Yahoo Lifestyle Women Over 30 Are Sharing The Grossest "Compliment" A Man Has Ever Given To Them, And I'm Gagging
Men have a bit of a history of saying the wrong things to women. Whether they're aware the comments they make are sometimes gross or unnecessary is definitely up for debate — especially since negging exists.
Well, recently on the AskWomenOver30 subreddit, u/shmashleyshmith posed the question, "What's the grossest thing a man has ever said to you, genuinely believing they were either complimenting you, being funny while hitting on you, or being nice?" And the comments were FULL of strange, cringey, and sometimes downright insulting compliments and pickup lines. Here are some of the most interesting responses:
1."I was at the gym when a creepy old man came up to my elliptical machine and motioned for me to remove my headphones. When I did, he told me he wanted to 'wear my skin like a jumpsuit.' I left and never went back there again except to cancel my membership."
2."He came up behind me, took a deep breath in my hair, and groaned out, 'You smell like wife.' It was our second date."
3."That my hair looked like a dead squirrel he saw in the forest. He meant it as a compliment."
4."When I was a teenager, I was taking a walk in my neighborhood when a much older guy walked by and said, 'I want to drink your bath water' with a serious expression on his face. I've never felt so disturbed and creeped out by a random 'flirtation' in my life."
5."My aunt once went on a date with a guy who told her, 'You have the most beautiful eye color — it reminds me of diarrhea.' (Her eyes are a green-hazel color)."
6."A guy asked me out in college, and when I said no, he responded, 'Why not go out with me anyway? No one else is interested in you right now.'"
7."A line that is forever etched in my memory from when I was 17 years old (omg, that’s now 35 years ago!) was from this sweet guy who, while holding my hand, told me my hands reminded him of his grandmother’s hands. It was supposed to be endearing I suppose but eww, such a turn-off!"
8."When I was 19 there was a bar in my town that made it pretty easy for underage girls to get in there. One weekend the local TV meteorologist — who easily had 20 years on me and was married with kids — walked up to me and started a seemingly harmless conversation. He asked if I’d like a drink since he was ordering one anyway. Free drink? Sure! I accepted, and after he handed it to me, he looked me up and down and said, 'There’s a 100% chance of me getting laid tonight.'"
9."At 13, I was in a drug store in an infamous military town. I had a womanly, big-boob silhouette despite my age. A military guy in camo called out while walking towards me, saying, 'Closing in on subject. Target acquired. Target performing evasive action.' That last line was while I was walking away to find my mom. I was freaked out. He gave up when I found her."
10."I had a client who was much older than me. He called me 'quietly sensual.' I wanted to run so hard that I would end up in another dimension. There were a lot more of these comments over the course of three days until he wasn't a client anymore, but that one was the grossest."
11."Talking about his preference for plus size women, which I am: 'For some messed up reason, I’m really attracted to you.' I was having my hot girl summer at that point and had a ton of confidence. But most of the men I briefly dated seemed to really want to reassure me about the fact that they were indeed attracted to fat women. I didn’t ask, I wasn’t even questioning it — my dating profile had up-to-date pictures and I looked great. I didn’t think you needed a 'messed up reason' to be attracted to me."
12."A married man at work was trying to come on to me. He asked if I wanted to see the spreadsheet he made that compared the pros and cons between me and his wife."
13."As I bent over to unhook some cables at work, he said, 'Yeah, that’s exactly how you were in my dream last night.'"
14."I used to work with a guy who openly flirted with me to the point it was clear he had a crush on me. He kept saying how young I looked — which I did then — but I was 30, so I figured he thought I was 20-something. One day he blurted out admiringly how I look the same age as his daughter. His daughter was 15 at the time."
15."When I was 15 years old and working at Subway, I asked a customer, who was a middle-aged man, what condiments he wanted on his sandwich. He replied, 'Mustard...and you.'"
16."'I would eat a mile of poop just to wake up next to you!' Grossest and most memorable."
17."I worked as a receptionist and was up getting paperwork when one of the regulars caught me walking by. I was always very cheerful and pleasant with this older gentleman. He reached out to shake my hand, pulled me close, and whispered in my ear, 'You’re the jelly filling to my doughnut!'"
"There was also this guy in college, a friend of a friend, who was a bit of a player. He told my roommate to tell me 'he likes my thick thighs.' I hadn’t even spoken to this dude. We just ran in slightly the same circle and ended up at the same party. He really thought I was gonna be all over him after that. Dude thought he had mad game."
18."He was married, and he said, 'I can treat you better as my number two than any man would treat you as their number one.' I legit threw my drink on his face which got on his satin shirt, probably ruining it, and walked away. I was so offended."
19."When I was in sixth grade, I was in the back of the classroom getting a folder out of my backpack, and I guess one of the boys followed me. We were not talking or anything prior to this happening, but he just looked right at me and said, 'I want to lick you clean.' I was so caught off guard, that I just stared at him blankly until he went back to his desk. It was so weird and so gross, especially for how young we were. I thought he was dared to do it by his friends to tease me or something. I went home and asked my older sister what that meant, and she was horrified."
20."When I was in college, a guy sidled up to me in the dining hall line and said, 'I’ve always liked blondes. Maybe it’s because my mother is blonde.'"
21."'You've got the cuteness of a woman and the humor of a man.'"
22."Plenty of gross things, but one that still annoys and makes me laugh is, 'You’re oddly attractive.' Wtf dude?!"
23.And finally, "'You’re not like other girls,' aaand I’m out."
What's the grossest thing a man has ever said to you, thinking it was a compliment? Let me know in the comments below.
