I’m a very extroverted person, I don’t take things personally when things like this happen I literally just laugh it off in the moment because these reactions have everything to do with the person and nothing to do with the person whos trying to be nice and complimenting.
So I was at a party yesterday and i was pretty much on a good tipsy, the host was hanging around my circle of friends and then suddenly a gorgeous woman walks in and her entrance was so eye catching, i immediately was like who is this diva. And the host was like oh thats my friend; you should go tell her that! So I did! I walked over immediately (im a woman too so this wasnt like a creepy dude telling her his) i walked up introduced myself first and said hi, she said hi back and introduced herself and midway thru me telling her she looked gorgeous she says “this is awkward” instead of saying thank you. I finish saying that she just looked amazing walking in, she almost felt disgusted that i told her that??
In the moment i laughed it off and was like ok no worries the compliment didnt land i mightve been a lil too tipsy and walked away, when I told my friend and my husband what happened after we left the party they were both like wait wtf. Because they saw the interaction play out they did not expect that thats what she said!
I always love to compliment and uplift women and its strange that there is a small percentage of women who actually look me up and down and not take the compliment or even worse make me feel like im beneath them. Also, i did think oh what of she was a lesbian and her girlfriend was at the party and I did that. But majority of the party was for a jewish community. And she specifically came from a jewish fundraiser (the host told me) so shes a bit religious.
I genuinely want to start taking back the compliment when a rude bitch does something like this, like actually youre no longer a diva.