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

I know pinot. I've been nagging him for suggesting a third for four years so fuck the face bit - the baby bit is the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me ever!.

I am currently on maternity leave and let go of my childminding contracts, thinking its not fair to expect parents and children to come back to me after they've settled elsewhere. A couple of weeks ago I bumped into a parent who asked me when I'm starting work again, and can I please text her the exact date so her LO can come straight back to me. Doesnt sound like much but I really doubt myself when working with parents so it means the world to me that she would choose to bring him back. I miss the little dude too....

A little girl I have childminded for years asked if she could come to tea at my house more often because "WantAnOrange is the best cook in the world". When she left me her mum said "she's going to miss you, you've been like another mum to her". She also wrote me a card herself (she's 6) that perefectly summed us up, it said "I had fun at (WantAnOrange's) howse", and that was all .

It's no good, I want them back......

My DS who we adopted last year has said some really lovely things which after years of being a Mummy in waiting have meant the world:

Mummy you are in my heart forever

after a rubbish day & telling him I would try better at being the best Mummy he looked at me , gave me a hug & said but Mummy you already are the best Mummy.

& the one that makes me laugh is when I was getting ready to go out & he said Mummy you are really lovely but you do look better with clothes on !

Awww Cother!

Last week dh told me that my face looked so happy and beautiful when I talked about the baby I had been asked to nanny that he wants me to turn down the job and try for another one of our own.

One chilly evening in February 1999 just in front of Holborn station, DH, who was 'just a friend' then told me he was in love with me and he would go to the ends of the earth with me. Definitely one of the most romantic moments of my life, though I think I looked like a shocked goldfish at the time

Megglevache, your ladyboy comment has made my night

DH tells me I'm the most beautiful woman in the world every day.....think thats after the slap has been put on.......

But seriously, he is very lucky to have me

i popped to see my elderly neighbour this morning to make sure she was ok and to see if she needed anything.she was waiting for a taxi to take her to the hairdressers so i stayed until it came and chatted with her.as i was leaving she said to me 'i wish you were my daughter your so lovely and kind'.i know from chatting in the past that she lost 4 babies through miscarriages and never got to become a mum,she would have made a super mum aswell.

During my pregnancy with dd, i was having a little emotional meltdown in my boss' office (as you do) and he said: you will make a bloody brilliant mum.
That really lifted my spirits no end

A very, very long time ago a stranger on a tube train wrote me a poem. he handed it to me just as he got off. I almost threw it away without reading it as I was afraid it might say something horrible or upsetting. But it was lovely, about my nice eyes, etc. I'm not the world's most confident or attractive person so it really boosted my morale.

I wish I had kept it.

Quite often get complimented on the dc's excellent manners and good behaviour - and occasionally people say it must be down to their mother.

Makes my heart burst with pride.

I really value work feedback,it means so much
a simple thanks,does suffice
someone once said,thanks for getting it and I did

After my 11 hour labour (following a 24 hour induction), DP told me I did so well and that I made it look really easy, which made me do this face but his heart was in the right place.

My MiL told me she really liked me and thought I was fantastic for her son. Probably would have meant more if she wasn't wankered and hadn't spent the last 8 years being a total bitch to me.

HV last week told me I wouldn't be eligible for a smear as I'd have to wait until I was 25. As a sleep deprived 29 year old with a 4 week old baby I took it as the ultimate compliment!

My daughter loves my moustache more than any other bit of me. Does that count?

when i was 17, my lovely auntie said how pretty i was and how lovely my skin was

i came from a household where we were never, ever complimented, so had grown up thinking i must be ugly, or at best, very plain

I have one.

When the last Take That tour was on, I was going to see it with my best friend. I was chatting on the phone to my younger brother (a trendy London dj) and I mentioned I was going to see them. He replied "What do you want to do that for? It's for thirty something women with kids. )

I'm 36 and have 3 dcs but I was thrilled he didn't put me in that box. He just saw me as me. :)

"You're a grafter and a good mother"

From 2 different people on two seperate occations. I will always love them for that, that small sentence gave me a massive boost in self confidence just when I needed it most.

My DM was asking me why I was still single recently, she said "I just don't understand, you're not even that ugly..." aaah mothers eh

My colleague recently referred to me as "sunshine itself". It sounds corny but I thought it was nice.

My favourite compliment though is when people tell me I'm good at my job, I'm a nurse and its nice to know I'm still good at it.

When I (white, middle class) had spent all day sorting out a problem that my client (ethnic and religious minority) had been battling with, and I had got her and her family a positive and life-changing outcome, she simply said "Thank you, Sister". When "Sister" is normally a term that she would reserve for someone close to her of her in her own minority group. The meaning behind it meant a lot to me.