35 Compliments That Came Out All Wrong

‘You actually look good!’
35 Compliments That Came Out All Wrong

Paying someone a compliment is tricky business. You have to be specific enough for it to be meaningful, but not so specific that it verges on insulting. Case in point: “You look so nice today!” While on the surface, this communicates that someone’s appearance is pleasant, the regrettable addition of “today” is load-bearing enough to cancel out everything you said before it. You might as well have said, “I see you decided to stop being ugly for a change!” Every word is crucial. 

Redditors have remembered the times they, or someone else, fumbled hard in the middle of offering a compliment, and there really should be some sort of class on this particular subject.

kc-fan 5y ago You look better without your glasses Hmmmmm....that's funny, you look better without my glasses too 295 ...
thisyearspossum 5y ago Bleached my hair the other day and haven't seen my boss since. Today she walks in and says well, your hair is fun... 97 ...
ad1877 e 5y ago hell did you Your girlfriend is so great!, How the pull that off? 360 ...
AggieChristie 5y ago e When I was 16 I was told by an old lady taking my measurements for my prom dress that I must be German because I had such wide birthing hips. I mean I am German, so... 188 ...
 12y ago I tried to make a joke at my nanas 86th birthday party. She said she had received a funny letter from her sister that said something like party hard you sex goddess! I blurted out how's her eyesight??? meaning 'can she read the card because thats a really weird thing for an old lady to buy her sister. Came out as calling my nana gross and old inadvertently. 450 ...
 12y ago . Edited 12y ago 0 I love your love handles, mmm What?! I have love handles?! Stupid me.
ContextlsForTheWeak . 5y ago I can find something attractive in anyone, like Context, your eyebrows are really nice She genuinely thought that was a nice compliment + 1.1K ...
generallro 0 5y ago . Edited 5y ago D Your German is pretty good for a foreigner. I was born in Germany. I was raised in Germany. I've spoken (with them) German for years. Hell, I don't even look foreign. + 544 ...
ryanino e 5y ago e Your hair looks really good, I like a little grey! ...I had no idea I had grey hair. 213 ...
TheMagnelephant e 12y ago a You look great today + 1.1K ...
mr_knowitsome 12y ago e Edited 12y ago I've never kissed a girl with a moustache before The moustache was mine.. English was not my native language. This is actually not a compliment. But I definately did not mean to insult her! + 2.2K ...
ArcApp 12y ago You look like a prettier version of Ugly Betty. Got kicked in the leg pretty hard for that one.. 592 ...
 12y ago I told my wife that her jeans make her ass look better than it does. Yeah, she knows I am a half wit with no mouth filter so she shrugged it off. I was waiting for the those boxers make your penis look bigger than it really is but she was the better person. 849 ...
Squidfish 12y ago - What I meant to say wow, you look like Hugh Jackman with less body hair What came out Wow, you look like a shaved wolverine Awkward... 1.4K ...
 12y ago You look promiscuous tonight! It sounded romantic in my head.. + 1.3K ...
 12y ago . Edited 12y ago At a friends wedding they were giving out scratch off tickets. I had wanted to do that at my wedding but my wife didn't like that idea. So when the happy couple came over and said hi. I said I really like the ticket idea. I wanted to do that as well but Loraine said it was tacky. So in one moment I called their idea tacky and threw my wife under the bus. + 3K ...
dvdcolumbo 12y ago . I was a host at a restaurant and a woman came in with her small little girl. She was about 4 and was wearing hot green pants. I enthusiastically pointed and said quite animatedly MAN I WISH I COULD PULL THOSE PANTS OFF! The mother didn't take it well. 583 ...
 12y ago . Edited 12y ago . my husband recently lost about 15 pounds. Over the weekend I said, wow, your butt has deflated!!! that didn't go over so well so I tried to fix it by saying, no, I like it! you used to have a fat man's ass!. i just stopped talking + 1.3K ...
Termite22 12y ago e In a moment of self doubt my fiance' asked me if I was sure I didn't want one of those pretty girls. I immediately responded that I don't want a pretty girl, I want you. Yeah, still living that one down. + 2.2K ...
hardycash . 5y ago You're smarter than I thought helping my then BEST friend in a math class. 611 ...
dexterr96 . 5y ago . Edited 5y ago e I don't know why everyone hates you and thinks you're annoying. You seem okay to me! High school sucked
Brother_Boomstick . 5y ago e It's good to see your still trying. From a rando on a dating site. + 446 ...
whatgray . 5y ago 0 I have a fat girl fetish made me lose weight though so worked out for the best. + 2.3K ...
tulip_n_chocolate e 5y ago E You're so brave to be out and about as a lesbian in such a conservative city. (I'm straight, just had short hair.) + 1.7K ...
The-Berger . 5y ago Says someone else is super ugly, then You're even prettier than her!. 3.9K ...
meri_28 0 5y ago o My friend was complaining about creeps hitting on her, then she told me I wish I could be invisible like you. + 5K ...
nails_for_breakfast . 5y ago . You're so funny! Now I get why she's dating you + 3.2K ...
motorbike-t E 5y ago E Someone told me I have a voice for radio, I said thanks I have a face for radio too and they enthusiastically said Yeah, you do! + 1.5K ...
mynameispounds e 5y ago You're like a SMALL cow Gee thanks.. at least I'm not a LARGE cow 293 ...
pat_patrol . 5y ago a You actually look good! The emphasis on 'actually' and the surprise in my friends voice still haunts me. + 4.3K ...
Salacious- 12y ago 1 I told a girl that she looked really cute in a picture that she showed me, and followed that up with Are you sure that's really you? + 1.7K ...
turtlesarenice 12y ago You look so good, I didn't even recognise you. + 2.3K ...
whistledick e 12y ago e Young and dumb, I thought I was complimenting a girl on being athletic/strong. Stout is not the word she was looking for. + 1.8K ...
ToastAndASideOfToast . 5y ago . Edited 5y ago e Being awarded Most Improved three years in a row. + 5.6K ...
 . 5y ago You look so much better without makeup (as I was in the middle of applying it) + 95 ...

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