Do people tell you you're phisically attractive?

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I get told I'm sexy and hot and I am very pretty.

my looks have only been complimented once, and that was about my nose

Lots of people have told me this but I never pay attention!

They used to. Not so much anymore.

Constantly.

Yep. Among everyone else, I'm often said to look quite... not so good. I'm aware of especially looking quite idiotic while smiling, unless I manage to keep my mouth closed.

On a few occasions but mainly when old friends ask why I'm always single...

That's exactly what my mom used to compliment me ..by saying "you're not ugly" or "oh well, you are not a star but not ugly" and things like that.
Another thing that used to hurt me few years ago that she was used to look down on short people (who are as short as I am or even bit taller than me!) like for i.e " oh he's too short" or "he's handsome but too short" (talking abt tom cruise) as if shortness is equal to ugliness ...well in fact studies show that it's one of ugliness factors. My mom is short myself and so is my father (but my father is taller than me) ,but like many other short women, she never admired shorties .Saying such things about men who are about my height surely can give me an idea of how she thinks about me,no? After all I have a similar body type of their if not worse, but she never admits that to me. Oh well ....I think mom is like any woman afterall. Evolution sucks sometimes ....and so this thread

I am told I look hansome, however I still cant date, heh.

Just wanted to say I'm the exact same way. Some of my photo IDs have just been terrible. The best was back in school on class picture day when the photographer would say, "Smile more. I can't see your teeth!" Little did he/she know that was only going to make things worse.

Some people have told me I was attractive but I don't know how to react to it.

Pffft, no. No one would ever find me attractive.

I think your attractive

A few times I have been told that I would be so hot if my facial expressions weren't so goofy or angry looking. In my lifetime, twice I have walked around a corner to find a girl saying to a friend that I was good looking and then I turn the corner and she turns bright red. Damn, I wish I knew how to capitalize on that. I don't think I'm all that good looking but what do I know? I'm not the one that has to look at me. Even if I am, it hasn't helped, never had a girlfriend. Looks aren't everything.

I'll admit I've been called "sexy", "beautiful", etc, more than once. I got all dolled up one time with some girlfriends, and they all said I looked glamorous as a movie star - at first I thought they were making fun of me being too done-up or something, but soon realized they actually thought I looked pretty as a movie star. Once, I'll never forget, I dressed up so hot that when I walked into a room with 100+ people in it, everyone stopped what they were saying mid-sentence - total silence. That was crazy.

But more often, boys will say that they are "scared of me" or will totally freeze up when I try to talk to them or other things that I now realize means they are attracted to me but too intimidated to say so. I have not the slightest idea why I come across as intimidating, and on questioning them, they've always heartily denied that I looked in any way unfriendly or not-nice, so I don't really get it.

If I don't do the hair and make-up and a cute outfit though, I get no attention. And the attention I do sometimes get is meaningless. I'm 37, in New York City, and I can't get a date. I haven't had a boyfriend or even just sex (though I've had a few dates) in years. So for those of you saying you don't get the compliments, they're not all they're cracked up to be.

ETA: The woman in my avatar is not me, in case anyone was thinking so.

Excluding family members...

I got told that a lot when I was on dating sites, but the women who told me were mainly single mothers 10-20 years older than me (I'm 28).

Tim