Do you believe it when people tell you "You are pretty/cute."?

@mermaidivy (15395)
United States
August 11, 2009 1:47pm CST
Do you think people tell you sincerely or just try to br friendly? Do you always heard it so you feel numb with it? When I give compliment like you are pretty or smart, I don't say it just to make the person feel good. What do you think?
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11 responses
@janebeth (2032)
• Philippines
16 Aug 09
just be honest to someone you want to comment.. i heared a lot of comments like that, and i know they are just telling the right things, lol.. my mother says it to me always that i am pretty, and i believe her...
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
16 Aug 09
I would believe so! :-)
• Hong Kong
12 Aug 09
I dont really like people saying I am pretty, smart or something. I think they are being hypocrital. So I seldom say people are pretty. Bacause I dont wanna be hypocrital. And because I know what this feeling is. My relatives always say I am tall, can be a model something when I was a little girl. I didnt know how to react just smile.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I know what you mean, my relatives() used to tell me all the time tha tI am tall and can become a model in the future, something like that, I didn'tknow what to respond, I just kinda smiled and left it alone.
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
12 Aug 09
Hello mermaidivy, Honestly, it is very rare to hear me say these words. I seldom praise people though sometimes I do feel that person is really pretty or beautiful. I just don't like to praise others. As for me, I heard that many times before when I was younger but strange thing is that... I seldom hear those words nowadays! Am I really turn to ugly duckling? *laughs*
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I don't know :-p
@sagnik42 (3592)
• India
12 Aug 09
It depends on who is saying it and his/her attitude.But well I have not been given that compliment for a long time.The comment I usually get now is "You were cute as a kid" .I mean everybody is cute as a kid. Then what is the point of saying it to some one who is already an adult.People just do not grow up, do they??
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
12 Aug 09
hehe I know all kids like to hear that though :-)
• Philippines
12 Aug 09
I used to believe in that, until i realized it was just plain fake just to get what they want from me. so, the next time some one would said that to me i would just nod and smile, but never actually believed in it. i don't want to be blindly have an ego that would crush me some day. well, mainly, it's just a compliment and nothing more than that..
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I guess it is good to take it politely as a friendly compliment, make yourself and the praiser feel better.
@olepmis (840)
• Philippines
12 Aug 09
Some people say "you are pretty/cute" just to tease you OR to compliment you for the good you did for them. I do not say it to anyone unless he/she deserves it. Why would I say, you are pretty/cute if it does not comes from my heart. Maybe it depends on the situation or in the mood of a person saying those things. cheers!
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I don't say it unless I mean it too.
@heihong (59)
• China
11 Aug 09
Normally I don't believe it but treat it as a friendly expression from others, and I don't think one would intentionally mean it when he/she says you are pretty/cute.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
11 Aug 09
I think we would feel mor ecomfortable to hear it when person who says it mean it.
• United States
11 Aug 09
I think I do believe it unless its coming from a salesperson whose trying to sell me something. When the try on clothes at the stores, the sales people keep saying how good I look. I try not to let them affect my judgement
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
12 Aug 09
Nah.. I don't believe the sales people for a second either.
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
11 Aug 09
I do not think I have heard that since I was a kid. I suppose I was cute, most kids are. I do not usually dish out that kind of compliment as an older male, people think I am being creepy if I say that, so the phrase rarely gets heard or said around me. I see by your pictures you are an attractive young woman, so enjoy the compliments as long as they keep coming, but do not take them too seriously, I am sure most people are just being friendly.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I usually respond polite and say thanks. I like to be friendly aswell :-) THanks for sharing:-)
@Hucheng (163)
• China
12 Aug 09
When I was a little boy,I believed,not only because child is stupid,also my beautiful face.But now,if you say "You are are cute to me",you will get "Get out of here!"
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I guess all kids like to hear that :-) So did I :-p
11 Aug 09
I can determine whether a person says it just to be sincere/friendly by their tone of voice. Although calling someone pretty/cute just to be friendly can liften their mood, it's not truthful and if you don't mean it, you just shouldn't say it at all.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
11 Aug 09
True. I agree with you, so I don't just say ti, when I say it, I mean it.