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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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vinavine · 29/05/2025 07:19

Remembered another one. I was having one of those body wrap things on a spa hen day. Beautician said "wow, you have hardly any cellulite even though your legs aren't skinny". Back-handed much 😆

adviceatthislatestage · 29/05/2025 06:28

Had been with my boyfriend for about two years, when he told me, When i get married I want to marry someone like you….

We stayed together another couple of years and then split. He met and married someone within 6 months, and as far as i could see was nothing like me Confused

spoonbillstretford · 29/05/2025 06:25

Well done, I've got rubbish veins and they always get the most senior guy to get blood out of me.

A gynaecologist told me I have a beautiful cervix. Probably less so once he'd lasered pre-cancerous cells off it, but, priorities.

arcticpandas · 29/05/2025 06:18

My DS2 often says he loves my soft thighs because you can squeeze them like dough. What a sweetheart😄

polarsystem · 29/05/2025 05:34

That I gave model ear canals, said during a hearing test.

DamnedIfIDoDamnedIfIDont · 29/05/2025 05:27

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 28/05/2025 20:11

DD, then 3 " Mummy you've got good sturdy legs, mine are so thin".

Brilliant 😂

when I worked at an airport one of the plane techs told me i had great sturdy landing gear 🦵 🤣

garlictwist · 29/05/2025 04:56

Not sure if it’s a compliment but the nurse giving me a smear said I was “very petite down there”.

bluecloudme · 29/05/2025 04:47

Brilliant thread 😀

I used to be told I didn’t look like a lawyer.

I am a lawyer and don’t hear this so often these days 🤔

LoLotheYoYo · 29/05/2025 04:43

I was in for xrays and the radiologist told me how beautiful my neck was - I suppose the structure or something? - and if ever there was an xray competiton she want to use my neck (and the rest of me too, hopefully, waah! 😁)

DurinsBane · 29/05/2025 04:28

FrodoBiggins · 29/05/2025 03:44

😂trapezius muscles - from each side of the neck to the top of each shoulder. Beloved by the Rock.

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 🤣

WiddlinDiddlin · 29/05/2025 03:48

My cholesterol is REALLY good... I asked if she meant 'for a very fat person' and she said 'no, it's very good for a human, any human at all!'. She was quite surprised.

Er... otherwise, I have lovely hair and very soft skin (that'll be the Ehlers Danlos, not moisturizing and exfoliating!).

FrodoBiggins · 29/05/2025 03:44

DurinsBane · 29/05/2025 03:42

Traps? He talking about your breasts?

😂trapezius muscles - from each side of the neck to the top of each shoulder. Beloved by the Rock.

DurinsBane · 29/05/2025 03:42

RM2013 · 28/05/2025 20:54

Your traps are massive. My eldest DS to me when I was wearing a vest top recently. I was stupidly pleased with this seeing as I work really hard on my fitness!

Traps? He talking about your breasts?

FrodoBiggins · 29/05/2025 03:34

GoFaster83 · 29/05/2025 02:37

At school, a girl who lived on a farm said to a townie, "you have eyes like a cow"
I also lived on a farm so I got that she meant big eyes with gorgeous lashes, but the girl from the town was horrified.

Ha! I remember at about 19 my best mate mum trying to convince her to go on a date with one of our platonic male friends because he had "cow eyes", which she assured us was definitely a good thing 😂

changedusernameforthis1 · 29/05/2025 03:27

Someone once told me they were surprised by my personality after getting to know me. I asked what they originally thought I'd be like. "Really stuck up and rude - but don't worry, you're not. And that's good."
Thanks, I think? 😂

"All went well, you were a pleasure to operate on." This was after having emergency surgery to remove my gallbladder. Not 100% sure he actually said that though. I do remember it, but I was in and out a lot at the time.

VoltaireMittyDream · 29/05/2025 03:19

Post hysteroscopy I was complimented on my beautiful uterus.

I was also told I’d be a good Inuit, as I had short stubby fingers that would work efficiently in cold climates. This was false flattery, as my fingers are fucking freezing all year round, despite their short and stubby nature.

Franchisingentrepreneur · 29/05/2025 03:05

One of my son’s friends told me I have a nice arse.

Wingedharpy · 29/05/2025 02:53

I, on the other hand, was told I had "very strange anatomy"! 😕

XWKD · 29/05/2025 02:40

feelingbleh · 28/05/2025 19:58

I was complemented on how clean my colon was during a colonoscopy 💅

Me too!

GoFaster83 · 29/05/2025 02:37

At school, a girl who lived on a farm said to a townie, "you have eyes like a cow"
I also lived on a farm so I got that she meant big eyes with gorgeous lashes, but the girl from the town was horrified.

PortillosRedTrousers · 29/05/2025 02:37

Waiting outside GCSE English lesson with the rest of the class, a male classmate said out loud, “you have got really small ears”. Thanks. I think?

”You have got lovely, straight toes” said quite often when having a pedicure. Ooook? I think most people have straight toes? I have never noticed mine being particularly straighter than anyone else’s.

RobintheNun · 29/05/2025 02:36

That I have the best kind of ear wax😂 and also that I had a ‘very neat little bit’ of endometriosis so it was ‘lovely and easy to zap’.

changedusername190 · 29/05/2025 02:28

In hospital i was desperate to wee and kept begging the nurse to take me or get a commode.
She was adamant i didn’t need it with a catheter so she stood me up holding the bag to reassure me.I was desperate and it just fell on the floor splashing everywhere.After sorting the floor she said youve got impressive muscles there.
I was just so broken not long out of a coma,my muscles had gone my brain was fried and here i was with my zimmer frame trying to walk a few metres with the physio.My target was to feed myself with a spoon
Still struggling now.

halfpastten · 29/05/2025 02:26

A shop assistant once followed me out of a toy shop to compliment me on how polite and well behaved my young daughters were.

novocaine4thesoul · 29/05/2025 01:14

From a massive Coronation Street fan. Came over on a train to say that I looked like Carla from Coronation Street. I was quite flattered, even though I do not look anything like her, apart from having dark hair. Followed by a later visit to my seat to say "You look like Hayley from Coronation Street", again, I look nothing like her, apart from having dark hair. Decided then that all references to my appearance and characters from Coronation Street were null and void.