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TVFactFan · 04-13-2010, 02:56 PM

I been running into a lot of people lately who haven't seen me since 2006 and the first thing out of their mouth is-"Hey you lost a lot of weight"

I'm like-"well dam was a BLIMP before?-lol That is not something you say to someone, you say it to yourself unless you are REALLY CLOSE.

So would you agree that is a inappropiate comment?

sunshinefizzy · 04-13-2010, 03:41 PM

People should keep comments about what you look like to themselves. However, always better to have lost than gained in that particular department!!!

robyrob · 04-13-2010, 04:59 PM

it would probably sound a lot better if they said "HEY, you are looking good!" instead, but I would take it as a compliment anyways, and try to get my own negative compliment in, try something like "your hair looks a lot less greasy now than it used to" or "I like that dress, weren't you wearing it the last time you were here?"

MickeyMac · 04-13-2010, 05:56 PM

I would take it as a compliment. Sometimes thats another way of saying you look good.

Janice · 04-13-2010, 06:38 PM

They mean no harm Solomon. Take it as a compliment.

phoebe7165 · 04-13-2010, 08:31 PM

Put it this way - would you rather hear somebody say to you "Wow, you really got fat!!" I'd be elated if somebody told me they noticed I lost alot of weight, and I wouldn't consider it an insult at all.

TVFactFan · 04-13-2010, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by phoebe7165

Put it this way - would you rather hear somebody say to you "Wow, you really got fat!!" I'd be elated if somebody told me they noticed I lost alot of weight, and I wouldn't consider it an insult at all.

I probably would slap the sh*t out someone if they said that-LOL

catlover79 · 04-13-2010, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by PhilaEaglesHater

I probably would slap the sh*t out someone if they said that-LOL

I don't doubt that.

catlover79 · 04-13-2010, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MickeyMac

I would take it as a compliment. Sometimes thats another way of saying you look good.

treky · 04-13-2010, 09:03 PM

yea Sol; I agree with Janice. I'm sure they don't mean it as an insult.

MickeyMac · 04-14-2010, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by PhilaEaglesHater

I probably would slap the sh*t out someone if they said that-LOL

You are nicer than I am. Somebody said that to me I would go after them with a baseball bat.

catlover79 · 04-14-2010, 12:03 PM

If you ever do that, don't hit me up for bail money!!!

Tweety · 04-14-2010, 01:58 PM

The way they phrased it was perhaps a little awkward, but I'm sure it was not meant as an insult.

But yeah, a better way to approach something like that would have been to say something along the lines of "wow, you look great!". THEN the two of you could go into the weight issue if that's where the conversation went.

MickeyMac · 04-14-2010, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

If you ever do that, don't hit me up for bail money!!!

Not even for me

Retro4Life · 04-14-2010, 07:16 PM

The lady at my local video/DVD store said that recently someone asked her "when she was due", thinking she was pregnant and of course, she wasn't.

Now THAT'S insulting.

04-13-2010, 02:56 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,101	Insult or a Compliment? I been running into a lot of people lately who haven't seen me since 2006 and the first thing out of their mouth is-"Hey you lost a lot of weight" I'm like-"well dam was a BLIMP before?-lol That is not something you say to someone, you say it to yourself unless you are REALLY CLOSE. So would you agree that is a inappropiate comment?

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04-14-2010, 01:58 PM	#13
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	The way they phrased it was perhaps a little awkward, but I'm sure it was not meant as an insult. But yeah, a better way to approach something like that would have been to say something along the lines of "wow, you look great!". THEN the two of you could go into the weight issue if that's where the conversation went.
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04-13-2010, 03:41 PM	#2
sunshinefizzy Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 27, 2006 Location: Craptown Posts: 2,054	People should keep comments about what you look like to themselves. However, always better to have lost than gained in that particular department!!!

04-13-2010, 05:56 PM	#4
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,008	I would take it as a compliment. Sometimes thats another way of saying you look good.

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Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	They mean no harm Solomon. Take it as a compliment.

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Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	The lady at my local video/DVD store said that recently someone asked her "when she was due", thinking she was pregnant and of course, she wasn't. Now THAT'S insulting.
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