Best Thing Ever Said to You By a Stranger

Keep working out. You look sexy.

I used to work in a department store and one day I was helping a woman who had a four year old daughter. The little girl was staring at me in silence and looked shocked. The mother looked at me, laughed and said "Oh...she thinks you're The Little Mermaid". It was so sweet and genuine. It really made my day.

That's SO cute!!! :-)

I will never forget this as long as I live. I went to a women's college and our chorale did a tour of three European countries. One day we were riding in a bus through Italy and I was sitting in a window seat reading a book. Suddenly I heard one of the chaperone dads say, "Hey Cindy, I think you're attracting some attention." I looked out the window and a convertible full of Italian men was driving alongside, waving and smiling and whistling at me. I think I probably turned 18 shades of red and ducked down in my seat. I always had a low opinion of my looks and got embarrassed by any little attention, and especially considering it was a bus full of college aged, beautiful girls I couldn't figure out why they had singled me out. But it was incredibly flattering and a good story to tell now.

At the pool and had a lawyer come up and mention she was single a few times in the midst of convo.
Then after complimenting my belly - she offered to take me back to her place for some wine.

^the fact that she could have been older than my mother was no deterrent, rather it was because I was doing an HIIT pool day

I've had several lovely comments from a staffer at my gym - a lovely lady with a beautiful smile who keeps everyone happy when she works - and they really make me happy:

- (Said while I was wearing my fave tank top after a workout:) "You look like such a strong woman! And you've got such nicely developed traps!"
- (Said post-workout, during stretching after a big run:) "You look positively radiant! You sweat beautifully!"

Yeah, the sweat comment was kinda funny, but it does make me feel really happy. For me, I like sweating and I couldn't care less about how I look, but if she compliments other ladies about sweating beautifully too, it makes me hope that other ladies will stop caring about how they look in the gym and start caring more about how great getting your sweat on can feel.

Another comment made my day several years ago:
I was getting off the bus with a stranger, a middle-aged man who was pulling out a pack of smokes. As we were getting off, he fumbles his pack of smokes and they scatter across the ground. He swears for a moment, but sighs and looks up at me. Automatically, I smile, and he instantly relaxes and leaves the cigs where they fell. Here's what he said to me as we walked away from the bus stop: "Some people's smiles make the world go 'round. Keep smiling, darling."

It made my day and it made me realize how powerful a simple smile can be.

I was at my gym once just after I had turned 40. I was chatting with a woman about weight loss. She told me that when I hit finally hit 30 I'll find that weight loss will be much harder. Thank you very much kind stranger, you've already made my day.

And my second favorite was when my new Gyno (who used to be a Dermatologist) asked me how long I'd been doing Botox...ahh, never.

I was told I have the best smile! It made me smile even more and happier inside.:happy:

I was walking through Wal-Mart. I was feeling kind of depressed, It was ToM and I had gained about 5lbs in water. This little boy stared at me as I passed him and his dad, then I overheard him say "Daddy, She's reeeeally beautiful..." Kinda made me tear up a little bit. :blushing:

When my daughters were young we'd go out to eat about once a week and just chat. That day we were talking about how all our days had gone and what they'd learned in school, etc. A couple at the next table was leaving and stopped to say that my girls were very well behaved (they were) and that they thought I was a great mom. Since it's the most important job I have, I really loved that comment.

I had someone at the gym say they're seeing my muscles starting to take shape. BONUS!!

Had another person say to me that they couldn't believe I was 43 and had kids, they though I was in my late 20s early 30s...BIGGER BONUS!!

Had a guy just hit on me this weekend asking me if I was single!! WHOOT WHOOT JACKPOT!!

Just small moments I smiled that just makes me feel good!! )

We live in a smaller town and my husband and I were out for dinner. My ex husband and wife walked by our table as we were leaving and just openly stared at me... My husband looked at him and said "big mistake" took my arm and left. First husband always making horrible comments about my weight when we were married.... I felt like I could float out the door..

This made me smile so big!!! Sounds like you traded a major toad for Prince Charming So happy for you!!!

1) ive always tied to dress girly on my days off unless my family is doing some thing , one day in the grocery store I was buying fruit and I saw this little girl get all big eyed. she ran from her mom and came and tugged on the bottom of my dress. "ARE YOU A PRINCESS?!!!??? "
2) after 3 weeks of camping WITH OUT a shower we came back into town. Again to the grocery store. and my whole family is gross im still wearing camo and I have blood on me. and were walking around the grocery store caring rifles. I HAd some man pass me and give me a funny look but I didn't think about it... prob. the guns lol . he comes back like 5 min. later telling me he wished I wasent married... (WHHHHHAAAA????)
small towns =every thing happens at the grocery store

I was driving in my car down our main highway. All of a sudden a trucker honks at me. I had a skirt on. At first I thought to myself what a pervert but then it hit me...I got honked at...it made my day.

Hahaha!! I love your train of thought :flowerforyou:

"You have a big heart. Thank you." - From a random old Japanese grandma (when I was in Japan volunteering to rebuild towns after the 2011 earthquake/tsunami)
"You're such an inspiration; you make me want to do so much more. Watching you and seeing you act, I am so much braver myself." - Not exactly a stranger but from my host mom in Japan (for same reason above)
"Like royalty." And I asked him, what do you mean? "Just the way you walk; your manners." - Random flirty guy at Starbucks
"Excuse me! I just gotta say, you're one fine, sophisticated lady. Have a good evening!" - Random kind man in a wheelchair at a grocery parking lot.

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Oh yea, I forgot about this one!
"Thank you. It's cute." *teary eyes* "No one has ever done this. I love it." - A homeless woman, who was begging for money. I gave her a ten dollar bill folded up into a heart. Jeez, I almost cried myself just from that look in her eyes.

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I loved reading through these! This was my fav. Never underestimate the power of a kind word. Two things I remember like yesterday...The first was near my highest weight, I had just joined a gym and had only been going maybe a month. I was giving it 110% in a challenging class, though still pretty self conscious about being as big as I was, a very fit looking woman maybe in her 40s came over to be and said I was putting in a great effort and spoke to me a few minutes about my loss so far, encouraging me to stick around and keep at it. I thought it was so kind of her and it helped me to feel welcome in an unfamiliar environment. My future father in law had not seen me since losing 90lbs and when he saw me he gasped, gave me a big hug and congratulated me on my hard work. I try to pay it forward by including and encouraging friends and family in healthy activities, and strangers too!