54 Women Share The Most Surprising Comments Made About Their Bodies

My husband told me I had nice legs once 3 years ago and I still think about it.

A boy in high school told me I have “pancake hands”. Idk what that even means.

It's so small but still lives in my mind. I was an ugly duckling during puberty. I had severe acne, glasses that didn't suit me, braces, etc. I was already getting bullied but that's another can of worms.

I was interested in babysitting to make some cash to fund my hobbies at the time. My local library was hosting CPR classes. So my mom signed me up for it and off I went. The class was mainly catered to teens so there were a lot of teenage girls in the class.

As soon as I walked in, I knew I stook out like a sore thumb. I remember making eye contact with one girl. I thought she was really pretty but she obviously didn't think the same about me. She just said "Ew.".

A female massage therapist asked if I've ever been told I have the softest skin they've ever touched. I said yeah, 4 people have told me that.

She responds with well I can assure you if they haven't told you they were thinking it.

Been marveled over like an animal in a zoo when one of my friends in 5th grade was like "wow you have so much arm hair!" 😭 one of my first insecurities lol.

Recently on a date he asked how many guys I was dating because “I’m so beautiful”. I’ve always been insecure and it was really nice to hear the compliment. It’s stuck with me as a reminder not to be so hard on myself. Most of the things we worry about no one else notices.

I was crawling/playing on the floor when I was 10 and my dad said, “Look, your belly hangs down to the floor!” I’ve hated my belly for 33 years because of that comment.

I’m going to take this in a different direction but compliments on my hands (look and feel). It’s kind of an unusual compliment to get in general but particularly how often it comes from strangers.

My family has told me I have nice full eyebrows, but once in 7th grade a girl looked at me and asked “oh did you have a shaving accident?” pointing at the end of my eyebrow. It has a slightly uneven dip as the hair thins out. I never noticed my eyebrows nor thought about shaving them until that point. She laughed thinking it was a silly mistake, not meaning any harm. I can’t look at my eyebrows the same anymore. I can never unsee it.

A teacher once said “you’d be so pretty if you smiled more” in front of the whole class. I was 12, and still think about it sometimes.

Went to pick out a graduation dress with my mom, I was gravitating towards a statement red dress and she told me that red didn’t look good on me. It took years for me to feel confident wearing red again.

A drunk guy at a party in uni told me that it was a good thing I had a chubby face because it stopped me appearing anorexic. I've grown out of that late teen gangly phase but I learnt that my face is just the first place I show any weight gain. For my body to be in a healthly place, I have to accept the full face and slight double chin. Reality of a recessive chin. I've never like how my face looked since though, genuinely repulses me.

Immediately after birth in the nincu the nurse was looking back and forth and baby and me. And said oh yea I guess he has weird ears like you. I never thought my ears were weird. What a strange thing to say to someone immediately after birth when holding baby for the first time.

"you look prettier with some weight", I've always been incredibly insecure and wanting to change things about how I look, this comment made me feel like no matter what I did or didn't do was good enough.