Best Thing Ever Said to You By a Stranger

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  • MoonOverMyHammies7
    MoonOverMyHammies7 Posts: 585 Member
    I had a guy ask me to roll my window down at a stop light. I thought I had a low tire or something. He ask me out. LOL was a new one for me.
  • RuthRW
    RuthRW Posts: 247 Member
    "You have an amazing smile"

    It absolutely made my day!
  • aedreana
    aedreana Posts: 979 Member
    The year was 1985; the place, Springfield, Virginia. I was sitting outside of Springfield Mall on the sidewalk, waiting for the bus. A little blond-haired boy about age 5 walked by me and said, "You're a very pretty girl." To this day, I cherish that compliment because I know it was genuine, said by someone with no ulterior motive!
  • yankeedownsouth
    yankeedownsouth Posts: 717 Member
    A lady at Petsmart asked me how I got my figure. Was it through exercise or diet? Random stranger comments are the best...
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    1. "You've got big arms."

    2. "Nice squat depth."

    3. "You're back is like...muscular."
  • FeraFilia
    FeraFilia Posts: 4,664 Member
    Lady customer I was helping at work a few years ago told me I had the sweetest smile she'd ever seen.

    And a friend of ours told me the community cookouts just won't be the same without my desserts after hubby and I leave later this summer.
  • Karababy51
    Karababy51 Posts: 124 Member
    Every Friday I buy a few Lotto tickets when I get groceries. Quite often the same employee that has worked at the customer service desk for years sells them to me. One day a few weeks ago, out of the blue she says, "You've lost a lot of weight haven't you? You look great, how'd you do it?" Made my day! Of course I told her about MFP. She said she'd check it out.

    This next thing wasn't from a stranger, but strangers were involved. New Year's Eve Hubby and I stopped at a store to get some champagne before going out to dinner. We were both dressed up and I was wearing my new black leather Fergalicious Cruel boots for the first time. All these guys kept staring at me and smiling. I commented about it to Hubby, and he says, "they're staring because you're hot." I asked him if it bothered him and he says, "Hell no, makes me proud." He then hugged me around the shoulders, gave me a kiss and grabbed my hand to hold as we walked out the store. Man, I felt like crying. It was a fabulous way to start the new year. :)

    Lastly, years ago I was shopping again and feeling sorry for myself, wasn't having a good day. I had on my favorite purple suit because I'd just come from some event, don't remember what it was, and this random little old lady stops by my cart and says, "I love that suit you're wearing, you look so elegant and pretty in it. I wish more people would take the time to dress up these days." I thanked her for the compliment and told her she made my day, she just smiled, patted my arm and went on her way.

    I'll never forget that, always makes me happy when I think about it. I had a hard time letting that suit go when I donated all my too big clothes to Goodwill. But hopefully someone else will love it and feel good in it like I always did. :flowerforyou:
  • SomeNights246
    SomeNights246 Posts: 807 Member
    When people compliment my looks, they often tell me I'm beautiful, or cute. And because of gender dysphoria, I find this... not comfortable. I actually kind of hate it. (Although I do thank them, as I know they mean well)

    However, one of my friends recently, said to me that I was both beautiful and handsome. I had the widest grin on my face when I heard those words. It wasn't a stranger, but it was the first thing that came to my mind.

    Someone on another forum told me I look strong. I took pride in that, too. :)

    Not going by appearance, the nicest thing a stranger said to me was that I seemed very insightful and strong (mentally/emotionally, opposed to physically). This was, also, online. But stood out to me.
  • Deborah105
    Deborah105 Posts: 183 Member
    Every Friday I buy a few Lotto tickets when I get groceries. Quite often the same employee that has worked at the customer service desk for years sells them to me. One day a few weeks ago, out of the blue she says, "You've lost a lot of weight haven't you? You look great, how'd you do it?" Made my day! Of course I told her about MFP. She said she'd check it out.

    This next thing wasn't from a stranger, but strangers were involved. New Year's Eve Hubby and I stopped at a store to get some champagne before going out to dinner. We were both dressed up and I was wearing my new black leather Fergalicious Cruel boots for the first time. All these guys kept staring at me and smiling. I commented about it to Hubby, and he says, "they're staring because you're hot." I asked him if it bothered him and he says, "Hell no, makes me proud." He then hugged me around the shoulders, gave me a kiss and grabbed my hand to hold as we walked out the store. Man, I felt like crying. It was a fabulous way to start the new year. :)

    Lastly, years ago I was shopping again and feeling sorry for myself, wasn't having a good day. I had on my favorite purple suit because I'd just come from some event, don't remember what it was, and this random little old lady stops by my cart and says, "I love that suit you're wearing, you look so elegant and pretty in it. I wish more people would take the time to dress up these days." I thanked her for the compliment and told her she made my day, she just smiled, patted my arm and went on her way.

    I'll never forget that, always makes me happy when I think about it. I had a hard time letting that suit go when I donated all my too big clothes to Goodwill. But hopefully someone else will love it and feel good in it like I always did. :flowerforyou:
    Your husband is adorable!
  • Deborah105
    Deborah105 Posts: 183 Member
    In Minnesota, Deborah, strangers talk to you in Minnesota? You must be charmed and/or charming!

    I was in Lake Winds Co-op yesterday and the cutest young woman cashiering asked me if I had a daughter who had worked there. I don't have a daughter, so no. She said someone worked there that had the cutest smile, just like mine. She thought she looked like me. Very sweet. And, in MN, but this is a co-op and people are different.:wink:
    I don't know about charming (I'm kinda annoying - :glasses: ), but I do live in right in the city. And I think I'm just one of those people that others like to talk to. It drove my first husband INSANE.
  • VBnotbitter
    VBnotbitter Posts: 820 Member
    I once had a complete stranger give me a bunch of flowers when I was walking through town
  • Cryptonomnomicon
    Cryptonomnomicon Posts: 848 Member
    Was told by an 80-90yr old(ish) "You should live in an art gallery dear, because you are living art"...she was very sweet.

    Also was wearing a pinstripe suit and a older gentlemen asked "Who are you meant to be? Freak Sinatra!" I know it was meant as an insult, but I took it in my stride and was impressed by his ingenuity.
  • Desifreckle
    Desifreckle Posts: 110 Member
    Once an older man stopped me and told me I should be married to a king. Lol!

    The time someone came up to me an told me that they had to say my smile is very charming.

    A couple times a couple women said I look like a model!

    One of my favorites was when my best friend told me her goal was to have the same behind as me lol

    A woman told me my hair looked like it should be advertising a box of hair color lol

    When I was complimented on my deadlift..

    Of course the skinny and small comments ...
  • starrylioness
    starrylioness Posts: 543 Member
    Was pumping gas once and a guy came up to me and said I had the most beautiful blue eyes he'd ever seen. Felt nice to hear that. :smile:
  • SuperSexyDork
    SuperSexyDork Posts: 1,669 Member
    I've always gotten physical compliments and cat calls so that's not really something I feel stands out.

    However, one night I had some young guys at the gym come up to me after my squat session and inform me that my squats were amazing (my top set was 270x3 that day) and that I had the best form they'd ever seen. Then they asked if I minded watching/correcting their form for them. That was pretty special.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    Some younger ladies at the gym told me I was "amazingly strong" and "super impressive with the weights." Not sure if they were truly impressed or if they were just surprised that such a wimpy looking person could out-lift them. :laugh:

    All the time people ask me if I'm a dancer. I'm always too afraid to ask what kind of dancer... :wink:
  • ge105
    ge105 Posts: 268 Member
    Everyone I meet in Canada tells me I'm tiny. I like Canadians :happy:
  • Kitten2629
    Kitten2629 Posts: 1,358 Member
    I was asked if I was my 11 year old's mother or older sister :laugh:
  • kuntry_navySD
    kuntry_navySD Posts: 106 Member
    doing a heavy lift in the gym, seeing people stop to watch. I know its not really the same, but seeing in somebody's face that they're impressed, just seems so much sweeter than words
  • tbonethemighty
    tbonethemighty Posts: 100 Member
    Happy Thoughts -- Perfect...

    1) Had a German guy (a German! For those of you who don't know, these are the most useless-when-it-comes-to-flirting/socially-inept/clueless race of men on the PLANET, and I've been to a lot of countries) stop me on the street to ask me out for coffee. And it was on a day when I felt gross and ugly, wearing old clothes, hair in braids...you get the idea. I initially thought he stopped me to ask for directions...

    2) Had a guy at a bar in a Turkish resort town tell me recently that I was the first friendly customer he'd had all summer who actually talked to him and didn't rudely blow him off as a servant or try to get free drinks, and that I'd made his night by just BS-ing about the World Cup with him. Good times...
  • Gawanne
    Gawanne Posts: 105 Member
    I've always hated my hair. It's thick and bushy and nobody EVER could do anything with it. The good news, it's not going grey yet. Finally I thought why go to the hairdressers, I might as well chop at it myself. Standing at the bus stop this week, a lady came over and said "you have such lovely hair". I was totally amazed, flabbergasted, but it made my day! All that money I spent for all those years!
  • RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle
    RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle Posts: 1,349 Member
    I was grocery shopping with my then 16 year old daughter. Am man walked up to us, acted like he was doing a double take, then he said, "I know! Twins!"
  • Iwishyouwell
    Iwishyouwell Posts: 1,888 Member
    After being a fat kid and LOATHING the state of my body growing up, I finally lost weight in my late teens. The first exercise class I ever took was in my freshman year of college, second semester. It was a circuit weight training class. I busted my *kitten* in that class. They nicknamed me "Billy Blanks" because of all the sweat I poured every class. I told my instructor halfway through the class that I use to be fat and had lost over 60 lbs. Her eyes widened and she said "OMG, you look amazing!" and then pulled this random dude from the class over and said "Doesn't he look amazing?!", and this guy said "Yeah he does".

    It was the first time in my life I'd been complimented on my body. Not just called handsome or cute, or complimented on my talents, or my intellect, but on my body and my fitness. It's something I will never, ever forget.

    Another great one was a few years after that, after getting in even better shape, I took a trip to NYC to look at the area I'd be living in that coming semester when I transferred to NYU. My sister and I stopped off at a diner and I ordered a huge belgian waffle. The attractive, super sweet older waitress chided me a bit. She said that I should be careful and make sure I keep that body. I wasn't offended at all, but rather shocked that this woman thought that my body looked good enough to try and "protect". Coming from the kind of piss poor self image I had as a kid I never expected to hear this from a stranger.

    I should have listened to those compliments. They were amazing, but back then I couldn't reconcile that I truly was so close to my ideal. I still saw a fat guy and eventually gained all the weight back and double.
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,819 Member
    Once, after I sang at a wedding, I had a random dude come up and tell me my face lit up the whole room.
  • PrincessEliNa
    PrincessEliNa Posts: 524 Member
    I was eating dinner with family and some old lady came over and started petting my hair saying how gorgeous it was.
    It's my favorite cause I love when people touch my hair. xD
  • alicia0412
    alicia0412 Posts: 165 Member
    I was getting off the train to go to class in the morning, with my hair pulled up in a really messy ponytail, no makeup, and yoga pants. I heard someone yelling behind me "Ma'am! Ma'am!" but ignored it, because who calls a 19 year old ma'am? haha. Anyway, I heard someone running up behind me and I turned around and there was this very attractive man who said he'd spotted me on the train and thought I was beautiful. He asked me if I had a boyfriend, and if I'd be willing to go out with him if I didn't. I was swooning a little. I had/have a boyfriend, and he just said that he wasn't surprised, and told me to have a great day. He made my week ,and I told him that.

    I was thrilled because 1.) it wasn't creepy 2.) It wasn't one of those back-handed compliments that I'm way too used to getting. "You're so pretty for a big girl"
  • SCV34
    SCV34 Posts: 2,048 Member
    I am going to turn this around a bit and say what I said to a much older man that walked into the bank. I said good morning Sunshine! He said are you talking to me? When he realized that I was speaking to him, his face lit up and he got a twinkle in his eyes. He told me that he had not heard that in years and it made his day!
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    It was actually on here. A gentleman messaged me to talk about a thread we were both posting in, and he ended the conversation with "You're very pretty". I don't generally think of myself as pretty, and it felt like a genuine compliment and meant a lot to me.

    Also this past week at CVS, the teenage girl behind the counter randomly said "I hope you know how lovely you are".
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    I was eating dinner with family and some old lady came over and started petting my hair saying how gorgeous it was.
    It's my favorite cause I love when people touch my hair. xD

    Ha, I get that, too! I have random strangers come up and touch my hair all the time! Um, yeah, I'm REALLY not conceited (I'm super humble, ask my friends) about anything except my long, thick & shiny, naturally black (virgin) tresses! I'm hair porn for the salon I go to. I happily oblige--I think I was a dog or cat in a former life, ha!

    Other than that, I'm pretty forgettable, plain and average looking--so hair petting makes my day when it happens, lol!
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,958 Member
    I was inline skating, and a guy in a car was creeping me out. He slowed down to my pace and just tailed me slowly. I was worried he would try to run me over when the bike path ended, where I would have to merge with auto traffic. Just as the bike path ended, he leaned out of window and shouted "Did you know that you skate a steady 22 km per hour?" and sped off.

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