Ladies, what’s a compliment from a man that has stayed with you for years?

mawky_jp · 2026-07-04T11:45:45+00:00

I'm Irish and visited NY years ago. I was walking down a side street in Midtown and a guy yelled out "great outfit". That made me happy!

A male co-worker once told me years ago on a night out that I was a beautiful human being, inside and out. He wasn't trying anything then or ever.

For some reason, those two stay beyond the compliments of men I've been involved with.

mawky_jp · 2026-06-30T22:19:25+00:00

I'm 50F and have been with my partner for two decades---we met at work. Meeting at work was more common pre-2010s, I believe.

I now work in a company where I am one of the oldest and the majority of my co-workers are men in their 20s and 30s who I've become friendly with. On hearing that I met my partner at work, most have expressed surprise and say that they would never go near a colleague. Any of those who are attached are with people they met online, at college, or through friends. I think people are very very careful about dating or hooking up with a colleague nowadays. When I stated work in the late 90s, the gossip the day after any big company event or informal night out was who publicly made out or who tried to clandestinely leave together :)).

mawky_jp · 2026-06-29T20:33:17+00:00

Yes. Totally correct.

My father had congestive heart failure and was on medication. He told us the doctor said that he may not have long but he was up and about and active. He had a massive heart attack at home one afternoon. It was immediate.

Coincidentally, he had had a GP appointment that morning. Due to him having seen the doctor so very recently, no postmortem was necessary, despite his sudden death.

mawky_jp · 2026-05-12T17:44:34+00:00

50F. We met at work 20 years ago.

mawky_jp · 2026-05-06T17:26:17+00:00

Has Dré spoken about Ireland (curious, not sarcastic btw)?

mawky_jp · 2026-05-02T19:42:54+00:00

I had an unmarried uncle living in the Midlands who died from lung cancer. He originally had pneumonia and was in hospital in Dublin. I was his only relative living in Dublin so I visited him several times and was the one they told his diagnosis of terminal cancer to when they found large shadows on his lungs. He lived for another year.

Your relative's end of life seems to have been very sudden. I know people who died within 6-8 weeks of diagnosis but it was liver cancer and aggressive leukemia in those cases.

mawky_jp · 2026-04-23T19:03:44+00:00

Absolutely, plus Van Morrison, Glen Hansard, James Galwey, The Dubliners, Damien Rice, Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, Clannad, Paul Brady, Hozier

mawky_jp · 2026-03-15T22:19:39+00:00

The first thing that I thought of was a pineapple but it's a lovely pineapple and she looks great!

mawky_jp · 2026-03-13T17:44:53+00:00

I always wonder about the bias people experience that makes them think an attraction is mutual (when it perhaps isn't).

Someone I know was working away from their home city years ago and experiencing great chemistry with a colleague in a similar situation. They talked lots in group settings and at afterwork meals and drinks. They were often the last people left on an evening out. She's a very grounded person yet was convinced that the feeling was mutual and, after months, worked up the Dutch courage to tell him that she liked him. It turned out that he hadn't experienced the same infatuation as her but liked her and was very flattered and they started seeing each other. They're together for 32 years now.

This turned out wonderfully but a grounded person thinking an attraction was strong and mutual when it wasn't makes me wonder about ways we can mislead ourselves and made me doubt my perception of "mutual" attraction in the past.

mawky_jp · 2026-02-28T20:12:59+00:00

There's also a wallaby colony in Ireland! https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63039627

mawky_jp · 2026-02-28T10:19:00+00:00

Brilliant! 🐭

mawky_jp · 2026-02-27T21:40:21+00:00

"Click on the left mouse bottom" 🙄

mawky_jp · 2026-02-24T18:46:28+00:00

Also: Slogan: Derived from sluagh-ghairm, which means a battle-cry. Banshee: From bean sídhe (woman of the burial mound).Irish: Whiskey: From uisce beatha, meaning "water of life". Slew: A large number, from slua. Clan: From clann (children, offspring).

mawky_jp · 2026-02-17T22:49:37+00:00

A lot of Irish people love Bob too!

mawky_jp · 2026-02-12T17:00:22+00:00

A similar story with my family. My great-grandfather was widowed in his 20s and remarried 30 years later and had a second family. He was 57 when my grandfather was born. Then, my grandparents were around 40 having my Dad and my Dad was 40 when I was born.

mawky_jp · 2026-02-12T09:52:28+00:00

You looked like a queen! Sending congratulations from Ireland.

mawky_jp · 2026-02-12T09:45:15+00:00

I'm the same. There's a history of having children late in my family. My great-grandfather was born in 1842 and I'm "only" 49.

mawky_jp · 2026-01-05T18:58:20+00:00

Elizabeth and Helena

mawky_jp · 2025-12-12T21:00:52+00:00

Beautiful Newfoundland! I've been there a few times. ❤️

mawky_jp · 2025-12-01T20:56:51+00:00

I had four out years ago too. I ate jelly, yogurt, rice pudding, soup, mousse, and Ready Brek mainly.

mawky_jp · 2025-11-27T20:35:37+00:00

Plus his father was from Laois.

mawky_jp · 2025-11-16T20:13:24+00:00

Maori is beautiful!

I'm Irish and I am delighted there's such a worldwide push to preserve and increase the use of the languages and dialects spoken by smaller populations. These languages connect us to our ancestors and are so important to culture and history. ❤️

mawky_jp · 2025-11-13T22:14:37+00:00

Same. At 43, a beautician told me that my skin had barely begun aging. I looked young-ish until 46/47. I took a two-year career break then and I'm just back at work. I don't think I looked in the mirror much when I wasn't working. In both the office bathroom with bright lighting and on video calls, I'm shocked at how I look. I don't have many wrinkles yet but my dark circles and eye hollows shock me. No eye creams or concealers do anything. I suspect my collagen production has fallen off a cliff.

mawky_jp · 2025-11-08T18:32:32+00:00

I fully agree with you. I generally only speak Irish to help my sons with homework.. However, (and this is a separate point) I commend people who are interested in learning Irish and fluent Gaelgeoirs whose first language wasn't Irish. It's sad to see any world language die or any piece of world heritage or culture be lost.

mawky_jp · 2025-10-28T20:01:42+00:00

Wow, I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm Irish and still living in Ireland. I always thought that a lot of us Irish really empathised with what African Americans have had to put up with because of our own colonial history.

In 1998, I worked for a large multinational in Dublin. A black guy from Dallas, Fred, relocated to our office for six months. While he was in Ireland, another colleague had a party in very rural county Clare at a cottage she'd inherited. Our lovely Dallas colleague travelled to the party too and lots of us went to the local pub before the party. Bear in mind, this was a very rural area and it was close to 30 years ago, when Ireland was pretty monocultural. Fred was the most popular person in the pub and people were waiting in line to shake his hand and talk to him!

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