Uhm... try rephrasing that.

Recently, an old boyfriend of mine contacted me on Facebook. Not that this is a big deal, or that it doesn't happen to quite a few people... but this particular ex was not very nice to me. Anyway, long story short, I didn't expect to ever hear from or talk to him again.
After a few weeks of being "friends" he sent me a message. So I sent one back, and he replied. There is nothing substantial in these messages at all. It pretty much consists of -
"Hey, what's up?"
"Nothing, what's up with you?"
But with the added bonus of the awkwardness that comes from people who haven't spoken in a long time.

Anyway in the reply message that he sent me, he said, " and yeah, you're looking all different and beautiful lol".
Now, the thing is, I'm not sure how I am supposed to take this. Is it really just a happy message between two people where one is commenting on the changed looks of the other? Is he trying to put the moves on me? Did he put the "lol" in there to make it seem like it wasn't any comment worth taking seriously? Who knows... but I'll tell you how I interpreted that comment.

Everyone goes through an awkward phase right? And mind just so happened to have happened at the time when I knew this kid. I was kind of chubby and awkward. A little shy... but of course massively self-conscious. I try not to think about this phase of my life. It isn't healthy to dwell on it.

If he had said, "You look different". I probably wouldn't have minded, because it's true. I do look different. So does he. That is just a fact.
If he had said, "You are looking beautiful". I probably would have been a little weirded out. I'm not sure if I would have thought much about it. I might have thought something like, oh he is just trying to be a nice guy, isn't that nice.
But to put the two together, especially the one in front of the other... It kind of makes it seem like he thought I was ugly. Or at least a little unfortunate looking. And then to have the "lol" thrown in there. Like the whole thing is one of those comments people make when whoever they are talking with is in on the same joke as they are. Like, "oh we both know how you used to look, haha, it is so great that you look different now, 'cause man you were kind of a train wreck before, hahahaha..."
Even if it's true, that doesn't make it fun to hear other people say it.

Am I thinking about this too much? Probably.... It just bothered me is all...

What do you think?