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Originally Posted by baker23
Does anyone else have a experience like this?  I would love to read about them |
My 1st husband - who was my fiance at the time, used to say that I had "moon-pie face" - because my face was so "round" - like a baby's face. While he meant it as a compliment, it felt insulting to me, because of my life-long chub battle, even tho I was not overweight at all at the time. (I still can't look at a moon pie today without seeing my face, LOL)
Fast forward a couple years after we'd married & divorced, and I was dating a guy I worked with. We were "newly-daters" - only having been out about 3 times. One day I wore my hair in a ponytail (usually wore it down) because I had some major things to do & needed my hair out of the way. But it always made me self-conscious, because I thought wearing my hair pulled up just exaggerated my "moon pie face". I tried NOT to run into him that day, because I didn't want him to see me with a ponytail! (silly, I know. At least I no longer have that hang-up!!)
Anyway, he DID see me (of course) and he said
"You look so great today - I love your hair in a ponytail." I just kinda poo-poo'ed the compliment with a head-shake and a disagreement-nose-scrunch. He said
"What? You don't like the ponytail?" And I said
"No, cause I have moon-pie-face! My face is so round, & the pony just accentuates the roundness. Blech!" And he just grinned at me & said
"you have a beautiful face; you should wear a ponytail more often to show it off!"
~sigh
Sometimes the simplest compliment can really make your day ...or even your lifetime... altho we didn't date very long, I will always remember how he said that, and the genuine smile he gave me when he said it, and how I felt at that very moment... like Miss America.
