What's the loveliest thing that anyone has ever said to you and it really registered?

2 things from when I moved, aged 21, from my hometown (in Scotland) to London (the streets are paved with gold, you know), all by myself:

very emotionally closed Mum: "You are so brave. I wish I'd been as brave as you and done something like this when I was your age. I love you" (first time I can remember her telling me she loved me as an adult).

My best male friend, who I'd recently helped through a very horrible and messy break up (she broke his heart by cheating): "I don't know how I would have gotten through these passed few months without you. You are my hero. I am so proud of you."

Meggle I'm surprised no one seems to have picked up on the fact you are completely taking the piss, but it made me laugh anyway.

Meggle I have sobbed my way through this thread. I'm off to see Les Miserables tonight - there aren't going to be enough tissues in the house. But at least my heart will be warm.

Aw these are all lovely!

I've had the lovely comments about my DCs' impeccable behaviour in restaurants although not in the last few years! which always made me so proud.

My lovely DP of 4 months said yesterday "I love all your faces, even the cute little newborn mole face in the mornings, when you can't open your eyes".

He also said that he loved coming 'home' to me, that its bliss - he says that about 3pm he starts to feel a bit jaded and then he remembers that he's coming here after work and it makes his day

Great thread Meggle - you must be really proud

< damn, last Kleenex in the box ! >

As a child and teenager, I was miserable friends-wise. Always the third wheel, always someone falling out with me, never fitting in.

My DM told me it was because I was so independent and wouldn't go along with the crowd.

I have built my whole adult self around those words. I have a lovely husband and DCs, have travelled and lived around the world, have loads of kind, supportive friends. I am happy in a way that that miserable child could never have imagined in the trenches of school.

Just a few words from my DM, she may not even remember saying them, but what if she hadn't?

At our wedding reception DH and I were welcoming people and when two of his friends and their two boys (none of whom I had met previously) congratulated us one of the boys (then 8) shook my hand, beamed at me and said, "I think you look beautiful". It was just so incredibly natural and sweet of him. Sadly he died during his sleep when he was 25 due to epilepsy.

(Wondering if this thread is being sponsored by Kleenex, sniff.)

There was a mix at school yesterday which meant ds2 missed the bus home (yr1) After the initial panic, spoke to the school and picked him up. When I got to the school, the TA was very apologetic and said we knew it was our fault because you are always on the ball
I always feel like I'm running around like a headless chicken, so that made my day

And on my wedding day someone (a man I'd had a few dances with - but just a family friend) told me I was the most beautiful woman in the room ! That was rather charming of him I thought, and the sort of thing a girl remembers

DS2 had to read out a poem he had written to the school in which he announced to the breathless multitude that his Mum " had a good brain and a heart like a fruit cake ... " and DP told me my eyes were brighter than Ducatti headlights back when we were courting ( properly silver-tongued lot, my menfolk! )

Last night, when I popped in to Ds1's bedroom to say goodnight, he said "Please give me a hug, you're such a great mum".

He's almost 14, and 5ft 10, and his comment meant the world to me.

I shall try to remember during the next showdown!

Notcitrus, I want your MIL as my MIL!

My now-MIL when I'd met her a few times: "I really hope MrNC is good enough for you, because you're great. It's wonderful having you in the family. I can't wait for you to have children! Not right now, obviously, you're a bit young. But when you're ready. Don't let him pressure you. Have another glass of wine."

And this is why we happily put up with all her exasperating eccentricity!

DH and I were at the Ask Restaurant in Guildford when DS was about 3. A woman came up to us and said what a lovely boy DS was and that he was a real credit to us .

DH also admitted after a few dates that I had surpassed his car as his most favourite thing in the world . He even used to met me smoke in his car. I have not smoked for nearly 9 years and if ANYONE EVER dared smoke in my car, they would be shot at dawn.

I was so horribly jealous when my younger sister had a baby and I was so keen to have one, too. I was single and lonely at the time. I was in tears on the phone to my dad when he told me she was in labour and I said I wished it was me (i know, it's silly, but that's how I felt). My dad said to me that it happens to the best of people, and I was one of the best. .

A random old woman in a supermarket told me I was a good mum (because I was telling them off firmly but civilly for arsing about)

And the chair of Governors (not long after I became a governor) told a mutual colleague 'Hmm Santa is very clever, isn't she' I know it wasn't really a compliment but it still made me smirk. It was blatantly a - Shit we will have to watch that one kind of a comment.

Oh and when I was about 20 I had a bit of a Highland fling with an older man during a summer spent on a Scottish island

One time (as we were just driving along) he said to me "you could have any man you wanted" Now, this is far from the truth I'm sure, but was a nice thing for him to say to me don't you think ?!

Sorry... "Desperate about losing this man". You KNOW what I mean. X

The other day, ds and I were getting off the bus when the woman behind us stopped me and said "your son is wonderful, he's so funny and articulate and charming - you must be a fantastic mother" I will try to remember that at the next meltdown.

My old boss (I was a restaurant manager and we were expanding so he wanted me to train all the staff for the 4 other pubs) once said to me that I was a rare woman, men fell in love with me after 2 minutes and women wanted to be my best friend.

A man stopped me in the street once to tell me that I was perfection. I wasn't wearing a scrap of make up.

Years ago, when I was working in oncology (chemo ward) you got to 'know' patients well....sometimes over 12 / 18 months plus whilst they were coming in for treatment. I knew a man who all those involved with him were rooting for because he was only young and had two young kids. Time went by. He got (slightly) better, he got worse. This went on, for some time. One admission, he looked shocking and he said "I hope you're here, if anything happens to me". I remember thinking "No! I DON'T want to be here, if you die". But I was. I held his hand and cried. I'm about to cry now.

It was, in a way, a compliment. All the staff were desperate to lose this man after knowing him, so long.

I love my mum but she can be quite hyper critical. After having had my dd who's 5 mo DM told me that I was such a natural mother but she's not surprised as I'm so good with animals !.

I was worried I wouldn't be very good at it, so hearing this coming from her was such a boost.

I think it's things the DC's have said that have really registered most.

Like quite recently I was just sitting on the sofa with DD and for some reason ( I am quite soppy with them) I said to her "You're lovely" and she said "You're lovely too" right back at me

I have two...

I overheard my DH telling my SIL (his DSis) not long after DD was born, that I had taken to Motherhood like a 'duck to water' and that I was a wonderful Mum. Believe me, just hearing him say that to someone else was as wonderful as if he had said it straight to me...

A bit grim, but I've always had bad skin. GPs have tried everything and nothing has worked. It always gets me down. Whenever I get upset about it if I've had a flare up, my DH says 'it just means there's more of you to love'. Gross, but lovely at the same time .