Today I received a compliment I often get multiple times a day when people see Talia: "She is so beautiful." followed by a slew of things about her that qualify that statement. Such things often are her curls, smile, eyes, personality, nose etc. Today's compliment started in a most unwelcome way. A new YMCA worker asked upon my arrival to pick up my kids "Does she look like her father?" After explaining how her father is Hispanic and not delving into my personal hopes that my children would get all of the beautiful skin, hair, eyes, etc that Ethnicity has to offer, she continued to remark "Yeah, she looks nothing like you." Then, without skipping a beat and surely without thinking of the implications to myself she states: "She is so beautiful."
Good thing I'm smart and funny and gosh darn it, people like me :). Even still. . .she is cute and does resemble a certain Father of hers. What can I say. . .I have great taste!
AFTER POST THOUGHTS:
Judging by the two very sweet comments already shared, I feel like I should clarify. I feel fine about myself and I imagine the girl really only meant to give a high compliment. It was just a funny reminder about the implications of semantics and syntax.
5 comments:
I think she wasn't connecting the dots to say that you weren't pretty. She probably was saying, "Talia was beautiful (which she is), and she didn't realize that to follow her logic was to say you weren't beautiful. She probably was never very good at math. Remember the if a=b and b=c the a=c rule? Yea, well she probably never really learned that.
We all say things without thinking - and I think you are beautiful. Just like your daughter.
This comment is to validate your smashing good looks :) (i just have to be a little snarky sometimes)
oh rachelle, but you ARE beautiful. (I just thought I would tease you, as you put the afterpost in to avoid such types of comments.)
You're gorgeous...both of you :)
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