What is the nicest thing someone has ever said to you?

I know copycat threads are typically annoying...but can you remember something positive someone has said to you before that stuck in your mind?

else around me. She said that I was one of the overall smartest students that she had ever taught. That was right after she had found that someone had written something very nasty in permanent marker across the top of my desk about me.

Mr. Hixson. I always wondered what happened to him. He made a huge difference on my outlook of school and kids in general. I wouldn't go back to being a kid if you paid me millions, kids can be cruel.

I hated school-mostly because of the other kids. I loved learning I just hated some of the people that I had to be around.

It brings a tear to my eye everytime I think about that moment.

Best day of my life.

:toast:

I can imagine how sometimes that's the best thing someone could say.

Hopefully things are a lot better now!

david

But I have a couple of exes I could relate that story with rather well, like dropping 100 pounds overnight isn't it?

My literary agent called just as Rosh Hashanah was getting close, and that was her opening line.

My best friend has been a farmer all his life. He's very quiet and reserved and doesn't speak unless he has something to say. He's a New Englander - praise is kind of rare and never effusive with New Englanders.

Anyway, I was helping him with the haying one day. He was mowing and I was working with the crew loading the truck - my job was to stack. Stacking hay in such a way that you get the optimum amount on the truck without having to rope it in and without losing any bales is an art.

He came over as we were finishing up. The hay was stacked way up above the sides of the truck and it was beautiful. He took a long look, then said quietly,

"You've stacked hay before."

Sweet praise indeed.

I must put the remark in context: my husband and I were wed in an Arabic restaurant in a Universal Worship ceremony. This ceremony, which is used by the Sufi Order International and the Sufi Ruhaniat Society, places holy texts of the world's traditions on the altar. A candle is lit for each tradition;words from each holy book are read (in the case of Native American religion, an eagle feather was placed on the altar).

Anyway, the ceremony took place on a day when the restaurant, the hangout for all the local Muslims, was closed. Many of them, curious because of all the cars, came in and sat at the back during the ceremony. When it was over, the owner came up to us and said, "Come meet my friend. He's from Egypt, he's a cynic!"

We followed the owner to a booth in the back of the restaurant where a man sat, looked rather dazed. "What was that?" he asked us.

We explained Universal Worship to him.

His reply:

"Do you realize if this catches on, there can be no more wars?"

The nicest thing ever said to me.

when my (now) husband told me for the very first time that he loved me. He didn't say "I love you." He made a statement that he thought about me all the time, he worried about me, he cared about me, he wanted me to be happy, and so he said, he thought he loved me. It was the MOST thoughtful declaration of love I'd ever heard! And that's true to this day...We'll be celebrating 40 years in June...He is absolutely the love of my life and my foundation and rock. We both say we don't deserve each other. And it's true...

at a time when I needed some support and stability in my life. You have no idea the impact you made on me...I will love you forever!

(snip)

Just know that you have always had a very special place in my heart, an incredible chunk of my life, and I will always be here for you, no matter where your life takes you."

One of my old classmates told me he always admired me because when we were kids and playing dodgeball, I took a direct hit to the face and didn't cry. He said I was tough for a girl.

How's that for an odd compliment?

:evilgrin:

you did a good job".

gets me every time :cry:

that I was the most passionate person he had ever met. (Mods don't lock! Let me explain!)

He even clarified...that it wasn't just THAT (but that was part of it). He loved how INTO everything I was. Music, art, literature, film...that whatever I was into I was 200% into.

I had a low self opinion for many years, and finally began developing fervent interests and a love of all things cultural for my own satisfaction. Having someone admire that and be attracted to it gave me SUCH a rush of pride and self-love.

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I forgot to post one of mine when I started this, so I went and dug one of them up from my e-mail.

Sadly it is from an ex, but I think this says enough without me having to explain. No matter how much things may hurt sometimes, this just goes to show you don't always have to drag people down with you in the process.

After we broke up....

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I just wanted to remind you that no matter what ever happens in your life that you will never be alone you will always have some one there with you cheering you in times of achievement, comforting you in times of sadness, laughing with you in times of joy,and caring for you in times of illness. You are the most remarkable woman I know and I am the unlucky one now without you. I hope the next mans heart you sear your name into isn't as neglectful and treats you like the wonderful person you are. Blind I was, but now I see. Stay Beautiful.


He'll never know and I'll probably never tell him how much this helped me out in the end.

Thanks for starting it! I had a ('scuse the language) punk-ass day and needed some good vibes.

For me - two things come to mind:

My best friend was asked once (after I lost a lot of weight) "Doesn't she (meaning me) look great?" And she said: "She always looks the same to me."

And one night after one of our early dates my husband looked over at me and said, "This is so great - where have you been all my life?"
(Just so you know - I said, "Looking for you!")

(And a copycat to boot)

No need to apologize for language, I was starting to get bummed reading some of the threads on here earlier so I decided we could all do with a bit of reverse psychology on the matter..

Thanks for sharing!!!

(very long story), that I was a wonderful man and that I would have no trouble finding a wonderful woman.

In 6th grade, I took an accelerated Language Arts program, and for an hour every other day I was in a class with a teacher other than my regular teacher.

One day, shortly after I had turned in an essay on something-or-other, this accelerated class teacher called me to her desk. She handed the essay back to me and accused me of cheating. She said I must have had my mother or another adult write it. She said that not only was the language and writing style too advanced for a 6th grader, even the penmanship didn't look like a child's.

I was crushed. I had written every single word myself - from my own brain and my own hand. She was so angry and so disbelieving of me when I tried to defend myself that I cried.

I later told my regular teacher about it, and he was livid on my behalf. He took me and the paper back to this other teacher's room and read her the riot act. He told her exactly what he thought of what she had done, told her I was one of his best students ever, and for her to accuse me not only of cheating but also of lying was unthinkable. He wanted to know how she could be my teacher and not know the way I thought and wrote and what my penmanship looked like. And he demanded that she apologize to me.

Being defended so vehemently left a lasting impression on me: some adults really DO care about how other people treat kids.

" I just want to hug you and to hold you, and let you know that you are a wondrous women of endless potential and that it will all be all right."

Thank you for helping me rediscover my own strength and spirit, S. I'll never forget you.