People Divulge The Worst Things Someone's Ever Said To Them

Also, None Of Your Business!

"'Why did you stay with him?'"

"'Weren't you guys only dating for what, like a year and a half?'"

"Two years you mother f*cker and it was because I refused to leave the love of my life as he was dying rapidly of brain cancer."- Squeakymeeper13

Ugliness Comes From Within...

"I was at a bar to see a friend's band."

"Random woman walks over and tells me, 'People who look like you should stay home so the rest of us can have a nice time not having to look at you'."- ChrisNEPhilly

So Much For Love...

"The reason I want a divorce is because I don't want to spend the rest of my life taking care of someone who's handicapped"- Kervon37

The Truth Can Hurt So, So Much...

“'I’m sorry - there was nothing more we could do'.”

"I was 27, the love of my life had died in my arms."- billdogg7246

Part Of Being A Parent Is Just Showing Up

"My dad left my family when I was a little girl."

"One day after years of unresolved feelings I talked to him on the phone as a teenager."

“'I just don’t feel like you’re my dad'.”

“'We’ll I don’t feel like you’re my daughter'.”- callathanmodd

The Only Dreams That Matter Are Your Own

"When I was like 8 I was a huge dinosaur nerd."

"I remember saying I wanted to be a paleontologist, my mother promptly says 'honey I'm pretty sure all the dinosaurs will be discovered by then...' I was devastated."

"I think she thought she was looking out for me."

"Anyway now if a new dinosaur gets uncovered I send her a clipping in the mail (I make sure it's physical piece of paper so she knows I put work into it)."- twlvfngrs

"I'd say "forget about learning to draw, you will never be an artist anyway" said by both my mother and my younger bro, who are both pro artists who went to art school."

"Still gonna draw though. I'd do it even if it kills me."- RandomDude1801

You Only Stop Living When No One Remembers Your Name

"'You don't have a dad anymore'."

"Said by my mom when I asked how long he's going to spend in a hospital."

"I was 7."

"He died from a heart attack right before my eyes, and mom tried to resuscitate him for forty minutes while waiting for an ambulance to arrive."- NTaya

Not Everyone Is Meant To Be A Parent

"'If you get a girl pregnant, run'."

"Thanks for letting me know exactly how you felt about me 'dad'."

"I hope you've enjoyed the decades of no contact."- CleverName9999999999

News No One Wants To Hear

"'I'm sorry, she's gone'."

"Wife went to the hospital because she hadn't felt our daughter moving in her tummy for a couple hours."

"She calls and asks me to come to the birthing center immediately and I ask if I need to bring the overnight bag."

"She said 'no, just bring our son'."

"I knew then but couldn't believe it."

"Our daughter died from a true umbilical knot at 36.5 weeks and was delivered 2 days later stillborn."

"She was a perfectly healthy baby but was suffocated slowly by her own lifeline."- grievingdad2022

Some People...

"Was in a bad place mentally."

"Decided I am going to start jogging to help how I feel."

"Where I decided to go is a fairly main road."

"A car of young men decided to hang out the window and yell 'going to need to run faster fatty'."

"I have struggled with working out publicly ever since."

"Can’t say my mental state is much better and that happened years ago now."- sirius917

Or, They Could Have Actually Helped Before...

"I had many 'friends' tell me I should have tried harder to get my husband into rehab after he died from alcoholism."

"Ya know yeah I just let it happen."- prpljeepgurl30

Probably Shouldn't Be Teaching Anywhere...

"In high school, one of my teachers told me 'you are the reason I hate coming to work and teaching here'.”

"It was a challenge to stay focused after that."- unicycle-rider

Intimidation Is Not Encouragement

"My Gym teacher in 8th grade while I was running a relay race: 'you don't really try in anything do you'."

"I really was trying as hard as I can."

"F*ck that guy."- oboshoe

Most physical wounds or injuries can be treated and go away or diminish over time.

But when someone says something harmful to us or tells us something we never want to hear, it will linger in our memories for the rest of our life.