To ask you what was the nicest thing anyone has said to you?

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Following on from the tactless thread, maybe something to cheer us up.
On just giving birth to DS. DH DM DF & DMIL all in delivery room making a fuss of DS.
My DF walked straight up to me and said "I am so proud of you and I have never seen you look as beautiful as you do right now".

Wishful80sMontage I've had nearly the exact same happen to me! I was at work a couple of weeks ago when a woman came up to me with a little girl hidden behind her legs. The woman apologised for bothering me but said her daughter wanted to know if I was the real Snow White it absolutely made my day!

These are so lovely

Years ago I had been promoted and the team was having trouble accepting me as I was younger then them and female. A few months after something happened (can't remember what) that resulted in an extremely heated discussion with another department head. I think we rowed about what happened for about an hour then went to the pub. The next day I found a letter on my desk from someone who has been training in our store but has left the previous evening telling me that he understood how difficult I had had it, that I had achieved so much and that I should never give up because he was genuinely awestruck at how much I had acheived in such difficult circumstances.

I'm not an emotional person but there was an awful lot of dust in my eye that morning.

What a lovely thread

Older woman who was a passenger in the row of seats in front of us on a flight to Germany, me and 4 DCs travelling, ages 7 years to babe-in-arms, said to me as we all stood in the aisle ready to leave: "You have lovely boys and I think you handles them really well. You are a credit to each other."

I still well up now as I type it. It had been hard to get them all organised, on the plane, behave reasonably well, not forget all the bits of hand luggage we had etc etc, it had all gone reasonably well, but her comment Made My Year .

I since make the point of saying something nice to any mother I see with a baby/toddler struggling with a temper tantrum or whatever. Or NOT struggling and looking all serene and happy.

our GP told me I was really good with dd's meds. that really made me feel good.
dd can't talk as such, (cp) one day she held my hand. after a bit of sign language it turned out she had seen bella and fiz do it and it was cos they were forever freinds....aww who needs words

After pulling two 5-6 yo boys out of pond(one was resuscitated), fire and rescue service worker came to me, gave me a hug, and said "you did good, girl".
I'm still getting all teary about that moment.

Wow, that's amazing LadyCuntington. You certainly did good and I'm sure their parents remember you every day.

He also told me that I am the most beautiful woman he has ever seen up close

A young woman I was mentoring at work told me she wants to be me when she grows up . She said when things are tough she asks herself "what would Carabos do?"

A friend who does the same hobby told me I'm her motivation to keep at it. Same friend told me that I'm her idea of physical perfection - girl crush lol.

A stranger (elderly man) recently approached me to tell me how much he liked my trousers. They were new and I felt nice in them, his comment made me smile all day! I generally never get compliments so he really made my day.

The other that springs to mind was once on the bus, an old man came over to me and said my son was a gorgeous baby and I seemed like a lovely Young mum (the young but swung it for me!!) and then he gave me a £10 note and told me to buy something nice for my son. I cried all the way home from the bus stop!! That was nearly ten years ago and I've never forgotten it.

I'm having a very bad time at the minute, with a few issues that are ongoing and I'm struggling with depression , panic attacks, feeling worthless and thinking everyone would frankly be better off without me as I can't see another way out

Anyway, we took our DC out for a meal last month after a long day out and whilst leaving an older couple with their grown up daughter made a point of coming over and telling us what beautiful, well behaved, polite children we had and we should be proud.

It made me cry, and they will never know how grateful I was for hearing that I may, just may, be doing ok.

Dp once said 'I love waking up next to you, you look just like you do at night' I suspect his ex wore a lot more makeup than me

My favourite was ds(5) 'mum you're as lovely as a.... Mum what's the loveliest thing you can think of?'
Me; 'Its up to you, what's the loveliest thing you can think of?'
Long thoughtful silence.... 'A hamster! You're as lovely as a hamster'

my grandfather died just over 5 years ago, he was I'll for a long time and I would visit as often as I could. I would always try to be upbeat and cheer him up when I saw him. the last time I spoke to him as I left his room, he called me back in and said "you remind of so much happiness" with a big smile on his face. he died shortly after. whenever I feel crap about myself I remember that.

After DD was born MIL was blathering on about not approving of men at births, much less her precious, squeamish DS witnessing an EMCS.

After she left DH said to me "I physically could not have left you."

MIL has subsequently told me a couple of times that I'm a 'lovely mum', which given our bumpy track record & polar opposite parenting styles is quite something.

I once had a lady in her eighties pat me on the shoulder in the supermarket & congratulate me on how well I'd handled DD (then aged 3) having a wobbly.

On a more low key note, I always look forward to DH's best mate coming to stay (he's DDs Godfather so visits about once a month) as he always compliments my cooking (he's a chef ) and notices if I've had my hair done. He's more like the big brother I never had than my actual BILs.

Was wandering round Disney Florida when an American lady came up and told me I had "the most beautiful smile, my face was all lit up". made my day week year

(I would like to be as lovely as a Hamster though)

At a school re-union (when we were all 40) one of the girls who had been bullied a lot at school because of her looks told me that I was one of the only girls who would take the time to talk to her and make her feel valued - I must say I welled up when she told me that. She was a lovely person and I had always felt sorry for her and stood up for her.

I was a single mum when DDs were small and first at school. Also worked as a childminder full time and felt the usual strains of the school run etc. a parent on seeing me with them told me how beautifully they were both always turned out and how lovely their manners were. Made my week and I always remember her kindness.

My husband said 'you are literally the most beautiful thing I have ever seen' last night.

After 3 DC (the youngest being 5 weeks) and looking like an old hag really, it was lovely to hear!

Op, that's lovely!
My DH tells me every day that I'm the love of his life

I've just remembered one that was a compliment to DD1 rather than me - I was in a cafe with her aged perhaps 1 year, someone came in with a puppy and DD1 went crazy wanting to get to it - the puppy was brought over for her to see and she was thrilled, completely over the moon.

That in itself was a lovely moment, but I was aware someone else in the cafe had been watching her cooing over the puppy and he came over afterwards and complimented me on what a sweet baby she was. And it was (drum roll...) Huw Edwards off the news.

My late GF was a man of few words and didn't do displays of emotion at all. Until my brother's DD was born, I was my his only female grandchild and he always used to joke that I was his "Favourite granddaughter". Shortly after she came along, he leaned across to me and whispered, "You're still my favourite."

My favourite auntie (ex primary head teacher, pillar of the rotary, general wonderwoman, kind, loving, just fab) said of me to my mum "She's very capable, isn't she". Means much coming from one of the most capable people I know.

Overheard at my wedding 'she is so lovely - she will do anything for anyone - not many brides would do that for someone on their wedding day'. For some reason that one stood out.

DH and DS have said a lot of lovely things over the years but they've balanced that quite nicely with not so lovely things!

I'm another very good at remembering the bad.

But I think that Oh, MrsH will know is a pretty profound compliment because I try hard to be helpful and it's actually a reflection of kindness/helpfulness rather than encyclopaedic knowledge of pub quiz academic subjects.

A friend in my amateur dramatics group taking me and DH to one side during rehearsals for our latest show (that DS was in with us) and saying "I just want to let you know what great parents you are! Your DS is so lovely!" - made me well up!