• SadSadSatellite@sh.itjust.works
    44·
    1 year ago

    Just give a quick “oh, thank you” in a pleasant, surprised tone. Comes off as gracious, but not conceited. Unless it’s something you can’t help, then it’s more charming if you act like it’s a skill in a cheeky way. I.e “wow you’re tall”

    “Thanks I’ve been working on it”

    It’s worth noting, you’ll come off as more awkward if you try to fire back a compliment yourself. It came organically to them, and isn’t necessary to mirror, unless you feel like they’re fishing.

  • ZeroXHunter@lemmy.world
    211·
    1 year ago

    A word of advice. Either compliment them back or better simply say Thank you. Thank you is the best responce to a compliment.

    • treefrog@lemm.ee
      7·
      1 year ago

      Was going to say the same.

      I used to be bad at giving and accepting compliments. Thanks or Oh, thank you. That’s my goto response.

      Sometimes, depending on the compliment, I might tell a story about the thing I’m being complimented on.

      You’re a good dancer.

      Oh thanks! I started practicing in my 20s but I didn’t learn to let go and really enjoy it until my 40s.

      Well it shows!

      Thanks!

    • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
      4·
      1 year ago

      It was hammered into me during childhood that thank you is the only polite response to a compliment.

      I still think it’s rude not to say it. And I absolutely hate it when people say “I know.”

  • EnterOne@lemdro.idEnglish
    191·
    1 year ago

    Do I hate the answer-my-own-question format of explaining things? Passionately

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Just don’t make a big deal about it. A simple ‘Thanks’, or, if you’re feeling really strongly about it, ‘Thanks so much’. That’s it, don’t go anywhere else with it or call it out with some special recognition. Unless it’s sexual favors, that’s cool too.

    • Kuma@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      This, but even that can become weird some how. I have a friend who sometimes said I was handsome and I replied with a “thank you” every time, but one time did my friend feel it was enough and told me off by saying “you only say thanks!” I was unsure what to answer and said “well I don’t believe it but I am thankful for you to think so” never got a “you are handsome” ever again after that xD

        • Kuma@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          Unsure, she isn’t really the kind to do such things. I never asked why. Maybe I didn’t seem happy or taking her words seriously. Maybe it felt pointless to compliment me or frustrating to give a compliment to someone who only says thanks all the time or all of them above?