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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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thenightsky · 28/05/2025 21:50

Drunk man outside Wetherspoons. Did a double take as I walked by and said loudly 'Christ, I bet you were stunning when you were younger'.

Didn't know whether to say thanks or be upset about my current appearance.

Crushed23 · 28/05/2025 21:47

Livpool · 28/05/2025 21:45

I have a textbook uterus! It was said as if it was a normal compliment - like about my hair or something. She looked at me like I should have been thrilled but I was a bit 🤷🏼‍♀️

OMG a gynaecologist said the exact same thing to me 😂 she wasn’t even making small talk, just stated it like it’s a medical fact I needed to be aware of.

curlywurlymum · 28/05/2025 21:46

’You have lovely wide hips, your body was made for pregnancies!’
To be fair I had amazing pregnancies and deliveries, but still…

Livpool · 28/05/2025 21:45

I have a textbook uterus! It was said as if it was a normal compliment - like about my hair or something. She looked at me like I should have been thrilled but I was a bit 🤷🏼‍♀️

iseethembloom · 28/05/2025 21:45

In a small local Co-op, the woman on the till said, ‘ooh! I like the colour of your purse!’

Gattopardo · 28/05/2025 21:44

”You know, what I like about you is that you’re actually quite masculine in lots of ways, and that’s unusual in a woman”.

I took this as a compliment (and a sign he was both too thick and too misogynistic for me) but he definitely didn’t mean it as one 😂

Bikergran · 28/05/2025 21:42

Theimpossiblegirl · 28/05/2025 21:37

Quite recently, I was walking through a seaside town on a sunny day and a dapper older gentleman tipped his hat at me and said it was good to see a lady who knew how to dress.

I was once on my way to watch a burlesque show, all dressed up in a smart 50s style dress and a slightly mad little cocktail hat. I was in my early 60s. A student stopped me and said I looked fabulous and could he photograph me for his style blog!!! Made my evening....😊

suka · 28/05/2025 21:39

Dentist told me I had a perfect pogonion. I had to go look it up afterwards. It’s my chin!

derxa · 28/05/2025 21:38

SabreToothTigerLily · 28/05/2025 19:12

'You've got a lovely shaped head' (said after I lost my hair to chemo). It gave me the confidence to go wig free.

💕 love to you

Bikergran · 28/05/2025 21:38

Allthesnowallthetime · 28/05/2025 19:12

"you have got so fat!"

Said to me in a country where being fatter was considered a compliment.

Where is this country? Can I live there?

Cherrysoup · 28/05/2025 21:37

‘Bet you’re a tiger in bed’. Erm, I wouldn’t know, I was a virgin at the time.

’I wouldn’t misbehave if you were my teacher’. My neighbour this week when I mentioned I’m pretty strict in class.

‘I like your hair, it’s pretty’ as I walked into a restaurant in Middleofnowhere, USA and took off the pashmina because it was raining and it goes frizzy in the rain. It’s very curly and ginger.

‘I wish you were my son’s teacher’ at Parents’ Evening many years ago. My head of department came over and shifted him away. They were both of the same African culture and apparently he said that because I was fat and that was prized in their culture! 😱

Re the veins, the nurse had serious issues getting blood out of me last time I was in hospital, took myself as I appeared to be having an anaphylactic shock. I hadn’t had time to hydrate as it was 3am and I was home alone, drove myself to A&E when my throat appeared to be closing, good job we live very nearby.

Theimpossiblegirl · 28/05/2025 21:37

Quite recently, I was walking through a seaside town on a sunny day and a dapper older gentleman tipped his hat at me and said it was good to see a lady who knew how to dress.

Dweetfidilove · 28/05/2025 21:35

A young woman told me recently I look like a celebrity. No idea why, but I was quite chuffed 😊 .

An old manager after a meeting- 'you don't say a lot, but when you do speak, everyone listens. Well, go me 😲.

Now, if only I had excellent veins. I swear mine go into hiding whenever it's time for a blood test 😔.

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K8Davidson · 28/05/2025 21:34

Some of these are truly hilarious.

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HoneyBearsSmile · 28/05/2025 21:33

'You have good teeth - you must come from good stock' said by a random man whose wife then explained he prefers horses to people and judges people accordingly...

Gundogday · 28/05/2025 21:32

PyongyangKipperbang · 28/05/2025 20:09

I have two.

One was that I have a "lovely" cervix according to the lady doing my smear.

Another was that I have a "nice high fold", this was from the (STONKINGLY good looking) surgeon drawing lines all over my boobs before my surgery. The fold is the bit where your boob joins your chest apparently.

stonkingly - not a word you hear everyday. But good usage.

CombatBarbie · 28/05/2025 21:32

Favouritefruits · 28/05/2025 19:17

Lucky you! My veins always have doctors/nurses uttering under their breath 😂

weirdest compliment I’ve ever had was how I was a ‘good pusher’ during the birth of my first son!

Yup I usually walk out resembling a watering can.....

outingouting · 28/05/2025 21:31

1 this thread is why i love mumsnet and
2 i once went to our local cafe and the girl serving looked at me and said ‘you are so pretty’

ive never been the sort of girl / women who is praised for her looks so im eternally grateful to her!

TroysMammy · 28/05/2025 21:30

When lamenting to my hairdresser about getting old she told me the greys in my hair were really shiny.

Fizzysticks · 28/05/2025 21:29

A farmer once said to me I’ve got hips like a cow, whilst on the topic of childbearing!

RainbowsAreLovely · 28/05/2025 21:29

I had the oo your bladder is full. Yes Ive been drinking water all day. She did let me go for a wee mid scan!

Gundogday · 28/05/2025 21:26

Nice eyelashes, by a girl at school. Consequently rarely when mascara since.

Inawhyl · 28/05/2025 21:25

A guy on a dating app -“ you have the most amazing eyebrows I’ve seen in a long time.”

Inawhyl · 28/05/2025 21:24

Vallmo47 · 28/05/2025 21:19

“It’s so lovely to see a young woman who doesn’t pretend to be like everyone else - we can’t all be slim and beautiful”

Apparently it was a compliment. That hair dresser never got a tip and I never returned either in 25+ years 🤣

Yikes!

Well done for not tipping her, that was clearly an intentionally sly dig. I don’t believe she was just being clumsy with her words or anything!

BonneMaman77 · 28/05/2025 21:23

A few years ago now, my gynaecologist during an ultrasound or MRI says you are ovulating just fine and that the best looking egg I’ve seen in a while can I capture the image and clicks.