What is the best compliment you have received recently?

[NMMNG]

Mine: A coworker said; "You're what, 25-26?"

I'm going to be 37 in 12 days....

[Heidi]

1. Note from my ex-husband's oldest son . . .

"You're still a liberal." I thought that was pretty nice. :)

[NMMNG]

5. Did he intend it as a compliment?

[Heidi]

9. I think it was an observation.

He's become one of those young folks who stand in front of the US Supreme Court in silent protest of abortion, though.

[LastKnight]

2. ive been getting hit on latley...

more accuratley im starting to notice it again. not directly compliments but i think it serves as one, at least in my world it does.

that and somone said i looked like jesus the other day. im a guy with long hair and a beard, if that means i look like jesus so be it... compliment or not, i donno.

[Heidi]

3. Here, have a _real_ compliment.

You're one of the nicest Nighthawks, and while I'm at it, you're quite cute.

[LastKnight]

4. thanks lol.

we have a group name now huh? Nighthawks... cool.

so we should start like a basketball team or something, we could have a mascot and everything, we already ahve hte cool name!

[Heidi]

7. It could be a different name by tomorrow night.

(Who knows?) But tonight "Nighthawks" sounded better to me than "Lounge Lizards."

I'm all up for competitive Twister. Whatta ya think? :rofl:

[enigmatic]

10. Nighthawks is perfect

We should all get jackets w/ the logo on the back, just like The Jets in West Side Story:)

[Heidi]

11. Leather bomber jackets.

We'll _force_ 'em back into style!

[LastKnight]

12. hell im in...

what... with an optimistic estimate theres like a dozen of us scattered across the nation. hell we will fit right in and wont look crazy at all when we explain to people what the Nighthawks are.

where do i send the money order? i want a jacket.

[Heidi]

13. We're scattered _around the world_ , in fact.

I'd like it even better if people could tell who we are just by looking us in the eye . . . ;)

[LastKnight]

14. ah yes, i forget

we all arent insomniacs, just in different timezones.

what we need is a catchy themesong and a gang dance type of thing, ala west side story as suggested earlier.

[enigmatic]

15. We can do that

alot of us Nighthawks are musicians; that would be fun to do..

[tjwmason]

21. Having seen your picture I'm not at all surprised

[Maddy McCall]

6. A woman asked me last week if my son was my younger brother.

She couldn't believe that I am going to be 40. My son is 11. She said, "Well you don't have a wrinkle on your face." I thought it was sweet of her.

[NMMNG]

18. That's wonderful

Those wrinkles will make you look old even if you're not. The fact that I only have a few very fine lines under my eyes may be why some people don't realize how old I am. I guess it's good I wasn't a big sun worshipper when I was younger.

[BikeWriter]

8. That was sweet of them, Buffy. I'm sure you're lovely!

:)

[NMMNG]

17. Indeed it was

Especially since my birthday is coming up.

No matter how old I get I often feel like I'm just a teenager "playing grown-up". At the same time I've been bordering on my midlife crisis for a few years now, likely because the big 4-0 is so close. It's nice when someone actually mistakes me for 10 years younger than I am. It would be nicer if I actually was 10 years younger than I am.

[BikeWriter]

19. I've been lucky in physical health until recently. I'll have to be...

grateful for that. :-)

[enigmatic]

16. Isn't that great?

I'm sure you look even younger:)

[WCGreen]

20. You're not dead!!!!

[NMMNG]

24. Please explain this one

My curiosity is piqued...

[WCGreen]

25. Old friends of mine had bets on when I would die...

I really had a deathwish kind of life going....
The general belief was I would be dead before I was 30....

So that's why the person said that to me after not having seen me for fifteen years.

[NMMNG]

26. I see

Well then, it is very good that you are still alive. :hug:

[WCGreen]

27. Not everyone would agree...

But I am surely happy I am still alive...

Better yet, I am truly happy that I have had something to do with staying alive...

Oh I changed my wicked ways......

Well, not all of them.....

[NMMNG]

28. The people who wouldn't agree aren't worthy of considering IMO

[fudge stripe cookays]

22. "You're the strongest person I know."

After my diagnosis, one of my friends sent me a little card and said this.

This is a woman who volunteered for Dean with me, worked with me on the campaign down here, and attended the meetups I started.

I was pretty flattered!
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[tjwmason]

23. Not recent but my best ever was that I'm a contradiction in terms

At least it appeals both to my vanity and eccentricity.

It was during the long vacation from university. I had been working in the same office for the whole time, on the last day one of the permanent employees asked if I was going to the pub with folk at lunch-time (as was traditional when somebody left). I responded that I was only a temp (who didn't do so). He replied that I was a long-term temp. I pointed out that this was a contradiction in terms. He simply said "that's how we like to think of you" - he was mostly an somewhat irritating person, but that made up for it.

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

29. Not a full blown compliment, but...

I did get carded a couple of days ago buying smokes for my husband. Before I handed over my ID, I asked the clerk how old she thought I was, and she said "Probably 23 or 24."

I'll be 30 in a few months. If this keeps up, I'll be a happy woman for a long, long time. :)

[NMMNG]

30. I remember getting carded into my late 20's--it felt good

Then when it stopped I began feeling down

[datasuspect]

31. "sir, nice sculpted buttocks you have there"

[datasuspect]

32. that's how i hit on women

but with women in their 40s-50s.

but i always do it in a corny southern kind of way. not creepy. they seem to like it.

it helps that i have boyish good looks and some nice grey coming in on the sides. that way i can look distinguished and young

[Mutley]

33. I am cute.

:wow: I didn't know!

[Heidi]

34. Yes, you are.

It's the freckles . . . and your fine heart and mind. :hi: mutley!

[Mutley]

35. Thank you Heidi!

:hug: You're the best!

[sendero]

36. I get that all the time..

... people routinely guess my age at 10 below what it really is.

When I was younger, it really pissed me off. Nowadays, I couldn't be happier :)

[NMMNG]

44. From my childhood through young adulthood I was always thought to be

several years older than my actual age. Then as I got to my mid twenties things began to shift a bit and my age was generally pegged correctly. Now, happily, people seem to be thinking me younger than I really am (though most don't guess a whole 10 years younger).

[Throckmorton]

37. That I had nice, well mannered children

I was told that in a restaurant in North COnway NH last week.

[NMMNG]

45. That's wonderful

Many times people only comment on children when they are behaving badly. It is nice someone took the time to pay a compliment.

[swag]

38. I was told that I was good at giving compliments.

That I used just the right emphasis so that my compliments didn't sound like flattery.

[BlueIris]

39. "You're different, and that's okay."

Complete stranger. So sweet.

[LaurenG]

42. How refreshing

Different is more than ok. Different is what it takes to change stuff. :)

[NMMNG]

46. More people should be like that

If that message got out and "being different" were more widely accepted it could do wonders for the mental health of the nation.

[Trigger Hippie]

40. My dad told me I was brave for moving

to a new city alone. :)

[GaYellowDawg]

41. "You're a bridge builder."

I thought was a very nice thing to say.

[Shell Beau]

43. People tend to think I am about 17 even though I am 27.

When my hubby and I go out, he likes to stay really close b/c of guys hitting on me. My husband is not the jealous type so I love to see him sqeeze me closer when a guy even looks my way!

[Jamastiene]

47. Several people over a very short period of time

told me they liked my writing. I write monstrous long emails to a friend of mine and sometimes on DU. I used to play the guitar to practice my creative expression. Lately, I've been enjoying writing not only music on the computer, but also stories, long emails, and opinion pieces, an awful lot lately. It seems like I have been feeling very inspired and creative lately.

Having my friend, my English teacher from last summer's English class, and then several people on DU say they liked reading my posts/emails/writing assignments made me feel good. I mean people have said they liked my guitar playing but there has been this cloud always hovering over that because of some of the comments made when I was younger. Whe I first played in front of people, a lot of them would say, "You are pretty good at playing guitar, for a girl.

It always made me wonder what difference it should make what sex the skin on my fingers is. Joan Jett said something about what difference it should make what the sex of the skin playing the guitar is one time too. She's my hero. I was happy to hear her say the same thing I was thinking. I guess the people who say "for a girl" have their reasons for feeling that way. I don't get it though.

[vi5]

48. Mine was similar. A 31 year old woman told me I'd...

..understand something more when I turned 30.

I'm 35 going on 36.

[NewJeffCT]

49. My little nephew in China

I think he is 10 or 11 and the teacher in their English class was assigning them English names... the teacher gave him "Peter" and he said that he didn't want to be called Peter, he wanted to be called "Jeff" (questioning the teacher is a big no-no in China, too!)