Nicest thing ever said to you

[nannytothequeen]

We all need a boost.. let's big ourselves up. What's the best or most memorable compliment you've ever received? Let's hold onto the positives!

When I was younger some bloke told me that I looked like I was made of gold, like I'd been dipped in honey.
In more recent times I've been told I'm the cleverest person they know. And from another person, I have the largest vocabulary of anyone they've ever met.

Just this morning, DP said he wouldn't want to be in lockdown with anyone but me. Tears may have been shed.

I was single until I was 28 (it was all a bit tragic... I hadn't a clue how to attract men, thought I was a write off).

A colleague kept mithering me about being single. Eventually I got fed up and asked her why she kept going on about it.

She said 'You deserve someone who makes you happy'

It was really a turning point for me.

My husband told me not long after we started going out that I made him want to be better man.

My daughter - I'm glad I chose you to be my mummy.

She used to say it lots when she was very young which freaked me out. I'd ask what she meant and she'd sit quiet thinking and then describe it like she was remembering picking me.

DS2 used to talk about his parents before he picked us as his mum and dad. Freaky indeed.

When out walking with my newborn baby a stranger in the park said “Oh gosh, is he yours?” I said yes and gave them a funny look and she said “You don’t look like you’ve just had a baby”. Shallow but made me smile!

Our DS has significant health problems and quite a few people have said thing like if anyone could handle this you two can you which for some reason I don’t really like but my best friends said “DS has been unlucky in so many things except who his parents are”. Which is the same thing really but SO much nicer!

I've been very ill for two weeks and I look like shit. Last night dh told me I am the most beautiful woman he has ever laid eyes on. He's Italian though, and quite dramatic

So many things over many years. But one very recent one comes to mind (actually made me cry because I was so touched).

From an ex-colleague you're the best work colleague I've ever had and I know you work in [industry that tends to be affected by crises]. I've asked around just in case, and I have three names who'd have you in a heartbeat even if they were about to go bankrupt. Everyone agrees you're the soundest investment imaginable!

The world is going to the dogs and someone thought of me, my livelihood being at risk and went ahead and pitched me. I have no words!

"I wish I had your confidence."

I am a real introvert, very boring quiet in a group and this was said by someone I see as very confident, outgoing and very attractive, about 25 years ago! Apparently (according to this person) I have an air of confidence, and self belief in what I can achieve. Not sure where she got that from, but must be a good thing, right? I think maybe it became self fulfilling too.

Not the most moving but certainly the most creative.

An exbf who was a musician once said that when times were bad I made him think of Radiohead and when times were good of Marvin Gaye. I very much like the idea of causing Marvin Gaye thoughts in someone.

One of my staff members told me what a wonderful manager I was and that she thought I "had the balance just right" I was having a really shit day at work and it's really stuck with me.

MIL telling me that I'm an amazing mum and my DS is lucky to have me. Again , I was having a "I can't do this" mum day , I cried and really needed to hear it.

Not a compliment as such but a lovely moment I'd like to share all the same , a friend knew I'd been trying for DS2 for a while and when I told her I was 6 weeks pregnant she cried happy tears with me and sent me the most heartfelt message that evening , she's so bloody lovely.

On sunday my 6 year old ds spontaneously came out with " happy mothers day my darling!" Mid afternoon just pottering around. It meant more to me than any present ( just as well cos ex dp didn't bother to help ds get anything!)

I have a low self esteem (or had...it's better now) and once I was out with my infant school child who was asking a million questions whilst DD was at a swimming lesson. The woman two seats down turned and said to me she was impressed by how much I knew - it wasn't anything special, just general knowledge - so it was nice that she was so lovely to me.

(Might be shallow, but hey ho...) I was randomly told by a friend 'The most attractive thing about you is you don't realise how beautiful you are'....it was by someone that was very much a 'tell it as it is' person, totally unexpected and made me feel quite warm.

“I’m so proud of you” whispered in my ear by my husband after the very difficult birth of our son.

You make my tummy smile.
Ex DP who turned out to be an arse but still a nice thing to say at the time 😁

Today, my four year old son told me ‘ you should go on that cooking programme you watch on tv mummy (Masterchef) cos you’re the best cook in the whole world’.

"You're the kindest person I know" just said randomly by a friend. Kindness is one of the most important qualities that I value.

My ex kitchen manager - "you're not bad at your job" That coming from him was like Gordon Ramsey saying well done

‘If ever there is a day when we are not able to talk; always remember that I am telling you now, you are beautiful, intelligent, strong and you are valued more than you know’

From a GP of all people - after years and years of depression and anxiety that she had been treating me for . I do remember, often - no one had ever said something so kindly before or since .

And then a patient at work, to the patient sharing his room, when I was leaving said room after sorting something minor;

‘That girl would do anything for you, but more than that she would do it willingly and with a smile’ ... cried my eyes out in the sluice .

My daughter the other day - "You know, with that beard, you look a lot like Donald Sutherland."

A very handsome man once said to me "you have the second nicest eyes I've ever seen". Who had the first?

A former boss who was known for being a bit emotionless and joked that he had a heart of stone told me I made him want to be a better person in an appraisal once. I had to take a few deep breaths to stop the tears.

I use to work in the photo archives at News International, and one day in was sitting in amongst the huge for to ceiling archives looking for a photo, when a man walked past and then came back and said, "I had to stop, there's just something about you."

Another time I was at a friend's house, and he had some other friends round too, who I only knew a bit. I went to the loo and crossed one of these friends on the stairs and he looked at me and said, "It's odd, I'm strangely drawn to you, you're such an enigma."