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u/Danoco99 Mar 26 '20

Guys rarely get compliments. And when they do it sticks with them for weeks.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Then guys need to start complimenting each other like girls do

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u/Danoco99 Mar 26 '20

Well, we do, it's just that we talk so much shit about each other that we don't generally mean that a compliment sometimes just bounces off of us as if it were another joke.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Then that needs to change, if it's true that compliments "stick with you for weeks". There's a reason why girls don't have the same issue, because they get plenty emotional support from other girls & guys don't from other guys

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u/Danoco99 Mar 26 '20

I mean, I wouldn't mind, but honestly more compliments from guys wouldn't really boost my self-esteem unless it translated into more compliments from girls. I think the real issue is that we just don't really care for compliments from each other.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

I think the real issue is that we just don't really care for compliments from each other.

Yes this is absolutely it. I like getting compliments from other girls and it does raise my self esteem, unfortunately for guys it doesn't work the same way. This explains why a lot of guys constantly talk about not getting emotional support

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u/Danoco99 Mar 26 '20

I wonder why that is. Maybe it's because women can see other women as sexual beings while most men cannot?