What about “That was the best sex I’ve ever had?” That’s kinda a middle ground. It’s not a direct compliment, but it probably falls into the expected-lies-you-tell-your-SO.
Like…er… “I’m sure it happens to lots of guys…”
My husband tells me I am and I believe him. He’s also described the corpse-like sexuality of his former loves, so that gives me confidence.
I’m coma-like; it’s an improvement.
Nope, I might comment on specific things (“I loved it when you put your left leg straight out and then used your hips to spell out all the state capitols!”) but there’s no sense in giving ratings in relations to others.
Also, I used to date some wild, older divorcees when I was in my 20’s. The bar for “best sex ever” is pretty high.
Whistlepig, who really needs a wild divorcee.
You have such a way with women.
Weeeeeeell, I guess that honeymoon’s over… 
Just about every fella I’ve been with (as an adult) has told me I’m the best ever. But I sort of believe that I am the best ever, so that helps make me the best ever, if that makes sense. Enthusiasm goes a looong way.
We ARE talking about sex, here, right?
I also think that with age, comes wisdom, and experience, ergo, there is the chance that each one can be better than the last.
Best ever at what ?
Sex? Well, I don’t think any woman can be all around the best.
This year I did comment to a lady that I thought she was the best in a certain area & I can’t believe what she said, it just floored me, she said ‘I guess you can learn something from being sexually assaulted’…
If they are going to respond like that, I don’t think I ever want to say it again.
But what are you supposed to say? My last girlfriend asked me one day (after I had just taken her shopping, no less) if she was better in bed than my previous girlfriend. I refused to answer, saying that I didn’t think of it that way, things can be different without being better or worse, basically anything I could think of without committing one way or the other. Not very smooth, to be sure (I’m no garius), but I wasn’t going to say yes or no, and it’s actually true that I don’t think of it as ‘better’ or ‘worse’. Of course, she took all this to mean “you are worse.” Well actually I don’t have any idea what she took it to mean but she got offended and wouldn’t talk to me the rest of the day.
Handy, handy… you’re supposed to ask before putting your wiener in there. How many times do we have to explain these basics to you?
White Lightning, if she asks, the answer’s always “yes”. Just like the answer to the “pants and fat ass” question is always “no”.
Me, I got lucky. I can give those two answers, and not come even remotely close to lying.
Of course, that’s just me. We’d obviously all be better off if we took our romance advice from the Barry White of the British Isles, garius himself. 
Its funny as my wife and I were talking about just this subject the other day.
You see, my wife and I are going through a sexual Renaissance of sorts. When we have sex we look at each other afterwards and say “How does it keep getting better?” Its really amazing because the best sex we ever have had was the last time…
I have a feeling one day someone is going to find us both dead from over stimulation.
At least we will be happy.
Rob… who wants his wife to come home.
I do sometimes wonder if i am a better girldfriend to hubby, than his previous girl, but not in terms is being the best.
But i would never hassle him to answer. It’s like shoving him to an uncomfortable spotlight and ask him questions like cops in comedy movies.
He tells me the truth anyway…but if we want to touch the subject about if we are better than others, we talk about how the relationship is going, and whether we are happy or not. Then adress the problems.
Um, no.
I will compliment the guy in other ways (oh, you feel so good, you touch all the right places, blah blah blah) rather than tell him he’s huge when he isn’t.
I’ve never felt the need to make that sort of pronouncement, nor have any of my partners. Those sort of comments seem so…Well, as Steve Martin put it after finally getting some from his object of desire “Oh darling, that was so…professional/!”
D’OH! Stupid amateur coding mistake.
“10.0 from the american judge, 9.7 from the sweedish judge. A disappointing 2.1 from the French and the german judge thinks there was a technical foul and wants a repeat of act two”
And if you feel the back of my head you can still feel the scar I got.
Nah, I’ll just leave her a bigger tip with a note attached telling her she’s been the best, EVAH!
Wait. I didn’t say that…
I agree – comparing the girlfriend/wife to other people is generally a big fat no-no in my book. You’d think telling someone that they’re a lot less of a skank than your last girlfriend would go over well, but no. That’s why I stick to compliments that are only about her, e.g.:
“You know, you’ve been looking a lot less tubby lately.”
“I like your hair like that – it doesn’t look quite as corpse-like as usual.”
Jeez! Lesbianism is a lot easier than all of this!
If I dated women who were stupid enough to believe that then I would probably use that line. I did comment on a lass’s technique once but it was diminished considering the mileage she has acquired over the course of her life so it was pretty much pointless like posting in purple.