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seraphcelene) wrote2005-08-05 10:58 am
seraphcelene) wrote2005-08-05 10:58 am
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How do you say thank you?
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oyceter on compliments.Personally, I always feel the need to explain. Explain what? I hardly know. But, there it is, this driving need to say: oh, thank you. my eyes are not this color, they're contacts. or glad you like the story, i was really hoping to convey buffy's deep and abiding hatred of pound puppies.
What is that all about?
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1) downplay it by exaggerating and making a joke
Friend: You look cute in that shirt.
Me: I know! It's damn hard to be this cute all the time, but someone has to.
2) blushing - compliments are the only thing that can make me blush
LJ Person: I love your writing.
Me: Blushes and stutters until I can think of a nice way to say thank you without coming off like a complete dork.
It's so strange, because I know very few women who take compliments simply, and I don't know many men who think a compliment is a big deal.
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Exactly! Why *is* that? Women need to relax. Take a chill pill, dude. Something!
LJ Person: I love your writing.
Me: Blushes and stutters until I can think of a nice way to say thank you without coming off like a complete dork.
If you can respond to praise without reverting to dorkdom, I am in awe!!!! I always squirm and beam at the world and then fall into complete psuedo-academic nerd mode. Argh!
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Heh. I'm of the "belittle the aspect being complimented" type. "You have a beautiful voice." "Oh boy, I haven't sung regularly in years." etc. Tends to stop the compliments ...
Dude, no wonder I'm in therapy. :-/
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Now, are you a combination of talent and discipline or just have THE bestest voice ever, and when do I get to hear it?!
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Hey, maybe we can get Tallian to put out a CD or something. Oh, you know what's weird? I have all these singer friends, and I'm deaf! No kidding, my best friend is a professional singer/songwriter (or she was, before she sorta bowed out to be a stay-at-home mom.)
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It's genetic. My mom has a beautiful singing voice, but never got much training. She keeps it to singing in the church choir. I've been in school choirs since I about the age of six, and left the last one at about 25 or so. I went to college for theatre, and it would have been musical theatre if I could dance. ;P
I'm thinking about joining a little community choir this fall. And the fall theatre season is calling me, too.
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*plots compliment overload*
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*plots giant hug for Dio*
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And Buffy doesn't hate pound puppies! WTF? Shame on you. Explain yourself!
Hee, just kidding. ;-)
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(Anonymous) 2005-08-07 04:07 am (UTC)(link)Hm. Pound puppy brown, you know?
I can't see worth spit so I wear glasses or contacts. My most recent contact perscription was the same for both eyes, which almost NEVER happens, so I got the chance to buy a box of clear and a box of gray. Since I wear the clear more often I ran out of those before I ran out of the gray. So, I've just popped in my last pair of gray contacts. I'm actually excited to buy clear again. Gray is fun, but I miss me brown eyes.
It's actually a strange phenomena. I dyed my hair a reddish brown once and after a month or so, I was really ready to dye it back to black. I totally missed it. Lesson learned from the experience? I am a streaks kinda girl and not the all over type.
Now, what I'd like to know is how does dio respond to compliments?
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I guess it depends on my mood how I respond to compliments. And on who's offering them.
Gee, it must've been awhile since this came up, because I can't think of a specific example ...
If it's a stranger or acquaintance or casual friend, I probably just say "Thank you" or some variation. I don't think I brush it off, but I might minimize it by saying "oh, only a little bit" or "I try" or something like that. Not always -- I usually just thank them.
Closer friends, I probably make some goofy remark that makes them laugh. Although, if I'm in a down mood, I'll say how horrible and disgusting I really am and unworthy of their regard, and they'll tell me my brain is broken and they love me anyway. Erm ... you know. It all depends.