Yeah, I'm with you on both counts. I don't assume that if someone says something good I don't believe that it's something I need to accept as a good quality-- it seems more likely that they just don't know me well. (Like when my midwife said "I can't imagine you as other than calm." Ha! She's funny.)

And yeah, I feel kinda shallow answering that was, but it's just easier to hear nice things than bad things, because it means the person feels positively towards me and that's nicer than the opposite.