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Originally Posted by marmielake
its called fishing for compliments.
girls do it all the time, but unfortunately it never works the way we want it to  |
Actually, I think it works exactly the way they want it to at first. Most people, when meeting some self-deprecating soul will show basic human courtesy and over-compensate in the compliments department in an effort to bolster ... ummm? ... the whiner's self-esteem. After a long time is spent by the low self-esteemer in honing their skills to the point where getting the desired result is child's play, said compliments ring quite hollow.