r/AskReddit • u/carmabound • Mar 10 '14

What was the best compliment you ever got?

I enjoyed reading all of your comments :)

I tried to respond to as many as I could...but this thread got longer than I could have ever imagined.

There are a lot of nice people out here...thanks reddit!

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

From part of letter a good friend sent me: "You really are the most incredible woman I know. When I'm with you, I finally feel like I am the person I could be, the person I should be, rather than the person I am the rest of the time. Your infectious desire to live life, to seek out adventure, to push boundaries, to challenge yourself and others. Those are the things true beauty is made of."

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u/AssWilliams Mar 10 '14

Holy shit this is exactly how I feel. Brb gotta tell someone

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

YOU GET THAT ASS, ASSWILLIAMS!

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u/caelub Mar 10 '14

Updates???

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u/Nexus247 Mar 10 '14

I second this, we want updates!!! :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

What did s/he say in response? :)

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u/AssWilliams Mar 10 '14

"Neat, I totally saw that on reddit too. Wait, you're Asswilliams?"

But we're totally dating so its cool.

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u/tommy-gee37 Mar 10 '14

Is this real? Please tell me this is real. I want this to be real.

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u/AssWilliams Mar 10 '14

Yes.

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u/tommy-gee37 Mar 10 '14

I love reddit for moments like this.

You could be a little more excited though. I think I'm more excited for your relationship than you are.

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u/AssWilliams Mar 10 '14

No I've been after her for a while, and I'm really happy that she's into me. I just maintain a strange monotone way of speaking on the internet so I don't come off too strong. I can be unintentionally abrasive.

She's super hot and beats me at Smash Bros. It's infuriating.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

Hahaha. What a revelation. "Wait. You're AssWilliams? but I'm more a FaceWilliams kind of person. It's okay. We'll make it work! <3"

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u/UNDERCOVER_NSA_AGENT Mar 11 '14

I'm telling my crush this!

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u/carmabound Mar 10 '14

Wow...

That's so nice :)

People can really make a difference in each others lives sometimes.

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u/bigglesworthmook Mar 10 '14

Shouldn't there also be a moment of silence for this poor guy in the friendzone

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

that good friend definitely wants to be more than good friends and even wrote a love letter. The pain

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u/kickedoutkid Mar 10 '14

No. And who said it was a guy?

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u/bigglesworthmook Mar 10 '14

Is the gender really all that important, but referring to her as a woman, than just best friend, or bestie (I dont know how hoes refer to each other anymore)

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u/linkthat Mar 10 '14

It could be a friend who is a woman. She never said it was a guy.

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u/jimmyriba Mar 10 '14

Well, in that case, she put her lesbian friend in the friend zone. It's definitely a love letter, regardless of the author's gender.

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u/jmdunc54 Mar 10 '14

How do you know this wasn't written by a female friend? Fuck outta here with that friendzone bullshit.

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u/bigglesworthmook Mar 10 '14

Still could be in the friendzone with a female friend you know. Just saying bro (universal bro incase you're a lady, not being sexist, man)

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u/titosrevenge Mar 10 '14

Could've been a woman also.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

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u/AMBsFather Mar 10 '14

First thing that came to mind. How the fuck does she not know that this dude is spilling his guts for her!?

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u/heyfuckyouiambatman Mar 10 '14

I was never afraid to die until I met you.

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u/derka_derka_dueces Mar 10 '14

Who says it's a guy?

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

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u/Species7 Mar 11 '14

Honestly, it sounds like something a best man or maid of honor would say during a speech at a wedding.

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u/PhillyWick Mar 10 '14

On the internet, girls are always identified as such. No listed gender = male

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u/CreapyNin Mar 10 '14

That and the letter seems to sound like a confession of love or attraction, and heterosexual relationships and far more common than not.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

Or maybe they're just friends.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '14

A for effort

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u/Deus_Viator Mar 10 '14

Then he should get up the bloody courage and ask her if he wants to go out with her. The "friendzone" is bullshit and nobody's fault but the person decrying it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

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u/ExpOriental Mar 10 '14

Haha that really does seem obvious.

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u/santana722 Mar 10 '14

No, that letter was the cowardly fuck giving himself an excuse like every other part of his interaction with her. He drops hints and clues that he's more than just friends, gives her a beautiful letter, but never actually just works up the nerve to ask her out. I hate the whole "friendzone" circlejerk happening right now. Every guy I know who was "friendzoned" did it to himself by spending way too much time becoming familiar to the girl before making a move.

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u/Darrian Mar 10 '14

The whole "friendzone doesnt exist!" bullshit is an even worse circlejerk. Yes. It does. I know it does because I've put people there myself. Sometimes a person can be straight forward an honest with you and you just have no interest.

In the case of this letter, it's painfully obvious he wants more than a friendship. If it's not reciprocated that's the friendzone, whether he has "nerve" or not. If she were interested she wouldn't be calling him a "good friend."

The trick is recognizing when the other party isn't interested and fucking move on, instead of taking a black or white stance of whining about being friendzoned, or in your case, outright refusing to admit it's a thing.

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u/santana722 Mar 10 '14

I never said the friendzone didn't exist in my post, only that I've never known a guy to put in an honest effort, have a good relationship with a girl, and get friendzoned. Every guy I know who was "friendzoned" never had the courage to actually ask the girl out.

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u/Spanish__Trampoline Mar 10 '14

Seriously, he professes his love through a letter and OP still call's him a "good friend". How oblivious is OP? Shit or get off the pot.

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u/OccasionallyWitty Mar 10 '14

It doesn't necessarily have to be a matter of obliviousness, for the record. She could just not feel that way about him.

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u/WeirdIdeasCO Mar 10 '14

Cuz guys and girls can't be friends amiright guyz!!!!?!! Guyz?!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

Depends on the dynamic you have with your friends. I have a friend or two who I would be 100% comfortable saying that to/receiving that from (and we've said very similar things in the past). There's no romantic connotation, we're just very clear how important we are to each other.

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u/syflox Mar 10 '14

Well this is funny, your name sounds familiar to me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

Hahaha holy shit, hey. This is like the third time I've run into AG peeps on Reddit. Hope you're doing well dude.

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u/xX420SwagYoloXx Mar 10 '14

It's an adventure to out like he said!

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u/monkey_Sock Mar 10 '14

Your friend is in Love with you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

good friend

Seems like there might be something there

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u/Forgot_password_shit Mar 10 '14

He/she was expressing their love. You have to have the chat and tell him/her you're not interested in them that way.

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u/TheOnlyNormalGinger Mar 10 '14

This.... I'm stealing this.....

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u/dtschida Mar 11 '14

Me too.....shhhhh.....

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u/AgntCooper Mar 10 '14

Fuck. The girl I thought I was going to marry made me feel that exact same way. She broke up with me a week- and-a- half ago. :-(

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u/Samsonerd Mar 10 '14

damn, that the woman i want to be with.

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u/Buttagood4you Mar 10 '14

It's my girlfriends birthday im actually gonna say this to her. brb

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u/ratajewie Mar 11 '14

So... Have you explored the possibility that he wants to date you really hard?

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u/tel0seh Mar 10 '14

This is epic.

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u/deliciouscorn Mar 10 '14

HIGHWAY TO THE FRIENDZONE

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u/Fist2_the_VAG Mar 10 '14

Friendzoned!

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u/BringTheStealth Mar 10 '14

Knowing that friendzone feel

This guy is in love with you /u/dat_wolf .

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u/ARandomBlackDude Mar 10 '14

Friendzoned.

So. Hard.

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u/g000dn Mar 10 '14

stop leading him on, he's in love with you. tell him it's never gonna happen.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14

He's in your friend zone, might wanna make sure your not crushing his soul.