Best compliment?

Apparently no one else gets compliments?

I was in the car with my 7 year old son and a commercial came on the radio and part of the commercial said "if you want to get healthy" or something to that effect and my son says: "Mama, you don't need to waste your money on that you're being healthy on your own"


I totally cried!

When people find out I play derby and think it's uber cool and awesome. I LOVE it when I'm wearing my league jacket (boo to summer coming along) and people stop me in public to ask me questions. It makes me feel on top of the world. Even the shy ones who just whisper (I can hear yoooooou hehe) make me feel really awesome.

When people tell me I'm a joy to have around at work because I break the tension and am honest.

I got told one of the best things about me recently was that fact I don't care what others think about me (some people I do) and don't try and conform with an ideal. I do what I like even when people put me down. I'm not hurting anyone so bleh I try really hard just to focus on the important people who will be directly impacted by my actions and it's nice to know that people see that!

I like appearance compliments, like "you're really pretty!" & the like, but actually, sports compliments affect me more. Like, after a volleyball game or something, if someone says, "Good job! You played really well!" or "Nice serves!", those "boost" me more than appearance-type things.

After class at the gym the other day, the instructor came up to me after class and gave a high five and told me my form for push ups was awesome!

My boss (principal) told me, after sitting in on a meeting with a parent and his naughty kid, "I wish my son had a teacher like you." I still think about that 20+ years later!

I'm a social worker/counselor... and so there have been many times that people have thanked me for what I do but 2 of those stand out. Once when I was leaving as a Domestic Violence Counselor - and the women had told each other, people previously there, etc. about my last Support Group. When I went to let the group in - expecting to see the average 12 or so women... the entire waiting room was full - there must have been 24 or more women who had come. They all had gifts and food... but most touching was that I didn't even have to "lead" the group - because they one by one started telling their stories and the role that I played in changing their lives, one of them had even written a song and played it on her guitar. It was touching and an evening full of tears as I listened to each of them - hearing them talk about what pieces that they had taken and held on to. And, I knew that they all meant every word that they said. Brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it... Another time was just recently - when I helped a couple who had been married for over 60 years. She had cancer and had been doing treatments, but neither she nor her husband were happy about that choice... even though they couldn't verbalize it. I met with him, I met with her and then I met with the two of them and helped them tell each other that they loved each other always but both felt it was time to stop the fighting (fighting cancer) and just enjoy what timei they would have. I also went with them to the Doctor - to talk with him and help guide them in telling him they wanted to stop treatment. The husband was unable to call his boys and tell them about the decision and asked if I would, so I did. And, a day later I called them and told them they needed to come sooner because we weren't sure if she'd make it through Mother's Day. She ended up making it just hours past Mother's Day and died peacefully with her husband by her side... and his first thing? Was to look for me. No one told me - so I ended up in meetings and unable to see him. When I was done, they all said he had been looking for me - which was touching... but when I went to my office there was the sweetest voicemail in the world - that I still have saved to this day. I just couldn't believe that on the day this man lost his best friend, his wife of over 60 years... he took the time to call and thank me. *content sigh* I am truly blessed to get to do the work that I do!

Outside of that? Fitness wise... a man at my gym who conducts assessments to determine people's fitness levels told me the other day that he'd be hard pressed to find anyone in the gym who is more fit than I am (and I'm still HUGE, but I am fit!). And, I had a "gruff coach" who helped motivate me up a volcano in Hawaii - and he was not... when I ended up finishing? He said that he wasn't surprised, he knew that I could do it... which was wonderful because there were some moments that I wasn't sure that I could. I knew that I had someone with this amazing and unending support and belief in me - and I'm not sure I had that before.

Hmph... I like this thread - I feel all warm and fuzzy now!

when i put a woman to sleep, and she makes me breakfast in the morning.. Thats a great compliment.

I am a nurse,I have a lot of elderly clients. you can't trade a complement from a man with triple your life span experience. When they tell you you're pretty they want nothing from you and they mean it.