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Nice things people have said to you

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WhoRemembersMarbleBars · 29/09/2023 19:16

What are the nicest things someone has said to you, that have really stayed with you? A warm and fuzzy Friday night thread ☺️
These are mine:

Nice things about my DC, someone once told me "they are so polite, you can tell they've had a lot of time spent on them ❤️"

A pupil (ASD, ADHD) I teach, told me he wanted to be back in my class because I was "a joyful teacher".

What are yours?

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PollyAmour · 29/09/2023 19:19

You're giving your children a wonderful childhood - said to me by an older woman on a campsite in Brittany.

Timetocheersme · 29/09/2023 19:23

I had a friend who me I was the nicest person she knew. It was decades ago and just said in passing, but it was a lovely thing for her to say to me.

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WhoRemembersMarbleBars · 29/09/2023 19:23

Aww that's lovely ❤️

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blackrabbitwhiterabbit · 29/09/2023 19:25

One friend I was trying to set up on a date with another friend. Female friend sent me a screenshot of their convo where they both said I'm 'amazing' and a 'breath of fresh air'. Twas nice!

Duttercup · 29/09/2023 19:30

I was in Costa filling time in the deadzone between end of nursery and bedtime with my 15 month old. My (ex-)husband had walked out on us about 2 weeks after we moved to a town 5 hours from home, and the house we moved to was mid-renovation and didn't have a back wall downstairs. Also it was November.

A woman stopped as she was leaving and said 'as potential future parents, I wanted to say how lovely it is to listen to you with your baby'. It made me smile for being such adorable wording 'potential future parents', and she'll never know how much it meant to me at a pretty grotty time. Bless her, I hope their potential future parent plans are going well.

Kittensat36 · 29/09/2023 19:35

One of my colleagues in popped in to the room I was working in. She told me that she was having a rotten day and thought "I'll go and see Kittens, that will make me feel better. "

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WhoRemembersMarbleBars · 29/09/2023 19:46

Awww aren't people lovely sometimes!

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Bonjovispjs · 29/09/2023 19:53

A friend told me I'm the most lovable person she knows 😊

TotalOverhaul · 29/09/2023 19:54

A stranger once came up to me in a shopping centre and told me she often saw me around town with my two very young DC and that she noticed they were always well looked after and I was always attentive to them. I had chronic PND and DS2 had undiagnosed SEN, which I was too ill to realise. It meant the world to me. I have never forgotten it.

yutu · 29/09/2023 19:56

A few years ago, DH and I took our 2 year old son to Piha Beach in Auckland where we used to live. We were just walking, chatting and looking at our son playing in the water.

A while later a guy from distance approached us and gave us a piece of paper. It was a family sketch of the 3 of us. He told us it was such a nice "scene" and wished us all the best. It was just so lovely and we never expected something like this from a stranger.

VWT5 · 29/09/2023 20:00

Something said about my mum, an infant teacher;
A 5 year old boy playing on the ground with a 4 year old girl behind a hedge….overheard saying to the girl “Don’t you worry about starting school Sophie, you will be in Mrs C’s class, and she isn’t like a teacher you know, she is just like your mum”

WhatWouldHopperDo · 29/09/2023 20:00

I have been working with someone new the last few weeks. He is very open about being autistic. Yesterday after a tough meeting with some senior people he called me on teams. He said ‘I love working with you. You don’t treat me like a weirdo and you totally get how my brain works’

I was really touched but also sad for him. He’s a bloody genius at our job and can run rings around most people.

Lockthedoorbehindyou · 29/09/2023 20:04

DH and I were out for a meal with our adult children: my DC, his 2 DC (my stepchildren), plus step children's partners and new baby. A waitress came up to us after our meal and said she had to tell us what a lovely family we were and how obvious it was we all cared for each other. It was such a nice thing to say, especially bearing in mind all the complications that being a blended family brings.

We were so touched by her kindness.

C1N1C · 29/09/2023 20:05

This isn't a pity thing, actually a genuine answer...

I'm a guy, and I've noticed that 'we' don't actually get many compliments. It seems almost expected to compliment women on a daily basis (beauty, style, hair, mothering skills etc), but men, not so much. As such, I remember every single compliment that was not from, say, a school teacher.

My wife once told me I looked good in a suit (actually our wedding day), and several months ago said my arms looked nice. I remember them because they're rare.

Sorry. I might have dragged down the well-meaning intent of this post. Hopefully, your man, or friends etc are complimenting all of you, this is just a reminder that men appreciate it too!

felisha54 · 29/09/2023 20:13

My friends often say to me how lovely, polite and caring my dd12 is towards their much younger children and it makes me feel so proud and happy- she's an only child and I feel some people still have stereotypes that only children are antisocial. She is the most social and happy kid I know- but I'm biased :-)

Duttercup · 29/09/2023 20:13

C1N1C · 29/09/2023 20:05

This isn't a pity thing, actually a genuine answer...

I'm a guy, and I've noticed that 'we' don't actually get many compliments. It seems almost expected to compliment women on a daily basis (beauty, style, hair, mothering skills etc), but men, not so much. As such, I remember every single compliment that was not from, say, a school teacher.

My wife once told me I looked good in a suit (actually our wedding day), and several months ago said my arms looked nice. I remember them because they're rare.

Sorry. I might have dragged down the well-meaning intent of this post. Hopefully, your man, or friends etc are complimenting all of you, this is just a reminder that men appreciate it too!

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felisha54 · 29/09/2023 20:15

@TotalOverhaul what a lovely thing to notice and say to you. Just shows that even when we think we're not doing a good job, we actually are!

cassiatwenty · 29/09/2023 20:19

@C1N1C You have a cool nickname 🙃

barbarahunter · 29/09/2023 20:20

I'll never forget what my friend said to me when I was at a really low point in my life. She commented 'there isn't anything to dislike about you'. Even if it's not true, it was just the perfect moment for her to have said it, I was so touched.

I do try to tell those I love how lovely they are but I don't always remember.

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WhoRemembersMarbleBars · 29/09/2023 21:13

These are lovely. It's often the kindness of strangers 😍

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WickerKnickerz · 29/09/2023 21:33

I'm a cleaner. A client sent me this text.

You are the loveliest woman ever & you deserve good things. Thank you so much ☺️ xx

In this trade, you get treated quite poorly by quite a lot of people unfortunately. I have an education, I've had 'professional' jobs in the past, but I chose to do this for my son (SENs) to work around his school hours without having to take years out to study again and change career. But clients don't know this and make some horrific assumptions about me based purely on my job. I've been reduced to tears, dreaded going to work, stressed, miserable and wondering why I put myself through such physically & mentally hard graft for people who have absolutely no respect for me as a fellow human being.

But...

Every so often I get clients like this though, who are thoroughly appreciative, take the time to get to know who I really am and recognise I work my backside off for very little financial gain. This text gave me a really nice feeling. She wasnt just thanking me for doing a good job, but recognising me as a person she believes to be 'lovely'. It was the lift I needed.

CantFindTheBeat · 29/09/2023 21:45

VWT5 · 29/09/2023 20:00

Something said about my mum, an infant teacher;
A 5 year old boy playing on the ground with a 4 year old girl behind a hedge….overheard saying to the girl “Don’t you worry about starting school Sophie, you will be in Mrs C’s class, and she isn’t like a teacher you know, she is just like your mum”

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

violetcuriosity · 29/09/2023 21:47

We did a word bubble thing where you type in words and they come up on the screen fir everyone to see. The question was, 'what makes this job one you turn up to each day?' And violet curiosity came up over and over again 🥹 the boss even came and thanked me after x

Crunched · 29/09/2023 21:48

When I went on maternity leave, someone else's PA who I barely recognised, said to me "If your baby has eyes like you, I know they will have a blessed life".
When we were on a family holiday in Italy we visited a gorgeous restaurant about 5 times. As we told the only waitress (owners sister who was helping out after reaching a crossroads in her life, taking leave from her lawyers job in Rome) it was our final visit, she burst into tears and said she had never met such an empathetic and respectful family and we had shown her that her relationship goals were not unrealistic.
In both cases I was shocked. My eyes are alright I suppose, and we are an average, quite shouty, family.

quietlycontent · 29/09/2023 21:49

M&S cafe an older lady said to me Oh look "Happy Mummy Happy Baby"

When my inlaws or parents tell me that my kids are lovely and a credit to us a parents that is lovely