them in time. I laughed so hard it hurt. Still Love that guy.
"Your handwriting is so terrible you could be a doctor!" That one still makes me laugh.
I was getting an ultrasound several years ago to look for ovarian cysts and the doctor said "you have the most perfect uterus I've ever seen! It should be in a textbook!" Thanks I guess? Another time I was in class and a few ladies said I was "the thickest white girl we've ever seen" which according to them was in fact a compliment.
Yesterday a girl in my gym class told me I had really great back posture and that it was weird. I don't actually know if this is a compliment.
I’ve been told by a creepy guy in a choir that I have the legs for a dress. I’m a dude if that matters
I got told I look like 'Tom Hanks.. somewhere between 'Big' and 'Cast Away' if you know what I mean!'. On the Same day, I was asked by another lady if I 'donate sperm? Because I wouldn't want to f**k you, but I'd love to have a kid like you!'
Me at my annual mammogram, the radiologist says every flippin' year: "I love your breasts. They're textbook (disorder). Just textbook!" and he's sooooo happy about it. Me, not so much.
Yeah, he needs to stop saying stuff like that. And you should tell him so. Then if he doesn't, report him.
Load More Replies... Once a Ophthalmologist said he takes pictures of unique eyes and blows up the photo to hang. He ask if he could photograph mine. It felt kind of creepy.
I have a photo of my own retina that I am considering blowing up to put on the wall, so it may have been a compliment :)
Load More Replies... You are so much nicer than you look... Er... (Is that a compliment or an insult?)
"Negging", I believe... it's a hybrid, a manipulation tactic.
Load More Replies... The weirdest compliment I ever got was from the mother of a (male) online friend of mine. He lives in another country, and the train arrived VERY early, and it was a small town, so there were no cafes or restaurants open that early in the morning. So my friend just grabbed me and off we drove to have breakfast with his parents. His mother did not know that we were coming, so she had no time to clean the kitchen., and she was very stressed about that. But when we left she told me: "you are very nice, you're not a bimbo, so you may visit us again anytime, even when the kitchen is not cleaned" And for some reason that's one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me.
She's so comfortable with you that she doesn't care if the kitchen is cleaned! That is a great compliment!
Load More Replies... I get really embarrassed when people say what a cute/adorable little voice i have or that im so small and cute i mean thankyou but i dont like that my voice never deepened or that im short its really embarrassing 😫
I once had a customer tell me, "Your eye are pretty, you look like my sister in law... she's such a bitch." LOL!
I was told by my dentist that my teeth are "groovy". Which apparently means they're more susceptible to cavities :/
I was told I have a very “period” look. This really confused me until I looked up what it meant.
Once a guy yelled "Mamazota!" at me in a thick colombian accent, I was caught so off guard I just laughed. The thing is, calling someone "mamacita" (little mama) means that such girl is sexy (tbh comparing someone you like to a mother irks me) but mamazota would translate to big mama, so it felt like the guy at the same time called me thick (which I kinda was at the time) and the part that stuck with me instead of being "this guy things I'm sexy" was "this guy just called me fat!"
I've been told I'm too pretty to be in a wheelchair and told I shouldn't wear bright red lipstick because I'm in a wheelchair. People are odd!
That's really weird, rude and none of their business.
Load More Replies... I have several but I think the one that stunned me the most was when an opponent football player said I would look really pretty if I were a girl back in my teens. I remember being absolutely lost for words.
My doctor at uni told me my tonsils looked like ripe strawberries, he could just pluck them out and eat them. I had tonsillitis
I just hate when people say a compliment in a surprised way. They are not backhanded compliments, it's just the people who are complimenting have low expectactions of you, you know? Like "Oh you look so feminine!" (just because I was wearing heels. I'm all about confort, do not wear high heels that often.). Or "Oh you really understood this and it was very complex!" (yeah, not a total idiot! It was my boss who said it, after I had some very specific doubts about a project, which showed that I had both read the whole thing and understood it, hence my questions. I did point out to him "You know, you could have sound less surprised when you said that. He agreed and apologized.). And this one time, I had this really nice black suede jacket, and my friend's mom complimented on nice it was, beautiful (she never said it looked good on me!), nice cut, completely different style from what I usually wear and then finally said: "It's a really nice jacket you have there. Too nice. Oh well."
If there's one thing I"ve learned over the years, never compliment strangers.
Complimenting strangers is ok if it is simply meant as a compliment and then you move on. If it is meant as a way to get something back (a conversation, date, another compliment) then it is likely it won't be received well.
Load More Replies... My brother works in an Op Shop (thrift store) and many of the people he works with and serves are middle aged ladies. He has gotten so many compliments on his pretty eyes. They are a really nice azure blue with long thick eyelashes. All three of my brothers had really long eyelashes and I inherited my mum's short fine ones :)
My mum is a retired school teacher. Years ago there was a sport event at her school, where teachers and pupils from other schools took part. The children did athletics, and mum and teachers from other schools assisted. She thought one of the male leaders was rather good looking. He looked very well trained and impressed her. She couldn't help trying to show off a bit and suddenly he approached her. He looked appreciative, and she realized he was going to say something, a compliment perhaps? He looked at her and said, "You are a typical... shot-putter." She's never forgotten this.
