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The flip side of effusiveness can be a "too cool for compliments" attitude.

We had dinner years ago with a new couple (couple 1) we'd recently met. They started being sarcastic about another couple they'd recently met, whom we also knew (couple 2).

Couple 1 didn't realize that couple 2 were friends we'd known for years. The focus of the sarcasm was how mutually complimentary and "sickly sweet" couple 2 was together. We iced that line of conversation immediately by giving them a polite but chilly, "Yes, they're very affectionate, which is wonderful after X years of marriage. We've known them since their kids were little and they've always been a very warm couple." They changed the subject pronto, realizing they'd stepped in it. The rest of the dinner was not exactly awkward but didn't exactly spark a new friendship either. At all.

Guess which couple is still going strong after 40 years of marriage? Couple 2, the ones that hip, cool Couple 1 found "sickly sweet." Guess which couple split? [/quote]

Was it you and your spouse?[/quote]

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