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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten
Nothing can turn my frown upside down faster than receiving an unexpected, genuine compliment. If someone boosts my ego, I’m going to remember that moment for the rest of my life. And I’ll be on cloud nine for at least the rest of the day!
We all deserve to have our egos boosted every now and then, and it feels wonderful to spike your loved ones’ self-confidence too. So if you’re looking for ideas on how to do so, Reddit users have recently been sharing examples of wholesome moments that shot their egos through the roof. Enjoy scrolling through this list, and be sure to upvote the things that would totally hype you up too!
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#1
This is weird, but here goes. When the vet tells me, genuinely, my kitty was a good girl, a couple grumbles, put liked the pets and lovies and was cooperative. She has a checkered past, and when I first adopted her, her foster family had been kicked out of three vets. Her first vet appointment I took her to required three very experienced vet techs and the vet to be in protective gear. I just loved her and was happy to have her even if she was just a stone cold psycho forever. I never expected she would become such a lovey and snuggler and be my little shadow. That she is a good girl for the vet makes me so happy for her and makes me feel like I did a good job helping her feel safe. I am also so happy other people get to love her too. ETA - this is important to me because growing up, as an adult I realize, pets in our family were not well taken care of. It matters to me that I grew up to be a person who cares for pets well.
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#2
I was in the mall bathroom and it was packed. While I was gussying up, the toddler next to me points at me and told her mom ‘mommy look shes so pretty.’ I got shy because there were so many people. Ill never forget you little girl!
TheBlueBitterfly 4 months ago
Aww! A couple weeks ago a mother snd a few little kids csme in the store. Kids were excitedly running about picking snacks. One little girl, couldn't have been older than 5, almost runs into me. She ever-so-sweetly apologized, staring up at me with huge brown eyes. Then she says "Oh! You're so beautiful!" And frolicks off. I think I almost cried. I'm 43, obese, my face is permanently mottled red, and my hair is very thin and mostly silver. I don't know what she saw. (I'm tearing up just remembering this.)
#3
I work at Walmart as a picker(I shop for online orders). WM can be overwhelming anyway, and when the store is busy, customers hate us, always saying we're rude and in the way, but one day I was in an aisle waiting for some customers to get by me and an older woman said to me "you have the sweetest smile" when she walked by and it was the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. My mom or no one else in my life has ever said anything nice to me like that and I'm 57.
It really made my day.
#4
At my first proper job the team in my office started becoming toxic and the one guy I was on good terms with called his girlfriend and I overheard him tell her that I was the only decent guy in the office. As someone who struggled with making and maintaining friends, this made me feel like I am no longer the a*****e schoolboy heavily influenced by my a*****e father.
#5
Whenever we go camping I always light the fire. Every year someone will try to usurp me and every year I will be dragged away from building my tent because they can't get it going. I am the fire queen. .
cerinamroth 4 months ago
I grew up on a self-sufficient smallholding and all my friends agree that, come the apocalypse, I'm the lady with the skills we need to survive! That made me laugh but also feel quite good!
#6
When my dog chooses to cuddle with me instead of anyone else in the room.
#7
When I get to exercise my vast collection of random information I have amassed over the decades of diving into rabbit holes on the internet. Being able to answer the questions most people say "Who TF even knows this s**t?" feels so good! Makes me feel smart and educated even though I'm a dumb dropout.
DutchPanda 4 months ago
Everyone's smart in their own way, the fact that you learned to do things in a different way, than they taught you at school, doesn't make you dumb. It tells that you're thinking outside the box
#8
Recently a guy a the grocery store said “wow, you have the most vibrant eyes”. Then he turned to his girlfriend and said “aren’t they amazing?” It felt like a huge compliment because I’m a guy and he clearly wasn’t hitting on me….and yes, I’m sure it was his girlfriend because he was all over her.
cerinamroth 4 months ago
I speak rather rudimentary Japanese and one day while waiting in the queue at the convenience store near Mount Fuji, an old woman patted me on the arm and smiled at me. She pointed to my eyes, and said they were beautiful. As beautiful and blue as the sky above Mount Fuji! I nearly cried!
#9
Being told I’m the reason someone didn’t give up.
#10
I am a large straight man, at my last job the two lesbians that worked there were STUNNED that I was single.
I have been riding that high for almost 6 years.
That's the TLDR version, the verbatim conversation was...
L1 - "You've got a girlfriend right?"
Me - "Nope, still single."
L2 - "Really? You aren't dating anyone?"
Me - "That's right, haven't dated in a few years."
*Both girls look at one another, then back to me, and say in unison*
"HOW?!?".
#11
When someone says their pet likes me, or if an animal chose to sit in my lap instead of someone else's. That always makes my day.
Multa Nocte 4 months ago
Because pets are generally better at telling a comfortable person than many people are.
#13
Multiple people have commented on my laugh before but it never really sank in until one of my buddies says "Man, your laugh is one of my favorite things to hear" and that's when I realized "Maybe I do have it pretty good".
#14
Overhearing someone compliment or say something positive about you when they don’t think you are listening.
When the older black lady calls me sugar or honey.
#15
The compliment I got from some random woman at a bar a few weeks ago where she said I (a man) had nice hair and then disappeared into the crowd never to be seen again. I remember your words random lady and thank you for them.
DennyS (denzoren) 4 months ago
Its really strange to think about it cause like there has been random times over my 36 years, as rare as they are lol, and I remember them lol
#16
When my son tells me that I'm the "best mama ever". It makes me feel like I can conquer the world.
cerinamroth 4 months ago
Mine tells me to go away, and once told me that he thought I should be dead (he's 2). My daughter's a sweetie, though! (Thank God.)
#18
When a child tells me I am pretty. Kids are genuine. I believe them.
Karina 4 months ago
"Here, I made you this necklace, so that you can remember you are a woman" - it dosnt have the same ring to it 😂 She also touched the face of my Bob Marley tshirt i was wearing and said " wow, you have all this bumps in your stomack", so I had to explain abs to her. She is very sweet tho, my little neighbor ❤️
#19
Making someone I care about happy.
#21
Someone remembering small details about me.
The Nessie 4 months ago
As long as that small detail isn't your name, I'm your girl! I remember so much "small"stuff about people. I will know when you rabbit died, what kind of soup you dislike, how you named your childhood pet, how you "fight"with your significant other about the favorite spoon in the house....What I will not remember is your name
#22
Being able to help someone or to somehow improve their day.
TheBlueBitterfly 4 months ago
Honestly, this is the only thing that gets me through working retail. I go way out of my way for people.
#25
When you haven’t seen someone in a while and they say “You look great” and you know it’s genuine.
#26
Out of the blue compliments of my abilities at something I love doing.
#27
When my photography gets appreciated.
DennyS (denzoren) 4 months ago
Plus, all photography is great, you took the picture so that must mean you saw something worth photographing...even if it's those duck face selfies...still great because it's great to the person in it.
#28
Knowing my writing resonated with someone.
#30
Receiving an unexpected bonus or gift.
What do you think ?
Multa Nocte 4 months ago
So nice to have an article centred around something positive rather than the usual negative articles. This is VERY much appreciated, BP!!!!!
Binky Melnik 3 months ago
WRITE TO THEM and tell them so they’ll see it! They don’t read comments, so tap the “contact” link and TELL THEM! If they knew what we like (and don’t), we’ll get more (or less) of it! Pleeease, folks: TELL THEM!
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Thee8thsense 4 months ago
One of my favorite compliments was being told by someone that I was the best person they'd known.
Multa Nocte 4 months ago
So nice to have an article centred around something positive rather than the usual negative articles. This is VERY much appreciated, BP!!!!!
Binky Melnik 3 months ago
WRITE TO THEM and tell them so they’ll see it! They don’t read comments, so tap the “contact” link and TELL THEM! If they knew what we like (and don’t), we’ll get more (or less) of it! Pleeease, folks: TELL THEM!
Load More Replies... Thee8thsense 4 months ago
One of my favorite compliments was being told by someone that I was the best person they'd known.
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