Is skinny always considered a compliment?

No, unfortunately. The word "skinny" has been warped and changed rather recently. Now, if or when people call me skinny, I almost *always* question their motives. Are they serious? Are they trying to be kind? Or mean? I'm sure that part of it is I deal with an eating disorder, so others' comments about my body, my weight, etc can be very triggering.

No skinny isn't always a compliment, it can be something that is used to hurt someone too

Sometimes people say what's on their mind without thinking how their words could affect others. Even if they think it's a compliment (because of their personal opinion or experience), it can be uncomfortable or even harmful for another person.

Everything depends on the way you feel and love your body, being skinny can be healthy or unhealthy but everything depends on the love you give to yourself

I think that would depend on the person it's coming from. Either way, I don't think it's something you should spend time dwelling on. Either way, it makes no difference to you or your body whether the person means it in as a compliment or not. Only you need to be okay with what you look like, there are always going to be people who have their opinions, it doesn't mean you're going to change every time to match everyone's preference.

Depends where you live. Many like it and many don’t. If you’re skinny and healthy and happy with your body, that’s all that really matters. There will always be those who like our size and those who don’t.

Let me start by saying this: all bodies are beautiful. Some people consider skinny to be a compliment and others dont seem to think so. It is all based on the connotation given when that is being told.

No. Not for me. As a recovering anorexic, people complementing me about how good I look would set me off. Wow, I haven't eaten in 3 days, I'm doing good. Keep doing that. Or being told, now don't gain weight, you look good just like you have been. Secretly I've lost 5 lbs. I don't eat as a way to control my body which means my life.

No. I am considered skinny everywhere I go, but it is more than just skinny. Everyone says I am a twig and that really hurts. People are always saying that they wish they were skinny, but why would someone want that if people only see you as a stick? Being skinny is not better than being over weight.... in so many ways it is just as tough. I feel like the world has turned being skinny into something that everyone should be when it is actually not. For me, I have a very fast metabolism so all of the food I eat... just goes away. People tell me to eat more and I always reply back "I do". People don't understand how tough it is to be skinny. If you gain weight they will notice, and that is what causes so many eating disorders. The fear of gaining that weight... I don't know I guess that's my personal opinion. Based off my experience of course.

Being called skinny can have different meanings. Some people might mean it in a mean way such as "she's /he's too skinny", which isn't nice at all. But others would actually really often mean that when they call you skinny it's a compliment! It's of course different from person to person, and why what kind of tone you can get called skinny in, but I'd take it as a compliment. I mean, if people told me I were skinny, I'd be happy. Not necessarily because they meant it good, but because of the fact that they took their time, to say it to me, and because they needed to call me skinny, instead of focusing on themselves.