What's the loveliest thing that anyone has ever said to you and it really registered?

[Megglevache]

Feelgood please....no mervin' or talking about bum and banjos.

Last night, when I popped in to Ds1's bedroom to say goodnight, he said "Please give me a hug, you're such a great mum".

He's almost 14, and 5ft 10, and his comment meant the world to me.

I shall try to remember during the next showdown!

DS2 had to read out a poem he had written to the school in which he announced to the breathless multitude that his Mum " had a good brain and a heart like a fruit cake ... " and DP told me my eyes were brighter than Ducatti headlights back when we were courting ( properly silver-tongued lot, my menfolk! )

Yes I agree what food for the soul your lovely stories have been. I've laughed out loud and cried little snot tears at others. (Corey ..what a great inspiration, your little girls voice in your head

To the:
Pmsl at "who'd want to divorce you?"

Gahhhhh ...heart like a fruit cake....she smells like rainbows....

And on my wedding day someone (a man I'd had a few dances with - but just a family friend) told me I was the most beautiful woman in the room ! That was rather charming of him I thought, and the sort of thing a girl remembers

There was a mix at school yesterday which meant ds2 missed the bus home (yr1) After the initial panic, spoke to the school and picked him up. When I got to the school, the TA was very apologetic and said we knew it was our fault because you are always on the ball
I always feel like I'm running around like a headless chicken, so that made my day

At our wedding reception DH and I were welcoming people and when two of his friends and their two boys (none of whom I had met previously) congratulated us one of the boys (then 8) shook my hand, beamed at me and said, "I think you look beautiful". It was just so incredibly natural and sweet of him. Sadly he died during his sleep when he was 25 due to epilepsy.

(Wondering if this thread is being sponsored by Kleenex, sniff.)

As a child and teenager, I was miserable friends-wise. Always the third wheel, always someone falling out with me, never fitting in.

My DM told me it was because I was so independent and wouldn't go along with the crowd.

I have built my whole adult self around those words. I have a lovely husband and DCs, have travelled and lived around the world, have loads of kind, supportive friends. I am happy in a way that that miserable child could never have imagined in the trenches of school.

Just a few words from my DM, she may not even remember saying them, but what if she hadn't?

Yaaaaaay...big up to lovely parents who sometimes say those few words that can carry us...
I hope you will tell them what you've written.....they might need to hear it too.

Great thread Meggle - you must be really proud

< damn, last Kleenex in the box ! >

Aw these are all lovely!

I've had the lovely comments about my DCs' impeccable behaviour in restaurants although not in the last few years! which always made me so proud.

My lovely DP of 4 months said yesterday "I love all your faces, even the cute little newborn mole face in the mornings, when you can't open your eyes".

He also said that he loved coming 'home' to me, that its bliss - he says that about 3pm he starts to feel a bit jaded and then he remembers that he's coming here after work and it makes his day

Meggle I have sobbed my way through this thread. I'm off to see Les Miserables tonight - there aren't going to be enough tissues in the house. But at least my heart will be warm.

Meggle I'm surprised no one seems to have picked up on the fact you are completely taking the piss, but it made me laugh anyway.

2 things from when I moved, aged 21, from my hometown (in Scotland) to London (the streets are paved with gold, you know), all by myself:

very emotionally closed Mum: "You are so brave. I wish I'd been as brave as you and done something like this when I was your age. I love you" (first time I can remember her telling me she loved me as an adult).

My best male friend, who I'd recently helped through a very horrible and messy break up (she broke his heart by cheating): "I don't know how I would have gotten through these passed few months without you. You are my hero. I am so proud of you."

Tuliprosa, I was at the start yes. I was feeling really rotten (poorly) yesterday and wanted cheering- the bit about the ladyboy is true and of course piss taking- but my other posts thanking mumsnetters for their stories were/are genuine as has the blubbing been

I've already told you all about my kind, polite ( just peeeerfect i think !) children and my DH loving the bones of me, but another one that made me feel better about myself was a compliment given to my DH from two of his friends ... their wives are both tall, blonde and slim ... i am the opposite and quite often feel URGH ! in their company . One night DH was out with their husbands when they said " but Duchess is gorgeous, inside and out" made me fell like a nice person and pretty - winner !!

one of my ds's friends mum said

'I really like you, you really don't care what people think of you, do you?'

and tbh I think she meant it nicely but I had only met her once before briefly

Can I just say I love SOH's comments about my children- they have really stayed with me. Thank you Toots. And you were spot on.

Oh OWLady- you sound like my kinda bird!

ooh ooh, i have GOT to tell you these too from a very proud Mummy ...

My eldest DS, was told he is an 'absolute pleasure' and a testament to our parenting, still makes me well up, especially as he's turning into a stroppy teen !

My middle DS getting ' kindest boy' in the year when he was in Foundation school, awarded from the head ( i cried !) and last year his teacher said ' he is wonderful, you are doing a good job !'

My youngest DS ... had his teacher/parent meeting and she is a bit scary and stern, when she said " he is a total star ... an inspiration to the rest of the class" quite literally thought i would burst with pride .... That's MY BOY i wanted to shout !

Aren't we all lucky to have these moments ? !

When I was in my early 20s and in my first job, a bloke in our office, a good friend, younger, he might have been 22 - set up a laddish prank with his best friend from the art department. The pair of them did a 'survey' among the men (or at least, the approachable men with a sense of humour) to elect a 'Miss (name of company)'. A couple of days later, survey completed, it was announced that I'd won!
The whole thing was just very jokey and my pal and his best friend would have rooted for votes for me, as we got along so well - but it made me feel great. I'm a bit reserved, not a great mingler, and although I was good looking then, I was never outstandingly pretty.

I still smile and feel happy when I think about it!

met one of the Mums from school in the queue for the loo down at our local pub,She said " we are so jealous of you, you turn up with no make up and perfect skin, looking fantastic with those gorgeous legs " I had no idea that was how people see me, just thought I rocked up in dog walking jeans and looking like I have crawled through a hedge!

I used to run a girls' boarding house at a school and one summer I threw a party for the house to say thank you for being so lovely and as a well done for working so hard for their exams. My head of house and her deputy spent weeks making sashes for every girl in the house-they did it in secret and I was the only one who knew. They were lovely and said things on them like 'Miss Smily Eyes' and 'Miss Clever Clogs'. They presented them to all the girls and everyone was v touched and I was so proud of them for coming up with such a lovely idea and making each of them really personal to each girl. Then they turned to me and said that they knew I was going to be a great mum (I was just about to go on maternity leave) as I already was to all of them, and gave me a sash that said 'Mrs Love'.

It still makes me well up!

My MIL took me to one side after dh and I had told her we were getting married.

MIL: Are you sure he's good enough for you? He's very difficult you know and you are such a beautiful person.

I was so shocked that it took a few days for the compliment to sink in. Dh is very difficult but he's worth it and I wouldn't be without him. Even MIL has relaxed, convinced that he's not going to drive me away. :)

I childmind. One of "my" little girls confided " I have an imaginary friend at home. Here I don't need her". Even my DH, who is not a sentimental soul, remarked afterwards that if anything ever happened to her parents, we should adopt her.