How often are you complimented on your looks

[Gerbil12]

In particular by people you've just met. Have been out with a very attractive friend tonight who has had men fawning over her/complimenting her whilst I was just ignored as usual. I'm probably a 5 but I don't think my physical appearance has ever been complimented by a stranger. Feeling a bit crap. Does this happen to other people?

Never! I’m average looking and would be utterly bemused if a stranger mentioned my looks at all.

Never. I make my own clothes and get compliments on them sometimes which is nice.

Only twice have I been stopped by a literal stranger and told I'm beautiful and that was 11 years ago!

Sometimes. Less now than, say, 8-10 years ago when I was a 20 year old single woman out in clubs and bars all the time. I’m now married and barely go out so of course the ‘opportunity’ for compliments is much less. My husband tells me I’m gorgeous so, y’know, that means the most to me 🙃

Fairly often, but I find it quite annoying and it’s often patronising.

When on nights out with friends, there are sometimes men who will ask to buy us drinks and tell us we look great. It depends on the place. It’s just what some men do. I find it a bit icky.

My partner compliments me every day which is nice.

A lot to be fair, most often by my friends’ husbands when they’re drunk which is annoying and inappropriate. Men suck!

Never but then I am a very ugly woman.
I hear you OP. I used to have a friend who was a 6ft blonde with long legs and everywhere we went, men would swoon over her and I would just get ignored.

Never happened here. Not from a stranger or anybody known to me.

Thats grim.

Thanks for the responses. Makes me feel a bit less ogre like and that she probably just gets an unusual amount of attention 🙈 literally most times I go out with her, her looks are commented on. By women too, not just men. Tbh I'm jealous but maybe it is annoying/embarrassing for her.

Well I'm currently going through a fat phase so much less often than I used to, but people do compliment me on my hair a fair bit, as well as the extravagant shoes I wear.

Last time a man noticed I was pretty, however, has been well over a year ago now.

I can guarantee you are not a very ugly woman. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I'm sure nobody thinks you are ugly

Never. It usually happens to others I'm with which makes me feel ignored. I'm not awful looking but I also don't rate myself either. Maybe it's because I don't wear makeup? I'm not sure. It would be nice sometimes though.

I think some women are just magnets for certain types of men. It doesn't even mean they're the most beautiful. And often it means they'll have had some really horrible experiences too. Be careful what you wish for!

Never for me too, although people have occasionally let me know I'm ugly in case I hadn't noticed. Even my family say things like "I'm so sorry you got my nose" 😂

I have received a couple of compliments on my voice and my physique (both related to my work) but I don’t get complimented on my appearance in an attractiveness sense. I make zero effort to be fair and I’m an old-looking 46 so fair enough.

Never. I don't consider myself ugly, DH complements me routinely, but I never had random complements or gushing from friends or strangers which I'd witnessed others receiving.

Not as much. Usually woman! Used to be men but since kids I don't go to clubs so it is women who will compliment me on how pretty I look or my hair etc. Still makes me feel uncomfortable. Terrible at taking compliments.

This is true. I have a friend who is what many would consider classically beautiful. She’s just got a really lovely face, great bone structure etc. She gets a lot of compliments and always did when we were young and out clubbing etc- men would stare open-mouthed when she walked past them. But there is a darker side to that with certain men who would take one look at her and realise she was ‘out of their league’ so instead of even attempting to chat her up they’d just go straight in with verbally abusing her. It was like they hated her for being too beautiful for them.

I've never been stopped by a stranger just for them to tell me I'm beautiful. I've had plenty of people in my lifetime stop me to hit on me, but never like an innocent "appreciating you from afar...Sistine Chapel screamer" or anything

Otherwise, had a couple of gay guys (strangers) tell me my skin is great

Almost never.
On the odd occasion when it has happened it was so unbelievable it was worse than not saying it!

I don't think that I have ever been.

I remember once that I went shopping with a very attractive friend. Men were just staring at her all the time.

But I am very happily married and she is single and can't seem to stay in a relationship, so I know whose life I would rather have.

Occasionally, but the comments have come from women.
last week a random lady called me cute.

Not often directly but fairly regularly indirectly. Male friends and colleagues are attentive, friendly and even flirty. Some even comment positively on specifics like colour of clothing or an all-purpose 'You're looking very smart today'. I do not feel 'invisible' as women often rail on MN and in newspapers.

Female friends and colleagues compliment specifics like hair, clothes, accessories. I'm not slim but I'm fortunate to have B+ features - not a stunning package but v. easy on the eye.