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Tell me about a time when you sparkled!

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AliciaInWonderland · 23/12/2022 18:14

I'd love to hear some heartwarming stories about a time when you just sparkled. I was thinking about parties earlier and I rarely go to any so there's never really a chance to "sparkle" (with charisma and charm that to be honest I just don't have!) but then I remembered the time at work when I wrote this (not to be braggy!) absolutely brilliant analysis of something and I had people coming up to me and interrupting conversations to say what a brilliant read it was. I felt that day like I truly sparkled! Anyone have any moments to share?

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Lockheart · 23/12/2022 18:15

I once had a dress covered in sequins. That was quite sparkly.

Reindeersnooker · 23/12/2022 18:17

I once made a fan t shirt with lots of glitter and I really sparked that night.

Pinkflipflop85 · 23/12/2022 18:25

I took my eye off the ball for a moment in class and a child threw glitter at me.

That was a very sparkly day.

MaBellOnDaLoose · 23/12/2022 18:36

I had a lovely team leader in my previous job. During a one to one, she was so positive about my work that I was glowing all day (I didn't see myself as she did, so I was half thinking "maybe I can actually become who she thinks I am!")

EBearhug · 23/12/2022 18:37

One of my friends once sent me a mildly panicky message, asking if I knew how to remove glitter from skin. He had a shower, and used his daughter's soap. I pointed out you can never get rid of glitter, so he'd have to learn to style it out, but at least he'd make a memorable date, if he got lucky.

I was kind enough to point him to Google and MN once I'd stopped laughing.

EmmaAgain22 · 23/12/2022 18:42

🎤best believe I'm still bejewelled
when I walk in the room
I still can still make the whole place shimmer🎤

does that help? I have certainly had those career moments but very low atm so can't give examples

but thank you for your post - you've reminded me, on a shitty day, of what I can do, and that I can make the whole place shimmer! So thank you and keep hold of those sparkly moments!

Dragonskin · 23/12/2022 18:44

In the 90s, as late teens we didn't go out out without using that bloody benefit glitter puff (or failing that some sort of glitter spray)

Qwayserdeyas · 23/12/2022 18:51

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HiyaCaath · 23/12/2022 18:56

I know what you mean op, just being on form. It’s a long time since I’ve had a day or night where I’ve been like that but your post made me replay some happy memories - Smile

dontgobaconmyheart · 23/12/2022 19:31

@Dragonskin well that's taken me back. I feel as though I can practically smell it (and see it all over the carpet).

Was it this one? Benefit Puff - if so the V&A appear to have recorded it for posterity 😉

bridgetjonesmassivepants · 23/12/2022 19:46

Apparently, I'm really good at Open Evenings at the school I work in. Shame I only really sparkle when I am talking to a load of people that I don't know.

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AliciaInWonderland · 23/12/2022 21:03

Thanks for the replies and I'm pleased it has brought cheer to some peoples day. Some posts weren't quite what I was after but funny all the same!

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Blanketwars · 23/12/2022 21:10

I used to sing quite well. Got up in a karaoke bar in the Dominican Republic a long time ago and absolutely brought the fucking house down with Its Raining Men. Literally everyone in the bar was dancing in front of me and they happened to have a photographer in that night and he was going nuts photographing me. I felt like Kylie for about three minutes 🤣❤️

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 23/12/2022 21:20

3 years ago I applied for a job (internally) which I really wanted, but didn't get. It came up again a few months ago. Applied, and got an interview. I prepared for that interview harder than I have worked for anything for years. Got the job. Feedback from the whole panel was that it was the best interview they'd ever seen. I sparkled that day.

Catsgivethebestcuddles · 23/12/2022 21:25

Not sure if this is what you mean, but I remember a time when I was a teenager.
My mum had a friend who had a teenage daughter the same age as me.
We weren't friends (our mums were), but she sometimes came with her mum to visit us (along with her older brother).

My mum's friend's daughter was in the top sets, whereas I was in the lower sets.
She looked down on me a lot and could be quite hurtful towards me at times.

On one of the visits we decided to play hangman. We decided on place names (any place in any country).
I thought of a place name and they (her and her brother) had to guess it.
She started patronising me, laughing with her brother saying oh will it be "London" or "Liverpool".
I had thought of Connecticut.
I will never forget the look on her face when she started to realise what it was. Her expression changed from being degrading/ laughing at me to one of respect and shock. "Wow! She's even spelt it right!"

After that she started talking to me as an equal.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 23/12/2022 21:38

I used to work with someone who would put me down at any opportunity. A couple of years ago he had 3 extended periods of sick leave and I really found my voice. First meeting I was in when he came back, he was picking apart a decision of made. The project manager told him to leave it, that my decision was perfectly valid, and to move on.

byebye2022 · 23/12/2022 21:41

When I stood up to deliver a speech on how teenagers mental health worked. No overheads or PowerPoint. Just me, my notes and passion. People saying how helpful it was, how they really listened and also boss was like, wow I never knew you could project your voice like that!

NameChangeforMoneyThings · 23/12/2022 21:48

I won an award for my work during the pandemic. My boss nominated me without my knowledge and cried when I won. I guess that wasn't really when I was doing the sparkling, but they listed out everything I had done, which it turned out was quite a lot. I worked myself into the ground but at the time each thing just felt like the necessary next thing and so it didn't feel sparkly at the time - so to get to look back at it all was a pretty proud moment. People afterwards kept coming up to me to say congratulations.

NameChangeforMoneyThings · 23/12/2022 21:48

It was my boss crying that was the most memorable bit though. She was a fab boss and I was so glad she was proud of me.

LipsSoScarlet · 24/12/2022 02:11

EmmaAgain22 · 23/12/2022 18:42

🎤best believe I'm still bejewelled
when I walk in the room
I still can still make the whole place shimmer🎤

does that help? I have certainly had those career moments but very low atm so can't give examples

but thank you for your post - you've reminded me, on a shitty day, of what I can do, and that I can make the whole place shimmer! So thank you and keep hold of those sparkly moments!

I was singing this as I read the thread title!

I can’t think of any examples off the top of my head but I’m loving reading everybody else’s.

Trez1510 · 24/12/2022 02:49

I went to a wedding and in the evening more guests arrived. One of them was the heart-throb from my school year. He had done really well for himself, was still single, and I knew he wouldn't remember me.

I was chatting with two male friends when the heart-throb casually wandered over, staring at me as he did so. One of my friends 'introduced' us. He said 'I remember you from school, but I thought you were really ugly!' Both of my friends looked horrified and embarrassed.

I replied 'Yeah, I remember you too, but I thought you were handsome .... times change, huh?' as I wandered off to find my much more handsome, kinder husband.

My two friends joined us soon after and were howling with laughter at my reply and nonchalant departure. Heart-throb left shortly afterwards.

I think of that as a night I sparkled.

3487642l · 24/12/2022 02:56

I like reading these stories! A cheering thread.

Dairyleeitsallicanthinkof · 24/12/2022 02:59

My first job - social work department. The communication was terrible between agencies. I was 21 - no experience. But I came up with an idea to increase and improve communication, giving myself more work in the process... It was a brilliant idea and procedure and I rolled it out in meetings (with my bosses permission). I sparkled and I loved it. But even than got criticism! Taught me a good lesson though. You REALLY can't keep all the people happy all of the time (especially lazy fuckers who don't want their laziness on show!)

Ruthietuthie · 24/12/2022 03:14

I had been in a really low patch with my work (I am an academic), losing confidence, feeling quite isolated, when I was invited to a small conference at a really fancy university. The first night there was supposed to be a welcome dinner, but I felt so shy and so inadequate, particularly when I looked at the names of the other participants and saw many were really senior in the field. Instead of the welcome dinner, I hid in my hotel and ordered room service.
But, when I arrived at the conference the next morning, people were asking "Who is Ruthietuthie?" They had read my paper, the paper I felt was perhaps so inadequate, and LOVED it. I gave my talk, and people loved that too. I really did feel I was sparkling that day, as I answered people's questions. And, actually, that conference marked the beginning of a growth in confidence that transformed my career - I realized that I was good enough after all.
And, the contacts I made that weekend, are people who I continue to work with to this day. Several of them became very dear friends too.

Dragonskin · 24/12/2022 08:18

dontgobaconmyheart · 23/12/2022 19:31

@Dragonskin well that's taken me back. I feel as though I can practically smell it (and see it all over the carpet).

Was it this one? Benefit Puff - if so the V&A appear to have recorded it for posterity 😉

That's the one!