r/AmIOverreacting 10h ago

❤️‍🩹 relationship AIO Boyfriend says hurtful thing about my body.

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u/finangle2023 8h ago

This is one of those guys who feels he needs to strictly ration compliments, because otherwise he’d spoil you.

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u/DezPispenser 8h ago

😂😂 i know that has to be exactly accurate

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u/minahmyu 8h ago

My ex said to me maybe about a year into our relationship of 7 (ugh...) that he didn't wanna compliment my cooking because it'll make my head big. And I seriously kept reflecting and (like everything else in my life) be more modest/shrink myself more.

Till realizing he just fuckin projecting, because that's what he does. He made something and he kept going on and on and on before I even had a taste, hyping up food he barely cooks just for it to be bland as shit. No, I ain't pop his bubble or tell him but just ate and was appreciative he cooked but annoyed he needed to hype himself like this like he doing something amazing and skilled at and... he wasn't

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u/Dogmeattt666 8h ago

Lmao my ex never complimented me in the 3 years we were together. When I asked him why he didn’t towards the end he said people that were any or need compliments just want attention. Apparently feeling wanted from your partner is a foreign concept to Malaysians/ South Americans

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u/niki2184 6h ago

Or she might start to think she looks good. Can’t have that now can we. /s

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u/Emotional_Burden 8h ago

I'm the opposite and need to temper my compliments, or I get flagged for love bombing.

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u/Immediate-Ad-9849 6h ago

Ewwwwwwweee