Trying to decide if it’s worth telling a babe I’m seeing or if it will only give him the ick 🙃
Handsome men: how does being told you’re so handsome make you feel when you already know it?
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Trying to decide if it’s worth telling a babe I’m seeing or if it will only give him the ick 🙃
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You massively overestimate how often men receive compliments. We can go years in between, I had a woman randomly give me her number a few days ago and I feel amazing!
Men don’t get compliments that often, unless they’re like truly gorgeous dudes. But for the average man? Handsome is the right word he’d want to hear.
Compliments are nice… confidence is cool too.
My ex told me I was handsome daily. Multiple times a day. i broke up with her. I hate liars.
My feeling is that it’s always worth giving a compliment to a receptive audience. Men are generally a very receptive audience.
Compliments for a mature man, never get old.
It feels good. I always replay. “Thank you, that’s very kind of you to say”
Still nice to be complimented, I get a duck tone of notice because I got lucky with ice blue eyes which get a lot of attention and iv got long dark curly hair courtesy of my Spanish mum, makes it too easy to be fair, quite a few girls are really into long hair these days, it’s too easy to be fair
I always appreciate a compliment.
Nothing. Bcs nothing matters. Does it?
It makes me feel like I have to keep up with myself as the years pass. Always hearing that I’m the best looking has made me hyper aware of aging.
I’ve been told that often, feels amazing everytime.
My mind won’t let me actually feel handsome, so when women tell me it, its a welcome counterargument to what’s going on in my head
Compliments are the most commonly told lies
Kinda makes me feel like shit because so many women treat you as a threat if you’re handsome and are just instantly mean/cold to you.
And then lots of them fetishise you as well.
Last Sunday I was walking around and apparently I was hotter than I’ve ever been. M (44).
My mother fell, and I had to take her to the emergency room. (CAT scans and X rays were all clear).
Nurse #1 looked at me wearing a mask and said “you have beautiful eyes”.
Nurse #2 said “you kinda look like Dr Dreamy from that show.
Then, later, after I dropped my mom off at the assisted living facility, I was walking off the elevator and two 90 ish old women were getting on.
“Oh isn’t he a handsome young man” one said.
Of course, as I got off the elevator, I said “and here’s two lovely ladies, things are looking up”
Then, the same 90 year old catcalled/yelled as l walked away “honey, you can come up to my room please.”
A compliment is a compliment.
Get it girl.
Men don’t get the ick. You’ll be fine.
Damn, you need to see the optometrist. Some think I am others not so much, such is life. Last time was a bunch of work ladies I hadn’t seen in a while and they were all teehee about it. Feels good.
I don’t know why it would give someone the “ick”. I get called handsome a lot, it’s nice. It’s the same as me telling a girl that I think is pretty that they’re pretty. Why would they care.
I still get a little embarrassed
Thank you. I’m blushing imagining my gf say this. A fuzzy warm feeling inside all the way to the ears. It’s being splashed with a bit of admiration.
I have been told that I am handsome at times…..but usually not the by the person who thinks it (unless the women is over 40).
Many girls think a guy looks good and she likes what she sees….but never speaks up. And then you hear from a friend of hers like 3 years later that she found you attractive in the past.
I’m a 27 year old male and do maintenance/landscaping at a senior living home, the residents throw themselves at me and tell me how handsome I am on the daily. Sometimes this one resident calls me “her boyfriend” in front of her actual boyfriend and it makes me feel very weird inside but I just laugh it off and stay professional about it.
I’ve been told I’m handsome, but I own a mirror.
I make a charming joke out of it and move on. Usually complimenting the one complimenting. It keeps everything alive.
Get them all the time. Feels good.
GREAT because we’re all secretly insecure.
Love it. I had two male strangers tell me recently in a single night, and like I may never come down from that high