Wednesday, June 5, 2013

100 Words a Day 289

“She gave me a compliment,” Cliff said.

“That’s great!” Sherry exclaimed. “She likes you.”

“I’m not sure it was sincere.”

“Why would she lie about that?”

“I don’t know. I just have a hard time with compliments.”

“Why?”

“Every time I’ve ever identified with a character on the receiving end of a compliment, that character was receiving a false one. And, a lot of the compliments I have received are ones that are shown to be lies most of the time by popular culture.”

“What do you mean?”

“You know. Does this dress make me look fat? But for men.”

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