"I think your obsession with ketchup is adorable."
"Your hair looks so... ummm... 80s today."
"Wow your toes are long. I mean, you could palm a basketball with those, you could play Olympic sports with those." - this one was given by a guy I dated... but, what did I expect, one of our dates was at Hooters.
This one I got this morning.
Jonathan: "Hello Farrah!"
Me: "Huh???"
Jonathan: "You look like Farrah Fawcett today"
Me: "Like the poster you had on the wall as a kid?"
Jonathan: "No, Just your hair."
FOR THE RECORD, I CAN'T HELP IT, this is what happens when you have quasi-curly hair and you are too lazy to do it!!!
I know I have recieved more, but I can't remember them due to my old-age half-heimsers.
Now, I'd like to hear some of your best veiled compliments... go!
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I would like to share a couple of my favorite veiled comments:
"Cute shoes! I have the bag that goes with them. I'll bring it to you-- you can have it since it's so last season..."
"Oh, you just remind me so much of my wonderful daughter! Well, you used to... she lost a ton of weight and looks really good now-- totally different from before."
(Believe it or not, those are both actually from the same source-- this lady I work with-- and she's the kind you don't want to have on your bad side, since she controls all of the data entry stuff. I don't think I got to come back at her with something totally clever and pissy like I wanted to...)
-Brooke
I hate veiled compliments... On more than one occassion I have been told, "your hair is really...ummm...BIG" I guess that's what happens when you have curly hair that in certain weather can become...well...BIG and frizzy and...
um, How is Farrah hair a VEILED COMPLIMENT?!?! She only started an entire DECADE (that is, ps, circling back around today) of hair-obsession.
I think it was a come-on and you may want to report said compliment to HR.
In fact, when my high school teacher first met me, he said, "Your name is Farrah?" Then he got this sort of far-away, wistful look and trailed, "You know, my first pin-up..." And that's where I stopped him and bolted for the door.
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