To think this woman made my day

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Trying on a dress in zara and came out to look in the mirror. This woman who was also trying stuff on said "Oh my god that dress looks INCREDIBLE on you. Can i just tie the back ties so its done up properly? .... There. Truly it looks fantastic."
This isnt a humble brag btw.

What a wonderful thing to do for someone - just to compliment them and show some kindness.

From now on whenever I think something nice about someone I plan on telling them, even strangers.

I started doing this at work (large hospital) - a quick compliment here about someone’s shoes, handbag outfit etc, sometimes we feel insignificant in a busy world so its nice to get a compliment from a stranger.

The other day I let slip that I'm in my 50s and the teenager who heard me said they thought I was 34. I don't like 34, nowhere near but it made me smile.

^ don't look.

I do this all the time too it costs me nothing and - I hope! - makes someone’s day that little bit happier

I do give random compliments and when I was younger did receive them.
I'm 50 now so seem to get less but one recently from my DD who's 13 touched me. I rarely go out but had gone for a meal with my DS3 and his gf and her mum. I let DD take a photo and she uploaded it to Instagram and wrote 'how gorgeous is my mum'. I'm an older mum to her and many of her peers mum's are young enough to be my kids haha, she got many nice comments so was chuffed.

Must have been well over 10 years ago but I was walking into either the Disney store or Hamleys on Regents Street and the male meeter/greeter gave me a full on Sean Connery style "Well, good afternoon Miss Moneypenny" I floated for the rest of the day. (I was working on the basis Miss Moneypenny is usually gorgeous 😁). I pay it forward when I remember and I'm always very proud when my ds pipes up about someone looking pretty!

@FaithEverPresent I agree - learning to accept compliments is such a useful skill. My first boyfriend taught me. I used to do the whole "No! I look fat/this is an old dress,' response and one day he just said to me: 'There's only one way to respons properly to a compliment, and that's "Thank you!" with a smile.' It was such helpful advice.

I used to do this but was made to feel like i'd commited a major faux pas a couple of times so i'd be very hesitant to say anything again.

@MinaPaws yes it definitely helps the self-esteem!

@angieloumc that’s lovely!

My husband is often mistaken for my father, I smile but never correct them!

@LooNoon - yours has made my eyes well up.

This thread inspired me to just compliment a woman I saw on the tube. I said ‘your dress looks amazing, you are so stylish’ and she looked so happy. Such a nice thread!!!

i did this to a lady the other day (not quite so friendly i didn't touch, just said "well i think it looks lovely!" whilst she was asking her husband and she was actually a bit rude and brusque like id said "weyyyyy nice tits luv ".

I remember starting at the gym, I was obese and unfit and terrified people would laugh at me.

Now I'm fit and muscular and I always speak to anyone new and remember things so that next time I see them I can tell them how well they're doing, what looks different etc

I often compliment people or services where they’re deserved. Too many people are quick to complain these days, so I feel it makes the world a better, nicer place to live in.
Mind you, I find that now I’m in a wheelchair due to ms, I always get overlooked. A non person. People talk to my husband instead.
Also friends dwindle, as whilst they’re at work, I’m stuck at home, bored.

Clearly, women do not vanish post-meno, but it is my experience that all the chat ups now come from older men who think they are doing you a favour. Or from unsuitably young men, who suggest that you are a MILF. Neither appeals. (I am in my 60s).

I would like to do this but as a bloke I'd be called a creep

I love the look on peoples face when you pay them a compliment, especially strangers. I also love when you give men a compliment, I work in quite a female dominated area and told one of the guys he smelt lovely (he smelt delicious!!!) And he suddenly stood up taller like a parading peacock and said "oh thanks, you've made my day", the guys seem to appreciate the comments more outwardly than women maybe because they receive them less often. We (ladies at work) often compliment each other and the guys get overlooked, they enjoy it just as much.
I find nothing more satisfying than brightening someones day whether it be by paying a compliment or taking a genuine interest in what someone else finds exciting 😊

I always do this! I do wonder sometimes if people think I’m weird, but I always think it’s nice to be nice 🙂

As a pre-teen, I had bad acne - much earlier than any of my peers, so stood out all the more. These days I get complimented fairly often on my clear skin - and every time it makes me smile, thinking of all the bullying I endured over my spots when I was younger!

Ippydippyskyblue these are for you. Having MS is hard

@Elasticity - would you? No one is suggesting making comments to the opposite sex (which might come across as a come-on.) If you said to another man: nice shades, mate, or similar do youthink he'd assume you were a creep? My son admired something a man in a cafe was wearing and it turned out to be made by some obscure fashion designer they both loved. So my son sat chatting about fashion with this man instead of being bored having coffee with his family. Good result.