Originally Posted by crawford1219
This is why men should never open their mouths: Me: "Honey we should start ballroom dancing so I can get legs like hers" (we're watching Dancing with the Stars). Gary: "Honey you could dance your whole life and never get legs like hers-you know why? Because she has skinny legs". True story, this is what the goofball said. Then couldn't understand why I would want to beat the daylights out of him. He later tried to dig himself out of the hole by saying I have the best legs ever and am the most beautiful woman he has ever seen and that he was only joking. Men these days!
Maybe he doesn't like skinny legs though? You are the one who is assuming that "skinny legs" has a positive meaning for him.
Try replacing "skinny" in this sentence with "unattractive" and see how you feel about him then.