Nice little phrase for a common behavior: fishing for compliments.
If you are fishing for a compliment you are saying something that virtually forces – or at least very strongly encourages – somebody else to make you a compliment.
Fishing for compliments is very frequent and not just in teenage girls. It is generally thought of as a typical female behavior, but men are’t immune to it either. In case you want to learn how to do it right, here is a guide.
And here are some examples of compliment fishing:
Woman: “Honey, how do I look in this dress? I think my butt looks really fat in it!”
Man: “Darling, what are you talking about, your butt looks spectacular in this dress. ”
And:
Man: “Sweetie, I think I am getting a bald spot up here!”
Woman: “No dear, absolutely not, your hair is as thick as it was the day I met you 25 years ago.”