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

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Flyingfish2019 · 23/01/2019 21:36

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.

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Justkeeprollingalong · 26/01/2019 17:25

I helped a very old lady off the bus. She said 'my friends say that today's young people have no manners but I shall tell them about you dear'. I was 55 🥰

whatamidoingwithmylife · 26/01/2019 17:45

My favourite one was from someone I cared for very much but we weren't in a relationship. He said 'you've never been ordinary and you never will be'. It came out of nowhere but it was as if he'd read my mind about how rubbish I think I am.

My current partner said something very similar a couple of weeks ago but it didn't have the same effect on me. He also said I brighten each day for him and he can't believe I'm real.

Another favourite is when my ex told me he was in awe of my resilience. Told me that he admired my attitude towards getting through life no matter how tough it is and he wished he had that trait himself because it would make him a better person.

user1489792710 · 26/01/2019 17:50

Overheard DH saying to his best mate that I am "outstandingly intelligent". I was chuffed to bits. He'd never say it to me though... thinks I'll get big headed and use that against him in arguments (which I have since then 😁)!

DH again saying I'm a good mother. Means a lot to me as it hasn't been easy.

A patient saying I look too beautiful and young to be specialist in my field. I remember blushing bright red and feeling really awkward. FWIW I'm not at all beautiful and have started to wear more "mature" clothes to work.

Stealth boast over!

StillNumb · 26/01/2019 17:59

I'm the best mum in the world (but so are all you other mums on here!)

I changed jobs last year as my last one had got pretty much intolerable. The director over our team was a bully and made our lives hell, and one low point was when she told me that no one else there liked me! I know that wasn't true btw. My new employers are lovely, and I was chuffed to bits when our senior manager told me that I was amazing and was really pleased I had joined the team. He is a person 'who doesn't suffer fools' but is very fair and recognises a job well done etc. That meant such a lot.

I don't think I am amazing by the way, but I do try and do the best I can.

CatnissEverdene · 26/01/2019 18:03

I hadn't been in a nightclub since having my DC but one of the school mums arranged her 40th at a club. I've never laughed or danced so much, and it really was a cracking night. This man was really staring at me for ages, and several others were joking saying "hey you've pulled". As he left, he walked past me and said "I just wanted to say how lovely it is to see someone smiling and enjoying their friends company so much, it's very attractive and you have a beautiful smile". He winked and walked off. I went from feeling mumsy to feeling like an utter goddess for a while, it was lovely Blush

redbuttons · 26/01/2019 18:16

When I was in my 40,s a young unmarried friend of my daughter said to me, 'If my wife looks as good as you when she's your age I will be well chuffed' I was well chuffed too.

Ribbonsonabox · 26/01/2019 18:18

My dad said some lovely stuff about me at my wedding and it made me cry. We had a difficult relationship through my teens so it really meant a lot that he said he was proud of me and thought I was brave and kind.

Diamondangel8 · 26/01/2019 18:26

What a lovely thread.

I've had some lovely compliments over the years. One that took me by surprise was by a colleague. I am always on a diet trying to lose weight. She said out of the blue how amazing I am, great job, husband, 2 lovely kids and I look great after having kids and described me as being perfect. I have never been called perfect before!

Another one that my DH days frequently are my baps are "spectacular" 😂😂tmi. Great to hear as I worry about being saggy PMSL.

Oh and being ID in the supermarket and the cashier efusing to believe I was over 25 when I'm late 30s. That was great LOL

Jebuschristchocolatebar · 26/01/2019 19:08

These are all so lovely. We had a team day at work last year and we all wrote mixes things about eachother anonymously. Someone wrote - yours is the opinion I value - and it made me very teary. I know it was my hard as nails ex cop boss who gives everyone a hard time.

Roomba · 26/01/2019 19:12

A friend once said to me when I grumbled about single parenthood being hard - 'Aw, but you're such a lovely mum. We all talk about how jealous we are of how kind and patient you are with them.' I was extremely Confused as I'm sure I shout at my kids and tell them off publicly as much as anyone, but it was a really nice thing to say and cheered me up lots!

Roomba · 26/01/2019 19:14

Also my then five year old once cried because he wasn't allowed to marry me, saying I was the prettiest lady in the world Smile

Nacreous · 26/01/2019 19:32

I've been told by more than one person that they think I am the most competent person they have ever met. I try hard at basically everything I do, so that's very touching.

Being told I was the best manager someone had ever had was also a great compliment - as I always tried incredibly hard to make sure I was fair in what I delegated, that I took the time to explain why things were needing to be done not just what, and to make sure I thanked people for their work. I also tried to be honest and to tell them where I cared about the specific way they did work and when I just cared it was done, so they alwahs knew where they stood. In my old job we had a matrix management system which meant people were managed by circa 30+ people over the course of each year, so this was a real compliment.

MintCakeMavis · 26/01/2019 19:44

At work we were asked to discuss what integrity meant for us each - a group from my team said it was whatever MintCake does.

A previous team also said that I was the moral compass of the team.

I like to think that I’ll make the right choices but know that it’s not always the most popular thing to do so it was nice to have this recognised by others.

EveryoneLovesDogs · 26/01/2019 19:48

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ChanandlerBongsNeighbour · 26/01/2019 20:03

One that sticks out was when I was about 18, went to America with my dad to stay with my Godfather who was one of my dads oldest friends. He had relocated with his family years before and I hadn't seen him for about ten years.

We stayed a week, had a lovely time and when he dropped us at the airport to see us off, he hugged me and whispered that he was so proud of how I'd grown and who I had become. Dad and I were about half an hour into our flight before I was composed enough to repeat what Godfather had said without breaking down again!

LittleScottieDog · 26/01/2019 20:14

Aged 16 interviewing for my first part-time job at a garden centre, the guy interviewing me asked me if I knew what the plant on the table was. I didn't (busy lizzie, apparently) and he said never mind, he'd hire me anyway because I have a nice smile.

Another one was being on a second world war school trip with my class of year 4 pupils. There was an old guy there who'd been a child in the war, telling the kids stories etc. We had a lovely chat afterwards and he said he wished he was 50 years younger! Fabulous gent.

Oh, and leaving school I was getting friends to sign my yearbook. A nice girl in my form that I was friendly with but not really friends wrote that she'd always thought I was one of the nicest people she'd met. I felt sad I hadn't got to know her better in my time there!

What a nice thread this is. I don't often spend much time going through my memories to think of things like these - usually it's to remember the bullying and bad things that happened. But once I started thinking of any compliments I could remember a few and that's a nice, happy feeling!

BonBonVoyage · 26/01/2019 20:17

My dad introduced me to a doctor he was seeing (medically) as his "pride and joy"
❤️

Tcga745 · 26/01/2019 20:20

I think it was an accidental compliment, but a Dad at school said of my youngest daughter “she’s beautiful, she looks just like you.”
I just said thank you and hurried off

Snowydaysaregreat · 26/01/2019 20:24

My ds once said you're still 'quite fat' but not as fat as you used to be, now you eat salad stuff more.. Then said but don't get too skinny as I like cuddling your rolls...
Its always stuck. He was 6 at the time..

EveryoneLovesDogs · 26/01/2019 21:09

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Yorkie7 · 26/01/2019 21:23

A male friend told me he knew I’d be the first to get married because ‘I’m the whole package’. That was pretty memorable. 😊

Joysandsorrows · 26/01/2019 21:26

I can’t think of any which is sad. I try to compliment people as much as I can though. My only rule is that it must come from a genuine place. It only takes a few seconds to say something nice but it seems that people remember it for life.

MNOverinvestor · 26/01/2019 21:36

A ten-year-old boy told me that 'I'd make a great step mum' and a man I was helping at work told me that his late wife had said I had a beautiful heart. Reading all these has made me realise I need to compliment (meaningfully) more...

DobbinsVeil · 26/01/2019 21:37

I can think of 2.

I must have been around 20ish, and was walking to the train station. I've never been the type to turn heads, even at 20 when I was nice and slim! A woman passed me (I'm a slower walker!) and commented on what lovely suit I was wearing. She was impeccably dressed and stunningly beautiful. It gave me such a boost.

DS1 had an ASD specialist teacher from Reception until the end of Yr6. She'd always been a fantastic support and we had built up a really good bond over the years. We we had our last meeting (she was also moving on to a different role) she told me I was amazing and should train up to be a SEN support advocate for other parents. I've always had low confidence and years of being driven slowly crazy with the SEN system have taken me right down. I may have got a little something in my eye!

Magmatic80 · 26/01/2019 21:40

An old boss said he admired my eloquence. I’ve never forgotten that, and I think it made me even more interested in words and language that I didn’t realise I was already

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