I think thanks, you're looking good too is a really brilliant idea, and thank you for coming up with that. I sometimes get "wow, you've lost weight" when I'm wearing something that particularly suits me, not in the sense of making me look thinner, not that I can perceive, but that fits my body well and lets me feel comfortable, and I'd almost rather get a direct compliment on my clothing choice, but responding to what people actually mean rather than their literal words is, well, a useful social skill sometimes.
Some of the time I actively want to challenge the weight = health = virtue thing, but sometimes I do want to just smooth social interactions and this is a good technique, without requiring me to put myself in an uncomfortable position.
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Date: 2013-06-24 11:30 am (UTC)Some of the time I actively want to challenge the weight = health = virtue thing, but sometimes I do want to just smooth social interactions and this is a good technique, without requiring me to put myself in an uncomfortable position.