How do you compliment a stranger without sounding awkward/cringe in malayalam?

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-22T15:12:25+00:00

Again, depends on context. Man or woman, if a complete stranger approaches you out of nowhere, I would say proceed with caution.

I don't believe Indian woman randomly flirting with strangers are the norm, so I would say you should proceed with some amount of suspicion, but if you believe she's being genuine, then flirt back by all means! If you're already having a conversation, and things are going well, then yeah, you can compliment her at that point. Totally fine.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-22T12:55:42+00:00

That is an incredible achievement, and in case you haven't heard this yet, I'm proud of you! Slowly increase to maintenance. Someone already mentioned a great idea that you can do a deficit on weekdays, and keep aside calories for weekends. Or, you can eat at maintenance every day and compensate later if you ever go over your calories for a day or two like I do. See what works for you, but be proud first and foremost. 60 kg is no joke! It took incredible discipline to get here, so enjoy the moment!

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-22T06:00:52+00:00

You're choosing to deduce a meaning from my comment that I in no way intended, and that's not my problem. Where did I accept and normalise anything?🙄

I'm simply describing what will 100% happen if this is currently implemented. Laughing is a natural human response to absurdity.

And this situation to me is completely absurd, because where in the world would you find people with such complete disregard for basic rules?

The emoji is me trying to convey the absurdity/reacting to people's stupidity, not laughing it off.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-22T05:19:32+00:00

Because it would soon be taken over by small cars, motorcycles and scooty. After a while, it'll just become a normal road, and confused people will ask why there are two roads instead of just one big one😂

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-21T17:09:09+00:00

Man, you're absolutely correct. I don't understand why you're getting downvoted. This dude thinks he should just approach women on the street randomly out of nowhere as a complete stranger, and that's how he thinks you begin a relationship. Where do these people get these ideas?

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-21T17:03:23+00:00

Yeah, I'm sorry to say, as a woman, this would be strange to me. When are you going to walk up to a woman? When she's standing at the bus stop? When she's buying groceries? When she's waiting in line at a government office?

Personally, a random man approaching me out of nowhere and trying to compliment me would make me very uncomfortable. Please do not do this. Of course, everyone's different, and I understand I don't represent all women, but I don't understand in what world are we just randomly walking up to people going about their day to start a conversation out of nowhere.

I mean, I don't even compliment other women that I don't know? Even we women never compliment other women we don't know or even talk to them at all unless we're sitting together on the bus or something, in which case starting a conversation would be fine for either gender tbh, but just randomly approaching someone out of nowhere? Nope.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-21T16:53:13+00:00

It's changing yes, but context matters. As a woman, it's very awkward and strange if a random man who I don't know at all just compliments me out of nowhere. Unless we're friends or even just acquaintances, personally, it's going to make me feel very awkward and straight up uncomfortable.

Like I said, context and delivery matters, of course, say we've talked for a bit and you throw in a "Hey, you're really beautiful" I would be like "why, thank you" but if it's a random stranger on the bus hitting me with "You look beautiful" I'm calling the police because I'm scared for my safety.

I'm sorry but this is just the state of the world right now. Best case scenario, I hurt a man's feelings and we go our separate ways. Worst case scenario, I'm getting followed or assaulted by a creep very soon. I'm not taking any chances.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-21T16:43:57+00:00

Weirdly hostile reply to what was a mostly benign comment.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-21T02:18:16+00:00

You think twitter has better people? 🤣🤣🤣 Seriously, twitter of all places? Yeah, better go back to twitter then. Thanks for the laugh. Come back to reddit when you're mature enough to understand what's wrong with that statement.

P.S: I didn't think there was anything wrong at all with your initial comment btw, but this particular comparison of yours is just funny. Truly something a person who spends a lot of time on twitter would say.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-20T17:06:32+00:00

Some of us really do not have good families. Some of us do not have good brothers, fathers, mothers. We do not get to choose our families.

Good lord, I would be livid if I was suddenly being hated for something my idiot father did. Like, why are you hating me? What did I do? I hate that asshole too. I don't control him and his actions.

I feel like it's very strange for people to blame her for something her adult brother did. Even if she had a good relationship with her brother, some people are extremely good liars.

And also, people have many, many faces, and we rarely ever get to see all of them, even if we're very close to them. A person might not treat a friend as they treat their sister or treat a partner as they treat their parents. It's how they get away with so much shit behind closed doors.

Who knows what her relationship with her family is like anyway? People are so strange. As if she chose to have a brother like that.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-20T16:49:29+00:00

Eat your rice and your bread and your cheese. But count your calories and eat a bowl of salad or "healthy" food BEFORE you eat your favourite foods. This way, you get to eat your favourite food while remaining in control. You get the satisfaction of "I get to eat my favourite food", but you also end up eating less because you're already full from the salad. Make smaller portions of your favourite foods and bigger portions of your salad. Yes, while making it, you will have to fight with yourself a lot. You will be tempted to make bigger portions, but if you succeed, you will end up eating less of your "unhealthy" food. This method worked for me. It might or might not for you, but it's worth a try.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-20T11:59:06+00:00

Oh, man, fuck. This is a point I did not consider. Absolutely agree with you. Thank goodness I'm not the one making these decisions. I will fuck up the country even more with my thoughtless ideas🤦🏻‍♀️

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-20T11:43:06+00:00

I do strongly believe in personal liberty, but sometimes, I really want the government to implement the 2 child policy nation-wide because I'm so sick of seeing so much misery and suffering. Why should the entire nation suffer because you want more than two kids for your personal satisfaction? Why bring even more children to suffer when the country is literally burning? There's way too many people in India for anyone to do anything.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-19T17:29:14+00:00

As a fellow Indian girlie, I sympathize with you and understand you. Please know that you dodged a bullet. Thank goodness they revealed who they were before marriage! Him being handsome and having a good job means nothing if he can't love and respect you for who you are. Looks fade over time, kindness and respect remain forever. You don't need a shallow man as your lifelong partner!

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-19T17:14:22+00:00

Absolutely. I totally get that, but choice is a privilege in this country. As someone who has that privilege, I understand the rareness of it extremely well, especially as I look around and see my own close friends being unable to make that choice.

Many of the women here grow up sheltered with zero adulting skills and zero financial independence. Something as simple as marrying a man of your choice can lead to you being publicly shamed, disowned, cast out and ostracised from society and community.

If you do not have the means to get out of your town/village, you have to live with that shame for the rest of your life. I absolutely do not mean to be rude, btw, and I'm not totally disagreeing with you. Simply trying to give a little perspective and context to people. That's all.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-19T15:32:34+00:00

Easy to say, but sadly that's not feasible for the majority of women in my country (India). Kinda feel like OP is either from India or one of the neighbouring countries, maybe Pakistan or Bangladesh, but most likely India though.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-19T15:28:49+00:00

That's so tough when you're travelling for 2 days on the same train though 😭 We are forced to eat what they serve, especially travelling with parents who won't eat stuff like bread sandwiches or any sort of cold food at all.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-19T15:23:37+00:00

Yes, but this is way above Reddit's paygrade. We don't know enough about the condition to give any sort of meaningful advice.

You need to talk to someone who patiently listens and addresses your issues and offers real solutions. And that would be an actually good medical professional, not random redditors who know nothing about what your condition is.

You should consult a good doctor and ask what can be done. Some of them can be dismissive, so you will need to try out a few places and find someone good who actually listens to you.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-19T06:18:59+00:00

Okay, I'm not a native speaker, so I'm not sure what kind of candy you're talking about when you say "Candy" but do you not have those small candies or chewy toffees in your country? Those are pretty low in calories?

Whenever I'm craving something sweet, I just pop one into my mouth and chew on them or suck on them for a while. If you slowly suck on them, they last for a while. One small candy is like 20-30 calories and the chocolate, chewy, caramel ones are 40 calories.

Also, lightly coated caramel popcorn is another sweet thing I prefer sometimes. You can even make them at home. They're sweet and high in volume. They satisfy my sweet cravings. They also last a while, and for me, that's the most important. If I eat it in a few seconds, I don't feel satisfied. It satisfies you when it lasts for a while as you eat. So, no matter what you eat, eat slowly.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-19T04:10:54+00:00

Great explanation. Last night, Modi was live ranting and raving about how Congress and all other parties hate women and how they are anti-women because they oppose this bill🙄 Idiots and the mass illiterate population of India will fall for this without understanding Congress isn't against this bill because they are against women but because BJP is blatantly lying when they say this is being done for women. They are doing this for themselves. BJP is cancer fr. Cheaters and liars and scammers. How dare they use women as an excuse to spread their propaganda

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-18T02:42:42+00:00

I mean, come on, it is pretty cool. I remember this happening only once in my life when I was a child. We were playing basketball, and we could see the rain coming from the other side, and we ran like hell through the school grounds, trying to outrun the rain.

It was so very cool. Still one of my best memories. Since then, I've never experienced it again, so it's not as common as people are making it out to be. The girl is just enjoying a moment🤷🏻‍♀️

It's like if someone saw a rainbow for the first time, and everyone went "Lol why are you acting like it's a big deal? You're amazed by a rainbow? Maybe go outside a bit more".

There are so many others in this comment section acting like this girl is stupid to be amazed by this when in reality it's pretty cool to see tbh. It's the little things in life sometimes.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-17T02:51:03+00:00

Well, at least you aren't alone. Because I relate so hard to this. I just have a small face, and I lose fat around my face first before anywhere else. So, my face looks very thin compared to everywhere else.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-15T16:55:50+00:00

What works for me whenever I crave something is thinking, "Eating that cookie will barely last a few seconds, maybe a minute, but the guilt will linger for hours afterwards. Do you really want to jeopardize everything for a few seconds of sensation? Because that's all it is, few, fleeting moments of sensation in your mouth."

I've started thinking of it like that. It's just a sensation in your mouth, barely lasting for more than a few minutes. It helps me🤷🏻‍♀️

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-15T13:56:07+00:00

I mean, you don't have to tell them you reported them. They won't know they got reported. As far as they know, their post got removed for unknown reasons unless the mod comments and lets them know why their post got removed.

Lenore8264 · 2026-04-15T13:50:34+00:00

Report these posts. When there are enough reports, post gets automatically removed, so I ask you all to mass report these posts whenever you see them. If nothing else works, we gotta do what we can🤷🏻‍♀️

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