Teens telling other teens who are strangers tha they are pretty?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been trying to verbalize my complimentary thoughts more often. It's the good version of "see something, say something". If you think someones dress is cute, tell her.

I should try to do this once a day for 2026.

It might be viewed as sexual harassment

A woman telling another woman that her dress is pretty is sexual harassment? It’s a sad person who would feel that way.

[Anonymous]

This has always been a thing, at least for beautiful people anyway.

Adults, children, teens, and toddlers all recognize and are drawn a beautiful face. I heard it just about every day of my life, multiple times a day, from the age of 14 until I hit my mid 40s.

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Kid have done this to my teen son pretty regularly for a couple years. He’s “striking” as a mixed-race person, which is why I think he gets the attention.

I have asked how he felt about it. He used to seem mortified that some kids saw him as “pretty” or “beautiful” but now he just says it’s weird and gets a little bit embarrassed. And, no, he doesn’t have “an Insta” - which is what the girls always ask for.

[Anonymous]

Im a frumpy middle aged mom and a few months ago I was wearing a dress I like that makes me feel less frumpy and an older teen girl stopped me to say she thought the dress was pretty. I was practically floating on air lol.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess social media gives everybody the imagined license to comment on everything they see.

+1.

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It’s pretty normal for teen girls. It’s as normal of a compliment as “I love your dress”, etc. for them. I think it’s really positive and uplifting!

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My 19 year old daughter gets stopped by other 18-25 year olds on a fairly regular basis about her clothing. Yesterday someone commented on her jeans and asked her what style they were. The other day it was her coat (which ironically was MY coat that she had borrowed).

I'm the frumpy 51 year old mom.

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It’s called a compliment. Being nice.
Adults do this as well.

Let’s embrace it.

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I think it’s sweet and honestly wish it was more commonplace when I was DD’s age.

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Anonymous wrote:We’re at the airport (not in DMV area). DD just told me that while we’ve been here, four different kids told her she is pretty. She did not know any of them. I expressed great surprise and she matter-of-factly said this is a common thing that teens tell each other, even strangers. Is this a thing? If so, it’s nice that strangers try to make that tiny positive connection with each other in passing. But I am still surprised and, I guess, out of touch!

I wish this was a thing when I was a teenager!

Absolutely not a "thing"

Omg tell your kid to stop talking to strangers.

I am saying this as a parent who let their kiddos ride the metro alone by age 11.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’re at the airport (not in DMV area). DD just told me that while we’ve been here, four different kids told her she is pretty. She did not know any of them. I expressed great surprise and she matter-of-factly said this is a common thing that teens tell each other, even strangers. Is this a thing? If so, it’s nice that strangers try to make that tiny positive connection with each other in passing. But I am still surprised and, I guess, out of touch!

I wish this was a thing when I was a teenager!

Absolutely not a "thing"

Omg tell your kid to stop talking to strangers.

I am saying this as a parent who let their kiddos ride the metro alone by age 11.

Of course it's a thing. There is no reason teens should keep their mouths shut. They are making the world a better place. I'd wager it's very much what we need these days.

[Anonymous]

My teen DD gets compliments all the time from customers, mostly females. She gets DM'd a lot by guys.

We were traveling in a foreign country, and some people told either me or DD how pretty she was.

When I was younger, a few strangers said how pretty I was. It's a nice complement. Of course, I'm 55 and hagardly now so I don't get those compliments anymore. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teen DD gets compliments all the time from customers, mostly females. She gets DM'd a lot by guys.

We were traveling in a foreign country, and some people told either me or DD how pretty she was.

When I was younger, a few strangers said how pretty I was. It's a nice complement. Of course, I'm 55 and hagardly now so I don't get those compliments anymore. LOL

You can work on that.
Have that daughter of yours assist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen DD gets compliments all the time from customers, mostly females. She gets DM'd a lot by guys.

We were traveling in a foreign country, and some people told either me or DD how pretty she was.

When I was younger, a few strangers said how pretty I was. It's a nice complement. Of course, I'm 55 and hagardly now so I don't get those compliments anymore. LOL

You can work on that.
Have that daughter of yours assist.

Can't be bothered. I don't really care anymore. DH is still calls me beautiful.

I am not actually haggardly looking; DD says I'm beautiful, too. But let's be real... I'm 55, don't do botox, have had no plastic surgery, don't really dye my hair. I look good for my age, but I'm no longer beautiful enough to illicit those compliments from strangers. And that's ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty normal for teen girls. It’s as normal of a compliment as “I love your dress”, etc. for them. I think it’s really positive and uplifting!

Eh, I'm of two minds. Although it's well intentioned and flattering (my DD gets this), it focuses on superficial attributes rather than positive character traits. And with the TikTok generation, there is SO much focus on appearances at the expense of all else.