Do you take compliments seriously?

I don't give fake compliments. If I tell a girl that she has beautiful hair or pretty eyes or if I tell a guy that he has an awesome shirt or something, I really mean it.

Depends who it is, I would trust the opinions of my best friend over say my mum

I don't give fake compliments and I would hope I don't receive any. However, I never used to accept any compliments as truth, but these days I know I'm fuckin awesomely sexy, so I choose to believe 'em, true or not :)

Not really, no. It's nice that people say them but I'd never take anything as gospel. Apart from gospel, of course.

Well... It depends. One time, I spent a lot of time washing and conditiong my hair, just cause, and the next day, a friend of mine told me my hair looked nice. I'm pretty sure she was sincere because, my hair is usually pretty bland. Also, I usually wear hoodies, so when I do wear a shirt and someone tells me, "That's a nice shirt." I assume there meaning to actually be, "You should wear your clothes without a hoodie more often." In my opinion, all compliments have a meaning behind them. Whether it's to get you to change a certain aspect about your self, to become your friend, or because they just want to feel like they did something nice, there is a meaning to all compliments. In answer, I wouldn't say compliments are insincere. It just depends on how you percieve them that makes the compliment have no meaning. Either way, I'm not one to give compliments and I don't usually get many compliments, so I guess I wouldn't know much about open compliments that people just give out.

I'm not good at receiving compliments. I always assume that any compliments I get are the result of people trying to bolster my incredibly-low self-esteem by telling me sweet little lies about myself.

Never :/ it's funny because a thousand compliments could mean nothing against one negative comment

I never dish out fake compliments, and I don't receive compliments often let alone fake ones. If you hang around shallow people, you're going to get shallow conversation.

I feel happier believing them, even if they might be untruthful. If they are untruthful, that could mean that they care about my feelings, which is a compliment in itself.

I hate receiving compliments because i never believe them to be true! I will only give compliments when i truly feel that something or someone is deserving of praise.

I tend to black stare and move away from the source, never really thought about if they mean it or not.

Sir/madam, you are negative and would think every thing the other person is writing is a fake.
Look deep down inside of you. You don't trust anyone including your self. For you have no respect for yourself and can't believe other's giving you compliments. You have problem with your negativity.....

Well.. it depends. If I showed up to a party all dolled up and a friend said "Oh you look so pretty!" then I'd probably brush it off, I know they are only saying that to be nice. However, if somebody really went out of their way to compliment me, I'd assume they're being sincere. And it depends on the type of compliment too, ones to do with my appearance I don't take seriously (as girls are always told they're pretty), ones to do with a certain talent I take seriously (because I know I am talented in certain fields and I assume everyone that compliments me on it is being sincere).

Your poll answers are soooo like totally gay.

I don't take any compliments.

I never really knew that people gave fake compliments before, I've done that before. It's definitely something to think about. On that note though, I'll forever love receiving compliments and thanking the person for them because if we assume that every compliment is a lie, then no one will receive a thank you when they really mean it.

Occasionally, people will blurt compliments out of lack of anything else to say. I used to be "suspicious" of compliments, but now I simply take people at their word. Freud may agree, if someone says it, then it must be true at some level.

Compliments don't mean shit to me. If someone says "oh you look cute!" or "wow your smart" I just want to be like "ok alright now shut up I don't care what you think about me"

Even if they were being sincere, I really don't care what someone else thinks of me. Most people seem to care what others think of them which is kind of different and strange to me. I guess I'm lucky :)

I've noticed this as well... that's one of the reasons why I don't take a lot of compliments too seriously.

Compliments don't mean much to me, sincere or not, it's really about what a person thinks of themselves. *shrugs*

I've seen many people compliment others and 2seconds later.. ew that was so hideous! etc.. Therefore i don't believe everything i hear.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant- an elephant's faithful one hundred percent. :)

I never really question if compliments are sincere or not. When I compliment someone, I genuinely mean it and I assume others do the same.

I never had compliments throughout my childhood and my husband doesn't give me them either - which is fine by me. I find myself looking at people as if they're taking the piss, if they give me a compliment. I wonder / ask them what they're after - especially if they're male.

I rarely give compliments either, unless someone is looking particularly nice.

That's it actually - compliments tend to be based on what we look like, which I find insignificant.

I can take compliments about my intelligence though and accept them ok.

I don't get compliments often, mostly because I am not the person who fishes for them but when I do they are pretty sincere. I never get ones full of hot air that are used all the time.

you're hot lets fuck

I always feel like people are just sucking up :/
But some of them I feel like they are real compliments. Either way them just trying to be nice or sucking up is still a compliment to me.

People WANT to believe what is said is true. It's simple psychology on the human brain. We want to believe the positive things people tell us are true. That's why people don't think twice about the compliments they receive. Then again, some negative people or untrusting people will always doubt the authenticity of a compliment.

I don't give out fake compliments. When I say them, I mean them. I rarely hand them out though, because I'm too lazy to mention it half the time.

Also, I don't get compliments too often. It could be due to the fact that I don't LOOK for them. The ones I do get, I know are genuine because they are ones I get often. Like how nice I am, or how helpful, or how trusting. Compliments aren't always about looks and honestly, those ones are the last ones I'd want.

i usely jus say compliments to start a converstion but they are usely true

I dont take them seriously but I am still polite about it... I rarely give compliments so when i do they're always sincere, what'd be the point otherwise? they are probably sucking up to you which is kind of a compliment in it self...

I just pretend every likes me to save myself from being depressed.