If you’re gorgeous and you know it..

[Dancehalldarling]

.. clap your hands 👏 (no I’m joking.)

Nc for this. Those of you that know you’re good looking, when complimented do you agree/acknowledge you know you’re good looking or do you insist you’re not/reverse the compliment?

do you think it’s unreasonable to outright say “I am absolutely beautiful” or hold yourself in high regard?

It depends. Some people are naturally beautiful while others have surgical enhancements. Which ones do you mean?

How would this change your answer to OP's question?

I don’t think there’s a need to ‘agree’ (yes I am stunning aren’t I!) or ‘disagree’ (I look like a fat troll today).

Just be appreciative and genuine, smile and say thank you so much, that’s so nice of you. If it’s appropriate or natural, compliment the other person back.

This is a predominantly English site so imo most normal English women would Scoff and say “no I don’t think so” and would then try to reverse the compliment.

I have had several mothers say it about dd2 I do the above and find it slightly awkward. Looks are a genetic lottery which she has randomly won.

I'm not particularly beautiful, but I'm attractive enough to receive the occasional compliment, to which I reply "Thank you."

I think agreeing with the compliment is a bit unnecessary and denying it is rude.

Surely as with all compliments it's not about agreeing or disagreeing, it's about thanking the other person? So you'd respond with "That's (very) kind/nice of you to say so", or similar. Or even just a "thank you" and move on.

I just say thankyou. I loathe false modesty.

I say “oh they are all gorgeous aren’t they”
don’t think it’s particularly healthy to be singled out as better looking than everyone else as a teen.

I think that denying it and being all "oh stop!" is disingenuous but it wouldn't cross my mind to be like "agreed, I'm a total hotty!" either.

So instead I respond like a grown woman and politely say "thank you, that's so kind".

My favourite reaction to someone (very beautiful) being complimented on their looks was ' that's so kind - thank you, shame I don't have the personality to match .. (which she absolutely does but very funny and self deprecating at the time .. you might have needed to be there to get it )

I usually say thank you, unless it’s a creepy male in which case I will back away as gratiouslysafely as possible.

I just say thank you and move on when ever someone gives me a compliment. The only exception to this is if someone is complimenting something like a dress I bought in a charity shop because I like to boast about random bargains 🤣

If anyone makes a comment like this to me, I just say that's very kind of you to say thank you

I agree with this and would add that I think to deflect it is probably a cultural habit rather than disingenuous behaviour which suggests purpose.

just say thank you and offer a compliment back (you look lovely too, love your top, etc.)

I always accept a compliment with thanks.

If I compliment someone and they bat it off or argue with me, then I'm a bit pissed off. They're either questioning my personal opinion or fishing for further compliments. I have no time for either.

You don’t do either, you just say thank you. Also think of something to return the compliment on, so do you. Love your hair, whatever, as long as it’s genuine.

you don’t agree or disagree. That would be weird.

I don't feel it at the moment due to a rough few years but I am stereotypically attractive generally. Getting on a bit now though! Modelled until I was late thirties, get a lot of attention generally. I just say thank you. Sometimes I self depreciate depends how I'm feeling.

I just always say thank you

Not any English woman I’ve ever met, they all have manners and say thank you, not deny it then reverse it out.

I mutter thanks and hate it. Gorgeous by whose standards?

By the person giving the compliment. Who else, the bloke at number 9?

I'm not beautiful, but I do have two physical features that I know are considered very attractive, my hair and my figure, and I get lots of compliments on both. It would be disingenuous to pretend I didn't know they fit the mainstream of attractive, or that I didn't think they looked good myself, so if someone comments I just say 'thank you, that's really nice of you'.

If someone says on a beautiful warm day "I'm so hot right now" as they fan themselves and just say "So am I, but I don't brag about it".

I just meant that their idea of gorgeous might not be the same as mine. Congratulating someone on meeting your personal fuckability threshold is grim TBH.