What’s the nicest thing that’s been said to you....as a woman

[Jessicajane]

I ve had compliments.. they matter to me ...I try really really hard...and stress way too much about how I present but a well placed compliment is cherished long after the conversation has ended...

Ok I’ve not had loads or over the top gushing ones but regardless it always lifts the spirits ...

some compliments I ve had are clearly aimed at helping my confidence if I am uncomfortable or looking awkward in a social setting....some have been decidedly double edged !!

I guess the ones that stick in the mind are from strangers you meet at the checkout or similar who tell you you have presented really well....one guy in a servo (petrol station) told me he had to look twice....I think there was a compliment deeply hidden in there..! but he went in to buy me a coffee...so was quickly forgiven.

One of the nicest I had was on here when seeing a photo I put up someone commented I looked like a soccer mum...that’s exactly how I feel ...not a glamour puss or diva just a soft every day older gal juggling family and work

.just wondered what people have said to you...share your best compliments.....

[Beverley Sims]

You have a terrific figure.

That was said by a guy when I was twenty.

[kimdl93]

“You’re the same person as always, just with nicer clothes!” A female friend after meeting me en femme for the first time. We spent the afternoon together talking about all this and more.

[Desiree2bababe]

"you've got great legs", from a gentleman who treated me like his date all night at the club

"you've lost weight and look great", from a sales lady at Cache.

"I think you are sexy", another gentleman caller.......

"you're so feminine", from my wife.

"Your eyes are so beautiful", girls at the club.

[dana digs sweaters]

"Are you a girl?"
From a lesbian at a lesbian bar
A few free drinks and a nice little conversation from her

[Cheryl T]

I was at the mall one day and using the ladies room. When I came out of the stall and was washing my hands there was a group of 3 little girls at the hand dryer. It was very powerful and one little girl with long hair was standing under it as if it were a hurricane and they were all laughing and giggling. The mother of one was standing there also. As I approached the mother said to the girl, "ok, that's enough, let the nice lady use it too". We smiled at each other and they left. I dried my hands, smiling at the encounter and left too, feeling wonderful.

[krissysSecret]

"Thank you ma'am, I love your blouse and earrings " from the woman at the drive through. I had a great feeling the rest of the day!

[nikkiwindsor]

What do you think about my post about what I saw? Here's the dynamics of just one of my experiences. I'm sitting at a bar (kid u not although it's so cliche) and every time I look over at a table a young man is staring at me. Eventually, I decide to approach him and we have a nice long conversation. Yeah, I was right in what I thought he was thinking about me. Many, if not most of us are pretty attuned to observing, analyzing and interpreting the body language of others. And if you combine both physical and verbal communication you can, with few exceptions, draw a very accurate assessment. So maybe we need another thread, "What behavior have you observed in others that affirmed your femininity?"

[Camille15]

Well said, Jessica. I too cherish these few comments even years later.

From a passerby in a hotel lobby: “You look beautiful!”

From a front desk worker at a different hotel, who I asked to take my photo: “I like your dress, it’s pretty”.

From a guy hanging out of the passenger side of his truck (a scrub?): “Owwww!”

[Helen_Highwater]

Jessica,

I was sat in my car one evening making a phone call. A GG in her early twenties walked by and I saw her say something to me. I immediately assumed it was less than complementary and when she walked around to the drivers door I had to hang up the call thinking I was in for further abuse. Well when she got level with the door I realised she was saying, "You look amazing". I suppose I can't have looked that good or I wouldn't have been read but I must have been doing something right. She had a young boy with her who looked at me with a puzzled expression for a few moments and then asked, "Are you a man?" Bless him.

Shows we shouldn't jump to conclusions and made my evening!

[carhill2mn]

I have had the pleasure of having many nice things said to me. However, the best one is probably when a GG woman said to my GG friend: "Carole is a GG, right"? My friend answered "No, but she will be delighted to know that you think so".

[nikkiwindsor]

Saralin, an example of my point exactly...a gentlemen identified you as a lady without saying a word when he opened the door for you. Nikki

[EricaCD]

Well, I guess I am about due for my semi-annual un-lurk. Hello all of you who were here in the late Jurassic! Hope y'all have been well.

The nicest thing said to me is nothing. It's when you spend 1/2 an hour at the bar or in a long line or whatever just having a nice discussion with a complete stranger, and they say nothing about my presentation or my gender. I'm not under any illusion that they don't realize I am trans (there are times where I learned that they did not know, which is sort of fun but beside the point)... it's great when that does not need to be a topic for discussion at all.

Three years ago I got stuck overnight at DFW. Luckily I got a room at the Hyatt Regency there and they have a good restaurant with (of all things) a communal sushi table. I was having dinner and struck up a conversation with a woman in her early 60s who was stranded en route to Georgia to visit her granddaughter. We're both stuck and hungry and bored, so we had a lovely conversation for an hour over dinner. She was pretty socially conservative from what I gathered, but yet "the trans" never once entered the discussion. While I would be flattered if it turned out that she never figured it out, I actually think more fondly about that dinner if I assume that she did know and it didn't matter anyway.

And now back into hiding. See y'all in the spring!

[KimberlyJean]

I was told by an SA in Victoria's Secret that I had very pretty eyes, I was wearing a blue dress and the blue really brings out my eyes. Another time I was in a different store and another woman told me I was very pretty, the best compliment though came from a little girl. I went out and picked up a pizza and when I was getting back into my truck I put the pizza in on the passenger side and parked beside me was another car. A little girl in the back seat with the window down looked at me like I was a princess and said you are very pretty, my smile was huge as I told her thank you.
One that I dont know if it was a compliment or not, I was buying a bramin purse at Belk when the SA asked me if I liked these purses and went on to tell me her mother loved them and had several. I think she was comparing me to her mother which I take as a compliment or she was calling me old. LOL! This is what I was wearing when the little girl told me I was pretty.

[Becky Blue]

Very few people have seen both the M and F, by far my favourite compliment came from a Restaurant owner who met Becky 3 or 4 times then saw me in Drab (thats a whole other story for another day) after he got over the shock he said, please dont be offended but you are so much better looking as a woman...Blush

[rockerreds]

A middle-aged straight told me I looked "beautiful" when I wore a Lily Pulitzer dress to the Philadelphia Orchestra.

A 20something woman told me she loved how I dressed.

A middle-aged woman told me I had "fabulous legs".

[Nikkilovesdresses]

"Can I buy you dinner?"

[NancySue]

When I dress, I always ask my wife, “Well?” When she smiles and says, “you look great”. It’s a great day. I always ask for her help and advice and sometimes she offers suggestions. Sometimes, I wear too much makeup. A very nice SA at our Payless Shoe store told me how nice I looked. She even went to the store room and brought out some shoes she thought I’d like. I bought four pair. It was my voice, at checkout that gave me away....something I have to work on. She just smiled and said “come back soon”. I smiled all the way home. While shopping and getting gas, I’ve received several smiles from women and, yes, I smile back. It is exhilarating. 👄

[GracieRose]

What are probably the nicest things are the most affirming things.
The girl taking my order at chick-fil-a looked at my violet (my favorite color) cell phone cover that matched my nail polish and said "that is such a cute cover".
Walking on a park trail, a gentleman, a few years older than me, tipped his hat and smiled as we passed.
Entering a store, the gentleman ahead of me stopped and held the door (as I was taught do in by my mother) and smiled and said "going my way" (which my mother would had slapped me on the back of my head had I said that).
In the 2nd and 3rd examples, I was a bit embarrassed and guilty that I was perhaps misleading them, but the experiences were very affirming.

[Barbara Joanne74]

Today, in semi girl mode, (top, pants, bra with barely any padding, and light make up, I was at a Target I had never been in before, as I was not presenting totally as a woman I asked a associate where the family restroom was, she said they didnt have one, but that I looked good, and to go use the women's one......i was on cloud nine....

[Allisa]

Mostly I get compliments on my jewelry or skirt's and dresses but from woman. There is one I remember from a middle aged man when he referenced to me as a "young woman" which made me chuckle loudly.

[Teresa]

Jessica,
First of all I think you have a really natural female face , you like the soccer mum label , I'm not sure about that but I can't see why you should have any problems . As for the older gal , forget it, it makes me feel ancient !!

Nicest compliment ?
My recent trip to meet my art group's exhibition dressed was pushing the boat out for me , one member who I sit next to in class ( in drab ) didn't recognise me dressed so when we finally met up she told me she was trying to work out who the pretty lady was .

The one that stopped me in my tracks is when another customer saw me in the changing area trying on a swimsuit , she looked me up and down and said, " I wish I looked like you ! " What can you say to that ?

I have had others but I still don't believe it's happening to me . I tried on a dress in a store , it really did look lovely , I almost apologised to the SA saying , " I shouldn't look like this , when I've spent most of my life dressed as a man ! " Another SA overheard the comment and said , " What's your problem just enjoy it !"

[Christie ann]

While trying on dresses in a Dress Barn, another customer told me that my dress I was trying was made for me.

[Bobbi46]

Once a while ago an SA for the first time saw my nails were varnished and asked me why and winked at her and said its my new life a while later I took in a lrageer version of my avatar, her exact words were "you are very beautiful", I could tell she meant it nbecause I had got to know her quite well and we had little chats when time presented itself whilst going throught he check put tills so it was not just customer politeness on its own it was also being nice to me.
Yes that was very best comment made to me, oh I just wishe for more!

[StephanieH]

I usually get compliments on my legs - or shoes.