What dumb stuff have men said to YOU since taking up cycling???

**limewave** · 10-04-2005, 09:44 AM

One of the first times my husband and I rode together he had to make the comment "Your butt jiggles alot when you ride."

The last ride we took my husband said "you sure do look a lot different since the last time I rode with you." Being that I was 8 months pregnant at this time I was waiting for a repeat of the "jiggling" comment, instead I got "your legs are really toned. Must be from pushing all that baby weight uphill." I was so relieved. He's learning . . . sort of.

**DirtDiva** · 10-04-2005, 09:55 AM

It's hard to believe that people actually said some of these - too funny.

The one I hate is the variations on "you look good when you try" I sometimes get when I make the effort to dress up for something, usually from my mother.

I love her dearly, but she just does't seem to appreciate jeans, well-loved t-shirts, hair in need of cutting and no make-up the way I do.

**skibum** · 10-04-2005, 09:57 AM

I had a guy tell me recently that I had the biggest calf muscles he's ever seen on a woman. I think he meant it in a good way. The way he said it sounded like a compliment but still... most women don't want any of their body parts referred to as being big. Couldn't he have just said 'nice calves'?

**Trekhawk** · 10-04-2005, 11:51 AM

lol - well I guess we have to cut men some slack because if they were perfect well then um I think that would make them women.

Tlkiwi - man you make me laugh. I nearly had my cuppa tea squirting out of my nose. Lucky Im not in an office at work. Only spectator was my 4 year old who thought I was trying to do a cool trick.

**Geonz** · 10-04-2005, 12:03 PM

Most common comment to me is "nice socks" when I'm tooling by in my sneakers, toe clips and novelty socks (I like to wear the ones with the dancing turtles for events).

Did a century with three first-timers this Saturday. We had 25 mph winds and a little bit of hail - but everybody finished and was still walking :-) :-) When the sag wagon came by, we just laughed and waved 'em on. (THere was some real eye candy there, too - pegged him as cute in his car as we pulled up, but then I saw him at the rest stop and he has a smile that comes from oh, the inner core of his spirit or something. Just nice to dodge the wind for awhile wtih him - and a toe clip fellow, too!)

**DirtDiva** · 10-04-2005, 02:55 PM

Oops - never meant to endanger your sinuses Trekhawk. Here's hoping your four-year-old doesn't try to master your "cool trick."

**Pedal Wench** · 10-04-2005, 06:27 PM

Shoot, girl, I think it was ME who said that! Seriously, you've got amazing definition, not size. In fact, inquiring minds wanna know what can one do so one can look JUST LIKE YOU! Really - running, lifting? I want 'nice calves' too!

Trust me, it was meant as a compliment!

Originally Posted by skibum

I had a guy tell me recently that I had the biggest calf muscles he's ever seen on a woman. I think he meant it in a good way. The way he said it sounded like a compliment but still... most women don't want any of their body parts referred to as being big. Couldn't he have just said 'nice calves'?

**Trek420** · 10-04-2005, 06:48 PM

Pedal Wench "Seriously, you've got amazing definition, not size."

anyway isn't it the GUYS who say it's not the size it's what you do with it or they say sumthin' like that.

**doctorfrau** · 10-04-2005, 06:52 PM

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

**bluerider** · 10-04-2005, 08:02 PM

This is such a hilarious thread. Don't know if anyone has seen this but Nike has this new ad campaign out and it's about what our body tells about us. I love this one about "thunder thighs". I am proud of mine!!!

**LBTC** · 10-04-2005, 09:37 PM

this one from a girl I work with.

just for reference...I'm not a lot overweight - like 5 - 10 pounds - I just don't have anything straight on me! and I'm really short. and the girl who said it is a stick. way too skinny. probably 20 pounds lighter than me and 4 inches taller.

so she says "wow, for someone so petite you sure are stocky"

yes, I have some muscle definition in my shoulders and arms and I was wearing a sleeveless top. no, I'm not ripped, that extra 5-10 pounds hides the muscles a bit...

anyway, she kept on talking, trying to recover or something, until I finally said she she stop, after all, people might think she's flirting with me! heehee. for a catholic girl, she took that really well!

Namaste,
~T~

**Irulan** · 10-05-2005, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by doctorfrau

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.

yes, thanks for saying that. Focus on them and the gift they are giving you and not what kind of wrapper it comes in.

~Irulan

**bikerchick68** · 10-05-2005, 08:14 AM

awww, comeon now... I LIKE the wrapper... and the bows... and, and...

LOL. Yeah, I KNOW he meant it as a compliment. If I really believed he didn't I would've got up and walked outta the date. That, however, does not prevent me from shaking my head at the compliment itself... tree trunks...

My garden friends have suggested I find out if he meant a crape myrtle or an oak!

**rn2binca** · 10-05-2005, 08:21 AM

Originally Posted by bikerchick68

awww, comeon now... I LIKE the wrapper... and the bows... and, and...

My garden friends have suggested I find out if he meant a crape myrtle or an oak!

All I can say is thanks for this topic. I truly needed a great chuckle this morning. This one finally got me laughing out loud.

I say "Be Proud, Be Strong!" The fact that we CAN ride a bike (although mine isnt here yet so I should say YOU) is a gift.

Women want the bows and pretty wrapper. Most men just don't know how to wrap a present.

Tracy

**Rakekay** · 10-05-2005, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by bikerchick68

LOL. Yeah, I KNOW he meant it as a compliment. If I really believed he didn't I would've got up and walked outta the date. That, however, does not prevent me from shaking my head at the compliment itself... tree trunks...

What I really want to know is, are you going out with that guy again?

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