"you're so pretty" - weird on first day of college?

[spanielmum3]

So my dd aged 16 started college today. When she got home she got a text or an Instagram msg from a boy she was talking to, who is 19, and he said something about he was happy they had chatted and then he put "by the way you're very pretty".

My initial reaction is to say to her to be careful - she is flattered, obviously, but she does wonder if it is a bit 'creepy' to say that in a text after only talking for a few mins. I'm wondering myself - is that normal, or what do you all think. She said he seems nice, but obviously she only chatted to him for a bit and never met him before.

VinylDetective

greenleader
Not desperately serious but he is still objectifying her by commenting on her appearance rather than her personality or intelligence. Another male micro-aggression”.

“What utter bollocks.”

Well, indeed.
I don’t recall thinking, as I lusted after my (as it turns out, supremely bright) husband across a crowded bar all those years ago, “god, I bet his brain is bangin’.
But that was alright because I was a girl and it’s ok for girls to think men are tasty.
Young men saying a girl is pretty? Throw away the key.