Be kind to a stranger today

[Globules]

Yesterday I bumped into a friend outside Sainsbury's.

Whilst we stood chatting, a wonderful stranger interrupted our conversation to tell me how amazing I looked, how she loved my dress, how elegant I looked and how much the dress suited my colouring.

It absolutely made my day!

So I going to pay it forward today. I'm going to try and make a strangers day by being kind or complimentary to them.

I urge you to do the same!

BTW, if it was you who spoke to me yesterday, thank you!

I'm nice to strangers every day (unless I don't go out!). It's a hobby

Show us the dress 😄

Just be a normal level of decent human being at all times. I think gushing all over a stranger in an attempt to make their day is a bit weird.

Most people appreciate compliments but on MN they are 'personal remarks' and all decent humans have been brought up never to make them.

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It's in the wash.

Not bad for a 3 year old New Look £30 purchase.

A mum has been complimented this morning on persevering with a frustrated toddler. She seemed very pleased with my verbal encouragement.

I think stuff the MN rhetoric @MorrisZapp Sounds like you think the same.

I’d have been a bit miffed if I’d been the other person whose personal style wasn’t complimented ;)

I was walking one day to get the kids from school and a woman stopped me to say how lovely I looked in my dress (an asda one I had had for years) It absolutely made my day as I felt particularly frumpy that day. It gave me a spring in my step and now I always try to pay a compliment to people as I know how great it made me feel.

If someone did this to me I would be checking for my purse, watch and keys.

Either that or waiting for the .'would you like to contribute to...'

I do this all the time, and teach DCs to do the same. Happened to me once on the train and it made me feel so great I decided I'd make it a habit. Obviously read the room, uninvited compliments aren't always welcome 😬

It would absolutely freak me out if I was just having a conversation with someone in public and a total stranger came to me to say she loved my dress/makeup/whatever.

Years ago I used to get a bus to get to work and back and always on the journey home there was a woman who was clearly not very well and used to ask every other woman in the bus "Where did you get this haircut?". I might have replied to her question about 20 times in different occasions.

I wouldn't pay a personal compliment (unless I'd been in the pub) but I'll ask people who look lost if they need help or chat at the checkout etc

I might be strange, but I don’t like it when random strangers give me compliments. If it’s a man, I think he’s a creep. If it’s a woman, I think she’s weird.

I bet she made your friend feel pretty shit!

God some people will look for the negative in everything! It’s nice to be nice people.

I stick to just being a decent human.
I did quietly tell someone her fly was down and she thanked me profusely - I hope another woman would do the same for me.

I thought that too 😂

Someone interrupted your conversation?

And how did your non complimented friend feel? I'd feel like utter shit if it were me!!

A young teenage girl once complimented me on some boots I was wearing and asked where they were from. When I told her they were from Asda she sort of just said 'oh' 🤣 Probably expected me to say some fancy high end shop.

In MN Land many posters think that knocking on a friend's door without first texting is rude, so I doubt you'll get a majority saying making a random stranger's day is a good thing!

That said, me and my 26 year old daughter have a policy of complimenting people if it's warranted or genuine. Not gushing; just simply saying 'I love your dress/jacket/dog etc'. It's a lovely way of connecting. Actually people often say they love my dog, and me and the dog appreciate it! I think speaking to strangers is a way of gluing society together.

But yes, probably not a popular opinion on here! I'm already seeing the negative comments dripping through!

It isn't about being 'nice', it's oddly patronising to think you're making someone's day by seeking out something to compliment them on. If it's genuine, fair enough, but going out of your way to do it is weird.

I'm a chat to anyone type. I was with my DD the other day sitting on a bench eating a cream cake from a local bakery and a woman smiled at us and said our lunch looked delicious. We had a brief chat,passed the time of day but I can imagine some on MN would have been horrified someone had dared to comment on our lunch choice.

Only caveat is I would be hesitant to compliment a man unfortunately as they invariably think it’s a come-on. I did this once with a man who had wolf cuff links that were really intricate and cool, but it was a bad idea…he quickly became creepy.

Your comment isn't exactly positive either.

Typical MN response 🤣 miserable sods 🤣