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

A few months ago i was walking up the street with my youngest in his pram and some guy stopped in his van and said "i just had to stop and tell you that your absolutley gorgeous" then he drove off.

Another time some guy id seen around a few times said to me "you get hotter and hotter every time i see you, sometimes i cant take my eyes off you"

Both of those made my day!

Ah thank you Meggle

From a school report:
"champagne's zest and enthusiasm for life is infectious."

We recently got all the family video films we had taken when the dds were younger, put onto cd. DDs, 19 and 22 hadn't seen them before.

We had a film feast on Sunday, just DH, DDs and I. It was really lovely.

Later on dd2 came and gave me a cuddle and said she had always remembered having a happy childhood, but watching the videos had amazed her.

She said she really appreciated how much patients I had with her and her dsis, that I was a gentle and loving mum and she hoped she will be like me when she has children.

It made me cry!

Also a mw one, funny how things like that stick in the memory. My mw said something like 'You've got a lovely one there' when I'd just had dd2. It made me beam (I'm sure she wouldn't go around telling women they have an ugly one there or something, but she really sounded like she meant it).

dh once told me that I always look fantastic when I first wake up which also made me smile (and there was me thinking I am not human until I've had a shower, put on make up and have had a coffee).

When I met my now husband we lived far apart and had a one off meeting then couldn't see each other for another couple of weeks. He is a very quiet type not used to declaring his feeling but he wrote me a letter saying "things feel strangely incomplete without you." I still have it.

When I had my DD, we were just about to be discharged, baby in car seat etc, when my lovely midwife bustled up, gripped my arm and said "Now, I know I haven't got anything at all to worry about with this one, she's off to a lovely home". Made me feel so much more confident, as I was having a major internal panic about not being able to cope!

Rugger monkey is marvellous. She is ballet monkey today though. I enjoy the contrast.

You know how people tell you all the time your dc are beautiful? It's clearly true; they have a breathtaking mix of cultures and heritage and both take a lovely picture. But what strikes me when I see pictures of your babies is how they have these astonishing personalities. I see a lot of pictures of people's dc on FB. It's always 'here's a child in some snow' or 'another child in some spaghetti' and they're beautiful because they're children but your dd and ds look like who they are iyswim. Your dd in particular has this amazing eccentricity and wisdom which shines out. And your ds is always so open and honest in his expressions. Lovely looking dc and not just aesthetically.

I know this thread isn't about saying nice things now but you've been through a bit of a crappy 2012 I know and I've been meaning to say for a while that your pictures cheer me.

Sorry you're illing. Hope it sods off soon.

"You're a really good bass player", said by a guy I was in a band with. I remember it because one of the guys from my previous band said (behind my back) that I wasn't as good as I made out I was

I've gone... (Box of Kleenex have too).

What a lovely thread. I've actually had lots of wonderful compliments (I have deluded wonderful family and friends), however, I'll always remember my middle dn describing my hair as 'golden'. Very shallow, I know.

My dc say the loveliest things, youngest told me 'you're the best mummy I've ever had' I didn't point out that I'm the only mummy they've ever had. Same dc also told me 'you're not pretty, you're old'......

I adore my two little nieces who live in Italy. A couple of years ago the older one, who was about five, asked me not to have any children of my own because she was worried I wouldn't have as much time to play with them. I thought that was really sweet.

meant to say, he was seeing me look in rear view mirror!! killed the sentiment now, haven't i*!

After finishing my year 10 work experience aged 15, the lady I worked for wrote in my report 'Amber has restored my faith in youngsters' My Mum was well proud!

About my three children, a retired teacher friend of my Mums said, 'they have impeccable manners and are a real credit to you'

My autistic sons paediatrician said to me 'you clearly have a great understanding of his needs and are so in tune with him, he is lucky to have you as a Mum' she may have said that to everyone, but I don't care! it helped.

I love this!

My first long term boyfriend and I were doing a tour of the island I was born in with my cousin. Boyfriend was sitting in the back of my car, cousin passenger and I was driving.

A little later when we strolled along the beach at dusk he stopped and said to me 'chaos, I have never noticed before how absolutely beautiful and expressionate these big brown eyes are'. It's always stayed with me.

My Mum's stepsister turned to my Mum at their DF's funeral, after spending 5 days constantly together watching him die, and said "I never wanted a daughter, I was always happy with my son, but I wish I had a daughter just like her" and pointed at me.

No DC yet for me, but my Aunt on my Dad's side said to me 10 years ago after spending all day looking after my severely autistic cousin - "you will be the most fantastic mother - you're already the most fantastic cousin."

She is such an inspiration to me, so that is one of the best things anyone could have ever said, meant so much coming from her. Especially as that side of my family aren't particularly sentimental or open with their emotions.

Being told by a group of friends " you're the kindest person here". I blushed so much. I don't think I'm any more kind than average...

Wilts sobbing on a friend's shoulder about something or other she said "there is nothing you could do that would make us not love you". Isn't it my mum who's supposed to say that kind of thing?

When I was suffering v v badly with PND my HV came for a visit (and promptly marched me to GP), I was in a total mess. Crying so much I was just slobbering onto the carpet like a dog and just rambling on and on in a depressed way. I felt like the worst mother on this earth.

She touched my hand and said "I've been where you are". I know that will sound like nothing to most people, but it was the best thing she could have ever said. It meant so much to know she really understood. She went on to tell me that 30yrs ago when she had her 2nd baby she was depressed and no one helped her. She said that's why she's a HV now as she never wanted anyone to suffer similarly. She saved my life that day - no exaggeration.

A guest we had on NYE told me I was a great cook....had just served up a 3 course dinner, so that was a nice compliment to receive.

My DH - he rarely says anything lovely, because he isn't big on expressing himself.
We were at his DF funeral and I was singing one of the hymn's he was too choked up to sing and just stood holding my hand tightly. When the hymn had stopped he looked at me and said "You sound like an angel". I (who had been holding it together till that point) burst into tears.

I know it doesn't seem much, but that was 10 years ago and it still makes me well up.

Thank you Miss it was a really great lesson. Said by three lovely girls who had been homeschooled and were now in a class full of naughty children. I always think of them when I am being told no or worse!

In a taxi recently, DS was gabbing away to the taxi driver about all the different vehicles we passed and the level crossing and everything else under the sun. The taxi driver turned to me when we arrived at our destination and said 'You've obviously read to this child a great deal - his vocabulary is extraordinary and he's made my day'