notpliment

happy memorial day!

It's a day off from my counseling school! whoop whoop.

It's been a great day so far but now i must buckle down and start my 11 page paper which is due tomorrow. While I search my head for a topic I have to blog a thought.

lately I've been the recipient of many age notpliments (notpliment: not quite a compliment). First it was during the chipotle happy hour when aaron and I had to show some IDs to get our margaritas. The worker checked aaron's license and smiled sweetly; when she looked at my date of birth from over 3 decades ago she said "WOW! you sure don't look THAT old!" The true sign that you've been given a notpliment is when you have to respond with a "thank you??" scrunching up your face and looking awkward. Last night I got another one when some girl aaron went to high school with asked me how old i was. she gave me the "huh....you look pretty good for being that old. i thought you were maybe 24 or 25 but never 31!"

here are some other notpliments that are frequently heard:

* I like your hair better that way

* Wow, you aren't as fat as you were

* You look beautiful in this light

* It's amazing what makeup can do for you!

* You're smarter than you look

* You are unique in your own special way

* that shirt is really slimming

* you drive well for a woman

* it doesn't taste that bad

do you have any notpliments to share?? or do you have a topic for my paper??