Quotable: Jimmy Kimmel Never Called Sarah Silverman “Pretty”
Posted by: Wendy Atterberry
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10:20AM, Tuesday February 9th 2010
“The guy I’m dating now, who is so awesome, is not my typical fare. He’s really skinny. Usually I like pudgy, macho-ish guys. But I think I mistook macho-ish for strong, emotionally. And I think it’s really the opposite. think he’s the first guy in a decade who’s given me any kind of compliment, like saying I’m pretty or anything.”
— Sarah Silverman gets in a couple digs at ex, Jimmy Kimmel, in an interview with Page Six Magazine. It brings up an interesting question: Would you stay with someone who never ever complimented you? [via Huffington Post]
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xifeng882
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 4:40 PM
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Thats sad. Every woman deserves someone who'll love and treat her well, and compliments sometimes do go hand in hand with that.
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abbylyn
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 4:43 PM
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I stayed with a guy for three years who regularly told me I was "cute" but not "hot", and I can count on one hand the number of times he told me I was pretty. Sometimes, when you're in the relationship, you just don't realize what you're NOT getting.
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CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 4:47 PM
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I think she's pretty. Granted her voice is a bit grating, but she is pretty...that's usually enough for most guys.
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_jsw_
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 4:49 PM
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@abbylyn;[quote] Sometimes, when youre in the relationship, you just dont realize what youre NOT getting.[/quote]Very, very true. You get used to the lack of it, which is sad.And this story makes me think of Jimmy Kimmel as an idiot.
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mel_b
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 4:50 PM
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I would never be with someone who didn't think and tell me I was beautiful. I'm not saying I'm the most beautiful woman in the world, I just expect the guy I'm with to think so. ;-)
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nico.
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 4:54 PM
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[quote]Sometimes, when youre in the relationship, you just dont realize what youre NOT getting.[/quote]so, so true...worse yet is when all the baggage from that relationship f*cks up your ability to handle a healthier, normal, "nice" relationship...but i'm projecting :)
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AnitaBath
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 4:59 PM
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I was really bad at complimenting my past boyfriends, and I know it really bothered my ex. I don't know why I had such a problem with it, because I definitely found him attractive.I honestly don't know how much it would bother me. I love knowing and being told that my boyfriend finds me attractive, but so long as he expressed it in other ways (like showing it), I don't know if I'd need to regularly be told I'm pretty.
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camelo27
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:05 PM
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I'm also really bad at complimenting guys which I think makes me a little more tolerant of guys not complimenting me a lot. If they show that they think I'm attractive, that's good enough for me. My current boyfriend constantly tells me I'm cute but rarely that I'm pretty. But then when he does tell me I look pretty, it makes me feel extra good.
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MarMarOhio
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:06 PM
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My boyfriend of two-and-a-half years moved in with me last July, and I think I can count on one hand the amount of times he's said something nice to me. But he does nice things for me - he shows me he loves me, rather than saying it. And that's the important part. Talk is cheap.
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_jsw_
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:11 PM
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[quote]I dont know if Id need to regularly be told Im pretty.[/quote]Agreed, I think that if it's said too often, it loses meaning.But I think it's important to say it and to hear it enough - whatever "enough" means for a given couple - that each person knows the other finds them to be attractive. And yes, actions can show it really well. But I think it's important to say it and to hear it, at least occasionally.
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eggsandbacon
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:12 PM
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I'm a grand master of complimenting people. Not just those close to me, co-workers, store clerks, strangers, everyone gets to feel the love! It isn't so much that I'd have a problem with a boyfriend not complimenting me, but rather that I don't think someone like that and I would have personalities that worked very well together.
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AnitaBath
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:16 PM
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@eggsandbacon: Haha, I wish I had your skills.Receiving compliments, especially from strangers, just makes me feel awkward. It's probably an issue I have to work through, but I just over think receiving compliments. Like, "Oh god, what do I do, that lady just said I was pretty. If I act too confident, then I'll just look conceited like I hear it all the time. If I act too flattered, she'll think I don't believe her and will argue with me. Ah, what do I do what do I do!?" I usually just settle on an awkward, "Oh? Haha....umm...." *blush* "Thanks".If someone I know says it, I think they're biased, and if someone I don't know says it, I think they have ulterior motives. It wasn't until writing this that I realized I have such issues to work through. :-/
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meredith806
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:21 PM
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My boyfriend calls me "cute" constantly. If I stretch, if I stick my tongue out, pretty much anything I do qualifies as cute. Then on occasion I'm "gorgeous" haha. I'd rather not be told that too often, every once in a while is fine.
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abbylyn
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:22 PM
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I should clarify a bit - it's not only that he so rarely tell me I was pretty, but I never FELT pretty when I was with him. I know he found me attractive, he wouldn't have been with me otherwise. But I never felt the MOST attractive. It's not like he would go on and on about how hot or attractive other girls were, but I just always felt like he was too "cool" for me. Not that I don't think I'm cool.Oh dear. This just gets more and more complicated as I try to explain it.
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nico.
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:29 PM
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there are so many different adjectives along the compliments continuum though: cute, pretty, hot, gorgeous, beautiful, sexy, etc. i actually think it's pretty funny when people try to discern among all of them, in the "i want to be called beautiful, not pretty, or sexy, and not hot" fashion.
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mel_b
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:30 PM
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@AnitaBath: I understnad. I don't think it's a huge set of issues to work through though. I guess I find it easier to give compliments, but receiving them... ummm... I personally think the trouble comes from overthinking. I don't think how you react is bad, it's actually quite cute, I do it myself too (no I don't think I'm cute, just the reaction in others, lol). That little embarrassed response is sweet and not big-headed so I think it's fine and so will others.
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eggsandbacon
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:32 PM
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@Anitabeth. Be assured that when a stranger compliments you it is because it is totally true. We don't know you so we are in no way required to say nice things, or anything at all for that matter. As to how to respond. I've recieved all version back from strangers from 'yeah I know' to 'you are so wrong'. In my opinion making eye contact and giving a simple 'Thank you' never comes accross as anything other than gracious.
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camelo27
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:33 PM
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@nico.My boyfriend always points out the difference between cute and adorable. Apparently I'm always both but sometimes I'm more of one than the other. I still don't quite grasp the nuances, but I think it's cute when he says it... I mean, it's adorable.
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meredith806
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:40 PM
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Anita: I'm the same way. I SUCK at receiving compliments. Random person "your hair looks nice." Me: *nervous laugh*"uh..um..thanks?" My boyfriend spent the longest time convincing me to accept his compliments without arguing lol.
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_jsw_
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:40 PM
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@nico.: That's why I always I always use a dead language to compliment a woman (I'm going to start using [url=http://www.allgov.com/Unusual_News/ViewNews/Last_Member_of_an_Ancient_Tribe_Dies__and_a_Language_is_Lost_100207]Bo[/url] now). I'll say something like "Wow, you just look so... well, I think the Hittites had the best word for it: 'khalot'." Then when she asks "what does that mean?" I'll say "well, it's probably best expressed as... well, it's a word for appearance, so I'd guess it's most like...."Then she'll rattle off a few words. I'll watch her expression as she says them, then pick the one she seemed to hope for the most.
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Riley
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:40 PM
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One of the many things I have to work on, voicing compliments more often. I forget that I don't date mind-readers. Mine usually come out sounding overly-cheesy and clich anyway.
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GypsyQueen
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:44 PM
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I love complimenting the people around me -- housemates, classmates, friends, my boyfriend. That being said, I do reserve certain words for certain people. I'm more likely to call my boyfriend "cute" than "pretty" [which he protests on occasion :)], but sometimes I'll go a step further and say he's "sexy" or compliment something specific, like his laugh or smile. I think I'd get tired of always hearing the same compliment, but who knows? My boyfriend compliments me enough for my taste, but I'm not difficult to please; if he tells me I look cute on a certain day, I'm happy for a while. Combine that with his telling me he loves me, and I'm good for the rest of the day. What can I say? I have simple tastes. ^_^
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AtlantaGirl10
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 5:57 PM
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what a jerk. I'm happy for her, glad she's found someone who appreciates her. no, I wouldn't date a guy who didn't think I was beautiful and could express that.
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spatula
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 6:08 PM
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Good for Sarah.I am sort of awkward at receiving compliments too, I feel like Mean Girls if I say thank you ("So you agree? You think you're really pretty?"), but fake if I don't ("What, this old thing?!")I agree with @jsw, I do think it's important to voice compliments every once in a while. Not creepily or anything, but when it suddenly strikes you how hot your SO is lookin, tell them! IF a guy is not saying that I am attractive, I am going to assume he's not thinking it. But I think it comes with being with someone for a long time, I know my ex never complimented me towards the end. Although I had grown to so violently hate him that I was not acting particularly attractive.
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nico.
wrote on February 9, 2010 @ 6:11 PM
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@jsw: that's a little like pulling her hair, saying "you figure it out", and running off giggling like a school girl.i kind of love it, and think i'll try it on unsuspecting victims ;-)
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