To ask how often you’re complimented on your looks

I was recently telling a male friend about a man I really fancy but who has zero interest in me, and he said he was surprised as I'm an intelligent, good-looking woman and he imagined I'd be quite a catch. Forgive me for repeating it here but I'm overweight and in my 60s, the friend is late 40s and it's my first compliment in at least 20 years! Pity it wasn't from the man I fancied but for about 5 minutes I felt attractive again.

I hope someone surprises you with a lovely comment soon, OP.

When I was a dress size smaller - loads. Now a bit chunkier, rarely.

Every day by my husband. My best friend regularly says nice things too x

I think I can count on one hand the number of compliments from strangers I’ve ever had about my looks, including when being chatted up.

I get compliments on my style / clothes fairly often.

I like being complimented on what I am wearing but I don’t think I would like people regularly commenting on my looks. I don’t need other people passing judgement on what I look like, favourably or unfavourably.

I'm trying to think of situations where this could even happen.

In my particular workplace it would be highly inappropriate and unprofessional to comment on anyone's looks or be flirtatious.

I am aware of men giving me a glance on the train or at the gym, but I'm married and they wouldn't approach me and say anything.

Beyond that, the men in my life are really just my husband's friends, who would never feel it appropriate to comment on my looks.

I don't do nights out in bars or anything these days, so I'm not meeting random drunk men who have the bravado to say anything.

Much less than when I was younger but in much nicer ways. In my teens and 20s it was several times a week and often felt creepy, in my 30s I was knackered, ill and rarely without a pram/small children so nada, and now in my 40s it’s the occasional nice comment from school mums, older women and DC’s friends - thankfully nothing from men aside from DH! I look much more confident and am sort of wizened now, so it puts the menfolk off 😁

I’m recovering from chemo and four major surgeries. When my friends meet me they tell me I’m looking great and my hair is amazing. The reality is my hair looks like a bird’s nest and I’m a shadow of my former self. While I’m glad they’re not telling me I look like shite it’s tough knowing they don’t mean what they’re telling me.

Quite regularly, although a bit less now than when I was younger. I don't really see it myself, but it happens often enough that I accept it must be true.

Formerly received unprovoked comments all the time, as well as being regularly pestered and leered at. Was nice when girls (usually drunk ones in club toilets) said I looked like random celebrities. Have now got the middle aged invisibility combo of belly, jowls and big old fuzzy dyed hair going on. And yet much more confident and happy to tootle about without a second thought about my appearance. Wish I could go back and have a word with myself!

Never when I was younger. Much more often in my 50s as I have very striking hair.

Rarely by strangers except I recently got glasses and got a lot of compliments on them from coworkers, friends etc.

But DH tells me I’m beautiful multiple times a day and his opinion on this, other than mine, is the only one that matters!

I get compliments on my hair quite often but only from people I know. I never have strangers approach me in Morrisons or wherever to tell me I'm pretty like some posters apparently experience. Honestly, I'd find that quite weird. The only times that has happened is on nights out or by annoying men at the beach.

Never really. Damn, I must be pretty plain. 🙃

Never, but I have friends that get compliments all the time when I’m with them. I always think life must be much better when you’re attractive

never from strangers. That would be odd: according to my husband and 9 year old son, I’m the most beautify wife/mummy in the world.

my husband has me and our son as the photo on his phone, watch, laptop, phone cover, Alexa show and seems to get at least one photo gift for me every year because “he really likes that photo of me” and “you look lovely in it”

im in my 40s and fat and not particularly attractive.

I used to a lot when I was younger, thinner and prettier. Now I occasionally still get compliments on my eyes but that's about it.

My style or figure is complimented more than my looks.

Never. I'm naturally very plain. It keeps the men away though 😁

Never, probably because I’m fat and ugly

Great user name!

The guy who towed my car this morning told me I had beautiful eyes but he was pretty stoned at 9am

Oh no i'm sure you are! Reason I ask is i would never be brave enough to do that. I really should :)

A lot in my late teens and early twenties from strangers, but never from strangers after kids. I still get other mums complimenting me (pretty, beautiful, gorgeous, hot mumma, look so nice, midwife said I was glamorous) in the past 4 years early 30s. However, I’m a big complimenter too so perhaps just being nice and repaying the compliment as I mostly look rubbish. Lucky to have my hair washed and brushed 😅
I would probably feel really awful and jealous too if I went out with a friend and strangers kept complimenting her.

Several times a week, always nice to hear and much appreciated.

In my early 20s, it wasn't that uncommon - oh to be young and gorgeous again!!

Now mid-30s, 16 stone and basically haggard, the only people who still think I'm beautiful, are my 2 and 4 year olds, and my mum 😅Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder post-children (unless you really work at it, or are lucky!).