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.

[idococktailshedoesbeer]

I adore my two little nieces who live in Italy. A couple of years ago the older one, who was about five, asked me not to have any children of my own because she was worried I wouldn't have as much time to play with them. I thought that was really sweet.

[permaquandry]

I've gone... (Box of Kleenex have too).

What a lovely thread. I've actually had lots of wonderful compliments (I have deluded wonderful family and friends), however, I'll always remember my middle dn describing my hair as 'golden'. Very shallow, I know.

My dc say the loveliest things, youngest told me 'you're the best mummy I've ever had' I didn't point out that I'm the only mummy they've ever had. Same dc also told me 'you're not pretty, you're old'......

[Megglevache]

Hey don't speak too soon...someone will call Jennifer Aniston a hoor in a minute any thread can turn naaasty !

[EauRouge]

"You're a really good bass player", said by a guy I was in a band with. I remember it because one of the guys from my previous band said (behind my back) that I wasn't as good as I made out I was

[ShowOfHands]

Rugger monkey is marvellous. She is ballet monkey today though. I enjoy the contrast.

You know how people tell you all the time your dc are beautiful? It's clearly true; they have a breathtaking mix of cultures and heritage and both take a lovely picture. But what strikes me when I see pictures of your babies is how they have these astonishing personalities. I see a lot of pictures of people's dc on FB. It's always 'here's a child in some snow' or 'another child in some spaghetti' and they're beautiful because they're children but your dd and ds look like who they are iyswim. Your dd in particular has this amazing eccentricity and wisdom which shines out. And your ds is always so open and honest in his expressions. Lovely looking dc and not just aesthetically.

I know this thread isn't about saying nice things now but you've been through a bit of a crappy 2012 I know and I've been meaning to say for a while that your pictures cheer me.

Sorry you're illing. Hope it sods off soon.

[Megglevache]

Crumbs.

[prayingmantisgroupie]

When I had my DD, we were just about to be discharged, baby in car seat etc, when my lovely midwife bustled up, gripped my arm and said "Now, I know I haven't got anything at all to worry about with this one, she's off to a lovely home". Made me feel so much more confident, as I was having a major internal panic about not being able to cope!

[IvantaOuiOui]

When I met my now husband we lived far apart and had a one off meeting then couldn't see each other for another couple of weeks. He is a very quiet type not used to declaring his feeling but he wrote me a letter saying "things feel strangely incomplete without you." I still have it.

[SocietyClowns]

Also a mw one, funny how things like that stick in the memory. My mw said something like 'You've got a lovely one there' when I'd just had dd2. It made me beam (I'm sure she wouldn't go around telling women they have an ugly one there or something, but she really sounded like she meant it).

dh once told me that I always look fantastic when I first wake up which also made me smile (and there was me thinking I am not human until I've had a shower, put on make up and have had a coffee).

[QuickLookBusy]

We recently got all the family video films we had taken when the dds were younger, put onto cd. DDs, 19 and 22 hadn't seen them before.

We had a film feast on Sunday, just DH, DDs and I. It was really lovely.

Later on dd2 came and gave me a cuddle and said she had always remembered having a happy childhood, but watching the videos had amazed her.

She said she really appreciated how much patients I had with her and her dsis, that I was a gentle and loving mum and she hoped she will be like me when she has children.

It made me cry!

[Megglevache]

Quicklook ....how amazing you got to hear the words every mother wants to hear.

[champagnesupernova]

From a school report:
"champagne's zest and enthusiasm for life is infectious."

[QuickLookBusy]

Ah thank you Meggle

[VitoCorleone]

A few months ago i was walking up the street with my youngest in his pram and some guy stopped in his van and said "i just had to stop and tell you that your absolutley gorgeous" then he drove off.

Another time some guy id seen around a few times said to me "you get hotter and hotter every time i see you, sometimes i cant take my eyes off you"

Both of those made my day!

[YouOldSlag]

When I was dating an ex ( and had zero self esteem) a lovely female friend of his said "You've got such a beautiful face. It's really beautiful, such lovely colouring too".

That was fifteen years ago and it still makes me smile. I had never ever thought I was even pretty until she said that. God bless you Lisa. You made such a difference to me.

PS DH tells me he loves me every single day. That's lovely too.

[izzybobsmum]

My mum is usually very critical of me, everything from my weight, to my hair, and how tidy my house is.

A couple of years ago, my dad had to have a quintuple heart bypass. It was in winter, and we had quite a lot of bad snow.

I took time off work to take my mum to visit him. We had to go by train as the weather was so bad, and she's hopeless with train timetables etc. I packed a flask of Gin and Tonic for the way home, and generally tried to be helpful.

About a month later when my Dad was recovered, he and I did a sponsored walk for the British Heart Foundation. Me, my dad, mum and DH went out for a meal afterwards, where they told me I was a wonderful daughter.

It meant so much to me to hear my mum say that. I've tears in my eyes as I type this!

She's back to bugging me about my weight now though :-)

[WillSingForCake]

When I was a teenager I had massively low self-esteem. I felt really fat, and used to wear black baggy clothing to try & hide my figure. I hated my looks so much. Anyway, one day when I was about 14 I was in a supermarket & an old lady asked me where the ham was. I didn't know & she replied 'well, you might not know where the ham is, but you're a very beautiful girl!'. I looked bemused and she added 'you're lovely!' and walked off. Her words meant so much. The first person ever to say I was beautiful, and 20 years later I still think fondly about her!

[Pinot]

ooOoo such a warming thread. Like central heating for my heart.

From a grumpy Uncle, when I had a 2.4 y/old and an 8months old "You have truly exceptional children" And he whispered it as he's never ever been known to give a compliment.

From a MNer who, when I was v upset about a misunderstanding, told me I was the last person she would imagine purposefully hurting anyone as I had a big heart. Made me sob like a baby that did!

Oh and once my DS2 and DS3 had a fight (almost to fisticuffs) as DS2 joked I had farted and it stunk :o (I hadn't acksherly - I was making egg sandwiches!!) and DS3 wouldn't accept I could be smelly as "Mummy smells like flowers and roses". Now, "flowers and roses" is our special saying to each other.

ApplePippa give your DS a squeeze from me later, would you?

[HecateWhoopass]

My grandad once told me that I had a heart as big as a bucket and that I was just like my grandma.

Considering he worshiped the ground my grandma walked on, I mean I seriously have never known a man more in love with and devoted to his wife - I have never in my life been paid a bigger compliment by anyone. I didn't deserve it, but it felt lovely that he thought that of me.

[Mehrida]

Years ago on my way to a night out I had to dash into Sainsbury's (no idea why).

As I approached, the Big Issue seller outside was trying to entice anyone to buy his last copy so he could go home. A group of city types were just taking the piss and he looked so downtrodden. I detoured over, bought his last copy, wished him a good weekend and ran into the shop.

Didn't think much of it other than 'what am I going to do with this?'. As I went in the door I heard him very politely putting the blokes in their place and saying 'that was class, you might have plenty cash but that girl had real class'.

Put an extra wee spring in my step.

Wouldn't be saying that if he'd seen me at closing time but however.

[ApplePippa]

Pinot - I will. Though he'll probably shout "no touch" at me (see how well his speech is coming on now ).

[Wishfulmakeupping]

It's something a child said when I was about 18 so about 13 years ago now but it's always stayed with me as I've never been terribly confident in my looks at all if that even how he meant it but anyway...I was waiting for a friend outside my local one afternoon- a Woman and get little boy were waking past (he was probably 5/6) he stopped tugged on his mum and said something to her- she giggled turned to me and said her son had asked whether I was a real life princess
Still makes me smile now

[ThreeBeeOneGee]

We often get compliments about our children's behaviour when out and about, in restaurants or cafes etc. It's often after a meal where I've only just managed to keep their behaviour under control and am feeling at the end of my tether with them, so is always a lovely thing to hear.

DD gets a lot of compliments about her looks, usually from elderly folk (she is pretty in a very traditional, 'English rose' sort of way). If people then comment on how much she looks like me, then I'm beyond flattered!

[HannahsSister40]

I was staying in a hotel and the friend I was with was taking my photo with her very impressive camera. A guy working in the hotel asked if I was doing a modelling shoot! And when my husband asked me to marry him, he said he couldn't wait to have children and if we had daughters, he knew they'd be as beautiful as me. We have three daughters. They are far far more beautiful!