Have you been complimented by a stranger before?

I get that a lot. ("You look like a very sharp person...") Usually it's from MLM amateurs trying to get me to join their company.

Sounds more like she was hitting on you

That's a very good conversation starter if you want to know someone. So to answer your question, yes. It's not uncommon. It's not weird.

Today l got some free icecream with my cake and coffee, not much apart from that.

I know that Claude will be offended by this gross act of generosity, and the free tub of rocky road is already on its way to his Wooster vacuum store.

COD, via Economy airmail on Slug-in-Snail airlines, but l am sure that the half dozen ice cubes will help.

Do not ever regret it

Yeah, me many times.

Once I was walking with my Dad in the grocery store. I must have been 10 or 11 years old.

A stranger looked at me and said "What a handsome little boy. I'll give you $100 for him".
I never saw my family again.

So...Yes, a man once said I was handsome.

Not to me, they are not.

I have been complimented by a strangerbefore and I thanked them for making the comment. Even when I first introduce myself to people some think that I am younger than my age so I take it with a smile.

Took meatloaf to family get together, a cousin brought a friend, a complete stranger and he said my meatloaf was the best he ever had...and this while still sober too.

GordonJ

I love meatloaf!


Yes, I've had 'stranger compliments' before ...some stranger than others.

Mine is kind of a secret, but I'll share, and do not read this if you are offended by a somewhat naughty post.



My most recent memorable compliment from a stranger was at a sushi restaurant. A elderly female stranger listening-in sat at the table next to my wife and me when the waiter asked me if I would like a sushi sampler plate. I politely declined and added I do not eat sushi myself, but my wife loves it and would love a sampler. The waiter took our order and left.


The stranger sitting next to us said to me "Excuse me, I couldn't help overhear and just want to compliment you on your manners and such a lovely wife." I smiled and replied something like "Thank you, I am always on my best behavior when my wife is with me." The stranger paid another compliment something like "Of course and you both have been married for some time now?" "Yes, happily married for over 27 years." The stranger replied something like "How wonderful. What is the secret to a long marriage?" I replied "Well, in context, I don't eat sushi, but I have nothing against eating...!"



Just one little secret compliment to a long marriage

Jeffery - In my mind I can hear you saying that...in a polite and measured tone.


...and I don't eat sushi either

jeffery haha wel my father use to always claim to be on a sea food diet..if he could see food he would eat it ..

last time i ate sushi was in Vegas early in 2017 .. when i was working on the strip as a street performer .. and a japanese couple gave me the food claiming it was real sushi .. which i translate to expensive .. but i was already kind of drunk so it tasted pretty good .. i still think the cheap fake sushi is better though..but i guess it's an acquired taste ..and i prefer fully cooked meat.. which was always a problem with my mother cooking ..to me anyway .

you are lucky to find a woman who could handle your antics ..

Nothing in life should ever have less marshmallows....just sayin....more is always better!

I was complimented once.

I felt so good about it I personally escorted the complimenter back to the mental health facility they had wandered away from.

Brent

I used to hear "You're a great salesman" a lot. But it told me about them, not about me.

I hear "You should do stand up comedy" often....but these things aren't felt by me as compliments. It's more that I match the person saying it.

I've heard "Your books (or interview or training course) changed my business". And I know it's meant as a compliment. But again, it says more about the person saying it, than about me.

My wife and I sat next to each other on a 5 hour flight, and the man sitting beside us, at the end of the flight said "It's obvious you are both very much in love. How long have you been married?" I think I said "24 years". He said "An amazing accomplishment".

I said "Not on my part. I just got very lucky". The compliment was really for my wife, and how she puts up with my shit, and laughs at my nonsense.

Back when I wasn't a 160 pound bean pole and did a bit o' weight lifting a group of about 10 NYPD (cops in NYC for the uninitiated) said: "You should be protecting us," as I was walking around the City. My upper body was a wee bit bigger then.

It's 90% women over the age of 50 or 60 complimenting my hair...