DAVID: You know what, Davy? You look half like Brad Pitt and half like Tom Cruise.

DAVY: You really think so?

DAVID: Yeah, it’s a perfect combination, isn’t it?

DAVY: Well, thanks. It’s my first time to hear that. Anyway, you said you’re gonna ask me something?

DAVID: Ah, yeah. Can I borrow some money, please? 

No one graduates from flatter. The prettiest girl in the world will always be flattered every time she hears someone say how pretty she is. She will never get used to it enough so that she will avoid feeling flattered.

Some people are born with the gift of gab, which comes with the natural knack to flatter other people. Flattering others requires telling a lie. This is the negative side of flattery. Whether flattery is good or bad depends on the motive of the flatterer. The very reason why we flatter others is that we want to achieve a certain objective.

How about you? Do you usually flatter other people? Does someone usually flatter you?