What was the best compliment you ever received from a stranger?

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I was aimlessly walking one time when I was 18. No cash in my pocket, no aim, no immediate plans for my future. Just wondering what I want to do or even if I was capable of achieving anything.

I was chilling for a bit on a bench as this homeless guy walked past by me. Instead of asking for a cash as I expected, the dude looked at me and told ” hey man, you can do it” and just walked away on his merry way.

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  2. Dareal_truth Avatar

    I look beautiful

  3. GandalfTheJaded Avatar

    I was told my eyes were like the ocean. Since I love visiting the ocean that made me really happy.

  4. Euphoric-Passion5118 Avatar

    Not so much a verbal compliment.

    But I was walking to the grocery store after my gym session (had a bit of a pump happening and wearing my tank top. And this mum with her 2 kids literally stopped and gawked.

    I consider myself to be an average looking guy… but that was the look of someone who admired my hard work.

  5. Careless_Bridge5167 Avatar

    I consider myself below average.

    Once I went to a repair shop to replace laptop battery.

    Shop Guy: “Which gym do you go to?”

    Me: How do you know I go to gym?

    Shop Guy: Anyone can tell by looking at your shape.

  6. FreddieJasonizz Avatar

    A stranger in a parking lot: “Hey man, you look like a movie star”

    Me: “Thanks….you too”

  7. Dangerous_Pie_3338 Avatar

    Ive been asked multiple times by strangers (typically other men) how I got in the shape I’m in or how I get arms like mine. Compliments from women are nice too but women are less straightforward about it, but I also have my wife who said it was one of the reasons she was attracted to me so I’m not really worried about it, but I do enjoy the bro moments, and it’s nice to know that what Ive been doing is working.

  8. Uniquelypoured Avatar

    Young Espresso girl told me I had nice teeth. I was probably twice her age. I think about it still today and that was years ago.

  9. Wonderful_Belt4626 Avatar

    The RSL I worked at as a TAFE student, used to host the volunteers of the Gold Coast Indy for a big knees up, feed n grog, post event, around 1400 pax.
    Due to monumental stuff ups and dummy spits, I get handed the function sheet, no idea why anyone thought I could pull it off, at least it was a buffet…
    Managed to pull it off, wasn’t perfect but did the job.
    Sitting on a pail in the function kitchen afterwards when the F&B manager walked in, put his hand on my shoulder and said “well done, mate..”
    That was all I needed..

  10. NPC-BOT42 Avatar

    Getting out of a tractor, long scruffy hair, knackered baseball cap, f-ked work jeans, rainbow mirror safety shades on.

    “Shit, you look like a rockstar”

    From a rather attractive girl half my age. 😎

  11. CarlJustCarl Avatar

    I was holding an umbrella for my wife as we went to her side of the car and let her in. A gal passed by and told me she wished her husband would treat her the way I treat my wife. Sadly I had closed the door so my wife didn’t hear the remark. I just said, aw, thank you.

  12. Alone_Psychology_464 Avatar

    I’ve never received a compliment from anyone and I want to keep it that way.

  13. molten_dragon Avatar

    I used to be really fat. Morbidly obese. A little more than 10 years ago I finally hit my rock bottom and started to get healthier and lose the weight.

    About 5 years ago I ran into an old coworker I hadn’t seen since my fat days. I waved at him and said hi as we passed in the hall and the guy did a literal double take and said “Holy Shit! I didn’t even recognize you. You’re like half the size you used to be!”

    That one stuck with me.

  14. Rosegirl0399 Avatar

    Someone complimented my smile.. but It was COVID at the time and I had a mask over my face. I was very confused.