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"Picture this: You&amp;amp;#8217;re at a party and are dressed up in a hot little number, and you&amp;amp;#8217;re feeling great. You walk over to the kitchen to refill your drink, and someone gushes, &amp;amp;#8220;I love your outfit!&amp;amp;#8221; How do you respond?If you&amp;amp;#8217;re anything like me, you might say something like, &amp;amp;#8220;Oh, I was just thinking about how old this dress is.&amp;amp;#8221; Or, &amp;amp;#8220;I bought it when it was ridiculously on sale.&amp;amp;#8221; Have you ever been there? I know that Beth from Girls in the Beauty Dept. has downplayed praise she&amp;#x27;s received. What about you? Do you have trouble saying a simple, &amp;amp;#8220;Thanks!&amp;amp;#8221; when someone flatters you? Well, Smitteners, I&amp;amp;#8217;m making a change&amp;amp;#8212;and I think you should, too! Compliments are nice. Joanna even remembers one that someone gave her more than a decade ago! I like to give shout-outs to the people around me, and from now on I am going to accept any kind words that come my way graciously. Are you on board with this? Here are a few examples to get us all started... On p. 64 of the October issue, we asked four women, &amp;amp;#8220;What makes you feel like a Glamour Do?&amp;amp;#8221; Instead of saying, &amp;amp;#8220;Oh, I never feel like that&amp;amp;#8221; these women talked about how everything from saving money to wearing a great trench coat makes them feel fabulous. (And, just in case you&amp;#x27;re wondering, none of them come off as conceited...not even a little bit.) We can all learn something from these women: When we have a Do moment, we should embrace it. And if a co-worker, a friend or a cute guy notices, we should thank them! My new roommate Allison (I moved last weekend!), has aced the art of accepting compliments. When I checked out the apartment for the very first time, I couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t stop telling her how adorable her decorating taste is. Here&amp;amp;#8217;s a peek inside my new pad&amp;amp;#133;. Can you see me in the reflection of the mirror? Oops! Isn&amp;amp;#8217;t it cute? So, when I said, &amp;amp;#8220;I&amp;amp;#8217;m in love with your decorating style!&amp;amp;#8221; Allison smiled and said, &amp;amp;#8220;Aw, thank you. That&amp;amp;#8217;s so sweet.&amp;amp;#8221; It&amp;amp;#8217;s as easy as that! What do you say when someone compliments you? Do you accept it nicely, or do you need to work on saying, &amp;amp;#8220;Thanks,&amp;amp;#8221; instead of explaining why your awesome handwriting, beautiful painting skills, or wonderful other talent isn&amp;amp;#8217;t as great as it seems? P.S. Have you received a compliment today? Do you accept your boyfriend&amp;#x27;s compliments? Here&amp;#x27;s why you must! What kind of compliments do you give your boyfriend or crush? Here are five phrases to use. More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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