What does "cute" mean to you?

[chailli]

So we all agree upon that cute is a good thing. Awesome.

[Love'sReject]

Yup. But it does depend on how they say it: You ever see a parent ask another adult about their opinion on a picture of a child? Sometimes they say "cute" when they feel obligated to answer positively. I don't think that generally applies in dating, unless ma or pa was trying to play matchmaker and the same thing I said above happens.

[chailli]

Well I know this is not the first time she has said it, because I remember another employe asking the same question and her saying the same thing a couple months back.

[chailli]

So I worked with her for the first time since this happened and she seemed a little hesitate around me, and didnt really seem as talkative as she has in past shifts. I think she has finally picked up on the fact that I like her a little. She still did strike up a conversation with me, and laughed at some of my stupid jokes.. But I wasn't feeling it after she left her shift, I don't know.

[QuantumUniverse]

Hmmm it does depend on different cultures etc. From experience I have found the term " cute " to be friend zone talk unless she backs it up with anything more tell-tale. Why don't you ask the same friend if your in there with a chance?

[chailli]

What do you mean by "tell able?"

[QuantumUniverse]

"Tell-tale" not "tell able " What I mean is if she describes you as cute and cute only then that seems like friend zone talk. However! If she backed up cute with another compliment about you then thats great! I seen a post further up where you stated that she seemed disinterested when you spoke to her at work. This could actually be positive, she may be acting like that to see if you will chase after her. Its a pain in the ass but some girls like guys to show them they are interested by literally chasing after them(not so much that you get a restraining order lol). I suggest you ask some of her friends if she is interested in you or go straight to the source and ask the girl out!

P.s.

*I'm in a different country from you, where "cute" is generally taken as friend zone talk. In your country it may be the opposite so the info I have given may not be regarded as totally appropriate. I am currently in a similar situation to you believe it or not, I start uni in 3 hours where I plan to ask a girl out. Good luck to both of us!

[Only-virgins]

Cute means cute, don't over think it kid. Damn first world problems, seriously.

[alwaystrying]

Well, in highschool I remember that I was called cute a few times while other friends were called "hot". I kinda thought it meant I was uglier than them and cute was just a nice way of saying your not totally ugly. I was wrong. Cute is the best thing, girls love cute. Cute is the only reason I have never asked a girl out in my life, because they think I'm "cute" they talk to me first. And for me, that was good because at the time I couldn't talk to a girl without stuttering. So to answer your question, just be happy they think your cute and go talk to them!

Friend zoned is when a girl takes you shopping and asks you questions she would ask her girlfriends. You will know right away and if you don't, the first experience of being friend zoned will teach you.

[chailli]

Her exact words were "he's cute, but I have a boyfriend. Why?" Which I already knew about, but from what she said it that way, does it sound like she has any interest, forgetting about her having a boyfriend.

[toknow]

Cute can mean different things to different people, but it could be also a bad thing depending on how they meant it, bad in the sense that they think you are cute, just cute and nothing more. People can also say the word cute to a person they find very attractive. The problem with the word "cute" is that it doesn't give you a definite answer to how exactly the person sees you and the spectrum is very broad.

[Maple1714]

Boys/Men always call me "cute" and it's kind of annoying in a way. Some people call me "hot" and I think that just means they want to have sex with me. The men in my life who have loved me, call me "beautiful".

To me all those terms represent the level of maturity from the mouth they come from. Men that call girls "cute" are typ. emotionally young and see women as being inferior to them. Men that call girls "hot" are really driven just by appearance and nothing else and associate a woman's "hotness" with sex. Men that call a woman "beautiful" are a bit more emotionally mature.

[Love'sReject]

Maple, that's mostly a good point except you're kind of ruling out the difference between cute and beautiful from a purely physical standpoint. I don't think a person has to be immature to use "cute" as an adjective or mature to use "beautiful"; they're different things. I wouldn't want to call a girl who I didn't think was some outstanding bombshell of a broad "beautiful" because that wouldn't be accurate.