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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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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten 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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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten 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!

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.)

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten 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.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The kindness of strangers can be amazing. Give someone you don't know a compliment today. 🧐

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten 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.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten 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. .

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten When my dog chooses to cuddle with me instead of anyone else in the room.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's because you are the bestest person in the world to your dog.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten 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.

DaGoodSauce , Michael Burrows/pexels Report

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten 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.

ccc1942 , William Fortunato/pexels Report

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten Being told I’m the reason someone didn’t give up.

Aggressive_Rope8421 , Andrea Piacquadio/pexels Report

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten 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?!?".

Spurnch , Karolina Kaboompics/pexels Report

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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.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because pets are generally better at telling a comfortable person than many people are.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten When someone genuinely laughs at my jokes ❤️.

jenniferr3 , Mary Taylor/pexels Report

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3 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No day is wasted wasted when we make someone laugh.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten 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".

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love it when someone else's laugh makes other people laugh. Doesn't matter if you haven't heard what's funny, it just makes you laugh. So rare and so awesome.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten 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.

Joshuataporco , Christina Morillo/pexels Report

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I call everybody sweetie. When I get on the train and the gangsta guy is manspreading over three seats, I go up to him and say 'hey, sweetie - mind if I sit?' - he scoots over right quick.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten 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.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten When my son tells me that I'm the "best mama ever". It makes me feel like I can conquer the world.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.)

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten Receiving a compliment from a woman as a man.

DamagedWheel , Andrea Piacquadio/pexels Report

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would like to compliment men more often, but they immediately interpret it as flirting and want more.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten When a child tells me I am pretty. Kids are genuine. I believe them.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"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 ❤️

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten Making someone I care about happy.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten My grandma reminding me I'm a cutie patootie.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe it's a generational thing but my Nana called me the same thing. I still miss her.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten Someone remembering small details about me.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Being able to help someone or to somehow improve their day.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, this is the only thing that gets me through working retail. I go way out of my way for people.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten Seeing my work published or recognized.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten When the girls and the gays compliment my outfit.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten When you haven’t seen someone in a while and they say “You look great” and you know it’s genuine.

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Out of the blue compliments of my abilities at something I love doing.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agreed. I just got an IM from a coworker thanking me for walking through something I understand, so they could. Then asking if I could walk through another item. For me, it's a huge ego boost

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten When my photography gets appreciated.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Knowing my writing resonated with someone.

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When you crack a joke in front of a bunch of people and they all laugh.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My favourite is a pause while they work out what i meant, then the laugh.

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“Mommy, Look! She’s So Pretty!”: 30 People Share The Biggest Ego Boosts They’ve Ever Gotten Receiving an unexpected bonus or gift.

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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, this always gets me. I'm not used to getting gifts so like when a friend is like, here I got you this...I'm like huh..why? Lol but I appreciate it.

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