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.

Oops where not were ( can you believe I teach literacy!!) haha

This one may sound silly to most people but it meant the world to me: (sorry will need a bit of background)

I managed to get a pre audition singing/coaching lesson with a singer/actress who I really admire and have done for years! (I got it through a mutual friend.)
. Anyway, I didn't get the part and was upset etc and she was totally lovely and said she was proud of me anyway cos of how far I'd come in the lesson etc. But the bit that got me was when I thanked her for her support and help in my new year soppy speil and she said:
"Don't put yourself down. Hard work will always pay off in the end. Keep it up, I have confidence in you."

Coming from someone who I really admire and look up to as a singer that really meant a lot!! Infact, even just the offer of the session meant more to me than would be possible to ever say - to take that time, for nothing, for a friend of a friend who she only knew to nod to..... That sticks with me the most and always will.

Meggle, amazing thread. I have wept at many of these.

Have namechanged for this as it would out me if others who know this story read it under my usual MN name.

I was a terrible swot and horribly geeky when I was in high school. Zero self esteem and thought I was very ugly looking (think glasses, 'big' nose' etc)

When I was 15/16 a neighbour had a party and she had invited an old friend of hers. A wonderful friendly man who I got chatting to.

A few weeks later I got my GCSE results and told my neighbour (who is still more like family than my mum's neighbour)

She told the old friend of hers as he had asked to know what I had got (top of the year!).

His response was: 'She has brains as well as beauty'

I know it sounds properly weird really written down but there was such honesty in his voice. It lifted me beyond anything I'd ever known. NO ONE had ever said I had beauty.

That one comment made me realise I wasn't quite the odd looking thing I thought I was. And actually, even if I was, then someone might still see something in me. Even if it was a throw away line. I am more confident now, even 16 years later because of it.

He will forever be a hero for that (probably passing, but life changing) comment

When I was about 25, (not that long ago ) I had to go into a "workmens cafe" to pick a butty up for a colleague.
I looked out of place in my skirt and blouse (worked next door) and felt uncomfortable standing in the queue with all the buiders.
All of a sudden a gang of guys at a tabl, all wearing hard hats and hi vis jackets burst out into a chorus of "Isn't she lovely, isn't she wonderful!"
They weren't being pervy, just nice!
I was beetroot red, but very flattered

Dh often says nice things to me,in his Irish lilt "Look at ya standin' there,you're gorgeous so y'ar!" Makes me go all twirly!

I suppose the ones that mean the most though, are when people compliment your children and tell you that you're a good Mum.

Woman on the till in M & S a few months ago told me I smelled lovely

And DD, when I picked her up from after school club tonight told me I looked lovely today, but "you always look beautiful Mum". Bless her

When I was going to pick up my divorce papers at Court, I asked the security man where I had to go. He replied, "who would divorce you?" incredulously. I replied, "I'm divorcing him". It really made me feel better. I always wonder if he says that to anyone going to that part of the Court. What a lovely man.

I stayed dry eyed, touched and moved but not reduced to blubbing tears until cory's post at 23:14:39.

OP what a great thread.

My son was born with a facial birthmark over half of his face - I loved him from the second I saw him. A week after his birth I'd been dwelling on the cruelty kids face at school (bullying etc) and the reality that he would probably face it hit hard. I was crying curled up with my husband asking basically why him (I know there are much worse things in the world), and he replied because we love him and we would know what to do medically. Instantly I knew he was right, stopped sobbing and he is now the most bossy, independent and confident 4 year old I know.

I have told my husband how much this meant - but he will never ever realise what a weight lifted off me.

Someone once told me I look like the lovechild of Johnny Depp and Isabella Rossellini. It's not even faintly true, but even so,

I got told by my line manager in three different jobs, in different companies, that 'you light the office up when you walk in', 'you are such a positive, cheery person, you're a good influence on the team' and 'the workplace is a lot happier when you're around'. That all meant a lot to me as I was bullied terribly by the mean girls at high school and it wasn't until my early twenties that I regained my confidence.

My BFF's hubby told me that my son is not disabled. He is ENABLED!!! Biggest compliment ever.

I have two...

I overheard my DH telling my SIL (his DSis) not long after DD was born, that I had taken to Motherhood like a 'duck to water' and that I was a wonderful Mum. Believe me, just hearing him say that to someone else was as wonderful as if he had said it straight to me...

A bit grim, but I've always had bad skin. GPs have tried everything and nothing has worked. It always gets me down. Whenever I get upset about it if I've had a flare up, my DH says 'it just means there's more of you to love'. Gross, but lovely at the same time .

I think it's things the DC's have said that have really registered most.

Like quite recently I was just sitting on the sofa with DD and for some reason ( I am quite soppy with them) I said to her "You're lovely" and she said "You're lovely too" right back at me

I love my mum but she can be quite hyper critical. After having had my dd who's 5 mo DM told me that I was such a natural mother but she's not surprised as I'm so good with animals !.

I was worried I wouldn't be very good at it, so hearing this coming from her was such a boost.

Years ago, when I was working in oncology (chemo ward) you got to 'know' patients well....sometimes over 12 / 18 months plus whilst they were coming in for treatment. I knew a man who all those involved with him were rooting for because he was only young and had two young kids. Time went by. He got (slightly) better, he got worse. This went on, for some time. One admission, he looked shocking and he said "I hope you're here, if anything happens to me". I remember thinking "No! I DON'T want to be here, if you die". But I was. I held his hand and cried. I'm about to cry now.

It was, in a way, a compliment. All the staff were desperate to lose this man after knowing him, so long.

The other day, ds and I were getting off the bus when the woman behind us stopped me and said "your son is wonderful, he's so funny and articulate and charming - you must be a fantastic mother" I will try to remember that at the next meltdown.

My old boss (I was a restaurant manager and we were expanding so he wanted me to train all the staff for the 4 other pubs) once said to me that I was a rare woman, men fell in love with me after 2 minutes and women wanted to be my best friend.

A man stopped me in the street once to tell me that I was perfection. I wasn't wearing a scrap of make up.

Sorry... "Desperate about losing this man". You KNOW what I mean. X

Oh and when I was about 20 I had a bit of a Highland fling with an older man during a summer spent on a Scottish island

One time (as we were just driving along) he said to me "you could have any man you wanted" Now, this is far from the truth I'm sure, but was a nice thing for him to say to me don't you think ?!

A random old woman in a supermarket told me I was a good mum (because I was telling them off firmly but civilly for arsing about)

And the chair of Governors (not long after I became a governor) told a mutual colleague 'Hmm Santa is very clever, isn't she' I know it wasn't really a compliment but it still made me smirk. It was blatantly a - Shit we will have to watch that one kind of a comment.

DH and I were at the Ask Restaurant in Guildford when DS was about 3. A woman came up to us and said what a lovely boy DS was and that he was a real credit to us .

DH also admitted after a few dates that I had surpassed his car as his most favourite thing in the world . He even used to met me smoke in his car. I have not smoked for nearly 9 years and if ANYONE EVER dared smoke in my car, they would be shot at dawn.

I was so horribly jealous when my younger sister had a baby and I was so keen to have one, too. I was single and lonely at the time. I was in tears on the phone to my dad when he told me she was in labour and I said I wished it was me (i know, it's silly, but that's how I felt). My dad said to me that it happens to the best of people, and I was one of the best. .

My now-MIL when I'd met her a few times: "I really hope MrNC is good enough for you, because you're great. It's wonderful having you in the family. I can't wait for you to have children! Not right now, obviously, you're a bit young. But when you're ready. Don't let him pressure you. Have another glass of wine."

And this is why we happily put up with all her exasperating eccentricity!

Notcitrus, I want your MIL as my MIL!