Please do

This is srsly so true

They're not wrong. An insult will stick, but so will a compliment.

You have nice shorts. To put your arms in. Or someone else's.

For years I've always told people, "ya got a good face!" It's fantastic how everyone instantly smiles and nobody questions it.

But don't do it like a catcall, be really genuine about it

I was out one day and I was waiting for my mom to done shopping. I was in that super emo looking phase and this little boy who was like 6? whispered to her mom "She's pretty" and that made me laugh. A KID THOUGHT I'M PRETTY.

It depends on how low your confidence is at that point. When I was 15 (10 years ago lol) I was picked on a lot and bullied making my self esteem and confidence plummet to as low as it can get, and one Valentines Day I got a few cards and bouquets of flowers from secret admirers. My first thought was that it was a practical joke, if not that it was from my mum because she pitied me. Either way it extremely upset me and I ripped up the cards and threw them in the fireplace and threw the flowers in the bin. I never for one second thought any of it could be genuine.
Even now 10 years on I still think it was either a joke or pity, and even when people say I'm pretty I think they're lying. Even my husband. I don't hate myself like I did then but I've just learned to accept myself as I am.

Works on guys too. First semester a random girl threw a letter at me and ran off, saying that she thought I was hot. I still remember it and I needed that for my low self esteem.

'Grow a pair and tell her'
No thanks, my heart can't handle that much anxiety of talking to another human being, especially a cute girl

Thanks to political correctness and "safe spaces" that's sexual assault today.

When I do that they act like I'm the swamp thing

story time!!
a few months ago at my town's public library I was printing off a paper at a computer station when this little girl (about 8-10 yrs.) next to me goes, "excuse me? you are really pretty. no, you're beautiful. the most beautiful girl I've ever seen." I welled up and thanked her and told her she was beautiful too. I got into my car all teary-eyed bc this little girl who I've never met before thought I was pretty and was brave enough to tell me. it made my day

Idk, one time I called a girl I didn't know pretty and she gave me this look and just said "ok?" so ever since then I've felt like I'm coming on too strong

I just started work at a retirement community, and when I shadowed someone already working there a little old lady came up to me and went "you're so pretty" and honestly it made my day.

You don't understand someone called me cute like 3 days ago and I keep thinking about it and honestly my confidence has improved 200%

yeah right like we need a bunch of confident bioches rollin around up in here . forget it tell her she looks like she's gained a couple lbs and she might be tolerable to be around still a week later