What is the appropriate response to a compliment that you don’t believe is sincere?
What is an appropriate and polite response to a compliment that I know is disingenuous? And upon receiving such a compliment, am I required to return one that is equally disingenuous?
I ask because someone I know invariably compliments me on something I’m wearing, my hair, etc. I’m not a stylish person and my hair tends to be a mess. Her compliments have the consequence of making me feel self-conscious, looked-over and, ultimately, lied to.of course, “Thank you,” which Miss Manners points out can be delivered in a way that subtly undercuts the literal words.
Mind you, she does not recommend such an approach. The point about ambiguously delivered compliments is that they are ambiguous — and can be misread. Better to return genuine thanks to someone who appreciates messy hair than to insult someone who does not.My wife and I have a new home, which is an exciting milestone.
It was way beyond polite conversational interest in our new home. They are generally nice people, but their persistence at trying to get inside our house is uncomfortable. How do we politely deter their attempts to invite themselves over, just so they can poke around every room and closet? We may eventually have them over, but I want it to be on our terms and not because they wore us down.know” puts the initiative back where it belongs.
I’d like to switch doctors, but I wonder if I owe my longtime doctor an explanation, or perhaps a “thank you” for our years together. I also worry I will cause a problem for this new doctor, as they are in the same practice. How shall I handle this? I never run into either doctor outside of office visits, so I would not run the risk of an awkward encounter.Miss Manners mentions this not because you are, but because you should be.
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