Pretty
Ok guys, poll time. This was inspired by a chat I had with a certain heidi. She said that Elijah Wood was "pretty". I told her not to call guys "pretty", because most probably wouldn't consider it a compliment. Instead I suggested words such as "handsome", "cute", "fine", or the ever popular "stud-muffin" would work in general. Feel free to add others, except for "pretty".
So what do you think? How would you feel if you were called "pretty" by a girl?
Responses
natums_angel – Ya, I don't think if I was a boy I would want to be called pretty. Maybe because it was coming from a girl it would be a good thing since girls like to be called pretty...well no. Men aren't pretty. Beautiful, but not pretty. What do you think of beautiful?
burnDark – Beautiful is better that pretty, but not by much. If used in a purely physical manner, then I would not like to be called that. But if it meant the whole person (looks, personality, faith, etc.) I would see it as a compliment
heidi dislikes star wars – i don't care.
i'm going to keep calling boys pretty .
whether they want me to, or not . :D
- h e i d i -
gwyn also hates star wars – ok, most guys are not pretty, but elijah wood IS. he still looks masculine, but barely.
Elizabeth has always disliked Star Wars – I think Gwyn has a point although I definitely think women should, by and large, not call men "pretty". On the other hand, why is beautiful wrong? If I call a guy beautiful I am meaning he is unbearably handsome. Perhaps he has a great character and faith as well; perhaps not.
I think it's funny that gRegor underlined GUYS in his post but the ladies keep commenting anyway.
– Well personally I don't have any problem with "beautiful".
I'm also quite disappointed in all you SW dislikers and *cough* haters (grr, gwyn).
As for women commenting, well hey.. that's my main audience. I can't complain. ;)
Now if some of them just liked Star Wars...
Sheryl – I like Star Wars.
g_wyn – the only star wars i have ever seen was when the brats i babysat last summer put on episode 1 while i was in the same room. i didn't watch...i read a dumb book instead.
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I will express my feelings on this in pseudocode:
(guy_compliment("pretty") == "cool") returns FALSE