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?

Not even by my husband.
It took me years to notice that.

About once a week in reference to my hair. Perhaps monthly or so in terms of overall appearance. Everytime I go out out by men. Occasionally in the street by men. Several reasons for this, which are sadly nothing to do with my 'beauty'. Firstly, I do have notable hair that both men and women seem to like. Secondly I have a conventionally attractive figure. Thirdly, I'm old (50s) so there's often an unspoken (or spoken!) for your age attached) Finally, I hapoen to frequent places where the bar is low. In a cool place full of glam young people I'd be invisible I'm sure.

My DH tells me I look beautiful all the time - but he is deluded!

Otherwise - probably never. I used to be attractive and I used to get quite a bit of attention, but nobody ever actually complimented me on my looks. Just one time a lady in Tesco came up to me to tell me that she really liked my outfit and that made me feel so good I make sure that I do the same to others now. It doesn't hurt to try to make people feel good.

People tend to compliment my clothes rather than my physical appearance 🙈 I’m not ugly though.
I think you have to give off a certain vibe, I don’t know how to describe it - glamorous? Or be 20 stick thin with long blond hair I guess.

No, of course not, but I think that being so attractive is actually a hinderance for finding and keeping decent men.

It must be very difficult for a partner if men keep staring at her.

She can't help being attractive but I certainly wouldn't want to have her looks.

When I was younger, I was jealous of my sister who got all the attention from men, but again, she is still single in her 50s so I think that she attracted the wrong men as well.

On my looks, more by strangers or friends than by my husband, but none of them very frequently (husband is once in over 30 years and even then it was backhanded). I get a few compliments about my clothes.

Never really. I've had various friendships with women who were stopped and complimented frequently. To me it always seemed not as clear cut as 'she is stunning looking and I am not'. Some people seem to attract compliments and it's not entirely their looks.

A lot. I am very attractive. It can get annoying, though. Men can be real creeps.

Yeah I agree. I'm not friendly or approachable but I'd say above average attractiveness and rarely get compliments from strangers. I'm
Surprised so many people get stopped in the street in this day and age. I never see it

People who lack humbleness are very unattractive..

Never for my looks but sometimes for my clothes

The OP asked a question and I answered. I'm not sure what is 'not humble' about that.

You're supposed to pretend you're not attractive to make others feel better. Apparently...

Apparently so! However, I'm not about that....

I’m sure you look lovely, but I really admire your honesty. We’ve all got a friend like that.
( Amanda, Motherland 😆)

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I used to get it a lot just walking down the street from men and women, or told by shop assistants etc I should model. One time a homeless guy stopped me and said “I don’t want any money I just wanted to say how beautiful you are” and obviously a lot in clubs/guys I knew. My mother had always said I wasn’t very pretty though so stupidly I believed her over everyone else!
10 years and three kids later very very rarely and I feel very unattractive in comparison!! I get the odd mum friend saying I look well or I’m pretty at a push - usually after I have paid them a compliment

Actually, my most recent one was about a year ago I walked into a supermarket and this adorable little girl ran up to me and said I was so pretty. I was feeling terrible about myself postpartum and it made my day (year lol) I told her thank you and she was very pretty too 🥰

Lots. About 40 years ago x

Years ago it happened a lot. I remember being out with DM and she started laughing. A guy in a car almost crashed because he was gawping at me. Now at 53 and a few stone overweight, never!
The only complements I get now are people saying I look much younger than 53. I often think I really should lose some weight and make the most of the time I have looking younger than I am…but then I think ah fuck it!

I would honestly never compliment a stranger in the the street on their appearance. So weird.

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Quite often but I feel quite awkward by it and never know what to say other than "thank you, so are you" (when compliment by a female), had a young female server in Greggs say to me recently "wow you're so pretty" which weirdly made my day as she looked about half my age!

Never- although some bloke did try his best Andrew Tate game style pick ups on me last year… told me that even though every other woman in the bar was prettier than me he would still want to sleep with me because I have good genes?! 😂.

Im not actually ugly, I’ve never been short of a partner or attention from people I know/like/meet -

I am gay (so don’t give off come hither vibes to men), but I do give off really strong “don’t talk to me vibes”- a lot of my friends say they thought I was intimidating before they got to know me.

Tell a lie. 2003 I started a new job and my manager said “you’re easy on the eye aren’t you”

Rarely! Except for my bum and legs, especially in jeans - lots of compliments there, mostly from women.