Back handed compliments

[gymgymgim]

Insults disguised as compliments. Please suggest some as would like to have a few up my sleeve please.

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Your Mother's really beautiful. You look just like your Dad.

You'd make a brilliant Elizabethan (I took this to mean not much bust & huge arse)

Gosh, I've just realised who you are! (Said by school Mum when I must have scrubbed up well for an evening event)

It's really not, or at least it's not until you're much older and don't look under 30. Having a younger looking face can result in being treated like a teenager/like you're young and inexperienced/patronised constantly. It's really not a good thing until a certain age/look believe me.

What a horrible thread. Why would you want suggestions for back-handed compliments OP?

My df always used to say
x said you’re not fit to sleep with pigs but I told him you we’re.

My step grandmother on my wedding day - “weren’t you clever to find a dress that suited your unusual shape!”

Bitch.

To 52 year old me. ‘You must have been stunning when you were 30’.
Thanks for that. 🙄😂

My mother in law said to me don't worry about husband cheating on you he's too lazy.

You're looking well and when I said so do you, she looked shocked and surprised like I'd punched her in the guts, turned around to people near her and asked them if she's looking well. Her reaction told me it was a backhanded compliment to looking fat.

You have a very pretty face, said in a sad tone with a quick glance at my body.

My boyfriend wants to have a threesome with you.

Your cooking is so good and you cook everyday?! Gosh I'd get so fat if I cooked everyday.

Do you spend a long time on your hair getting that up-do just right? (it was just a high bun done in 5 seconds)

"You look lovely, you must have spent a long time on your make up today."

That was what my husband said to me in his wedding speech. He didn't actually mean it nastily (he was nervous and trying to give a compliment) and was a bit shocked when a couple of people "told him off" aftewards

Wow that was insightful/interesting/lovely/remarkable/clever etc. i didn't expect that from you.

This is my favourite.

A colleague came into work with a really unfortunate haircut, sort of a Joan of Arc thing that really did not suit her.
She said she had never had so many compliments on her blouse as that day. She wore that blouse about once a week for the past two years, so it was in no way new or exciting. Every time someone complimented her blouse it was like a polite way of saying your hair looks vile.

You've had your hair done it looks so much better (thanks dm!)

Ooh you've had your haircut! Has anyone said it looks nice?

"Oh wow that's such an interesting coat. I wouldn't be brave enough to wear one like that"

"You look smart"

said to me by my husband-to-be when I got to the altar for our wedding.

Genuinely (not baity) interested in some of these because I've said them or similar myself 🙈🙈🙈 please tell me how they are back handed so I don't say them again? 😬🙏

I always feel more intelligent after reading your work. - not said this but don't see what's wrong, is a compliment?

You look really nice in this light.

I love how you just don’t care what anyone thinks of you.

You’re alright in my book.

Your house feels so cozy and lived in.

I need to say though - insults disguised as compliments aren't nice OP. They make people feel shit, dissect and doubt themselves and basically feel low and sad. Why would you even want a load up your sleeve? Appreciate posters are quick and enthusiastic to give you examples but this isn't something we should be encouraging- or even proud of FFS. Humans make me sad sometimes

I always feel more intelligent after reading your work = your work is awful so I feel clever in comparison
You look really nice in this light= you look crap in a other types of lighting
I love how you don't care what anyone thinks of you= your behaviour is bizarre/you keep acting weird and don't seem to notice that other people find that offputting
I don't care what others say about you, your alright in my book= everyone is talking about you behind your back/nobody else likes you
Your house feels lived in= its a shit-tip

I was surprised; you came across really well - from my DM after a media appearance.

Gosh! You're actually quite pretty without your glasses! (yes, someone actually said this to me)

You don't sweat much for a fat lass.

You’re a lovely lad, I don’t care what the others say. Said to my ex by his granny 😂.

@Sandysandwich

"I always feel more intelligent after reading your work = your work is awful so I feel clever in comparison - could it mean your work is so good/knowledgeable/intelligent that I feel smarter after reading it? That is what I would take from it-
You look really nice in this light= you look crap in a other types of lighting-or maybe you just look nice?-
I love how you don't care what anyone thinks of you= your behaviour is bizarre/you keep acting weird and don't seem to notice that other people find that offputting -or maybe you have such confidence to not care what others think which is an admirable thing?-
I don't care what others say about you, your alright in my book= everyone is talking about you behind your back/nobody else likes you ----really? What a stretch, seriously. Everyone has something to say about everyone. Stop trying to make others feel bad with insults dressed up as compliments. Absolutely pathetic and tells fat more about you and your sad little life than the person you're addressing.
Your house feels lived in= its a shit-tip ---or maybe it's just fucking cosy and nice! Ffs! Some women! I know for a fact my DH doesn't have this problem with his mates - women can be fucking bitchy and the original poster need to seriously GET A LIFE. Sad, very sad.