Complimenting strangers.

Yes I compliment strangers, if I see them wearing something nice or like their hair whatever, or if their children have nice manners etc etc, I will say it’s women. I don’t go up to random men and compliment though lol

I compliment anyone and everyone, if I think they deserve it........

Young parents get so much stick about children’s behaviour so I always comment to the parents of well behaved children and say how nice it is to see a family enjoying being together. At worst it comes across as patronising and at best it makes a parent’s day. How could that be anything but a good thing?

Like Pantglas, I don’t in the least mind being considered a dotty old lady, and am working on being a complete embarrassment to my grandchildren.

I don't talk to strangers very often, but my DH talks to everyone! He especially likes to speak to dog walkers in the park and tell them he knows the breed. Makes me cringe so I just walk on!

I very often complement strangers on their children or their dogs! I'm a real chatterbox and find it relatively easy to talk to most strangers.

I’m forever telling other women that they’ve got lovely hair, clothes, handbags, whatever!

Years ago, my daughter and husband used to go mad with mortification that I’d start speaking to ‘strangers’ as if I was a dotty old dear - which I am now of course! I don’t care - I’ve never been told to ‘foxtrot oscar’ and it’s put a smile on someone else’s face!

I’d love to have the confidence to compliment a stranger - I think it’s such a lovely thing to, good on you for doing it!

We took the grandchildren to MacDonalds just before Christmas. It was of course crowded and a young lady and her partner said we could have their table. I was amazed by the beautiful colour of her hair which was somewhere between blonde and pale ginger and was very long.I complimented her,she beamed and said that it was natural. I said that I could tell that.

I rarely speak to strangers but once I had to compliment a lone American in a restaurant in France on the behaviour of his two young boys.

I will try and overcome my shyness in future and comment more, but it's a fine line between being genuinely nice and invading someone's private space.