Is it proper for a married man to compliment a female worker, who is also married, on her appearance?

There's nothing wrong with it.

I work in an office where, I'm the only female. All of my co-workers are marred and occaisonally here and there they will compliment me on my hair, outfit or whatnot. They're just being nice, there's nothing more to it.

My husband is a plastic surgeon and he's the only guy in the office. He often compliments the girls working in his office, patients and people in general. He likes to make people smile and feel good about theirself. He takes them to lunch here and there (as a group, no 1 on 1 lunches).

He compliments me as well, even when I know I look like ****.

Him being nice to other women doesn't take anything away from our marriage, or our relationship. I don't feel like I have to compete with them.

However, it appears your wife has some insecurities and isn't comfortable with it so maybe cut back on them, keep the peace.

It's simple - would you / do you compliment male co-workers when they dress nicely / look sharp. If yes, then you have no problem. If no, then you are using a double standard and you should stop.

it depends - do you say you look nice today or do you say you look hot today?

do you compliment them like you would your mother or some chick you would like to bang?

I would not have a problem with my hubby saying you look nice today - I would however clobber him if he said you look 'hot' or 'sexy' today.

let me ask you this: if your wife looked hot in her new haircut - would you like the men in the office to tell her how good she looks? if the answer is, h*ll yes, then I see nothing wrong with it - if you wouldn't want your wife to get all of that attention by the men who work with her - it would be wise to knock off the banter

It's nice to do that when a coworker changes her hair, or does something different with her appearance, but to do it every day seems a bit excessive. If your wife is starting to notice and feels uncomfortable, perhaps you should take her thoughts into consideration more. Relationships, especially marriage, are all about compromise.

I try to avoid that.

It's a work place, therefore a place of work and to get things done, not a place to dress fancy or get complimented on physical looks.

Compliment the person on their achievements.

I work with a couple women that wear silk blouses to work all summer and the boss likes to keep the office at 65 during the summer, so I've learned it's best not to say anything because somebody might go poking about.

As a female, I would hate to hear that my husband is complimenting other women. It makes us feel as if there is competition and could potentially lead to accusations of cheating. If I was in your position I would keep my comments to myself.

Best say nothing personal. It could be misconstrued.

depends on the compliment

"you look very nice today" is acceptable

"you are looking smokin hot" is not