Have you ever had a hard time accepting a compliment? Someone tells you that you're pretty or smart; that your shoes are fantastic or they love your haircut? We (and by 'we' I mean 'me') try to shrug it off and negate the potential esteem-booster with something like, 'oh, no I'm not', or 'these old things?'. It's not that I'm unappreciative or trying to be snide, but often times compliments are like pills - the bigger they are, the harder they are to take. Case in point. This woman approaches me in a local store, tells me how beautiful I am, how she loves my shoes, hair, scarf, blah, blah, blah. The whole time I'm thinking this conversation is leading to one of three places: (1) she's going to ask me for money (2) she wants me to sign up for something...which is going to cost me money or (3) she's trying to distract me so that she can steal my purse and, you guessed it, take my money. Well, money nor theft was involved in the end, but she did ask, albeit sweetly, if I would be interested in participating in a make-over project she was doing for her cosmetic sales job. Hmmm...okay, does anyone else see the irony here? If I was so 'beautiful' (her word, not mine), then why did I need a make-over? Puzzling, I know. Just goes to show: when given a compliment, swallow it quickly, say 'thank you', and hope like hell it doesn't make you feel worse.
LMN
It's Been a While
16 years ago
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