9 "Compliments" About Your Relationship That Are Anything But
byMeg Kehoe
Sometimes, it seems like you can't even look at a potential significant other without receiving a truckload of unsolicited advice from your family, friends, and even frenemies. You've been there, right? When someone decides you'd really like their opinion on your relationship without you actually asking? Or when they're trying desperately to find a compliment for you, and they just can't quite seem to reach one? Some people seem to be experts with compliments about your relationship that aren't actually compliments. Really, if they weren't hurdling thinly veiled insults at you, it would almost be impressive.
Maybe you're not even in a relationship. Maybe you're the one trying to compliment your friends. Sometimes, meaning well can take a turn. Words that might sound positive to you can sound negative to another person. So the next time you're thinking about "complimenting" your friends in a relationship, double check your strategy. There's nothing worse than meaning something as a compliment and having someone take it as an insult. Words are tricky that way, aren't they? So are relationships. Just remember that you don't know everything that's going on in anyone else's relationship, and your words might be the last thing they need to hear. When in doubt? Remember what your mother always said: If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.