What does it mean when guys give you indirect compliments instead of straight forward ones?

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does it mean anything when a guy gives you indrect compliments in a way? Like this guy would give me straigh forward compliments when it came to skills, like my drawing skills or something like that, but when i really think about it i didn't get any compliments on my looks. Or not at least directly. He for eksample " it looks like you eat healthy" and he once said that my ass looked lika a half bowling ball, not 100% sure if that was what he said, but i guess he was trying to say that my ass is round. I don't know lol. I dont know if was a compliment or not, but we live in a butt-fixated society, so i would belive its a good thing (unless he hates round asses i guess)

So does that mean anything? i mean his friend (who i met him trough) called me pretty all the time, so it was a big difference between them
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What does it mean when guys give you indirect compliments instead of straight forward ones?
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