Comments on: I Comment Therefore I Am

By: Charlie Callahan

Charlie Callahan — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:38:00 +0000

Hi, UM, remember me?

My experience with complimenting women has often gone like this:

Me: “You have lovely elbows.”
Her: “Thank you, BUT my ankles are too fat.”

Compliment accepted and then rejected by redirection. Or something like that. Makes me wonder how many women are comfortable with their bodies, that they always have to find something negative when we all have negatives.

By: Tiffontheverge

Tiffontheverge — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:33:00 +0000

i’m horrible at accepting compliments–your take on it is duly noted, however. so true.

thanks for the visit and the link!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:05:00 +0000

Who knew Ikea could be so dangerous?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:45:00 +0000

I cannot express how much I would have LOVED to have witnessed that conversation — “Savies”!

By: Nezzy

Nezzy — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:20:00 +0000

It’s dang hard for me to graciously receive a compliment. It’s funny because I thrive on dishin’ them out but I take criticism much better but I’m workin’ on it. I think it’s easier for the Alpha males to just say thank you and go on.

Your right….it is a gift not to be thrown away.

God bless ya and have a terrific day sweetie!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:15:00 +0000

I read the Ikea story to my hubby. We are astonished at how many people go ballistic these days over what they perceive to be THEIRS. A friggin’ loading space at a public store is for whomever pulls into that space first. I am glad the husband was mild mannered. He probably has to be in order to live with the maniac controlling witch he is married to.

By: The Urban Cowboy

The Urban Cowboy — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:54:00 +0000

I agree with you, learning to accept compliments with open arms. When we don’t it can be perceived as an insult. Awesome comment!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:49:00 +0000

And here I was just last night saying I wished there was an Ikea closer than 4 hours away from me. Maybe I should be thankful. I’m not a very good fighter:)

By: gaelikaa

gaelikaa — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:42:00 +0000

Hi Unknown Mami, one of the biggest lessons I had to learn in life was how to accept a compliment. You know, really accept it. It was once remarked somewhere that Irish people handle insults well and compliments badly. Once I learnt how to accept a compliment, I had to admit that it was one of the nicest things I ever had to learn.

In Ireland, I remember, people often save seats nearby for their friends who arrive later by draping coats and bags and newspapers on chairs. It is quite common for an Irish person to walk up to an empty chair and ask the person sitting next to it: “is someone sitting here?” This causes a lot of amusement to foreigners…

It’s great Lisleman joined in this week. I’m trying to rope in a few of my blogging pals too….xxxx

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:58:00 +0000

Your man has comeback skillz… Savies. Ha. I love it! I bet it’s fun at your house. Ohhh how I wonder how much trouble you guys are going to be in when your little lady gets a bit older 🙂

By: unknownmami

unknownmami — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:59:00 +0000

Thank you.

You have great hair.

By: unknownmami

unknownmami — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:58:00 +0000

I know, right?! The lady was nuts.

By: blueviolet

blueviolet — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:22:00 +0000

A grown woman saving a parking spot…well, well.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:50:00 +0000

this is the first i heard of this. i think. maybe. who knows LOL it’s cute tho and maybe i’ll try it for myself 😀

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:04:00 +0000

I have never been any good at receiving compliments. If you say my hair looks nice, I’ll say Oh, ugh, um thanks, I really need to wash it…….or something like that. But when you lose over 120 pounds you get a LOT of compliments and I finally learned to just say THANK YOU and then SHUT UP!! That’s hard for me, the shutting up, lol.

By: Tina

Tina — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:59:00 +0000

I, too suffer from compliment phobia. As the person who is most usually creating a mess in social situations, when I get a compliment I start to sweat and itch and I don’t know what to do with myself.
Throwing down in IKEA? Whoa….I almost threw down in the parking lot of Crate and Barrell. A lady actually hit me, as in physically hit my body with her car whilst I was 7 months pregnant. I didn’t get hurt but I thought I was going to go a little nuts on her….
Best,
Tina

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:59:00 +0000

There are no SAVIES! What is this, second grade?

By: lisleman

lisleman — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:10:00 +0000

Hopefully I don’t have much of a problem with compliments. You could come over to my blog and leave one and we can see how I handle it.
You are right though it does take the right balance not to be either arrogant or the opposite, insecure.
You have a very funny interesting blog that also offers other bloggers a chance to share their talents. I enjoyed today’s post.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:45:00 +0000

I love Coby. I taught with her back when we both lived in AZ.

As for the aggro wife…aren’t they so often married to reasonable people. NO SAVIES!

By: Dwmatty

Dwmatty — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:44:00 +0000

I simply thank the person. No big deal. And “savies” at Ikea? Who knew!