So today I was walking down the street. A guy was coming from the other direction on the sidewalk. As he approached me, he said:
In MY eyes, you’re a beautiful woman.
I was startled, said ‘thank you,’ continued on my way. But of course then I thought, who said I wasn’t? I mean, the way he said ‘In MY eyes,’ it sounded like he was disagreeing with someone else. Although there was no-one else there. And of course I couldn’t necessarily trust his judgment; he was wearing a Mets shirt (sorry, Picky Vegetarian), unbuttoned to the waist, and those dorky man jean shorts.
But it was nice to hear anyway, even if there was an unseen mass of people insisting I was dog-ugly around the corner.
Megan
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Maybe it was like that scene in Pirates 3, with all the little Jack Sparrows making comments all over the place…
LOLOLOL!!!!
Makes me wonder if on other days he uses someone else’s eyes. And if so, whose? Bask in the compliment.
For crying out loud, Megan, accept it for what it was a compliment from some weird guy on the street.
I agree, at my age, whenever a guy on the street pays me a compliment, I’m almost grateful.
Only in New York would this happen. I’m just saying.
It was Buscemi again, wasn’t it?
He said the same thing to me.
Seriously, though, and I’m only “blue-skying” here, what if he thought your wall-flowery demeanor didn’t acknowledge what he saw. In longhand, his comment MIGHT have been, “Hey, little lady, you’re beautiful, but you carry yourself like someone who’s not aware of it, so let me boost your confidence by affirming it openly.”
Who knows?
I definitely appreciated the compliment, Tara, I just wondered why he had to preface it. Look, I’ll take them anyway I can get them, as EKM says; and Goedi, that is a very nice blue sky. Do you think I walk wall-flowery? I’ll have to work on that.