The Student Room Group
it depends on who its too, and how genuine they are...
Personally, i could never take a compliment, no matter what it was, and some people are the same, so it wont really work, but some people lap up compliments, and they are the ones who complimenting is most likely to be successful with.
I think you beautiful... is great
I think you look hot/fit/shaggable.... not so good
Reply 3
fluffball
Guys n girls do you find they work or do they backfire if the moments not right? e.g. the old classics such as i think you're stunning/hot etc, more likely to get you a rejection?!

They work if there genuine, then again they work if not genuine but only if the other person is abit gullible
Reply 4
fluffball
Guys n girls do you find they work or do they backfire if the moments not right? e.g. the old classics such as i think you're stunning/hot etc, more likely to get you a rejection?!


I think they'd work on me if they were done discreetly and jokingly. Something like "you're hot" would probably backfire because no-one's ever said it to me honestly before and I have some severe me-issues. Compliments about my amazing intelligence are considered as "stating the obvious" in my social circle.
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Wineblood
Compliments about my amazing intelligence are considered as "stating the obvious" in my social circle.


:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Reply 7
fluffball
Guys n girls do you find they work or do they backfire if the moments not right? e.g. the old classics such as i think you're stunning/hot etc, more likely to get you a rejection?!
A heart felt compliment never gets a rejection.............
Reply 8
Yes I do think compliments are all overused so I have my own. Bay-bee bein one of them. Of course I do tell my girlfriend she's sexy too...but its not so much a compliment as a statement of fact :P

What you should do is make an original compliment up, one that she/he hasnt heard before, that will get you somewhere.
Reply 9
-TMG-
What you should do is make an original compliment up, one that she/he hasnt heard before, that will get you somewhere.

Precisely why so many girls shun compliments. The person making the compliment is expecting it will GET them somewhere.
Compliment a girl purely because she deserves it.
"I like your fat ass Luke"