Monday, March 9, 2015

Compliment Fishers

"Does this make me look fat?"
 "Do I look ugly?"
"I'm never going to get a boyfriend!"
"No ones likes me."
"I look awful today."

Compliment Fishing: (verb) When someone essentially insults themself in order to get sympathy from other people. A flirting tactic used by many girls. (according to Urban Dictionary).

Ahh yes the dreaded questions that make you roll your eyes, yet you still tell them what they want to hear. When someone asks "do I look fat?" OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE GOING TO SAY NO. What's worse is when they don't accept the comment so you need to keep sympathizing with them -_-. Like, what is the point of even asking when you wouldn't want to know the true answer.

When you are dealing with this compliment fisher as a mere friend, you just gotta suck it up, then if this is a repeated occurance, GTFO. Just stop talking to that friend and don't get suckered into it.

If this is someone extremely close to you, then just put it point blank and answer truthfully. When I am asked those questions such as do I look ugly, I usually just say yes because it's annoying. 

It sucks being around people who constantly fish for dishonest compliments, which takes the point away of a compliment.

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