I thought I had a feeling or an opinion about the comment / compliment, or a reaction to any of this. Turns out I don't. I'm remarkably unaffected. The most interesting thing I can come up with was just that.

I had someone the other day say "You're pretty for someone who doesn't wear makeup." Ummm....thanks

You do look awesome

That used to bother me too, but now I've let myself go a bit, and those "compliments" stopped coming, so there is a way to make them stop, haha!

People don't mean any malice by the comments, sometimes they are just surprised to see someone who is well preserved, whether through good genes, hard work or an easy stress free lifestyle.

I'll usually take a compliment in the way it was intended, and I try not to make it into a problem, unless I simply don't like the person and want to make it into reason to turn them away. Then, no matter what they say, I'll likely find a way to take offense, haha. Sadly that's the bristly part of my human nature that needs some work.

Sometimes I'll see an old geezer....then realize....I went to school with him !!

So many of us can't imagine.

Oh...you poor thing.

I kid you not, I was at the doctor's office just a few days ago and was bitching about the ravages of aging and was told by the nurse, "I think you look great, especially for a man your age." She couldn't have been more than late 20s -- early 30s and was very pretty. I decided I would take that compliment no matter how it came to me.

FYI: I'll be 60 in Oct.

I see it as age is just a number...that will eventually kill me.

This sort of compliment doesn’t bother me in the least. I usually laugh if someone says it and thank them … I assume they mean well.

If someone I knew for a long time said that I had aged well it would be ok, your example is rude.

You're accustomed to lots of positive affirmation. Most of us get none. Just accept it gracefully.