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What is the nicest compliment paid to you (Original Post) malaise 2 hrs ago OP
Can't remember exactly who it was, but when I was working for the newspaper Walleye 2 hrs ago #1
You're my favorite substitute teacher! kimbutgar 2 hrs ago #2
kimbutgar....... Upthevibe 33 min ago #15
Recently? "I knew when I first saw you and you started to speak that you weren't a Trump supporter" hlthe2b 2 hrs ago #3
Nice! SheltieLover 2 hrs ago #5
A Great Compliment malaise 2 hrs ago #6
I enjoyed your book so much... The Blue Flower 2 hrs ago #4
Wow! malaise 1 hr ago #10
A former student dedicated a book to me. lapucelle 2 hrs ago #7
lapucelle..... Upthevibe 32 min ago #16
"At least True Dough 2 hrs ago #8
I love this forum! Is there anything more powerful than a compliment. legallyblondeNYC 2 hrs ago #9
Five little girls NJCher 1 hr ago #11
NJCher Upthevibe 28 min ago #17
"He was very thorough" dickthegrouch 1 hr ago #12
My husband of nearly 45 years dlilafae 1 hr ago #13
Young guy I worked with said "You always look like you're up to something." 2MuchNoise 1 hr ago #14

Walleye

(45,733 posts)
1. Can't remember exactly who it was, but when I was working for the newspaper
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 10:48 AM
2 hrs ago

A cute young guy recognized my name and said he had been following my photography for years. I didn’t think anybody even looked long enough to read the photo credit

hlthe2b

(115,043 posts)
3. Recently? "I knew when I first saw you and you started to speak that you weren't a Trump supporter"
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 10:59 AM
2 hrs ago

LOL

Early on? Not sure.

The Blue Flower

(6,642 posts)
4. I enjoyed your book so much...
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 11:01 AM
2 hrs ago

...I slowed down reading it at the end to make it last.

The title is "Profit & Loss." Self-published on amazon. A story about homelessness.

legallyblondeNYC

(220 posts)
9. I love this forum! Is there anything more powerful than a compliment.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 11:31 AM
2 hrs ago

The more we compliment each other, the more we can change the world.

NJCher

(43,739 posts)
11. Five little girls
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:04 PM
1 hr ago

Were sort of hanging around outside the school garden gate, and when I left to go to my car, they shyly came up to me and their "spokesperson" said, "We wanted to tell you you're pretty."

dickthegrouch

(4,722 posts)
12. "He was very thorough"
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:14 PM
1 hr ago

Said to my boss about a consultation job I had performed for that client.

My boss said it was "The worst thing said about me all year"

dlilafae

(506 posts)
13. My husband of nearly 45 years
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:26 PM
1 hr ago

told my M-i-L that I deserve my new car. To which, she had not ont thing to add. 😊

2MuchNoise

(941 posts)
14. Young guy I worked with said "You always look like you're up to something."
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:35 PM
1 hr ago

I don't think it was meant as a compliment, but I took it as one.

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