What's the most ridiculous thing that's ever been said to you?

[FloppyDoodle]

I'm sure this has been done before, but I've been inspired by another thread.

I'm an introvert and was also extremely shy when I was younger. I'm not one for general chit chat with strangers and people always comment on how quiet I am. I was bemoaning the fact to an ex that I was so shy and that I struggled to think of things to say to a someone I didnt know. His pearl of wisdom was, "Talk more then"

I told a guy I know that I’m pregnant. He asked me if it was planned. I’m gay. (D’oh!)

Spiteful Haha!! 😂
A classic case of ‘I may appear to be ok but you’re definitely thick’!

Jesus, the stories on here are making me lose faith in humanity

Dh to me the day after I had a EMCS with dd

Wow you are still really big, do you think they left anything inside there?

Thanks dear.....good job I don’t take offence easily!

When on a horse drawn sleigh ride with young DDS and my mum, both girls developed an allergic reaction to the horse dander ( I had mistakenly thought that as they were in the back of a sleigh about 8 feet from the actual horses they would be ok). As their eyes and lips and airways swelled and I frantically tried to split the one antistamine in my pocket between the two of them and communicate to the non-English speaking driver that we needed to go back to the hotel NOW, my dear Mum mused out loud 'that it's probably all just psychosomatic you know'.

'you don't need glasses' from helpful relative.

My optomatrist thinks in do!

Some of these are shocking!

halfwit EXACTLY like that! My friend had HG and was in hospital on drips at times, and people would still be like ‘get yourself some ginger biscuit!’ or ‘have you tried peppermint tea?’ AAARGH.

Maybe not the most ridiculous but this is recent..
This evening...explaining to someone that my chronic pain (of several years duration) is flaring up at the moment:

"Have you tried ibuprofen?"

I have tried several medicines, have a multitude of pain control strategies, and have undergone several painful but helpful medical procedures.

And yes, I do also take ibuprofen. And am medical myself😁

Reminds me of the time the PIP assessor told me that as I am self-administering Morphine, I am actually alright.

Righteeho.....

@halfwitpicker YES! I had hyperemis, lost loads of weight, could only crawl, turning my head, water, my own saliva made me vomit and there were people trying to tell me ginger like I hadn't tried everything

Coming round crying after an ERPC at 12 weeks. Theatre nurse "oh, did you want it?"

MIL after DS2 died at 27 weeks "such a shame you can't perform".

When my daughter was about three months old and just out of hospital (she was prem) a woman asked rudely, "How old is she?" (Three months) "why is she so small?" (Because she is prem -none of your fucking business-).

My mother was terminally ill with cancer and weeks away from death, my (very lovely) vegan colleague suggested we try green juice.

Very lighthearted one today but my DM said today (we were discussing the potential adult heights of my DC)

‘In general, you know, men are taller than women.’

In other news, water is wet.

Just relax and you’ll get pregnant.

I also have another 'why are you wearing glasses at your age?' from my relative.

And 'my dad said you actually look pretty when you're all dressed up'

My fear of flying 'you just need to get on the flight and you'll love it' (despite having flown over 20 times and having recently and unsuccessfully been on Virgin's fear of flying course).

"I see that you love horse riding and the outdoors" said the psychic.
I get a nosebleed when I step foot in a park and will only ride horses attached to carousels.

Name change for this. Both of these gems are from my Mother.

When discussing how my sister and I were sexually abused by our biological father as small children she said "I think sometimes that he did that just as a way of getting back at me."

Really now, if she was thinking at All she'd know that people don't become incestuous paedophiles just to get back at their ex. Some of it took place while they were still supposedly happily married too.

Next one "I've become a much better Mother as I've gotten older." My husband's response when I repeated that stupidity to him was "Yeah...when you longer needed her."

For the record while she has somehow managed to become a decent person now and actually a really good grandparent to my sister's children...when I was a child she was physically, verbally, and emotionally abusive to my sister and me until I moved out at 16. She also selfishly wasted our child support leaving us without food, electricity, or fresh water at times.

The pretty comment was relayed back to me by my ex bf.

You need to be home by 10PM...

JustThis1Time
I'm sorry you've had to go through all that

Will you marry me :)

When I told someone I was t1 diabetic.

Oh dear. You must have eaten a lot of sugar as a child.

No actually. My immune system ate my pancreas. But thanks for saying it’s my fault.

I’m a woman who wears mostly jeans or trousers and rarely wear pink. My female boss told me in a 121 that although my performance was excellent and I was exceeding targets she found me very difficult to manage because I was “such a girly girl”. Jeez Louise, talk about shit boss! Even if I wore pink sequinned jumpsuits and glittery heels to work each day I fail to see how that would impact her ability to manage me!

"You'd actually be really pretty if you weren't so fat". Said when I was in my 20s and about 2 stone overweight.

With regard to my rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia (amongst other conditions that I won't bore you with):
"You need to push through the pain, and start jogging, my friend has what you've got and she jogs 3 miles every day and it's done wonders for her health. She's less depressed and her pain has all but gone. If you would just try harder, you could be cured too."

Yeah, thanks for that. Some days just getting out of bed IS me pushing through the pain. I actually take Benepali, Amytriptyline and Butrans just for a laugh, not!

Talking to my Nan after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer aged 17
Me: why me?
Nan: someone’s got to have it