"You're pretty. But not, like, Victoria's Secret pretty."

[ZenLefty]

I feel like I've now heard it all.

Someone actually said that to a woman he's dating. She really likes him, thinks he's great and wonderful, is convinced that he is responsible for hanging the moon and other nice things. And then he has to go and say that.

"You're pretty. But not, like, Victoria's Secret or Sports Illustrated Swimsuit pretty."

She asked me why a guy would say something like that, and whether it's really a compliment. I told her it translates roughly to "I'm thinking about joining a monestary and don't want to have sex ever again in my life." Come on, guys. That's not a compliment. Far from it.

I did think of some good retorts for her to say to him.

"You're strong, but not like Muscle & Fitness strong."
"You have a big wiener, but not like a porn star wiener."
"You're smart, but not like high school smart."

The strange thing is, I think he was sincere. I just think he's too stupid to know the difference.

So whadda ya think she should do? Reciprocate with one of the above? Dump the idiot? Buy him some monk's robes?