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Sometimes people say something lovely that really sticks with us. What's the best compliment you've ever got?

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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

my therapist once said I was her most challenging patient 😝 (even better, a manager once told me I was his most challenging employee)

but honestly I can't even remember many compliments - I think I must dissociate or actively suppress when people compliment me, I don't handle it well.

I do remember a teacher once said, "I wish we could clone you." She wished more of her students were like me. (I had an unhealthy habit of treating my studies as a form of escapism, and I was otherwise quiet, polite, and a rule-follower.)

There was a manager who gave me a little lapel pin of a gold star; she didn't do that kind of thing for other employees. She also would call me when she was drunk and out fishing, so who knows what all was going on there. 😉