To ask which one sentence changed your life?

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I’ll start.

‘My god girl- You’re pregnant.’

Said by a Dr to a 14 year old me.

This is the most amazing mumsnet thread I have ever read. So many overwhelming stories about both joy and despair, it’s a one off

Dr saying about my mum

'I 'think' she's gone...'

'I'm sorry your bf has been in an accident'
Said the police officer to me when I was just about to leave for a night out to celebrate my birthday. He didn't have to say no more. He was 22.

'I'm really sorry I can't find a hearbeat'
I knew it before she said it but that was so final I could no longer kid myself it was all in my head. I was 12w

Christ these are heartbreaking. Sending all you amazing women so much love.

"We have found something on the MRI scan and we need to operate."
A few days later
"He is doing really well and can go home. See you in a few months for a check up."

to you all x

My wonderful healthy husband was taken ill at work. A young doctor came in and just said...I am so sorry , we did everything we could.

“Don’t cry mummy, he didn’t mean to hurt you” the guilt that I put my 3 year old in a position to try to excuse his behaviour meant we left the next day with her newborn brother.
No excuses and no regrets. Get out.

'I know we've only known each other 4 weeks but I love you. And I don't want to scare you but we are going to get married one day'. DH who I met after some shitty relationships and a period of time when I had decided I was just going to be single and look after me. Still together 10 years later, married for 9.

'I think it's time we stopped treating your mum so aggressively and focussed on keeping her comfortable.' The consultant treating my mum in hospital who saw me just before I visited her. She died 8 hours later in her sleep that night.

You need to get home as quickly as possible.
To learn my nephew had gone missing at sea, my dd has anxiety now about knowing where we are and how long we'll be.

for everyone

"She's gone" - said to 12 year old me when my bestest nanna died :(

"you're DJs dead" - phonecall to tell my my brother had been killed in an accident

"You sure you want to marry HER" said to both of us at the in laws. Been together 15 years, married for 12 😂 luckily I get on ok with them now

"Congratulations, you're parents"

Omg that's so cruel and sad.

‘You can look, there’s the heart, beating strongly’, said by the sonographer, at week 12 of my 6th pregnancy, after having 5 miscarriages.

‘She is functioning at the 14 month old level, she may catch up, she may not’.

Said by the paediatrician about our 23 month old daughter. She never did, and never will ‘catch up’ despite all our best efforts. She is now 5 and we accept her for who she is - she is an absolute joy and has taught us so much about ourselves and about what is important in life.

Are you breaking up with me?.......said (STBX)DH to OW.

@MNHQ Would it be OK or even appropriate for me to nominate this thread for "classics". I know it is not in the usual tone for such a nomination but I think it is worth preserving because every single one of these comments is a reminder of how fragile life can be.

‘There’s been an accident. I’m so sorry’.

"They've made an offer. Are you sitting down?"

A large amount of money that arrived in my bank account when I was in my early twenties. I've never earned that much before or since, but I invested most of it in index trackers and it gave me enough of a safety net to keep doing my crazy career, to put a deposit on a house with DH five years later, to take time off work to be with my children when they were small, and to have enough savings that I've never had to worry about money again.

Nurse - He’s fighting it, someone needs to tell him it’s okay to go......
Me - It’s okay Dad, we’re here. You can go now

Me aged 24 to my Dad, 1 minute before he took his last breathe. Will stay with me forever, despite being the youngest sibling in the room, I was the only one strong enough to say it. Will haunt me forever. I told him it was okay.

"The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth". l heard that when l was very ill eight years ago. l'd worked shifts for 22 years and it nearly killed me. l t made me re-evaluate my life. l took voluntary redundancy, moved 100 miles from 'home', made a fresh start, and l've never been happier.

Your pregnant to a 19 year old me.
Your expecting twins to a 19 year old me.

Your dads passed away to a 6 year old me.

This thread! So much sadness but happiness too. Mine:

"It's not good news I'm afraid"
Said by my dad about 14 months ago..my mum died of cancer less than 48 hours later after a brave battle

Hugs to all. Particularly the poster near the start who mentioned about the presents left in the cupboard. She didn't deserve to be a mum xx

'I'm sorry hun, there's no heartbeat anymore' - said at 15 weeks, for the second time in 8 months.

TooOldToBeArsed

“Your dads not cheating on your Mum, that’s his second wife”

Aged 16 finding out (from my friend) my dad hid a secret life from me. Everyone but me knew about it.