To ask whats the nicest thing someone has said to you?

[worldshottestmom]

Or the best compliment you've ever gotten?

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I feel so uplifted right now after just having one of the most pleasant social exchanges of my life. Without being too outing, I was just speaking to someone I know, who I will not be able to see anymore, and she said to me "you are one of the sweetest souls I've ever had the pleasure to meet. It is so clear to see that your children love you and I admire you fighting so fiercely for them despite everything you've got going on".

I honestly was tearful at this and am again thinking about it now. It can make such a difference to someone who has no support system and does quite literally everything for their family alone. Having someone show such kindness and love really made me feel seen, and like its not all just done in virtue. Its nice to be recognised sometimes and has given me such a boost to continue in life in general, with a positive attitude.

A favourite compliment that I get is being called funny, I like making people laugh and always has. Always makes me feel good when someone says it.

So, whats the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you? And / or the best compliment you've ever received?

This isn’t something that was said to me, it’s from a TV show, but I think it’s the sweetest thing and it always makes me cry.

In Fleabag when Claire (the sister) says to the main character “The only person I would run through an airport for is you”.

🥺🥺🥺

This is lovely. My dad said something similar - ‘I love you the way that you love him’ 😭😭😭

When I was a teenager (in the mid 90s) a boy I liked told me I looked like Michelle Pfeiffer.

It really boosted my confidence.

This is the sweetest thing I've ever read! You must be a brilliant mum if your DD says so. Probably the best compliment any mum could get. I don't blame you for crying lol

““Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭1‬:‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/114/isa.1.18.NKJV ❤️

Some work I did was featured on the one show, Ronan Keating described it as ‘gorgeous’

That I'd saved their life... I work in mental health.

My FIL once took me aside and said "You've done a lovely job bringing the children up." He's the most distant, unemotional person I've ever known, so I was very touched by him making himself uncomfortable to say something nice to me. Not sure why he said it to just me and not his son as well, but we take what we can from his side of the family!

Lol that is super flattering of the guy at the cash machine! And glad your DH got caught up to speed in the end lol. Its cute that it came full circle to those being his words to you at the beginning ❤️

Once as a young 20 something in a bar with my ridiculously good look friends , an elderly gentleman approached me and said you are very striking looking , pretty lasts as long as youth lasts …but good looking stays all your life . I don’t know why he said it and he didn’t appear drunk but I never forgot it. DH met me soon after and he said I looked like a slightly demented pixi !

From my 4 yr old “I love you so much I’m so happy you are my mum” she’s now a teenager and occasionally tests the love though 🤣

Wow this was really quite powerful. You really captured how isolating it was, and how much this woman's supportive words meant to you, and she was right because it sound like you were doing great back then but just didn't think it. Im sure you will remember it forever

Hahaha love this one lmao that's so sweet of her though bless her ❤️

My wonderful DP (of 16 years) always says this, especially when I'm upset/ doubting myself/stressed, 'Remember, everyone wants to be Puffalicious' meaning that I'm so great that others would want my personality. He's such a bloody wonder.

A relatively new member of staff said to me last year 'Just seeing you lifts me and grounds me all at the same time'. That means a lot in a stressful job (teaching).

I love complimenting people, you can tell that many don't get them very often, if at all. I teach teenagers & it's so important to compliment them too- meaningful, true ones, when deserved. They respond with such warmth back: even the ones who find it strange respond with their own kind of warmth eventually (it can take months, even years, but it comes!).

Yes, even a small comment. You never know what someone's going through either. This might not be the right thing to say in the current climate but if a man opens a door for me, I always say thank you what a gentleman, no matter what their age. That's something I copied from my mum as she always says this.
I just remembered another one someone I was supporting as part of my job role said that I didn't become a mother it would be a crime. He died later that year. I sometimes think of him. He was a dedicated carer for his disabled wife and it was a great compliment as he was a very kind person.

You are a good mum.
You are kind.

This is such a lovely heartwarming thread.

A couple of years ago my mum’s friend who I saw a lot when I was growing up (her kids are a similar age to me) but hadn’t seen for a few years had been staying with us said as I dropped her at the airport, “You really love being a mum, don’t you?” It’s maybe a weird one to consider a compliment but that has really stuck with me as the one thing I really want my children to know is how very much loved they are and that being their mum is and has been the absolutely best thing in my life (I know all of us want this for our kids) and for someone to recognise that meant a lot.

My grandfather gave me a birthday card when he was in his late 80s, and in it he wrote, “You are wonderful. It is hard to tell you how much joy you have given me all these years.” He was very affected by dementia at that point and it wasn’t unusual for him to not recognise me, so having that card from him, particularly at that point in his life, meant so much. I still have it nearly 20 years on. He had such a huge influence on my life and I adored him, so to hear of his joy in our relationship is honestly one of the most meaningful things anyone has said to me.

‘What’s your arm routine? Your upper arms are fab.’

Asked by another woman in a nightclub bathroom last year. I’m 49 and have just started strength training in the last year or two. Genuinely the best compliment I have ever received .

I got weirdly emotional when my daughter said she wanted her haircut like mine and when she picks her outfit so she can be “like mummy”. That always makes me very happy.

My husband told his good friend, just before he died, that the highlight of his life had been meeting me and persuading me to marry him.

“It feels like there was a tiptoptoemaytoe shaped hole in this team and you’ve come and it feels like you were always meant to be here”. This when I was being abused by my exH but was keeping it together at work. I cried in the toilets.

My friend said to me that outside her immediate famly, I was the only person she would trust to look after her dog. She said she knows he would be spoiled rotten and treated like a king.

My dd once said to me (she was a teenager then and we’d been going through a tricky time) that she’d met a woman that day who was really kind, ‘just like you are mum’

Made me really emotional 🥲

I was in the car with my 4 kids, the sun was out and they were requesting songs. We were all singing and dancing (we got stuck in traffic) and a woman next to me motioned me to wind me window down and she said ‘u are such a fun mum’ … she didn’t know but I suffer with depression and always worry I’m a shit mum so it was lovely to hear that she made my day!

that's so lovely