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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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PyongyangKipperbang · 28/05/2025 20:13

Just remembered another one.

My shoe broke when me and a (male) mate were on our way to a taxi rank after a night out. He gave me a piggy back and about 10 metres on he said "You dont look this fat!" err.....thanks?!

Katemax82 · 28/05/2025 20:12

A girl I knew when I was 14 but didn't see again until I was 24 said "don't take this the wrong way but I thought you would be really fat!" Later on we were ascending some stairs (we were on another friends hen do) and she told me i had the series legs she had ever seen..quite a leap from her assuming I would be really fat!

Disappointedneighbour · 28/05/2025 20:12

I was told that my skin fits me really well. By a taxidermist!!

ABigBarofChocolate · 28/05/2025 20:11

An ex once called me " a great lump of sexiness" it makes me feel like a tub of lard lol

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 28/05/2025 20:11

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

alcoholnightmare · 28/05/2025 20:09

“You don’t sound like you’re from Portsmouth”

WildflowerConstellations · 28/05/2025 20:09

I was told very loudly and appreciatively that I am a "strong woman! Strong like an ox!"

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.

feelingbleh · 28/05/2025 20:06

MrsLJH · 28/05/2025 20:06

I teach clinically in a medical imaging setting...I complimented someone on their text book common bile duct today 🤦‍♀️I really need to get out more🤣

Bet you made their day 🤣

MrsLJH · 28/05/2025 20:06

I teach clinically in a medical imaging setting...I complimented someone on their text book common bile duct today 🤦‍♀️I really need to get out more🤣

maslinpan · 28/05/2025 20:05

My best mate told me I would make a great humanist celebrant because I am so expressive with my hands.

LadyMacbethssweetArabianhand · 28/05/2025 20:02

Hmm, I met a friend of a friend who praised another woman who was with us for her beauty. She raved about her, then turned to me and said, "Never mind Lady Macbeth, at least you have character. "
🤨

feelingbleh · 28/05/2025 20:01

PluckyBamboo · 28/05/2025 20:00

"Oh, what a lovely full bladder" during an ultrasound 😳

I got told that once she showed me straight to the toilet after

feelingbleh · 28/05/2025 20:00

vinavine · 28/05/2025 19:39

Got told in a positive way I had the bloodwork of an 18yr old boy. I'm was a 36 yr old woman! Never knew what it meant

Did you have a high alcohol reading and traces of cannabis in your blood 🤣🤣

PluckyBamboo · 28/05/2025 20:00

"Oh, what a lovely full bladder" during an ultrasound 😳

feelingbleh · 28/05/2025 19:59

Zanatdy · 28/05/2025 19:57

It’s something they say every day. It means it’s easy for them to do the blood test. I don’t have excellent veins, makes their job harder and means I get stabbed more than once.

Don't burst her bubble

feelingbleh · 28/05/2025 19:58

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

nextholidaypending · 28/05/2025 19:57

I was told I have great muscle tone, during a smear test 😆

Zanatdy · 28/05/2025 19:57

It’s something they say every day. It means it’s easy for them to do the blood test. I don’t have excellent veins, makes their job harder and means I get stabbed more than once.

frazzled101 · 28/05/2025 19:57

I was having a coil fitted and was told I have “gorgeous innards!”

Butterbeanbutterbo · 28/05/2025 19:56

a (gay, male) colleague once said that if he wore dresses he would choose one like the one I was wearing. Every time I go to put it on I think of the comment

ProfessionalWhimsicalSkidaddler · 28/05/2025 19:55

smileymylie25 · 28/05/2025 19:39

That I have a textbook cervix….whatever that means 😂

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

FutureMandosWife · 28/05/2025 19:55

Currently losing weight - I look slim from the side

Ferro · 28/05/2025 19:54

That I had sexy handwriting, whatever that means.

Sidebeforeself · 28/05/2025 19:52

Often told at work that I am so calm that others felt calm and safe being around me. Little did they know I was inwardly ranting most of the time!