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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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Fluffymarsh · 30/09/2023 14:30

Not very deep. I felt rotten one day and had no make up on/generally felt I looked awful. I was in town getting shopping, and an old lady stopped me and said 'Your hair is beautiful, you are just a beautiful young woman' and after saying thank you and talking with her for a while, I took a photo of myself.

I mean she may not have been in her right mind 😆 but I look at that photo when I'm beating myself up and it makes me think OH SHUT UP YOU ARE YOUR WORST CRITIC and think how people aren't fixating on my flaws the way I am.

imnotthatkindofmum · 30/09/2023 14:33

My friend always full names me to everyone which may seem odd but 1. I have the same name as her daughter (not named after me, we were friends after) and 2. she wants to be really clear who she's 'promoting' as she's always bigging me up!

When she introduces me she always says "this is imnotthatkindofmum surname" and everyone always knows exactly who I am because she's she's always bigging me up so much. She tells them "everyone needs an imnotthatkindofmum surname in their life". Also her mum has a very long term friend called 'Samantha' and when her mum is around my friend refers to me as "my Samantha" to show my importance lol.

She can be a bit crap as a friend in other ways due to neurodiversity so this makes me feel special.

RudsyFarmer · 30/09/2023 14:40

My MIL tells me ‘I’m a good mummy’ which is nice. My work tells me I’m a hard worker - which I am.

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HereIfYouNeedMe · 30/09/2023 14:47

A customer said to me 'there's not many people who shine bright in this world, but you really do' was the nicest thing anyone has said to me!

Oblomov23 · 30/09/2023 14:49

I've had 6 people compliment my perfume in the last year. Clearly it suits me!

43ontherocksporfavor · 30/09/2023 14:52

@Oblomov23 you have to tell us what it is now!! 😀

Hedonism · 30/09/2023 15:03

I arrived a couple of minutes late to a meeting on teams recently, and the people already there were in the middle of saying how great I was 😊

I have massive imposter syndrome at work so that meant a lot.

Icantfindanewname · 30/09/2023 15:06

I was a senior partner's secretary in a large commercial law firm, but couldn't get a training contract with them due to my former poly part time degree. When I left for a firm I'd previously worked for as a secretary (as they'd offered me the training), he paraphrased Maya Angelou, and said people will forget what you said and what you did, but not forget how you made them feel. You made me feel safe. Sob. I guess that's partly because I used to stand at his door and politely enquire if he should be at his desk, or perhaps at that meeting which was in his diary!

Frozenone · 30/09/2023 15:07

DH told me “you are nothing like your mother.”

If you knew my emotionally abusive and manipulative DM you’d understand that this compliment trumps any other for me.

Burgundylover · 30/09/2023 15:08

I gave personal advice to someone at work who I hardly knew, which could have offended her but obviously didn't, as a couple of days later she came back, and said I was right and "how did you get to be so wise". You couldn't get a better compliment.

MintJulia · 30/09/2023 15:12

When I left my first job, at about 22 (a long time ago), one of the tech support boys wrote in my leaving card 'to a glorious child of the 60s and a vanishing dream'

My 22yo self was completely stumped for words.

DontGiveMeThatOldCrap · 30/09/2023 15:13

The nicest thing, and the most important, to me - that I am, and have been, all those years, a good mother.

Lorrymum · 30/09/2023 15:16

A classmate from many years ago who was part of the "in crowd" that I was never a part of. She told me that she had always admired me as a free spirit who never ran with the crowd. It made me look on my school days in a completely different light.

Beesandhoney123 · 30/09/2023 15:19

Teenage dd informed me if she was ever a mum she would be just like me.

I don't think she wanted anything:)

MissingMoominMamma · 30/09/2023 15:20

A parent wrote me a letter at the end of last term and told me that I’d helped her accept her daughter for the wonderful person she is. She’d really been struggling to accept her child’s SEN. It meant the world to me that I’d helped to strengthen their relationship.

Parttimewoes · 30/09/2023 15:21

Walking around a supermarket with DP, a man with obvious learning difficulties was walking round with his carer or care worker. He stopped my partner and pointed to me and asked, ‘Is that your wife?’ When he replied no, the man said, ‘Oh, why do you not marry her? She’s lovely, like a gorgous chocolate cake!’ 😀

JenaWren · 30/09/2023 15:22

Lovely thread.

I met someone for the first time last night and he said "do you ever stop smiling?". I'm absolutely taking that as I haven't had a lot to smile about lately.

Squeaky2023 · 30/09/2023 15:29

Having got through a competitive process for a promotion for the first time in my life, we were on a serious training course. We weee all given one to one feed back as part of it. The senior guy talking to me talked about my "energy and enthusiasm " and said he'd see me in the future on the more advanced course. As a tired 48 year old with suspected ADHD I treasured this compliment.

NotReadyForAutumnYet · 30/09/2023 15:46

An email from a more junior member of staff in a company I was leaving saying how much I'd helped her and that I'd probably never realise just how much.

A woman stopping by us at the park to say how lovely it was to see a mum so completely engaged with her kids. Meant a lot as had typical mum guilt from spinning a lot of plates.

Oblomov23 · 30/09/2023 16:12

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It's actually a Lancôme la nuit tresor. It's strong and it clearly just suits my skin.

Yettisrus29 · 30/09/2023 16:13

I was out recently when I bumped into the partner of a friend, I've not really spoken to her as this friend and I only stay in touch over Facebook and since splitting with my ex he's monopolised our friends.

When we were introduced by another friend, she said, "Ah yes, I've heard all about you, x always speaks very fondly of you". This really made me well up because I hadn't expected to hear how much he talks about me and how much I mean to him.

I made a decision that day not to let my friendships slide again and we're in touch again.

Hooples · 30/09/2023 16:31

I was breastfeeding in a cafe, my first time in public, dd would have only been about 8 weeks old. An older lady came up to me, patted me gently on the shoulder and said ‘you’re doing a brilliant job there, keep going’
I was pretty sleep deprived, first time mum & all & it made me well up a bit.

Another time (also in a cafe!)
I was with dd and baby ds - a lady who had been sat nearby with a couple of other people approached me as she was leaving & said I have ‘wonderful’ children, commenting on how nicely my dd played and how my kids are a credit to me🥹

LadyDaffodil · 30/09/2023 16:34

At a sixth form parents evening I was told my DD was 'exactly the sort of daughter you would want' I've never forgotten that ☺️

Crikeyalmighty · 30/09/2023 16:39

A friend posted 'I was one of life's lovely people'

Deluded - but gawd bless her!!

43ontherocksporfavor · 30/09/2023 19:05

Thanks @Oblomov23