"You're different....like, I bet you talk to yourself."
She wasn't saying it maliciously...but how can this be taken as anything positive? No mean answers please.
Thanks
2007-03-22 19:19:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
It very well may have been a compliment - I like when someone tells me I'm different - It shows me that I have something to offer
2007-03-22 22:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by pattijohughes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of unanswered questions here - like, is this person just a casual acquaintance or someone you consider a close friend? What were the circumstances? What had she observed that she considered "different"? It sounds like she hadn't actually heard you talking to yourself, so what was happening at the time?
You say she didn't mean it maliciously, but I find it very difficult to find any kind of positive interpretation, at least not without knowing a lot more about the circumstances.
2007-03-23 02:32:53 · answer #2 · answered by MsNobody 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to take this as a 'positive' is just to take it as that.
After all, what does another's opinion matter unless you agree with it yourself?
Perhaps this person just doesn't have to eloquence to word a compliment in a better fashion, but if she didn't SAY it in a malicious way, she didn't mean it that way.
Just acknowledge to yourself that you ARE different - and take it as a compliment.
2007-03-23 02:30:22 · answer #3 · answered by flywho 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a complimentary way it could mean, "wow! you have such a creative, thoughtful mind, you see things from many perspectives! If you talk to yourself - it would be a good conversation! I wish my mind were that flexible, active, and smart."
:) Be the best YOU you can be; then, what does it matter, if it was meant as a compliment or not?
2007-03-23 02:29:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is any way to take this as a positive statement.
But think of it this way, if you're looking to have an intelligent conversation you probably are better off talking to yourself than to whoever said that to you.
2007-03-23 02:23:41 · answer #5 · answered by d h 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
who talks like that?
maybe it could mean that your speech sounds rehearsed and they were probably assuming that you talk to yourself before you talk to others?
i talk to myself all the time and i have no problem admitting it, but what that person said sounds a bit rude, i must say.
2007-03-23 02:23:56 · answer #6 · answered by X-tine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋