"You're pretty"

<p>New hypothetical…</p>

<p>Okay, say a guy is sitting in a class, and you are one of 7 or 8 girls sitting near enough to him that you could have a conversation with him without it being awkward because of how far he is from you. Now, say there’s a girl one seat beyond that. If the guy tells that girl (the one one seat beyond that appropriate “meet the people around you” distance), that she is pretty, do you take it to mean that you are not? Do you feel bad about it?</p>