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kittylester Tue 01-Mar-16 10:46:38

anno, it might not have been intended as a compliment but I'd certainly take it as one!

KatyK grin

KatyK Tue 01-Mar-16 10:43:07

A lovely Irish man once asked me when I was out with DH 'How was heaven when you left it?' I said to DH 'oh he thinks I look like an angel' and DH replied 'no, he thinks you look like you've just been exhumed'.
Charming grin

aggie Tue 01-Mar-16 10:21:42

Yes I was told I was the image of my Mother , but she was a good looking woman ! I burst out laughing , friend was offended and walked off !

annodomini Tue 01-Mar-16 10:13:00

Someone once told me I was a 'formidable woman'. I always wondered if that was meant as a compliment. hmm

annsixty Tue 01-Mar-16 09:09:25

Mine was similar to Eloethan when a friend at a dinner told me I looked nice, the dress I was wearing flattered me.

BBbevan Tue 01-Mar-16 08:58:25

My Dad always said I had legs like a robin !

rosesarered Tue 01-Mar-16 08:58:20

Wow Andy that was a big ask, wasn't it? ( the Guardianship.)

A boyfriend once told me that I was the smallest girl he had ever been out with, but the best looking. I was annoyed, and when later I told my Mother she laughed.

Teetime Tue 01-Mar-16 08:53:58

DH told me being married to me was an 'adventure'! grin

Andyf Tue 01-Mar-16 08:15:04

Probably not an odd complimented and not even meant to be one but three or four years ago a neighbours divorced daughter asked us if we would be guardians to her two children in the event of anything happening to her.
We said yes and I still consider it the ultimate compliment.

A stranger once told me I had child bearing hips ?

Falconbird Tue 01-Mar-16 08:13:18

A friend said:

"I hate pierced ears but if I ever had my ears pierced, which I wouldn't I'd wear ear rings like yours."

"Your hair looks nice for a change."

My auntie said:

"You're Bonnie but your mother was beautiful."

f77ms Tue 01-Mar-16 08:04:32

My son calls me a little ginger nutter ! I have never understood why , I am the most placid person ever .

shysal Tue 01-Mar-16 07:50:04

My ex , then my fiance, once said 'In the dark you're not bad'!

Gagagran Tue 01-Mar-16 07:25:14

Someone I'd just met said "Oh aren't you lovely and tall? Means you can carry the weight well". If she'd stopped after the first four words I would have been very pleased! hmm

suzied Tue 01-Mar-16 07:18:28

I think that's what's termed a " backhanded compliment"! Like the stuck up colleague who said to me " they're lovely earrings you've got on.- I can't wear cheap jewellery myself".

kittylester Tue 01-Mar-16 06:59:35

A great aunt told me that l looked just like my mum did at the same age.........just not so pretty!

Eloethan Tue 01-Mar-16 00:52:34

A young woman I worked with complimented me on the dress I was wearing and asked me where I bought it.

"Anne Brookes" I said.

"It really suits you", she replied, adding "do they do fashionable things?"

It still makes me laugh.

Jomarie Mon 29-Feb-16 23:28:48

I was once told that I as an "enigma". I was only 15 at the time and had to go home and look it up in the dictionary. I was pleasantly surprised !!! grin

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 29-Feb-16 19:41:00

grin Bags, the mind boggles! grin

absent Mon 29-Feb-16 19:36:05

I was once told that I walked like a well-bred carthorse. I have never been quite sure what to make of that but was amused by the "well-bred".

thatbags Mon 29-Feb-16 19:27:47

What's the oddest compliment you've ever had?

MrBags said I was like a black-headed gull once. I must have looked blank because he then explained: graceful flier (I can't fly, actually, but I was a good dancer), vivacious, garrulous. All things he is not.

He also once said I'm the clumsiest person he's ever known. That was before Minibags started crashing about the place hmm. I took that as a compliment too–you try flying gracefully and vivaciously (like a black-headed gull) around your house ?