Small acceptance from GGs you don't know

[heathr1]

I am finding that small acceptance and compliments from GGs, who approach me, who I don't know, mean more to me than GGs I know who provide the acceptance/inclusion I am looking for.

Do you?

I was at the beauty salon recently and while waiting for my nail polish to dry, a GG customer, who I had never met before, looked down at my toenails, complimented on my feet and choice of colour polish, then showed me her toenails and told me what polish she had pained her toenails with at home, then said she would choose the colour I had for her fingernails.

Acceptance from people you don't know, who have nothing to lose by not acceping you, means so much.

[Robin414]

I totally get that Heathr! It's a real confidence booster!

[Teresa]

Heather,
I had a funny incident in a charity shop, I promised the SA I'd show a picture of the dress I bought from her, as she was looking a lady from the back room appeared and glanced over the other's shoulder at the picture, she said blimey is that you ? I wished I looked like that when I go out ! We all burst out laughing !

I have had comments from several GGs about my legs , my seamstress friend also commented about the Cders she knows having nice flat stomachs !

[carhill2mn]

I, too, have enjoyed compliments from women whom I did not know and it made me feel good!

[Robin414]

I remember a time I was at a 7-11 fully en drab and a very nicely dressed GG said "I love your jacket, I have one just like it but mine's red, and I have the exact same hat but mine's burgundy" she was completely genuine and very sweet...I just thought she saw right through me and somehow just "knew" 😇

[Jenniferathome]

Heather, I can't agree with you. While a compliment is nice, a strangers words are just words. Perhaps they are sincere and perhaps they are just speaking to break the silence. A critique or compliment, coming from someone you know is far more valuable as long as they are not simply blowing sunshine up your skit, so to state.

By the way, if this is true for you, then a rude comment is even worse from a stranger? I don't think so.

[JenniferR771]

So true, I appreciate friendly accepting comments from those I don't know or barely know. Its a small thing, but a step in the right direction in the overall scheme of public acceptance. Of course, I would really, truly appreciate a kind word from dear friends and family members.

The relationship is far more significant.

[Robin414]

So true Jennifer, my daughter once said "I love your purple jacket!", a woman's Helly Hansen BTW, so hot!

I'd raise her allowance if she wasn't 19 and going to college 😂

[rachael.davis]

my biggest rush happened a few years ago, it was a nasty slush awful day, I was leaving the spa I use, fresh wax, fresh nails :), and saw a tiny, elderly black lady trying to cross the parking lot.
I gulped walked over and said can I offer you an arm
she looked at me and said that would be very nice dear.
I got her to her car, she said thank you, then said I am a deaconess at a full gospel church (great - here it comes, please stop by for a free exorcism)
yes
You're a much finer woman that most of the women I know who were born that way

nicest moment of transition

[audreyinalbany]

How about compliments from women you DO know? A month or so ago I met up with my sister for a museum day together. She knows about my dressing but this was the first time she ever spent any time with me dressed. I wore a tunic length sweater dress, black leggings and three inch heel boots. When we met up, she greeted me just like usual. Hugs and 'hows the wife ? hows the kids?" We spent the afternoon together at the museum then went and got some dinner. When she dropped me back at my car in the museum parking lot she said, "That's a really good 'saturday' look you've got going on there." it made my already incredible day even better.

[AllisonS]

I feel the same. Its an unbiased opinion from an "expert".

[Diversity]

It was very nice of her to do this and so accepting. Than you for sharing this.

[docrobbysherry]

I really appreciate these when I'm out. Especially because I never pass. I find younger women r the most likely to make a comment on my outfits.

Last nite here I Vegas, we were dancing in the casino lounge. I was watching one particular young woman on the dance floor. Very suttle moves but very sexy, too. As I got up to leave her group did, also. She came over made a nice comment about my breasts. Not in forward, but, but nice way. I particularly enjoyed that. I guess she noticed me out there, too.

[adrienner99]

What I like about compliments from any woman is that it gives you a small moment of true-life girlhood. I have never had, or wanted, a man to tell me he liked my shirt. But GGs voice such opinions all the time. A compliment is a genuine chance to talk about something feminine you are wearing or doing. I have had a couple of women tell me how well I walk in high heels or how they wish they could wear my red lipstick...I love it....