Best Thing Ever Said to You By a Stranger

This happened ages ago in high school. I was walking home after school and this guy (another student) stopped me and said, "Hey! Hey! Life... is hot!!"

My best friend and I still text it to each other at random times.

One of my favorites, among many from San Francisco... An old boyfriend and I were sitting on a bench near pier 39, and a man walked by us and said "You are both beautiful. You should totally kiss right now. It would be epic"
We kissed

I’ve had a couple recently, a buddy that I hadn’t seen if about 8 months saw me and ran up to me and grabbed me and kept laughing and saying very loudly “ What the hell did you do with the rest of you!”. He’s been a weightlifter for years and the compliments from him were cool.
I saw a friend’s wife at a party last weekend and she ran up and kept hugging me telling me how great I was looking. (It was heartfelt and not flirty so get your minds outta the gutter!)
The last one was at the same party, a woman that I had meet about a year ago kept telling me that I’d lost weight (yea really?? LoL) and every time she’s say it she would try to stick her tongue down my throat and then tell her husband it was ok. She was pretty drunk but I took it as a compliment anyway!
It didn’t help that my friends kept telling her I was single and had lost a bunch of weight and they were trying to drag me over to her again.
Friends… can’t fix em and can’t kill em….

I get a lot of people complimenting my hair color. My hair has been every color of the rainbow (including hot pink!), plus every shade of blonde or red in existence. In its current form (6 months now), I've gotten more compliments than I'd ever imagined, even from straight men. Bizarre, but I guess it goes with my skin?

Anyway, the other day one of the girls I stand (hide!) behind in Zumba asked me where I got my pants (they were purple and pretty) :laugh: I know that's a silly thing to get excited about, but asking the chunky girl for Zumba fashion advice? Made me feel special.

Recently I was at a local carnival and I had a guy say "oh my god, you are gorgeous" I didnt realize he was talking to me until he ran after me asking me if I can at least give him my name. I said sorry and kept walking. Dont get me wrong, it was a carny with missing teeth, but was a nice little esteem booster.

I hardly ever wear skirts or anything very pretty because I don't feel pretty or girly. But last month, I had just gotten back from a festival and it was literally the only thing I had clean, so I wore a skirt and white tshirt (I hardly ever wear white either. I feel like it makes me look bigger). I was sunburnt as hell and my hair was everywhere. FIVE complete strangers told me that I was beautiful that day. I've never had that happen before, ever. I ran by my mom's office too and all of her coworkers told me they couldn't believe how I looked and wanted to know how much weight I'd lost. Mom, of course, told me that I shouldn't have worn it because it didn't look nice, but she always finds at least one thing wrong. It took a little bit of pep out of my step, but then I remembered that everyone else thought I looked good.

My next one is a little strange. I'm generally not a fan of kids and I totally gravitate toward dogs. My family is pretty much the opposite and I know everyone's a little disappointed at my lack of children since I'm the only grandchild. My grandma really isn't a dog person and looks at me like I'm crazy when I talk about my pups and what I do for them. One day, she just looked at me and went, "You know, I think you'll make a great mother. You do so well with Ava [my husky] and treat her better than most people treat their kids. You'll be a good mom." I had no response to that one, except that if I have kids, they'll be crate trained too :bigsmile:

And, of course, MFP is great! I had to edit to add this, but everyone here is so nice. I get complements on here all the time and its a little strange for me. I'm used to being mostly ignored by people and you guys are just wonderful. Very inspiring thread! Thanks for starting it :flowerforyou:

About 9 years ago, I was working in the women's department of JcPenny's and this little ol' lady stopped me while I was walking by and said... "You are just the most beautiful negra I've ever seen... You are just glowing radiance." Minus the racist undertone, it actually made me smile and laugh after I got past the shock.

P.S. The woman's granddaughter was standing with her and apologized profusely. It also turned out the lady was 101 and suffered from dementia so her mind wasn't the best and stuck in past times. Regardless, it still makes me happy.

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I always get compliments at doctor's offices. A nurse came out to the waiting area for drawing blood and I was the only one there. She looked at me and then turned around and asked the receptionist something then came back and asked are you Summer? I said yes. She said I never thought that was you. You certainly don't look like a 50 year old woman!!

I smiled from ear to ear and the needle didn't hurt one iota!

lol gotta love those doctor's office compliments! I've had those too. The weirdest are gyno appointments and they're saying how youthful your lady bits are...AWKWARD. But even now at 37 I am more than happy with those kind of compliments.

I actually value any compliment that alludes to me taking good care of myself...for example on occasion someone asks me if I played sports because of how I carry myself with confidence/good posture...to me that is a HUGE compliment! Or a young guy who looked like he has lived a rough life (most likely some drugs involved) told me once that I didn't look 35, and must have never drank beer or smoked in my life. That was a much bigger compliment to me than someone calling me pretty.

lol gotta love those doctor's office compliments! I've had those too. The weirdest are gyno appointments and they're saying how youthful your lady bits are...AWKWARD. But even now at 37 I am more than happy with those kind of compliments.

Hmm, I've NEVER gotten that compliment from my gyno. Wow, now THAT'S awkward for me, lol!

This is super cheesy.. but it still made me smile.

A random stranger on MFP sent me a message saying "Hershey's makes thousands of kisses each day.. but all I want is one from you".
They didn't send a friend request either.. just that, haha.

Ok... I'm just going on record here saying that if that worked I am so sending you a message! =8^)

I forgot about this one... It's creepy/sweet. When I went on a trip to Spain and France, my internal clock got a little wonky so I stayed up later than my hotel roommates. In order to let them sleep, I would sit in the lobby with a book and read. In Paris, the night deskman would come over and try to talk to me. One night he told me I was stunning and asked me if I would be his second(!) wife and when I refused, he told me that if I ever reconsidered or just wanted to come back to Paris, all I had to do was call the hotel and ask for him and he'd pay for it o.O

Somebody told me once I was blessed. I said excuse me, they said just go look in the mirror and walked away.

Not the best thing ever said, but the most recent. I was told this week that I looked like I was in my mid-twenties!

Best recent thing. . . I was carrying my new grandson in a Baby Bjorne and a man in a grocery store asked me if that was my baby.

I have had comments on my hair and my clothes, but I don't remember having any about my body or that I was beautiful (except my family which they just say that because they know im depressed). This might not count but one sunday at church this guy at I have a crush on (I have had a crush on him for years) when he was passing by me he smiled at me and waved, and it just made me feel like I was on top of the world. Little things that strangers say or do like smile, wave, or tell me they like my hair mean a lot to me because I don't get complemented often.