What's the nicest thing ever said about you?

[Oeditpus Rex]

I gave some advice here last night, and the OP said I was "helpful and kind." That touched me, and it made me think of the time a girlfriend said I was "a good man" — which touched me deeply, as it's all I ever really wanted to be.

What compliment really moved you?

[Midlodemocrat]

1. When my husband told me I was the most beautiful

woman he had ever seen....while I was having contractions.

[skygazer]

6. That's beautiful

Sounds like a keeper to me.

[pitohui]

2. don't laugh

once someone said i was good at finding rainbows

[RevCheesehead]

3. when one of my favorite bus drivers said to me,

"you're so cool... sometimes I forget you ain't black."

PS - the gf was right, from what I can tell. :hug::loveya:

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. :blushes profusely:

I try to be. :blush:



And forgettin' you ain't black is beautiful. :yourock:

[martymar64]

31. Once on a bus in L.A. . . .

An elderly black lady said that I was the only white person she'd ever met that "gets it".

[grace0418]

4. Hey! That was me that said you were helpful and kind! Well, now you've

made my day! I meant it, too. You really helped me out and you didn't have to do it. It's one thing to be helpful when someone is right in front of you (which is, of course, still very kind). But to give such detailed advice on an anonymous forum is even better. Thanks again O Rex! :hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. I wanted to

Never could resist a damsel in distress. :hi:

Besides, it was a car question. Testosterone prevailed. :headbang:



Edit: Check your PM.

[grace0418]

11. LOL!

I'm glad I could elevate your testosterone levels! ;)

[skygazer]

5. Two things

I was haying with my best friend one day - he's a lifelong farmer and a quiet guy. I was loading the hay truck and he came over after he'd finished baling and gazed at the almost finished job I'd done and said, "You've stacked hay before." From him, that was worth millions.

Second was when a group of us were talking about Lord of the Rings and discussing what characters we'd be in Middle Earth. My daughter, we decided, would be an elf. Her boyfriend would have been a wizard. My SO would have been a hobbit - he likes to stay at home and cook. When I asked who I'd be, my SO said immediately, "You'd be Aragorn." (for anyone who is unfamiliar with LOTR, Aragorn is the hero, a man of courage, wisdom and some awesome martial skill)

[Kali]

36. "You've stacked hay before." From him, that was worth millions.

See my post below - I know exactly what you mean.

[kwassa]

7. That I'm only passing for white.

said by black friends who think of me as one of them.

and that I'm true blue
said by an ex-girlfriend after we broke up, recommending me to someone else!

[Gold Metal Flake]

8. "Stays crunchy even in milk."

A guy I worked with said "you're a good man to have in a storm". That's a good thing to hear.

[grace0418]

9. Isn't it funny that we know how powerful kind words can be but we

don't tell people often enough? I guess if we said them all the time they'd lose their power, but it truly is amazing what a few kinds words can do. I'm fortunate enough to have many good people in my life, and they've said some really wonderful things to me- often when I least feel deserving of them.

And sometimes, knowing that you've made someone else feel good with a compliment is nearly as good as getting one yourself.

[livetohike]

13. When a 65 year old woman told me I was the best manager

she ever had because I was the only one who ever said "Thank you."

It made me happy and sad. Sad because I wondered what she had gone through in her whole adult work life to have such inconsiderate managers/supervisors.

[LaraMN]

14. My husband once told me that I was the most intelligent woman

he'd ever met. (and he was already "getting" as much as he wanted, so it wasn't said to get in my pants.)

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. If how one uses words is an indicator of intelligence

I'd say he was pretty damned close.

You to language is as a conductor to an orchestra, girl. Your prose continually impresses me.

[LaraMN]

21. So you don't think I should major in p.e. then?

:rofl:

Thanks! I'm a bit nervous. I have to write my first paper for my comp. class by next week. It's gut-wrenching to think about handing over something, having not written in 4+ years. :scared:

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. Only if your p.e. elective were

basketball or volleyball — though I doubt they'd let you play either in boots, so you'd have to rely on roster hyperbole to be a six-footer.

Unlax about your comp paper. Overthinking is a hobgoblin of little minds. In the world of word choreography, you're (insert name of famous choreographer here). Allow them to dance as if weightless.

[redqueen]

15. My kids...

When they tell me I'm the best mom a kid could ever have.

Awwwwwwwwwwww... *melts*

[grace0418]

16. When I was in college I started hanging out with a group of foreign

exchange students from Spain, Columbia, England, Belgium and Australia. One night they told me that I wasn't like other Americans. I cared about the rest of the world and made an effort to see things from other perspectives. That meant a lot to me.

[anarch]

17. "You have got to be the stupidest waste of life I've ever met."

Gosh, I ain't never been the most bestest at anything before, sir!

[tjwmason]

19. My favourite was qute by accident.

I had been working as an office-temp over the long vacation whilst at university, when my time drew to a close one of the managers (not mine, but I'd chatted to him a few times) asked if I would be going to the local pub with folk at lunch time (which was their way of saying good-bye to leaving staff). I replied that I was only a temp (real reason, I didn't want to have to be nice to people), then he said, but you've been around for ages - you're a long-term temp, I commented that this was a contradiction in terms - he replied "well that's what we like to think of you as". My favourite compliment ever. :bounce:

[myrna minx]

20. That I'm known around my neighborhood as "smilie"

because I guess I'm always smiling. I didn't realize that my default face was a smile. I thought for certain it was a furrowed brow with a grumpy scowl. A woman at a neighborhood store told be that I always make her day a bit better because I'm always smiling when she sees me. :hi: That really touched me because I had no idea that I was always doing that.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

22. My favorite teacher told another teacher

that "I have no fear for the future with {WIMR} in it."

:blush:

When the second teacher mentioned this to me, I think I turned redder than red.

:D :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. You must suck up to teachers *real* good, Kid

*applies playful tap to WIMR's shoulder*

:hug:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

25. I don't much like sucking up, Rex.

But I manage to win most teachers over in the end.

:hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. Hey, never underestimate the power

of a good suck-up. :thumbsup:



I keed, I keed!

You know I think you're a damned fine young'un... don'cha?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

28. Awwwww....Yeah, I guess.

:D :D

And you're a damned fine non-young'un. Not that ya ain't young at the heart...

:D

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

29. Now, *that* was pretty close

to the nicest thing ever said about me. :hug:





And just to prove it's correct...



:bounce: :woohoo: :party:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. ...

:woohoo:

:rofl:

:hug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

27. my dad said he was very proud of me

my brother says i have always been there for him

my mom says i am the kindest daughter ever

[SmokingJacket]

32. Someone saw me struggling with my kids in the supermarket...

and said, "You have the patience of Job!"

:rofl:

It's not true, but it felt good that someone noticed how hard parenting can be, and how desperately I was trying to keep it together.

(And that patience paid off: those boys give me no trouble these days...)

[Fleshdancer]

33. My 3rd Grade teacher:

She told me that if she ever had a daughter, she hoped she would turn out to be just like me. :) She was my favorite teacher before saying this so you can imagine how great I felt. Thinking about it still brings a smile to my face.

[Kali]

34. I have a distant cousin. He is a real old time cowboy - it is all he

ever wanted to do, he left home young and went to a ranch where they worked the old fashioned way - on horseback in wild rough country. He broke horses and learned to catch and lead wild cattle in the mountains. He is a man of a previous century.

When we first moved to the ranch to take care of my Grandfather (another old time cowman - and the teacher that taught me enough to at least recognize one when I see one) this cousin came to help gather our cattle that had been neglected for several years due to Grampa's condition. We had a rodeo out there, gathering two and three year old wild bulls, we used an ultralight, radios, killed two of them, injured some horses, some riders and in general had a wild and for me a once in a lifetime, fun time...at the end, this cousin told my Mom (who came down to cook) that I made a fair hand. That was many years ago and was probably the most treasured compliment of my life.

Besides the time some kid told me I had the dirtiest hands he ever saw on a girl.

[fudge stripe cookays]

35. My ex-boyfriend once told me...

(while we were still together), that I most the most passionate person he had ever met.

Not just about "you know" :blush:, but about everything-- art, music, travel, learning, etc.

This was even before I became political. You can IMAGINE how passionate I am now!

:D

[stlsaxman]

37. Fred Wesley told me that when he heard me singing Cosmic Slop-

he "thought that was Gary Shider up there singin'"

I had arrived!

... if I ever questioned it before that, all doubt vanished- and i KNEW i could sing!



:bounce:

-oh i almost forgot- at the cast party for White Palace, Susan Sarandon said she loved my sax playing! Maybe she was just being a sweetheart but i about had an orgasm right then and there!


:bounce: :bounce:

[trof]

38. "You're so easy to know. So easy to be with."

Then she went on to say "I can just completely relax with you. You don't have an agenda. I don't feel like you want something."
What can I say?
Just one woman's opinion a long time ago.
:shrug:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

39. You were the best mom in the world

and you're the best grandma.

[Redstone]

40. Straight Shooter, in response to my holiday message from.

just before Christmas. I can't post a link because the search is turned off, but it was truly touching.

There have been others from other DUers that have ranked right up there with that one as well...genuine, from-the-heart stuff, and they all made me feel really REALLY good, not just "aw, shucks" good.

The people who sent them to me know who they are, and I do hope they realize how much I appreciated their kind words.

Redstone

[xmas74]

41. When I was 11 my best friend's(at that time) father

said to me that if there were more people like me in the world it would be a happy place to live.
I didn't understand what he meant at the time but now I do.
And my 8th grade history teacher said that I was the all-around smartest student she had ever taught and that I made teaching a pleasure for her. After that year she retired. She had taught for 30 years.
She knew the right time to say this to me. She found me crying after class and found that the reason why was because of something someone had written about me on my desk. She was the only teacher to hold me and wipe away my tears while saying something nice about me.

[Karenina]

42. A fellow oboist

(who is the top gun in these parts occupying the soloist chair in our class A symphony) said to me after listening to some tracks I'd recorded, "Oh GREAT, K. NOW we have to be subtle too." Although it could be considered a "left-handed compliment," I knew he HEARD and appreciated WHAT I DID. He KNOWS what it took to get there. When I returned to the safety of my small flat, I simply burst into tears...