What is the best compliment you've ever gotten?

[Anonymous]

My lit professor in college took another student and me aside and told us that we should consider getting our MFA because our creative writing was exceptional. The other student listened and is an extremely successful and acclaimed writer. I was "practical" and went to law school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“You know who you are and you make no apologies for it.” A friend of mine said that to me in my 20’s and it stayed with me.

One of my children tells me I make the “best food.” He enjoys my cooking so much and it’s obvious it brings him a lot of joy… so I’m pretty much amenable to taking all dinner requests from him

LOL, PP, I'm not so sure that's a compliment!

[Anonymous]

When I mentioned the idea of each parent taking a kid on a spring break trip because they have different spring breaks, they fought over who got to go with me

Not that DH isn’t a great and fun dad, but his planning skills are…lacking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some guy at the gym told me I had a nice looking junk

Junk= butt?

I thought junk was penis

Yes he was complimenting my pen1s. Was trying not to be crass.

What guy says that? Ew

A guy trying to hook up with that other guy!!!

[Anonymous]

Someone said to me, “you broke the cycle”. I realized I did and it felt good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to be a high school art teacher. I started teaching very young (23) and was definitely overwhelmed my first year teaching at an inner city high school in a large city. It was rough, but even so, I’ve had a number of notes and compliments from students over the years. The one that stands out the most is from one student who was an absolute terror. He was an angry, angry young man, and I had to send him to the office on more than one occasion for being violent in class. Well, 10+ years later, he found me on FB and sent me a message apologizing for being so awful, and thanking me for always being kind, even when he didn’t deserve it. He told me that my class was what helped him get through the death of his mother, and lead him to his love for art.

So for those of you out there who feel like specials like art and music are a waste of time, all I can say is art saves lives.

Oh I got chills reading this. I work at a title 1 school with some tough students and I keep going back to the fact that I may be one of the most stable and welcoming adults in their lives and they may not remember me, but I will make a difference.

[Anonymous]

That I’m the “warmest, nicest, mist kind Xxxxx they ever had and that I show that I truly care about them.”

From a very sweet 6th grader.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Big law guy told me I was too pretty to date someone at Venable.

So then you should have been dating someone from Skadden or Cravath instead??

[Anonymous]

I was taking my then 3 year old out of the shopping cart at the grocery store and we were talking and being silly. Someone came over and said ‘it’s so nice to see a child being so loved. I wish more kids got that.’ It was such a kind comment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Big law guy told me I was too pretty to date someone at Venable.

So then you should have been dating someone from Skadden or Cravath instead??

Only in DC, a city of lawyers, is this a compliment. "You're pretty enough to date someone at Cravath!"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some guy at the gym told me I had a nice looking junk

Junk= butt?

I thought junk was penis

Yes he was complimenting my pen1s. Was trying not to be crass.

What guy says that? Ew

+1

Was he hitting on you? Why was he looking down there and why were you naked?

[Anonymous]

One of my colleagues told me that out of everyone else in the office, he felt I really want all of the people around me to be successful.

I thought that was very sweet.

He is younger than me and also told me I taught him a lot about life and how to be a kind person. I thought that was very sweet too!

[Anonymous]

My friend said I had a really good tennis stroke and wanted me to give lessons on stroking.

[Anonymous]

When, after a major classroom presentation, my graduate school professor approached me and offered to write a letter of recommendation to his alma mater (a fantastic school and the top in my field) if I wanted to pursue my doctorate. He said he thought I would do quite well there.

No, was done with school, but I grew up without encouragement and had low confidence-- to have someone believe in me like that, and based solely on my performance, was something I will never forget.

[Anonymous]

In high school, a few classmates told me I was “down to earth.” It stuck with me.