Like beyond “I think you’re cute/my friend thinks you’re cute”.
What compliments would men like to hear from their female friends or from female strangers, even if there is no romantic interest?
What compliments do single men actually desire
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I’ll never forget that one time a girl complimented my penis.
If we’re working on something in a given moment: simple task, repairs, assembling, etc.
Complement that type of work. It’s encouraging.
Well, obviously avoid calling guys cute if there’s no romantic interest. Also, be aware going into it that some guys are going to take pretty much any compliments as flirting, to the point I almost wish there was a more casual way to say “hey, not flirting but <x>”. Otherwise…I don’t know, maybe compliment things they’re wearing or something like that (in the same way guys are told to compliment women without turning it into A Thing). Or just say fuck it and compliment the thing you feel is actually worth complimenting, and just know that because most dudes get absolutely no compliments or attention at all you’re probably going to get some weird reactions including people thinking they’re being set up for a prank or a scam or something. Best of luck.
We don’t get enough to know.
Like a starving person isn’t going to be picky about which flavor you give them.
Genuine ones. Compliments appear more genuine if you compliment something specific. Instead of saying “you look good today” you could say “that shirt really suits you” and you’ll see a sharp increase in them wearing that shirt.
Something that shows you understand and appreciate what we’re doing here
If your compliment is superficial or conflicts with who we think we are / what we think we want, it’s probably going to have the opposite effect.
To just feel needed. 🙃
Compliment something they’ve done as well as something about them. Within us we all have that teenage boy that wants to impress girls with our cool tricks… Just as an adult it’s not doing a wheelie on your BMX. I am in the process of building a shed and my partner came home and said “wow that looks so good”. This was about a week ago, still riding the high.
If you’re not interested sexually or romantically it’s generally a bad idea to start giving any variant of “you’re good looking” as a compliment, particularly if they’ve complained about it.
A lot of the compliment complaint boils down to “I don’t feel desired by anyone”. If you give them anyway, maybe trying to be kind, but then aren’t interested it creates this dissonance of “okay but if that’s true why does it seem like no one wants me? And since it seems like no one wants me why are you lying right now?”.
A lot of guys, especially the ones who aren’t great looking, only get those from the occasional interested party or someone trying to butter them up for something, so without interest they start looking for the ulterior motive.
Obviously with more confident guys not feeling that its not an issue, but theyre also not generally the ones making this complaint.
The safer stuff is on a specific thing they’ve done or chosen. You can compliment something they made, a cool thing they showed you, if you want to go appearance based a specific item like an outfit or a change in hairstyle.
Cute ? I’d take that as an insult TBH… I’m not a small pet
I find the compliments my husband appreciates the most are “I appreciate you.”
And acknowledging his efforts no matter how small – like if he runs to the shop after a long workday for something I need for dinner.
When you validate their feelings.
Saying how safe they make you feel.
Showing enthusiasm and interest in whatever project or activity they are interested in.
Even when he feels he looks like shitake mushrooms, you remind him that he is gorgeous.
Anything that shows that I can be desireable. Even if they are not into me, any kind of positive feedback about my appearance would be amazing.
Nice mustache
I once told a male friend of mine: “I can tell that your parents raised you right” and he almost cried he was so happy about it.
I’ll take what you have in stock.
“Wow, that’s really good advice on how to implement social democracy. Let’s get to it!”
That right there would get me going
Il have one, whatever is going around il take it.
Literally anything
No idea. I got a compliment once 46 years ago. I figure I’ve already reached my lifetime quota.
Sorry to put the obvious answer, but any legitimate compliment.
Men dont receive many, if any at all. So, any sincere compliment would make many men’s day.