My wife when mentioning how some woman she was talking to mentioned how unusual my reaction was in relation to the situation, I said not unusual at all and she said:
“Oh she is thinking you’re a normal person or something because she doesn’t know you”
:)That was so sweet, I want not a normal person on my tombstone.
An old boss once called me “The Ethel Merman of the Foreign Service.” I think he meant it as a compliment…
While visiting an art exhibit of Old Spanish Masters with a guy I really liked (but, alas, it was not meant to be), he told me, “These artists would have loved you. You have the face of a wounded saint.”
That is my favorite compliment I have ever received. :o
After helping a co-worker jump start his car he told me “Thanks, I take back some of the thing I said about you.”
Someone else referred to me as being “evil, but in a cuddly way”.
“You’d make an ugly woman.”
“You’re so intelligent you’re basically retarded.”
Took that as a compliment for sure.
“One day, you’ll make some nice girl very confused.”
It was said in the context of her basically telling me: “Don’t hit on me. I like you just fine, but I have a boyfriend. Besides, you’re kind of a weirdo.”
My reply: “What do you mean, some day? Been there, done that.” I probably took it as much more of a positive than she intended it to be.
A person I once knew described herself like this on her MyFace-or-whateveritwas page: “I’m kind of retarded. But I’m also kind of amazing.” I can only assume that someone told her that, and she decided to own it. And it was completely spot on. I would never have told her that to her face, but I had certainly had the same thought. And if I had told her, I would have meant it as a compliment. It’s exactly what I always loved about her.
I was talking with someone once about how I am frequently motivated by guilt, and he said, “You’d be a great Catholic.”
I was recently told that I looked like an unopened Christmas present. “But in a good way.”
It makes sense if you hang out with circus performers. They like their sparkle so much, they sneeze glitter.
Once, after an hour of intense passion, my then-bf said to me, “There’s nothing wrong with you that isn’t correctable.” I chose to take that as a compliment.
Well, someone once told me they couldn’t bear to eat the dessert I’d made because it looked like shit…
…as the dessert in question was a food sculpture designed for an art final—the ingredients including gourmet fudge and candy corn—it meant I’d succeeded perfectly, and I thanked the lady, cheerfully.