Stranger called me beautiful? Opinion?

[Anonymous]

I'm an English teacher and I was teaching the verb 'to be' to this very dashing young man. I was going through it with him and getting him to repeat after me, and after I said "you are" he said "you are beautiful" to me. Of course, it was flattering and it did take me by surprise. Are compliments like this given by strangers, a man I had met not less than an hour ago, genuine? What was he thinking? As a guy, would you only say things like this to a woman, let alone a stranger, if you really felt it?

[Anonymous]

If you are an English teacher you know that the definition of the word beautiful is about external beauty you can see. Looks are assessed instantly. It is not about getting to know the person.

So why are you asking? Because you want more compliments and attention?

[DocT1977]

It's not something I would do. Without really knowing the person, saying things like that would feel awkward for me. I have heard of it happening though.

[winterfox10]

A guy wouldn't waste his breath saying something like that to a random woman if she wasn't actually beautiful.

[skrewd]

well if you feel that you are truly ugly than you know he's a liar. if you're beautiful and you take offense to it you're stuck up. just say thank you and take it for what it is, a nice compliment.

[Anonymous]

Why would he say it if he didn't think it? Why do women have a hard time believing it? lol I personally don't randomly tell strangers they're beautiful, even if I think it, but I would never say it if I didn't think it.

[chriscdi]

beautiful is a physical compliment which means it can be used on a stranger, he likes how you look and he decided to compliment you, just enjoy the compliment lol

[spartan55]

Why would he lie about it. Don't overthink it, it was just a compliment.

[Kaneki05]

if your beautiful i would just call you so. So yeah pretty normal

[MountAverage]

What does him being a stranger have anything to do with how genuine his compliment was? And why do you even care?

[SenseiSeptred]

Lady, I would say it to anybody anyways regardless of gender even if I did not have feelings for them at first.

[simplelikeme]

Say thank you smile and continue walking down the road LOL take it as a compliment. But if it's someone you like, hit up a conversation with him

[_乃尺OЩ刀_TITI]

Thats hardly a stranger, that was your student. Flirting with you.

[asshole_]

If you found him dashing

Why should it matter that he said that to you?

[Anonymous]

Yeah that’s pretty normal for a guy that thinks that of you and doesn’t know you , I guess you are beautiful and you’re very young so it’s a good bet

[Cryptic-Game]

It is bad to tell a stranger that as you don't know how they'd take it.

[Anonymous]

Are you good at looking at the clouds and seeing works of art?

[coffeewithcream]

Complain and have him kicked out of your school.

[Fuentes]

If he's your student stop trippin