Thanks for the compliment

British men are too afraid to pay women compliments, according to a survey last week. What are they afraid of? If Adam Lusher’s experiments in compliment-paying are anything to go by, it could be British women

A survey of 1,000 women has found that 89 per cent might love to receive a compliment, but 67 per cent felt very uncomfortable if it came from anybody other than their husband or boyfriend. Fully 65 per cent always suspected an agenda behind any compliment from a stranger.

It’s a dangerous thing.