My sixteen-year-old son has always had a problem with his mouth, and often would "rag" on his younger sister.
We did (or at least tried) the compliment thing, too. He was quite creative at times with his "compliments". (You have nice ears?) Sigh. No wonder parents get gray hair (or in my case, lose it altogether).
Okay, here's my compliment. All of the WS'ers are great at making me think and challenging my viewpoints. That's why at the end of the day I love to drop in for a visit. It's like sitting around a table with friends and a good cup of coffee.
Please forgive my testiness of yesterday. I'm on a super tight deadline, examining the page proofs for my current novel while trying to get a new one going. I'm a bit frazzled at the moment. (And, yes, I should actually be working on page proofs right now, rather than posting here.)
I'd shake hands, too, but can't figure out how to do that online.
Jim