Nurture or spoil?

If you are not an artist, you would want to hear what the people/friends think about what you made, wrote, cooked or even what you got.
And of course, you want to hear only good things about it if you can, right?

I get some responses to songs that I make, which will be categorized as follows;

A. Good response-which I agree with
B. Good response- which I can't agree with
C. Bad response- which I agree with
D. Bad response- which I can't agree with

Apparently the toughest thing seems to be C.
You would say "yeah, I know that..." in the beginning
and maybe end up to some blows with fists.
Yes. I've got something close to that...

Personally,the trickiest one would be B.
This could be a bad trap.
It may make you feel good, but may force you gradually
to make what you have not even originally wanted to.

What do you think when you got a comment from your lover/husband like below
about a beautifully medium-rare grilled steak you cooked with a special care for a dinner?
" Oh honey, you use nice pepper on the steak! I love the taste!"

I would go buy a better pepper for the next time...