Especially since it’s normal to wear actual genital coverings underneath leggings.

Yet another reason why I’m so glad to be bald. I haven’t paid for a haircut in 20 years.

Thanks for the reminder.

This reminds me after a long day roofing one summer I went to the grocery store to get food for dinner.

At the checkout the cashier looks at me for a moment and says "Wow I really like your tan."

I looked down and quickly replied "Thanks but it's mostly dirt" I've never seen an expression turn to disgust more quickly.

Yep, that's me. Skinny everywhere else but have a little extra pudge. I get asked at least once a week, at my job, when I'm due. Who fucking raised these people?

I feel like the creepiness is totally situational and depends on the tone, I also don’t think ANY comment on appearance is creepy, so I won’t comment on the creepiness but I will say the way OP pointed out this persons appearance feels like a neg.

If I were wearing some combination of clothing and someone said, “Wow, I’ve never seen someone wear ____ and ____, but I like it.” Id feel pretty weird. Sometimes when I go to the grocery store, I’ll put jeans on then decide eh fuck it I’m just gonna wear my slippers. And if someone said, “Wow I’ve never seen someone wear slippers and jeans before, but I like it.” I’d probably walk away thinking, “did that guy just roast me?”

I do agree, leggings is a weird thing to “compliment” as well. They have a cool shirt on, or interesting shoes, or like a wild design on their leggings, sure. But complimenting normal leggings that clearly were so normal, they just looked like legs (or vice versa) is kinda odd

Right, but that's not what OP posted

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Because she got high

Because she got high

Because she got hiiiiigh.

Yeah seems like creeps are down voting you, no need to comment on someone you don't knows clothes

Three ways to proceed, I see, and you took one.

1. Laugh, say OH! Get your food, and go.
2. Hit her with the one-two punch and tell her there is a dollar store down the street. Go get some lotion because you are ashy as f#@k.
3. Tell her I know. You looked too good/cute/beautiful/fine [compliment of choice] to approach. I needed a way to break the ice. Oh, look! You're talking to me now, so it must have worked.

I saw a friend after a couple years and when we first met up, I kind of just couldn't stop staring at her legs. She had tattoos already but I was shocked she got both her legs entirely covered in tattoos.

Turns out she was wearing leggings.

This exchange happened within a few seconds fwiw.

Leggings are what my people call legs.

Oh for fucks sake

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I was gonna leave a big tip, but I got high

I’m not sure anyone thinks of leggings as…. Genital coverings? It’s not weird to tell a stranger “I love your shirt” or “nice hat!” Or something in passing. It’s complimenting someone’s taste, not their appearance. If you said “wow those leggings really make your ass look good!” That would be inappropriate.

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I compliment people all the time, I don’t think it’s that strange. I’ve also never looked at complimenting someone’s pants or leggings as complimenting something “designed to cover your genitals”. It’s not like they said I love the VPL you got there.

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So.. she was like super dark skin.

Now I don't look dope and I know why.

I was gonna do a good haircut, but then I got high.

Yeah…it was a weird comment indeed and it would have made me super uncomfortable. Also, you’ve never seen someone wear leggings and flip flops? Where the fuck do you live?

100%, I did a doof and don’t want others to do the same doof. It’ll happen if 1) you’re looking for the cheapest bike you can get, and 2) you didn’t do any research on bike types.