Do men like being called cute?

hahahahaha dan I know what picture you saw. I remember it from like years ago, too

Do men like to be called beautiful?

i prefer "cute" to "beautiful"

Most guys I know don't give an F if they are called cute, and seem to just assume it means hot or desirable ("wow, you look really cute today!/in that/whatev"), which is pretty much always what I mean by it. One dude actually got a little angry with me for describing him as beautiful, though!

He turned out to be some kind of bitter ex-neo-nazi or something, though.

"beautiful" is weird. I try not to let the whole *feminine* connotation of it bother me, but what can I say, it does.

Sometimes beautiful is the only word that will do, though. Unless you're gonna really start rhapsodizing about some dude's face. "Handsome" seems to denote something else, something I don't usually find myself complimenting in a man. Or a woman!

I used to dislike "handsome" when I was younger - it seemed like the sort of word my mom's friends used to try to make me feel better about myself. Now I totally dig being called handsome.

But also depends on tone - it can have this feel of "Yeah, he has objectively nice features in spite of the fact that there's nothing sexy about him"

Also, there has got to be a less disgusting word for "manly" that means the same thing.

I would like to be described as having "rugged good looks"

but I am not very rugged :(

i'm pretty reactionary towards this word bcuz i heard it a lot in middle school/early in high school bcuz i was short/young looking, but most girls i know now use it as a synonym for 'hot' or w/e

I don't mind. Beggars/Choosers.

Ha! I would hate, hate, hate to be called 'cute'. My sperm count would drop by 50%. I would interpret it as code for 'you are not remotely sexy, but I do think you're funny, like a goofy brother'.

-- moley, Friday, February 29, 2008 7:44 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

Fave compliment from a woman for me would probably be 'You handsome devil, you make me think bad, wrong thoughts'. I'm getting myself worked up just thinking about it.

-- moley, Friday, February 29, 2008 7:46 PM (Yesterday)

haha...I agree with this.

isn't cute just a byword for not being taken seriously? not an affront to masculinity.

do please read the thread

yeah someone else made that point. good.

i'm too much of a metal stallion to be affected by being called "cute".

call me anything you want.

sometimes not being taken seriously, but being called cute/hott, is exactly what one wants

Call me Ishmael

I do not understand this foreign tongue of Tracer Hand.

http://americancivilwar.com/pictures/abe_lincoln.jpg

Why the hell would anyone wanna be taken seriously?

Can one not accept that they will only ever be awwws cute because there is no other visual option? This is my curse. Wear that curse with pride, men who are only ever called cute.

hey guys, did i miss anything?

Summary of above 900 posts: men have varying opinions.

I like being called cute.

I don't.

I like being called cute as long as it's from a girl who I'm not attracted to.

I don't like it much, but it's totally my 'thing', so I should resign myself to it. Just started seeing a girl who said she fancies me because I remind her of a little boy, not sure how I should take that (I think she was joking. A bit.).

call the cops

Nobody calls me shit so I'd be grateful for anything. How people can pick and choose their compliments baffles me.

you got sick abs, a.a.!

if it helps all you thin-skinned dudes, you can pretend that girls who call you cute are interested but first want to test you to make sure you're not some hopelessly insecure guy who can't even take a compliment.

xp thanks but 'had' is probably the correct verb. It's all behind layers of sponge atm.

When you get married people stop saying good AND bad things about you, as though you're suddenly some asexual piece of cardboard.

Why would a guy find it offensive to be called "cute"? "He's cute!" Big whoop.

It is a mystery. Some guys find it offensive for some reason.

It's been shown that men who take things as affronts to their masculinity are often "omega" males or "omega men"

or "mega man"

http://www.megomuseum.com/custom/anthonymcelveen/albino.jpg

or homophobes

cuteophobes

That whole thing where some guys feel threatened by any suggestion that they're not rugged. Wank. Be glad you got a compliment, fuckstick.

Here's the thing: being called "hot" is sort of inconceivable to me, so in my book "you're cute" is synonymous with "you're attractive." Plus, cute is like my highest compliment for women. Plus, w/r/t AA's post: of course I'm not "rugged," nor do I want to be: look at me. That's not what I'm going for.

Why is this thread so long?

When you get married people stop saying good AND bad things about you, as though you're suddenly some asexual piece of cardboard.

I am v v interested in this phenomenon, which I guess I never thought about before.

it's true

it's as if they figure that as an adult in a stable relationship you don't need constant reassurance about trivial shit or something o_O

I don't care what you call me. It just tells me whether or not you've been paying attention.

i'll take compliments however/wherever i can get them

Being called beautiful = a little squicky, a little dud.

Going right over the top and being serenaded = amazingly classic.

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