16 back-handed compliments that no girl wants to hear
1. “You were so fun last night. You really don’t care what people think, do you?”
2. “Oh he’s your boyfriend? Jaysus fair play to ya, you’ve done well.”
3. “I wish I could feel as good in baggy clothes as you do!”
4. “Your dancing is so original!”
5. “Your dress is just..so nice..see if I wore that I would look like an absolute whore.”
6. “I’m just not curvy like you. I mean that as a compliment.”
7. “He will definitely like you…he used to go out with this hound of a thing.”
8. “I’d love to be as smart as you and care less about what I look like”
9. “I cannot believeeeeee you’re working there. How the hell did you get that? Do you know someone who works there?”
10. “Bridget Jones really reminds me of you – I just love her”
11. “I did not expect you to do better than me in exams…congratulations!”
12. “How in Gods name did you get that masters?”
13. “You’re moving abroad? With no job? God, I wish I had your guts! I’m just too much of a perfectionist”
14. “Ohhhhhh, I didn’t know he had a girlfriend. He just seemed like the single type.”
15. “I just hate that skirt but it looks great on you”
16. “You are looking really well these days you are almost becoming a threat”
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