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What's the most unusual or memorable compliment you've ever been paid?

Just_Mel_
Just_Mel_ Posts: 3,992 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Any that ever just stuck with you and you still remember a long time later?
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  • Lilloops1985
    Lilloops1985 Posts: 134 Member
    Not unusual and memorable for the wrong reasons but when people tell me I look great for being a mom! 😤😤
  • jruch23
    jruch23 Posts: 1,069 Member
    I think a girl called me hot on here one time. I don't get that often lol
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Probably the most memorable/unusual - Years ago I was eating dinner at Outback and the waitress got right up next to my eyeball (seriously) and said my eyes looked like "Ella Enchanted" (Anne Hathaway).

    One that I've had a bunch of times and find strange - yet LOVE - is when I'm wearing anything with my alma mater on it and people ask if I played sports there. I was totally sedentary and close to 300 lb back in college and one lady even said I had a basketball player build. I laughed for the rest of that day.

  • JohnGulley83
    JohnGulley83 Posts: 3 Member
    I was working as a bouncer at a country night club and this girl came up to me and said "Opie, is that you." This is when Sons of Anarchy was a big hit. At the club we wore these biker style vests and I was dressed pretty much like I am in my profile pic.
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    "I feel lucky to get to know you better"
    :heart:
  • Reckoner68
    Reckoner68 Posts: 2,139 Member
    “You’re not the kind of guy I’d want to have fun with for a night or two. I’d marry you once I wanted to settle down.”
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    "you have a perpendicular face"
    ...was that a compliment?
    I heard "you look like a man"
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    tinkerhellraiser wrote: »
    Vikka_V wrote: »
    "I feel lucky to get to know you better"
    :heart:

    that’s really sweet 💛

    yep! best compliment I've ever had! Touched my heart, took my breath away
    :heart:
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    "you are pretty on the inside" (in comparison to her daughter)
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Someone once told me I had a really nice side profile. Ok sure...
  • Kali_818
    Kali_818 Posts: 267 Member
    Getting asked for I'd to buy beer this year....
    Like I'm 36 🙄
  • Tinydancer106
    Tinydancer106 Posts: 3,678 Member
    Deadman_Diggingup wrote: »
    “Of course I’ve seen larger, but you give maximum effort and that’s admirable”.

    It is a really good beard!😎👍......🤷
  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
    Tinydancer106 wrote: »
    That I have good posture ....only cuz ballet beat it into me lol😂🙈

    And this one was said to me a few times in a few different ways basically I don't look as short as I am.....🙄.....i guess until they come right up to me and have to look down lol....i get alot of "omg when did you get so short!?" 🤔...7th grade when the tallest girl in 6th grade came back to school as the shortest... be careful of what you wish for folks😔

    I also get a lot of compliments on my voice 🤷

    Well I just happen to like short ,, Short is good :)
  • mtndewme
    mtndewme Posts: 724 Member
    When I was a young teen my friend told me that other girls tried to act like me but with me it was real.
    I have no idea what that meant but I took it as a compliment
  • FabulousFantasticFifty
    FabulousFantasticFifty Posts: 195,832 Member
    I had a friend who was 6' tall and her boyfriend 6'5"
    We had gone to a Halloween party then decided to play pool after at their place. Being short, 4'11" , I've always worn heels for the most part. I took off my shoes and when the boyfriend stood next to me he said "Oh how cute.... you're like a Midget!" I'm pretty sure that it was meant as a compliment 🤨
  • bigjuicy1234
    bigjuicy1234 Posts: 22,577 Member
    A stripper told me I'd be perfect for radio. Not sure if she meant my face or voice but I didnt put any more dollars in her g string that night 😂
  • shaf238
    shaf238 Posts: 4,022 Member
    edited December 2019
    That I can't be put in a box :)

    (She didn't mean physically. I think)
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,723 Member
    I used to get carded way into my 40's. It was a bit disheartening when that stopped. But now, on the other side of the coin, at 66 I have to beg for senior discounts. :)
  • ythannah
    ythannah Posts: 4,381 Member
    Back when we first met the SO called me "a little bitty thing". I'm 5'9" and I was in heels at the time. However, he's 6'9" so perspective is everything.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    edited December 2019
    Tinydancer106 wrote: »

    And this one was said to me a few times in a few different ways basically I don't look as short as I am.....🙄.....i guess until they come right up to me and have to look down lol....i get alot of "omg when did you get so short!?" 🤔...7th grade when the tallest girl in 6th grade came back to school as the shortest... be careful of what you wish for folks😔
    🤷

    I'm SORT OF tall (5'8") but I was the tallest student by far in elementary school, like 5'4" and taller than every 5th grader even when I was in 3rd grade...taller than several of my teachers even. My bubble was SO burst when I got to middle school (6th grade) and there were tons of girls taller than my 5'6" at the time...and a dozen boys too. :D My dad was a burly 6'4" back then and everyone assumed I'd be over 6 feet. Nah. Quit growing at 14.
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    I’ve had many people tell me I look 25. I’m 37. Love that. 💕
  • cowsfan12
    cowsfan12 Posts: 6,312 Member
    Someone here told me my face was very symmetrical once - 🤷‍♂️
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