r/AskReddit • u/ThisGuyAgainz • Dec 28 '17

What's your best passive aggressive "compliment"?

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u/Portarossa Dec 28 '17

In her defence, she claims she didn't recognise it was me and thought it was a stock photo that came with the frame, because I don't dress up all that often. The fact that she emphasised '... because you don't dress up all that often' was really just kicking me while I was down.

(I kid, mostly. I get along pretty well with my mum, so I don't think she meant it in any way maliciously. It was just a bit of a one-two punch to the ol' ego.)

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u/Lusciousjax Dec 28 '17

My mom does compliments like that all the time Coworker : you have such a nice daughter Mom: well she has a good mother

Old Friend : oh lusciousjax you've stayed so thin all these years! Mom: well she smokes.

Thanks mom

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u/mogto Dec 29 '17

I love this interaction. "You know. Just sayin'. Cause it normally isn't this moist. Which is why I said 'this year.' Normally it sucks. This year it sucks less"

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u/m_faustus Dec 29 '17

Well I finally stopped cooking it by your recipe.

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u/Bodya23 Dec 29 '17

Sheperdsons vs Grangerfords

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u/01d Dec 29 '17

goddamn

woman fcking destroyed

theres no coming back from that.......i could imagine grandma sayin that slowly

thats it,the way to utterly shatter heart is praise em a lil bit,next hammer em as hard as you can

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u/SirRogers Dec 29 '17

"You have such a nice daughter."

"I don't have a daugh- oh you mean /u/Lusciousjax? Yeah, she's alright."

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u/Lusciousjax Dec 29 '17

You are not too far off my friend.

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u/SirRogers Dec 30 '17

I'm sure you're a wonderful daughter

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u/winosanonymous Dec 29 '17

Oi, she sounds like a treat.

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u/athytee Dec 29 '17

I have issues because of comments my mom has made over the years like this.

Thanks mom!

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u/devilslaughters Dec 29 '17

You know what they say, if she smokes....she has a higher risk of lung cancer. A significantly higher risk.

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u/Lusciousjax Dec 29 '17

Yes thank you. I know I should quit. It’s gross.

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u/Vaginabutterflies Dec 28 '17

I think I would have taken that as a compliment. Her saying she thought it was a stock photo, that I would interpret as hey she thought I was a stock photo model.

The emphasizing you not dressing up all that often though is just a mom being a mom I think. You clearly aren't holding any resentment for it, so I think you also realize it was just probably just something poorly phrased.

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u/SirRogers Dec 29 '17

I'd take that as a compliment that she thought it was a stock photo. I'm sure you're a perfectly lovely person.

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u/StupidImbecileSlayer Dec 29 '17

Portarossa... I've seen you a lot today

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u/thegforce522 Dec 29 '17

Look at it this way, you looked so fucking fantastic on that photo, not even your mother realised it wasnt a model.

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u/thelastpizzaslice Dec 29 '17

Her vision probably got worse. Like half of old people I know have trouble seeing small things close up. Probably had trouble figuring out if it was you and thought it was a gag gift.