17 Things You'll Get If You Can't Take Compliments

    Someone: You look pretty. Me: happy birthday.

    1. You've always been this way.

    2. Most of the time you just have no idea how to respond.

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    3. So usually you end up saying something weird.

    4. Sometimes you try to laugh it off.

    5. But you can't control your face half the time.

    6. You can give compliments, but you just can't receive them back.

    7. A lot of the time you're not sure whether people are being sincere.

    8. You try really hard to take them.

    9. Because you really want to be able to be chill about compliments.

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    10. Even if you manage to react normally you're still screaming on the inside.

    11. You're always self-deprecating.

    12. Always.

    13. If someone says something nice to you, you just can't seem to believe it.

    14. You definitely don't trust compliments from your own family.

    15. Or boys.

    16. Sometimes you're just really shocked.

    17. But every now and then you do manage to graciously accept a compliment.