Why is this considered endearing?

Question

I'm a very shy, soft-spoken young woman and I'm very quiet around my coworkers. Today I told a brief story and at the end I added a detail that made everyone laugh. Afterwards, one of my coworkers was still giggling and then turned to me and said, "That was funny!" I smiled, but I could tell I was blushing a lot and it was getting worse when he said that. I couldn't make eye contact so I was just smiling and blushing as I stared down at the table.

Why would someone say my reaction is endearing?

Answer 1

They were probably calling you "endearing" based on your blushing and your staring at the floor.  It comes across as cute.  People tend to think that quiet soft-spoken people are... well, cute and adorable, especially when they do something like what you described.