AIBU to ask which was the nicest compliment you ever got?

[Flyingfish2019]

Unfortunately I cannot tell which was the nicest compliment I ever got because I could not stay anonymous but I would like to hear yours.

I have been described as a powerhouse and a warrior. My old CEO in a company of around 30,000 people told me that I was an inspiration to himself and many others which was lovely and unexpected.
Sometimes you think that people don’t recognise your efforts, but comments like that give me strength in tough moments.

When dd1 was a few months old I took her on a long train journey to a funeral. She wasn't a very settled baby but I tried my best to keep her calm for the many hours. As I was getting off the train I was stopped by two elderly ladies who told me what a good mother I was.

My friends often comment that they can tell that I do everything with love. My best friend while drunk was blathering on about how I love freely and deeply without shame or fear or expectation and that how she knows that I'll treat a stranger on the street or someone who has hurt me with the same love as I would my mother.

Which SHOULD be my best compliment. However it is in actual fact the comment she gave once when we were discussing my hypersensitivity to sensory information (thank you autism) and I commented that I can identify one of our friends by smell once he's nearby without seeing or hearing him because he has a very distinct smell to me (which she teased me for a bit about) and then commented that I smell like nothing, she literally cannot smell anything on me at all unless I've used scented shampoo/conditioner and as someone who is constantly paranoid about B.O. I was thrilled.

My friends often comment that they can tell that I do everything with love. My best friend while drunk was blathering on about how I love freely and deeply without shame or fear or expectation and that how she knows that I'll treat a stranger on the street or someone who has hurt me with the same love as I would my mother.

Which SHOULD be my best compliment. However it is in actual fact the comment she gave once when we were discussing my hypersensitivity to sensory information (thank you autism) and I commented that I can identify one of our friends by smell once he's nearby without seeing or hearing him because he has a very distinct smell to me (which she teased me for a bit about) and then commented that I smell like nothing, she literally cannot smell anything on me at all unless I've used scented shampoo/conditioner and as someone who is constantly paranoid about B.O. I was thrilled.

I'm not one for doing much with myself and am quite comfortable in my own skin but a woman about 15 years older than I told me she was going to stop dying her hair because I had showed her it was an ok thing to do.

I was chuffed on a personal level but then thought about the wider, social implication and was really touched.

2 different people in the same week told me my son was a lovely well mannered young man - I took that as a compliment 😬

Lovely thread! Now I think about it, there are loads.
Very frequently get complimented on my kids and how they're a credit to me.
Told I'm calm and unflappable (if they only knew...)
Frequently complemented by others on my warmth and openness with people regardless of who they are, like that's even worthy of note!!

Once helped a lady who was in shock after a car accident. I just chatted to her, gave her some water from my baby son's sippy cup, rang her daughter's place of work while her husband dealt with the other driver. The husband rang me the next day to say thank you, that I was a blessing from God ...😭

I'm very humbled though, to be so highly thought of and be told as much. I find it really difficult to accept compliments and often think they're wrong.
One guy told me I'm his favourite woman, strong, smart, an anchor. Which was lovely to hear... Sadly my exDh thinks otherwise.
Food for thought..

I think something then I say it. Don't engage my brain before speaking. Really hate myself sometimes because I just spurt things out and then agonise afterwards over why I couldn't just be diplomatic and keep my mouth shut.

So many instances of where I've said something and wish I hadn't.

When I was agonising over one particular instance, a dear friend said to me 'but Jitters, don't you get it? That's why we all love you. Because you say the things we are all thinking, but never have the courage to say.'

My boss once told me that if I hadn't been married already I was the only woman in the office that my male colleagues would have been interested in. (I'll accept a sexist complement any day).

He also told me (in front of the team) that I always see the best in everyone. That one definitely isn't true.

In my younger days, a stranger came up to me, in the audience after a gig. I was wearing a strappy top as it was hot summers day. He had been standing a little way back from me. He came up to say I had a beautiful back and he had enjoyed watching it through the concert, thanked me then walked off! It was so odd I've always remembered it!

One of the directors where I worked years ago emailed me that he was 'in awe' of my ablity to do a certain regular task in our company which most of my peers were struggling with every quarter. He was the kind of person who rarely gave praise and didn't bullshit so I knew he meant it. Still have that email saved a decade later.

I get complimented on my skin all the time. It still makes me happy because I had bad skin as a teenager and was really self conscious.

My boss often tells me that I’m the most intelligent person he knows and that I can run the team singlehandedly. I don’t think I’m very clever, I’m just conscientious and thorough, but still lovely to hear.

I used to get compliments pre-DC about how I should model, not so much now after a few years of deprived sleep and a c section pouch!

A man in the supermarket told me that you rarely see people smiling at others 'just because' and that my smile had made his day.

A regular customer told me he always comes to me for help because I'm the 'nicest lady' that works there

I have had random people comment on my hair (naturally grey, and I wear it really short - think Jamie Lee Curtis style) which is nice...

However, the 2 that stick out the most are 1) a few weeks ago I had an administrator at work compliment something I had submitted on its content, writing and accuracy; and 2) a professor in the engineering university program I am currently completing 1 more year until I am done, but who's counting? asked me at the end of their course if they could borrow the drawings for the house I designed to use as an example for future students of the kind of work that would justify an "A" in the class.

Best mum ever. From my adult DD, think she is still in awe I made her life as perfect as possible after her dad left when she was 6mths.

A friend told me I was the kindest person she had ever met. Having grown up with emotional abuse from my mother who constantly told me I was a horrible person and no one would ever like me this meant so much.
My bosses sent me an email after a big job was completed at work saying I was pivotal in it's success. I'm very quiet at work and rarely get noticed among some of my louder more confident colleagues. Made me feel great!
The best one was my niece telling me I always smell lovely while snuggling into me!

Been told I look like Meryl Streep quite a few times.

I'll take that.

The one that made me realise the OH was a keeper was when he tilted his head to the side and said 'You know, I think you're the smartest person I've ever met'. Growing up in family that hated it, schools that wanted to knock it out of me - and an ex that literally tried to - it was the most freeing acceptance I had ever experienced.

The funniest one was when I was told by a colleague that I had God Like Status with the younger students and they all wanted to impress me. Didn't stop me bollocking them for poor behaviour though

The most satisfying is the number of girls who have gone on to learn certain things because they've seen me do them and that's proved to that they aren't Just For Boys.

The sweetest/ouch one was 'You're my favourite person, Miss. You remind me of my Nan'. I was 41.

When I first thought of an answer to this, I was just thinking of how anyone had complimented me on looks etc.
But then I realised that my dad is always complimenting me, he's always saying how proud he is of me and how I've grown into such a good person!
This really made me appreciate my dad for who he is for myself and also my son!

For me it was when my friends got together and got me a little trophy as a gift with a simple engraving “to the most genuinely caring person we know”. I feel a bit big headed having it on my mantle but it was so unexpected and I often feel I’m a selfish friend because I’m a bit crap at socialising regularly, but I try to make up for it by messaging, calling and such... anyway, it sounds like something kids would do, but they got me the gift when I was 28 haha (now 30).

My boss once said that I was his ‘ray of sunshine’ but my most favourite complement is when people complement my dd (2yo) and say how wonderful, chatty, bright, funny etc she is and how it’s a reflection of how I have raised her.

DH said to me when we were first dating ‘you brought me back to life...’

We have our moments but I’ll always remember that fondly!

I was in the cereal aisle at the grocery store, shopping for cereal, and a man came up to me and said he'd seen me walking across the parking lot, and that I am a very beautiful woman.

My daughter's teacher told us at her parent/teacher conference this year that she is always polite and respectful. I take that as a compliment.