@GalacticTurtle The part about compliments is very interesting to me. I also fondly remember this one time like 10 years ago when a woman in a public bathroom said that my earrings looked nice, a couple weeks ago when a lady on the street said she liked my shirt, last night when a lady at the grocery store said she liked my hairpin, etc... But I look back on most compliments I receive from men with disdain, at least when it comes to appearance. What does he want? What's he trying to do?

I occasionally take commissions to write articles for the paper (usually about new businesses and stuff) and I like it when men compliment my writing skills and things like that, but I often get angry/suspicious when they compliment my appearance.

When a woman compliments my appearance though, I'm like "Oh, I must look really good today" or "What a nice lady."

I wonder if men feel the same way to an extent. If a man randomly compliments another man about his appearance, does it come across like the complimenter is plotting something nefarious or wants something from the complimentee? Is that why men don't compliment each other as much? Or do men just want compliments from women specifically?