Seriously, I think some of you gals need to take a breath and just smile and say "thank you".

Guys don't admire the stuff about us that we WANT them to admire and they don't always put it in a WAY we want to hear, but if you turn off the chick-filter they really ARE complimenting you.

Guys admire muscles on other guys, so noting your muscles or your tree-trunk legs isn't a slam - it's a compliment!!!! Grab it and RUN!

Noting that you must have gorilla legs is the way for the guy to say - wow, I don't think "I" could climb those hills - you must therefore be awesome!

I used to really mind the fact that an old boyfriend would always comment on how "strong" I was. Why couldn't he say how good my hair smelled, or how sexy that new bra looked on me? I finally realized that in "guy-speak" he WAS complimenting me by admiring my strength and calling me "athletic" - which is something that I hadn't ever perceived myself as being.

Don't diss their compliments - you just have to "translate" them