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It's funny - I'm this way too. A compliment from a stranger has much, much more weight than one from my husband. For all of the reasons mentioned. This transfers over to good girlfriends, too. I've got a handful of girlfriends that are very nice about giving me compliments, we're great about scratching eachother's backs that way. But I've got one friend who really, really knowes how to give a girl a compliment, and one from her is worth 20 from any other friend. There are a couple of reasons: One - I know she's very discerning about everything in life, and Two - her compliments are sort of rare. Three - when she does give you one, she explains it, and she's so gifted with her verbal expression, that between that and the other attributes, combined with the fact that she's no a$$ kisser - you're thoroughly convinced by the time she's done that her compliment is fact.
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