What is the worst thing anyone has ever said to you?

Mr. Angry - Grawwwr He is angry.
United States
July 11, 2007 1:04pm CST
The worst came from my mother when I was 15 and my best friend tried to commit suicide. I had just got off the phone with my friend's mother and was told about what happened, here I am in tears, and my mother says to me, "You knew she was going to do this. How could you let this happen?" As if I had any clue and would actually want to see my best friend dead. I have never been more angry at another person in my life than at that moment. So, what's the worst thing anyone's ever said to you?
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
11 Jul 07
Well when I was 15 I was date-raped, I wasn't on a date with the guy, but I knew him so that's the phrase that applies. I didn't tell my mother until I was 16 becuase I was afraid of her reaction and with good reason, she looked at me and said, "Well what were you wearing? It was probably your fault." I was wearing jeans, a t'shirt and sneakers, and it is never your fault.
@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
11 Jul 07
Thanks guys. I've learned to let go of what my mother said, because I can't stay mad at her forever, but I can't really say I have forgiven her because that would be like saying it wsa okay. As for the guy.....he'll get his one day, don't worry, if not from me from Karma.
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@jenius (131)
• United States
11 Jul 07
Wow!....I am so sorry to hear your mother said such a thing. I am surprised to hear such a comment coming from a woman...how very sad anyone thinks this way...Of course you are right it is never your fault! I hope you have recovered from the whole incident for lack of another word to call it...best wishes to you.
@eashoor (307)
• Canada
11 Jul 07
Nykkee, My heart broke when I read your reply, I am speachless but understand your pain.
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@eashoor (307)
• Canada
11 Jul 07
Here are some of the worst things I have been told by different people: - I was called selfish and a failure because I quit medicine after realizing it was not my passion - I was called an Arab terrorist pig for no real reason or bad thing that I have ever done -I was called a neusance and unable to handle life after being sexually assaulted and complaining about it. -I was asked to transfer out the hospital I worked at where I was assaulted.
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• Malaysia
11 Jul 07
Woww... those are pretty harsh things to say to a person. I'm sorry that had to happen to you..
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
11 Jul 07
Wow, those are really tough. How did you deal with them? If I were in that case I'd really be pissed off. But there are times when you can't really defend yourself. Whew. I'm glad you are over it.
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@eashoor (307)
• Canada
12 Jul 07
Thank you, I realize the world is no longer a pretty place to live in and I simply took myself out of the situation where I had to see and talk to these people on a daily basis. I cannot change the wrold but I can change myself and what I am exposed to.
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• Canada
15 Jul 07
The worst thing someone has ever said to me is "I hate you!" I had been best friends with that person for years and the sad part is it was all over a misunderstanding. She felt like @h!t afterwards for saying it, but that didn't make it hurt any less. We still aren't as close as we used to be because of it!
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@toe_ster (770)
• United States
11 Jul 07
Not so much the worst thing but more so the most hurtful kinda. I had a baby when I was 19. I came to church a few weeks after he was born and was asked by many 'whose baby is that? ' to which I repied mine and got the response' you had a baby? I just thought you got really fat. It is one thing to be told that by one or two people but to heara whole lot of people say it was hurtful. Even if I was that fat why do people think they can say it to your face like it won't hurt your feelings?
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• United States
12 Jul 07
That's such a rude thing to say to someone! How tactless of those people..
@tredale (1309)
• Australia
11 Jul 07
I am sorry to hear this wooitsmolly, I think that is so sad. I cant remember anything that was said to me that was bad but I can tell you something I said that was truely horrid and I hated myself for saying it. My best friends brother in law killed himself years before we became friends and her sister was over at her house upsetting my friend. After the sister left I said to my friend no wonder her husband killed himself. I have said how very sorry I am and she has forgiven me but I still wish I could take that comment back everyday.
• United States
12 Jul 07
It's good that you have enough maturity to admit that you were wrong and apologize for it. Don't keep beating yourself about it now, you obviously didn't mean it, and they should know that. We all make mistakes. Thanks :)
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@wiccania (3360)
• United States
11 Jul 07
When I was in high school, I wore a pair of my brothers boxer shorts to school during spirit week (it was boxers day, so EVERYONE was going to be wearing boxers). They were black with little red hearts on them, and I was wearing a black shirt and had on thick black tights to keep my legs warm. It was essentially the same outfit every other girl was wearing to school that day. My mom looked at me asked if I was really going to wear that to school, I told her yes and she said "I'm so ashamed of you right now." She never asked WHY I was wearing that to school or anything. She just assumed that I was trying to be an oddball.
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• United States
12 Jul 07
What is with moms being so judgemental of their daughters?
@funnysis (2619)
• United States
12 Jul 07
I have had so many things that have hurt that I just put it out of my mind people can be so cruel when you are down and feeling bad they don't seem to care that they are adding insult to injury they just quickly responde.If others would stop and apply the I over E concept then they would think intelligently but you will hear many and the best think to remember is it really don't matter they are only words they only hurt if you allow them.I hope this helps you to understand thea life is going to throw many curve balls you need to be in control.
@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
14 Jul 07
Sometimes people, especially parents, just don't understand when it comes to situations like that. Especially when they have never had to deal with something like that before. I think the worst thing that was said to me (and it was almost an everyday thing) was when my mom would criticize me about my weight and tell me how overweight she thought I was. It hurt a lot. And with me being a kid, I didn't know how to deal with it any other way but to run to my room and cry for hours.
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@misheleen73 (6037)
• United States
11 Jul 07
It would be my mother as well. There are so many nasty things she has said over the years. "i hate you and wish you were never born" tops the list. BUT I have to say the worst and probably the one that most affected my self esteem was this one. My sister was in modelling. She was 13, I was 10. I was chunky, had braces and acne. But you would think to my mother, I was beautiful. Wrong again. We had just picked up my sister from her modelling class. I sat up and said "I want to be a model too" My mother then turns around and says "are you crazy? You're too fat and ugly to be a model" My sister started laughing hysterically, and that was that. I thought with all the teasing at school, etc at home you should always feel loved and pretty. I figured if my own mother thought I was gross, then I was pretty gross. My self esteem has never quite been 100 % ever in my life. I am now at 34 learning to accept myself as I am, but I will probably never feel beautiful.
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• United States
12 Jul 07
I am sorry you had the experience you did, being blamed for something you had no part in. I have moved on and many many miles away. :)
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• United States
12 Jul 07
I can't believe mothers can be so cruel. What do they think they gain by making their daughters feel horrible about themselves? If you can't find support and love at home, where are you going to find it at that age? I hope you realize how beautiful you really are!
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@dlkuku (1935)
• United States
12 Jul 07
Oh, I can think of quite a few things, but most I don't really want to get into here. I do recall one incident, my two older children are only 16 months apart, so I hadn't lost the weight from my first when I found myself pregnant with the second. When my second baby was three weeks old we went to my family reunion, a great-aunt approached me and told me, 'You really put on a lot of weight.' I don't know if I was more hurt or angry, considering I had two little ones and the baby had just been born.
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@missak (3311)
• Spain
15 Jul 07
I think mothers have a mysterious capacity of saying the worst thing in the worst moment, and that same conclusion can be found in the other replies you got. Sorry, I don't want to share my own, but it is something similar (not so bad actually).
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• United States
12 Jul 07
I am sorry your mom said that to you. Your mom probably could see how depressed your friend was why didn't she do anything about it? I think at 15 your are to young to know how depressed your friend is. Your mom was very insensititive. My mom also was the one to say the worst things to me and my twin sister. From "I never wanted you, to it is your fault your are twins, to you have to share the gift because you are twins, there is no money left for gifts for you twins after buying the gift for your older sister". You name it she said it. Then she would beat us. She really beat my twin the worst.
@Lucille7 (509)
• South Africa
12 Jul 07
I have many... here are some of the worst things. 1. shortly after marrying my husband his eldest daughter told me that I am a b*i*t*c*h and that the house we were living in was theirs and I had no place in it. 2. my mother told me just the other day that I am a trouble maker and like to make arguments in the family and she will never trust me. 3. my best friend and I had an argument and she told me that I am a pathetic person who could not bring any children into the world and that is why I have had to adopt my son. At least she could bring 3 children into the world. That was easily the most hurtful thing I have ever heard. Then the latest is that my mother told my brother that she will never accept my 16 year old foster daughter as a member of the family. That was very hurtful too...
• United States
12 Jul 07
Well, I think adopting children is one of the most loving and admirable things a person can do... Accepting someone into your life as if they were your own child is not something that should be looked down upon.. geez
@Lucille7 (509)
• South Africa
12 Jul 07
Thank you for your kindness. I am just too happy to be a mom in anyway. It makes me the happiest person alive. I am richly blessed.
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@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
11 Jul 07
The only bad thing that I could remember was when I didn't answer my best friend's call due to some problems I was going through and suddenly I got a text from her saying, "I hope your bull*hit is resolved." I was totally taken aback. Other than that, I don't think I've experienced anything as bad as the other responses.
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• United States
12 Jul 07
Are you still friends with her? Sounds like she overreacted...
• Malaysia
12 Jul 07
Sadly, no.. I think I'd rather have a friend that can deal with me when I have problems, not someone that will just make me feel worse.
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• United States
12 Jul 07
the worst thing ever said to me was by my mom and this is what she said"i wish you were never born!"
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• United States
12 Jul 07
What a horrible thing to say... one of the worst..
@GardenGerty (157463)
• United States
11 Jul 07
Okay, the moms win today with the worst and meanest comments. They are probably the most able to hurt and offend us, because we are part of them. I have two things to say: In ninth grade I had lost about 25 pounds. We went to visit my grandparents, for Christmas. Well, my Aunt (6'4") and her daughter (over 6') join us there, too. My mother says "Next to Amy ( not her name) you look short and dumpy." I was 5'7" and 125 lbs. Neither my mom or my older sister ever were thin in the whole time I can remember. Comment #2. My dad divorced my mom, after 26 years of a rough, unsatisfactory marriage. I had listened to her say for years that when my youngest sister was old enough she would divorce him. It just happened that he filed first, and before she was ready. I lived four hours away, with my husband. She kept telling me that I could make him stop, because I was the favorite. She also said "You don't live here, this is not hurting you like it does all the others." The drama and trauma nearly ruined my marriage, and my faith in men and the world. I do not think either of my comments tops yours, though.
• United States
12 Jul 07
It always surprises me when mothers put their own daughters down, especially when it comes to physical matters. I can't imagine what they are trying to do by saying things like that, all it will do is make their daughter feel bad. Especially during the teenage years it is going to have a big affect on them. I'm sorry your mother treats you this way, and I hope she will learn her mistakes one day... Thank you.
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@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
11 Jul 07
when i was 25 years old my dad was in the hospital for treatment of cancer but we know his body can no longer accept any medication. my mom called us at 2 in the morning requesting us to go at the hospital because our dad wanted to see us. as we are walking at the lobby on the way to my dads room a nurse ask, if we are the daughters of mr roxas.... and we said yes, and she said oh condolence. my youngest sister freaked out. it was a turmoil of feeling i cant expalin. it was like someone poured cold water at my back. after that i can not remember anymore what happened because i rushed into the room where my dad is. sometimes people really dont know how to hold words and dont know how to say its right. actually the nurse can lose her licence just by doing that.
• United States
12 Jul 07
Yes, that is a very insensitive thing to do... I'm sorry and thanks for the comment.
• Malaysia
12 Jul 07
It's happen about a year before.. I have this stupid relationship with this guy.. He actually have a girlfriend. But still i want to be with him... (Me myself dunno why) One day the girl know everything about us... Call me such a name.. Some bad words that i cannot submit here! B***h.. I so damn hurt...:( I hate to tell this, but i somehow need to share how i feel. I do love this guy with all my heart... Maybe that's why people always say girls somehow stupid in loving someone.. I live my life for him.. Do everything for him, where this girl live 10000 miles away from him.. I know he loves me but there's nothing he can do to stop all of the things. He was stuck between this 2 girls he love... Haih.. (sigh) I wish i know what i should do...:('
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• United States
12 Jul 07
I know you didn't ask for my opinion, but you can do so much better than being with a man who has another woman. You say he is torn and there is nothing he can do about it? That's not true... he can get rid of her! If he doesn't want to.. honestly, it sounds like he is using you because you are closer to him physically. Good luck!
@sugarfloss (2139)
• Malaysia
12 Jul 07
I was having coffee with (well,I thought they were friends but I guess they're not).I was overweight then and I just got out of a bad relationship.And I was telling them what I can do to forget him and one of them said "Try losing weight for starters-and laughed".I was heartbroken.I hope they'll burn in hell.I guess they didn't make it to Happyville.The guy broke up with the girl(who was also there when it happened).And the other guy never did meet the girl of his life.He's now 30.Who's having the last laugh now;)
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• United States
12 Jul 07
Girls can be so catty sometimes... I don't know what they think they can gain from making fun of or putting down their friends.
@Sandysk (76)
• Malaysia
12 Jul 07
Well.... I'm very forgetten person I can't recall what the worse things that people said to me... In my opinion it depends on who said it to you, if it comes from someone that close or important to you... a simple word might make you felt hurt so much... do u agree?
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• United States
12 Jul 07
I agree. If someone close to you says something small, but hurtful, it can have a much larger impact than if someone you don't care much for or are not close to said the same thing.