Awkward

Twice in the last few days I have had people tell me that they wish I were the only pastor, that they like me more than the Senior Pastor. I don't like this. Affirmation is good, but not this way. This way is awkward and uncomfortable, and well...icky. One of the comments was well-intentioned, but I'm not sure about the other one. I tried to repsond appropriately, but I'm not even sure what appropriate is in these cases. Sometimes life is very confusing.