Female 1 “Those shoes are gorgeous, they look great on you!”
Female 2 “Oh gosh, they are ancient, paid almost nothing for them in a sale…see how the heel needs touching up”
Does this interaction sound familiar?
When did we lose the ability to accept compliments? Did we ever? When receiving positive feedback we all too often assume that the person is ‘just being nice’, they are pitying us or they are trying to get into our ‘good books’.
According to psychologist Phillip Hodson, the British have never known how to take a compliment because it goes against our need to be modest, or at least appear to be modest. How many of us wear raised on sarcasm, sibling teasing or ‘ribbing’ from school mates? From an early age we are told not to boast about ourselves for fear of appearing arrogant.
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