When a guy calls a girl ‘cute,’ what does he actually mean?

[Anonymous]

i went on a few dating apps. I get called by other guys "cute" there. Never really understood how to take it, cause for me, it just screams like a guy telling u he's not that invested or not that much into you.

I guess it's probably better than hot in a way that indicates he's not objectifying you (Or am I wrong on this)? At the same time, I do wanna get called hot, but because i get called cute more times than hot, when a guy does call me hot I immediately think he's just in a horny state enough to fuck a tree he finds hot.

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Edit: Lmao. Some of you are sassy. Thanks for the others that answered.

[Kaneki05]

Guys are annoying and I'm guilty of this too make no mistake but reality is we call girls cute too much, it's basically just objectifying them but with cute instead.
And no they're interested if saying this.
Maybe on some occasions it is telling you aren't hot enough but most of the time it's not this.
I do think if a guy finds you hot they'd call you hot and cute right away. So if your noticing they aren't then yeah I'll be honest not a good sign. However does it matter if guys still show interest in you? Probably not, not everyone needs to be hot.

[DryGermanGuy]

Do yourself a favor and stop the incessant overthinking.

[Asker]

But whyyy

[DryGermanGuy]

Because it's not doing you any gooood.

[Nikki1989]

Men will always say what they think the woman wants to hear. Take it with a grain of salt.

[LC75LC71]

Cute is saying that she's too nice to date a guy like me.

[LC75LC71]

@decoded If only you'd included the decibels..

[Asker]

It affected you that much?

[LC75LC71]

The niceness yes.

[In_Trance]

It means the girl should ask the guy for clarification

[Asker]

I would, but I'm kinda shy about being direct. That's why I'm here.

[jahaims]

Depends as it is subjective and one man can use it differently than another.

[spartan55]

It means he thinks you're cute... good lord 🙄

[Danny_dan92]

Jesus fucken christ… really?

[Asker]

Deadass

[Danny_dan92]

That’s deadass unbelievable

[Asker]

I mean I wasn't declaring it as truth though. I was literally throwing out a worst-case interpretation (I used "for me" and "I think's") and asking if I was wrong about it. And would you really say it's completely impossible?

[Danny_dan92]

The answer for this is so obvious

[Asker]

Strong opinions, zero content. Noted

[Danny_dan92]

If a mutha fucka calls someone cute… what does that person think of the person they said it to? Like are you that dense?

[Ariesman81Nshiiit]

Plum trees are hot

[dudeinohio]

Cute is a good thing. Don't overthink.