To ask for a nicest things said thread?

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So after the thoroughly depressing and anger inducing read that is the thread of rudest things said to you, can we start one with the nicest thing someone has ever said to you? Just to restore my faith in humanity a little!

Please and thank you

When I was at University, someone told my friend that I was pretty but not vain, as if I didn't realise how nice I looked. I've never been very confident about my looks, so it boosted my confidence

My son has quite severe SEN. We regularly walk past a local shop and sometimes the lady who owns it comes out and chats to us. One day she said "You two fit so well together. I've never seen a bond like that before". Embarrassingly, I burst into tears!

My Dad (who passed away exactly 3 years ago, lord rest him) when we went to visit him with DD as a tiny baby said I was such a natural at motherhood. It was the best thing anyone could have ever said to me - I was struggling and panicking I was doing everything wrong (like all FTMs), plus I had zero experience of babies, and my own Mum isn't the most maternal person (went back to fulltime work 4 weeks after having each of us!) so I really had no frame of reference. He was a bloody nightmare, my Dad, but sometimes he was just the best.

I'm godmother to my best friends DD. When she asked me if I wanted to be godmother she said she wanted a strong independent kind and beautiful woman for her DD to have a role model. Then she said she knew straight away I'd fit the bill.
When my 2yo DD tells me she loves me and I'm her best friend
My DH tells I'm beautiful everyday

A woman I worked with once told me I smelled like happy memories - that's always stuck with me

The one I will always remember though is a 7yr old at work stopping me in the corridor to tell me he really liked my face - still makes me smile

"You are not a bad person. You are worth something." Took as long time for me to come even close to believing it but it was what my battered self needed to hear. "I am here for you and I'm not going to leave you" was another one. As was "I believe you" from someone whenI disclosed what my DF had been doing to me in my childhood and beyond

I work in a pharmacy, a lovely elderly lady comes in most weeks and said to me as she was leaving last week - "I always come in on xday because it is so lovely to see your smile, it warms my spirit and lightens my heart".

(it may have made my eyes water a little)

When DTs were about 6 months old I was out with them in their double buggy. I used to get stopped a lot and asked about them, so didn't think it was unusual when an elderly lady did just that and peered into the buggy and commented what handsome boys they both were. What I didn't expect was when she then turned to me with a huge smile and said 'Beautiful, they must get it from their mother'. I've always assumed it was a lovely compliment - but writing it down I guess she could have assumed that wasn't me. Maybe I should be on the other thread!

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Someone stopped me when DC1 was a baby to tell me what lovely eyebrows he had. He is 25 now and his eyebrows are still lovely.

BTW That's not the most lovely thing someone has said to me- I was just thinking of it..... 🤔

I was out with a friend and her friends who I didn't know very well. I told a silly story and was enjoying talking to them. Later one guy told me I was "captivating" as I spoke as my face was so expressive and I looked so happy. I was embarrassed at the time but my friend said he always notices the lovely things about people. He was a very nice person.

Gosh, loads, but the most recent one and the one that got me very close to tears was this one.

Backstory: I left my ex when my son was about 12 and my son chooses to have little to do with him now. I have been solely responsible financially. I'm self-employed and one year took on a big project to do with that, which my son gave me some invaluable help with. That September he went to university.

When he was home that Christmas he told me about one subject that he had not been going to lectures for, as the lecturer was impossible to understand, so he'd had to put in the work himself entirely.

He told me that when he was finding it tough , he thought about what I'd achieved that year and that gave him the motivation to keep going, because if I could do that, he could do this.

He got his (joint) highest score in that exam.

A few years ago I met a friend of a friend who was convinced we would get on like a house on fire.
Friend messaged me the next day to say fof said 'Losgunna is the best person I have met this year'

It was just before Christmas and I was thrilled (in no small part because I thought she was fab too)

Anyway friend was right and she is now a good friend

"You're my perfect fit"

Almost 14 years later. Yep. Still fit.

Being told by another parent who I hardly know that my daughter was always very kind and thoughtful to her child who has special needs. My daughter always tries to include the other girl, and had defended her against others. I had no idea and was delighted to think that she is so considerate to others

My grandmother, always greeted me with a hug and would say "you're as welcome as the flowers in spring"

My dad once said to me that the world would be a much better place with more people like me in it . After a particularly rough time health wise he also said there was more iron in me than he ever knew. I know he's my dad so it doesn't really count as much but still made me happy

By an elderly gentleman I have been supporting at work -"You are better than my medication." :)

I'm often told dd is bright (I think she is, she's an advanced speaker but that may well not translate to anything more), I'm also to she's 'spirited', 'behaves like a boy' etc.

When I took her to nursery after Christmas one of the staff there was welcoming her in saying she hadn't seen her for ages. She turned to me and said she would love to know what dd would become when she's older as she's so bright etc, then she said she was also so lovely and caring towards others. I almost welled up, we never get that sort of feedback and it was so nice to know she is making her own way in the world and doing OK at it.

A friend once told me her dh thinks I'm one of the funniest people he knows. I often feel a bit awkward, so it's compliments about social interaction that boost me the most

Oh, some lovely stories to read. Fab idea for a thread, op.

From a young and sometimes difficult young woman in a prison where I worked. "You are strict, miss, but you are fair." Was not expecting that.

I was gushing to the hv about how good a mum my daughter is, at my gs's check-up. The hv turned to me and said "shes's learnt that from somewhere, you". It literally made my day x

I was having a horrible time, was very depressed and felt was failing to cope with anything. My then boyfriend(now fiance) gave me a cuddle and told me that he loved me, but also, crucially, 'and I will help you in any way I can.' I knew he meant it, and it was so lovely to feel so supported and like someone would fight to help me. I often think about it.

Not sure if it counts as a compliment? But a few people have recently told me I'm really easy to talk to. Which is pretty nice I guess :)

When I was about 12 a friend of my mums said she thought I was so pretty I looked like a Botticelli angel.

A female friend of my husband once told him that she thought I was really classy and unusual.

My favourite was another female friend who said that I had a really calming effect on her.

I've just noticed that all my favourite compliments were from women, and all my insults in the other post were from men and boys! That was not deliberate.