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What’s the most random compliment you’ve ever received?

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K8Davidson · 28/05/2025 18:57

I was having blood test yesterday and the phlebotomist said I had excellent veins. I’m not sure what makes veins excellent, but I was glad to hear it!

What’s the most random compliment you’ve ever received?

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CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 30/12/2025 21:10

I had one about my genitalia during a smear which made me report the nurse, if that counts.

echt · 30/12/2025 21:09

Another lovely cervix here - about two weeks ago - and I'm in my early 70s. Do they wear out?
<preens, though not entirely sure why>

Also been told a few times I look like Vivienne Westwood. In her, ahem, maturity I imagine. I'll take it. Grin

StHilarion · 30/12/2025 20:53

Many years ago going out with a lad from a farming family. Met his parents and his mum said I had lovely little hands which were ideal for lambing

violetcuriosity · 30/12/2025 20:20

During a coil fitting, ‘you’re lovely and tall, so good to have a lovely strong girl in here’, ‘oh yes as I suspected a lovely large uterus’, I’m 5’4 🤣

Blodwynne · 30/12/2025 19:53

Was told I looked like Charlize Theron when out jogging at 5am by a woman coming out of her house. It was dark! Made my decade.
*Its random because I look nothing like her but it was very kind of her.

YankSplaining · 30/12/2025 02:48

My mother and I were talking about the movie Rosemary’s Baby. She told me that the Satanists would never pick me to be the mother of the Antichrist, because they’d know they couldn’t boss me around.

Farticus101 · 30/12/2025 02:33

Told I was a dark horse by a colleague - meant in a complimentary way that I have a hidden mystery. I really don't!

I was praised for the very quick healing of my c section scar. I felt proud.

I'm quite impressed by how many people have wonderful cervixes on here!

Wordsmithery · 30/12/2025 02:14

ProfessionalWhimsicalSkidaddler · 28/05/2025 19:55

Mines 10/10 according to the consultant. I said thanks 🤣

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Mine said I had a fine-looking uterus 🤣

Strangerthanfictions · 30/12/2025 01:44

Very robust gag reflux from an absolute weirdo doctor who I think had become intrigued and was testing it with his lolly stick thing

potatocrates · 31/05/2025 01:29

(When speaking at a funeral): “You’ve got the perfect voice for funerals. Is it different in real life, or do you always sound like this?”

RM2013 · 31/05/2025 00:20

DurinsBane · 29/05/2025 04:28

Ah, thankyou! I know young kids often say stuff like ‘mummy your boobies are big’, but if using a slang term the child must be older, and then it would be a strange comment! So I’m glad I’m wrong 🤣

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Sorry just seen this. Yes shoulder muscles 🤣

oldmanandtheangel · 29/05/2025 19:13

a neat , tiny cervix but v easy to find!

DelboytrottersDnecklace · 29/05/2025 18:12

Zov · 28/05/2025 21:17

Aren't people daft @DelboytrottersDnecklace ? 😆

In her case downright thick,snobby and dumb
But yes,daft as well

ScupperedbytheSea · 29/05/2025 14:07

That I have a "beautiful cervix" during a smear test (by a fantastic woman doctor, so I was actually rather pleased).

That I have "lovely hands" (by a waiter who looked me up and down, and settled on that. Not great).

That I was "looking good" because random strange man "liked big ladies". I was 21 at the time and a size 10. What a prick.

IleftmybaginNewportPagnell · 29/05/2025 13:48

DramaAlpaca · 28/05/2025 22:21

When I was getting my braces fitted as a teenager, the orthodontist told me I had very nice arches. I liked that.

I oncce got told I'm beautiful by a much younger colleague who for some reason known only to himself had a bit of an obvious crush on me. That was a bit weird; I'm definitely not beautiful but it did put a spring in my step.

Oh yes! I got “great high palate - you could sing opera” from an orthodontist obviously based on physical evidence, had implements in my mouth so he couldn’t witness my singing 😂

IleftmybaginNewportPagnell · 29/05/2025 13:43

Hope you can run fast too!

Verv · 29/05/2025 13:42

"You're like a houseplant. Just there, comforting, and not annoying"

IleftmybaginNewportPagnell · 29/05/2025 13:39

Had major dental work done and my (then young) children bought me flowers - “we got yellow and white mummy, like teeth” 😂

44PumpLane · 29/05/2025 13:32

I was told I had the cutest accent when overheard by an American woman telling my (then) toddler "please don't lick my arm, mummy does not wish to be licked"! 😂

BIossomtoes · 29/05/2025 13:29

trainedopossum · 29/05/2025 13:22

Maybe all the rubbish vein people already know this but before your blood draw 1) stay/get warm, 2) drink a lot of water and 3) do a little exercise. In addition to getting older (for which I can’t take credit) these have made it much easier for me and I wish I’d known years ago.

I present them with the big, fat, juicy vein on the thumb side of my wrist and tell them to use that and save us both a lot of time, trouble and pain.

trainedopossum · 29/05/2025 13:22

Maybe all the rubbish vein people already know this but before your blood draw 1) stay/get warm, 2) drink a lot of water and 3) do a little exercise. In addition to getting older (for which I can’t take credit) these have made it much easier for me and I wish I’d known years ago.

lovelylimesoda · 29/05/2025 12:36

A skiing instructor told me that I skied like an 80s French man. Think it was a compliment?

Ooh and a cleaning lady in my office in China told me I was looking ugly when I was heavily pregnant. Apparently a compliment as it means I was likely to have a boy (girls make you look pretty it seems). Rubbish on many levels obvs, including its predictive power as I ended up having a girl.

Cherrysoup · 29/05/2025 09:23

RiderGirl · 28/05/2025 22:12

A colleague said "now I'm not saying that you normally look like a dog, but I was surprised at how well you scrubbed up" - wasn't entirely sure how to take that but the colleague was a really lovely guy so I'm guessing that it was a compliment 🤣

I had similar at a friend’s party. We normally saw each other at dinner parties at each other’s houses. I thought I made a good effort for these but wore a dress for his party and he was practically speechless until he came out with that classic!

alongtimeagoandfaraway · 29/05/2025 08:15

Finteq · 29/05/2025 00:07

"Wow, you're English is really good! You've got no accent and I can understand what you're saying!"

🙄

I was told I had a very good vocabulary for an English person. Might have been a compliment in some circumstances but I am English and the person complimenting me was Dutch, speaking English as his second language.

maslinpan · 29/05/2025 07:56

Went with my mum to get my first bra. The fitter told her that I filled the cups nicely.