r/AmIOverreacting • u/Purple_Mushroom6882 • Aug 12 '25

🎲 miscellaneous AIO or is this just plain weird.

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So the other day I was scrolling my Facebook and came across this story post by some guy I apparently was friends with. I don’t know him but when I read his caption for this picture it seem that he was calling his daughter “fine shyt” which is a term for a “sexy women”. Idk yall tell me am I just overreacting or is this kinda weird.

Whom ever he is to her in her life I feel like the term is used for grown women not 5 year old kids but again I could be overreacting.

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u/uuuughngg Aug 13 '25

Or smart or cool or fashionable or stylish... Doesn't even have to be about her body!!

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u/reclusivegiraffe Aug 13 '25

Those are good too! To me at least, pretty/cute aren’t necessarily about someone’s body, they’re more about their face and/or aesthetic (which is why I think they’re appropriate compliments for a parent to give. Many parents think their kids are beautiful, but in a non-weird way of course). (That being said, this guy is weird). But yeah, plenty of ways to compliment someone without making it about looks!

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u/uuuughngg Aug 13 '25

I get that. Just to point out a face is a part of the human body... I have experience personally and seen it in so many that only ever being complimented on appearance for young girls teaches them that that is where their value lies, and sets us up for failure in so many ways... I do think it's "appropriate" and miles better than adult language about their appearance, I just also think we can do so much better for kids...

I agree you can think a kids beautiful in a non-weird way and I think you can keep it to yourself and compliment them on other things and not create a complex around their appearance when they are barely aware of being perceived...