What is difficult for you to say?

United States
April 8, 2008 2:15pm CST
What is the hardest thing you've ever had to say to someone? Or is there something you want to say to someone but you just can't bring yourself to say it just yet? Are you a person that just says those things easily or is it hard for you? I think I can speak my mind to almost anyone but for some reason it is soooo hard for me to tell my close family members how I feel. I think for me it gets to a point where I'm either very fed up with something and I blow up, than say it or I'm so worried about hurting their feelings I just can't say it. How about you?
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
8 Apr 08
Wow, this is a very complex question and one i am not sure that I have a true answer to. I think what has been difficult for me to say in life has always depended on to whom I am saying it to and why I need to say it as well as the age I was at the time. A lot of things have been hard for me to say and most of the time I have managed to say them, but in some instanced a little to late. It's hard to say something even if you know not saying it will hurt another person.
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• United States
13 Apr 08
Hi Happymommy, The hardest thing I've ever had to say to someone was that I would be by their side, until they took there last breathe, and I did, and it was my Dad. I watched him take his LAST breathe............. Marilyn
• United States
19 May 08
Hi Marilynlynn, I am sorry to hear about your Dad, I can't imagine how that must have felt saying that and going through it as well. That had to really take some strength. Thanks so much for sharing that:)
@Carrie26 (1587)
• United States
13 Apr 08
I feel the same way.If it was a total stranger that I never knew I could probably say something to them .I am mostly a nice person but we all have are days where someone's attitude or the actions they do bothers us.Like if for example someone cuts in front of me in a store and doesnt say excuse me then I seem to start boiling over.LOL.Even though afterwards I should just let things go.I havent really said things to the strangers just said it loud enough so they could hear it.I know I shouldnt do it and most times I let it go but sometimes its is so hard.....Now for my family members on my husbands side to tell his mom things I probably couldnt as it would make her mad.Thier has been times along time back I wanted so bad to tell her about things like about not putting my son n bed with her when he stayed the night as we were wanting him to sleep in his own bed but we have been trying to get him in his own bed and it only lasts about half the night unitl he is back in bed with us.He is 3 and a half years old and I want him to start sleeping in his own bed.I can understand if he is sick or scared then its okay to once and awhile sleep in our bed but not all the time.I get fed up to at things and I can feel it boiling over in my head.LOL.I feel like a volcano sometimes as to people never know when I am going to erupt.LOL.
• United States
19 May 08
Lol, yes, I hear you about that, feeling like a volcano ready to erupt anytime, lol. I'm the same way, I think most people are, with having a hard time telling your mother in-law how you feel. You don't want to upset her or your husband but what makes me upset is the mother in-laws sure don't mind speaking their minds to us and doing exactly what they want! If it's difficult for you to let her know how you feel I think your husband should support you in how you feel and let her know, or the both of you let her know together, that way she won't feel like it's just you. Good luck and thanks for responding:)
• Philippines
12 Apr 08
You are fired!
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• United States
19 May 08
Hmmm, so I'm guessing it's not hard for you to share your feelings? lol.
• United States
11 Apr 08
I think that i speak my mind to everyone even family!!!! I do get worried about hurting a family members feeling so i put in the most tender of a package as possible!! However , what if you had a mother living with you for a couple of years and you were taking care of her and it was finally time for her to work, i think telling her she had to work word be a hard thing for me to do!!!!!
• United States
19 May 08
Hmmm, well you kinda sound like me, that would be hard for me as well, if it were my mother:) It would all depend really on the situation and why she was not working. If the case is she just doesn't want to and you've waited this long, I'd probably just finally blow up and tell her to get a job or get out. If she were sick than I'd give it to her nicely and tell her to atleast get some kind of help atleast, disability or something to pay you somehow for letting her stay with you. Good luck, hope things change soon for the better, for the both of you:)
@rhane7315 (5649)
• Philippines
12 Apr 08
the things that are difficult for me to say are sorry and i love you. the reason for having some difficulties on saying i love you to my partner is that when i say it i feel shy afterwards lol but when he told me that that's the sweetest word he wanted to hear from me everyday, i started to say it until now. but saying i'm sorry is kinda difficult for me especially if i'm not the one who started some arguements
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• United States
19 May 08
I can understand, for anyone it can be hard to say I'm sorry especially if it was never your fault. As for saying I love you, I'm glad to hear you are now saying it more. When you are with someone you love and you know loves you back it should be something you should feel comfortable with in saying all the time:) Thanks for sharing:)
@tatzkie (644)
• Philippines
9 Apr 08
for me the most difficult thing to say is the truth where in the moment you say it many people you love will suffer. next is to admit a mistake that you will ruin a trust that was built for years. and lastly, the least is to say im sorry.
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@jennawash (161)
• United States
8 Apr 08
I hate being vulnerable and I hate conflict. Those are possibly the worst two personality traits to possess if you are ever to have a heart felt or truthful conversation. I have never told someone who was possibly the love of my life how i felt and I take a lot of crap off of people and never stick up for myself both at home and at work. I think, well I know that it stems from low self esteem. I am the mother of three kids and I never have a problem sticking up for them, but if it has to do with me specifically, you might as well forget it.
• India
9 Apr 08
a lie is the most difficulty thing to tell . teeling lie by looking in to the eyes of the person whom we love or like is most difficult task
@manya_pearl (1901)
• Singapore
9 Apr 08
wah... you have many questions for one discussions... am i get a psychology test? lol. I think the hardest thing is to say my wound that caused by that person... i usually keep it for myself, never say to anyone. If i can say it, but not directly to what i'm gonna say. usually i will say it while joke...
@p_vadla (1685)
• India
9 Apr 08
The most difficult thing to say for me is saying 'NO'.
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@pooh08 (671)
• Vietnam
9 Apr 08
I have some harder thing I can't talk. At that time, I usually wrote diary if it's necessary or I forgot it if it's unnecessary. Catch people listen to me is very difficult.
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• Romania
9 Apr 08
I usually say what's on my mind and what is bothering me without any restrain. But when it comes to addmiting i am rong...uhh...that's hard. I finnaly do it but it takes me soem time to get my words in place.
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• Estonia
9 Apr 08
It is easy to say *I love you* , but not *Im sorry* - for me %( am I that bad ?
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• Trinidad And Tobago
9 Apr 08
Well Happymommy,thing aboutur situation it's pretty complex and i would tell you this it's not what you want to say it's who you have to say it too, you, may think you're hurting that persons feelings by telling them what they don't want to hear, i know it's pretty hard on you because people may look at you as the easy going one who never disappoints anyone it happens to everyone and you have to start living your life to please you, i'm not saying to totally lock everyone completely out of your life, but, stand up for you and do things that make you happy. I've deal with things like this in my own life and i can tell you it's hard because you may think that that person may never talk to you again but don't fear because your life is lived and choosed by you. Words of inspiration "Destiny is what you make it"... Good Luck. And remember love you first. and be a Happymommy potray that character and don't let the edens spoil your good living.
• Romania
9 Apr 08
It is very hard for me to say to anyone that......... And also I wold never adimit that...........Oh ya and I never talck about the time when I .................... Yes it's very hard for m eto talk about those tings :) I'm just kiding I never have any dificulty saing anything. I have no secrets and I belibe that comunication is the key to solving any problem.
• India
9 Apr 08
It is a very interesting question and i never thought about it before, but now i think i need to think about it and right now i am thinking that everybody has secrets in their life. and can you share all your secrets with your friends ?
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
9 Apr 08
Hi happymommy3! There are times that I can really just tell someone how I feel but most of the time I would just let it pass especially when it involves family members or people close to me. I guess, it depends on how affected I am with the situation and also how I perceived the person will take what I am going to say. There are people who are so sensitive that even how much you try to be gentle with the words, they just really get hurt and depressed and there are those people who are so narrow minded or close minded that even how much you tried to explain it to them, they just always misunderstood it or twist it in their own mind. However, when I can't really take it anymore, I just go right ahead and say it. Just my thoughts dear. Take care and have a nice day! :)
@haisky (64)
• China
9 Apr 08
I think sometimes I have the same perplexity .Something can be told to my friends or even to a stranger,but it's so hard to tell it to my family.And so I prefer to chat with friends or strangers rather than do it with my family.Maybe it's a psychological problem,but i just can't get over it.
@jesbellaine (4139)
• Philippines
9 Apr 08
I saw my friend's boyfriend with another girl that turns out to be the number 2. I talked to the guy and told me that he has fallen in love with that girl, he wanted me to tell it to my best friend! I hated it when I have to be the one to relay that message or news to her so that is the hardest thing I ever have to say to someone you really care. It broke my heart!
@rombi001 (941)
9 Apr 08
Interesting question, I think it would be "I'm sorry" which is also a very common one, also "I don't know" is a reply I find hard to use... I know that I cannot do everything and know it all but I find it hard to admit certain things I do not know...