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

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FloppyDoodle · 06/03/2018 20:09

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"

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positivityiskey · 06/03/2018 22:39

Being told moisturising would clear up my psoriasis... I have had it for 16 years so yes I have tried moisturising and no it didn't clear it up 🙈

More hurtful though were some of the comments we received after learning our unborn baby had an isolated birth defect and a 70% chance of survival...

DNan: 'Thats ok, if your baby dies you can be pregnant again by the end of the year'
And...
MIL: (In a disgusted tone) 'Why are there so many things wrong with your baby??'

Errr thanks for that? Pfffffffft 👊🏽

Middleoftheroad · 06/03/2018 22:41

Another...
50 something male colleague (fixated on my then 20-something chest)
"I don't know why we hire women in their 20s and 30s...all they do is go off and have babies."

BadGrandma · 06/03/2018 22:49

@Dalek cremating her was a mistake then brilliant!

@SweetMoon - I get the working-from-home thing all the time. I had one particular friend who would turn up mid afternoon and expect to drink tea and get help with her internet problems... when she sat for two hours watching the back of me as I sat in a conference call managing a big problem she got the message that I was actually busy.
It was the same when I worked permanent 9-5 nights. "Oh, BadGrandma, you only work in the evenings, it's not like a proper job"

flippertygibbett · 06/03/2018 22:56

After my 5th miscarriage a colleague who was about to begin IVF said "well at least you know you can actually get pregnant though, not like me"

Thanks. I feel a whole heap better now.

Slapdasherie · 06/03/2018 22:58

Just finished telling counsellor how my relationship ended before we had family mediation. And her first question was

"And how are you coping with being totally rejected as a human being?"

BougieQueen · 06/03/2018 23:08

Wow the things people say!

I have one gem from an ex ( I was 18 when this happened and naive) - he had coerced me into perming and then bleaching my own hair on the same day (using a home kit might I add) so as the bleach was being washed out my hair was falling out in clumps. I had to cut it all in the end as was nearly bald. I was in tears and he had the nerve to say "don't be ungrateful, at least you still have a little hair on your head."

I ended up wearing a baseball cap for the next six months while my hair grew back. Still can't believe I stayed with that twat for so long.

TheRealCinderella · 06/03/2018 23:22

A woman at a playgroup I go to said that her baby 'likes' a really hot bath, so hot that she's red when she gets out, WTF I wasn't sure if to report it or not but she said it to the whole group and no one else seemed shocked, her LO was under 1 and definitely not old enough to have told her this Confused

BlooBagoo · 06/03/2018 23:43

My "D"H told me yesterday that we apparently didn't have a "proper" wedding. His first time round was a big expensive church ceremony then posh reception. Ours was still formal but humanist ceremony in same venue as reception, decent sized guest list and not that cheap. He's not religious so I still have no idea what makes a "proper" wedding to him as it's all perfectly legal. Angry

And yes, I'm making him suffer for saying that before anyone asks. Apparently it was a joke. Hmm He's been back-pedalling wildly all day. Wink

Obsidion · 07/03/2018 00:14

After telling someone I have a twin brother...
Them: Ooh are you identical
Me: No, I just told you he is male
Them: Yes, I know he's a boy and you're a girl but are you identical
Hmm

Also the education welfare officer on ideas to get my school refusing autistic child to school...

Have you thought about a reward chart?

DarthNigel · 07/03/2018 09:23

'You'd be white pretty if your didn't have to wear those glasses, your eyebrows were different and your teeth were better'. I was 15 and oddly enough didn't have on tap later eye surgery, access to a beautician, and a handy orthodontist. Thanks though...

dentydown · 07/03/2018 10:36

You’re pregnant. You look 6 months pregnant. Said by my dad who pointed out my belly. When I said I wasn’t, he insisted I was far gone and why I am so sure I’m not. I replied “I had a baby 2 Months ago”

CoolWetGrassUpMyAss · 07/03/2018 10:44

My mum's response to me landing my dream job and moving away... "Oh no, how will I come and see you?" Confused

My boss' explanation of a sharp increase in women's reported well-being... more cat videos on the internet.

Bluntness100 · 07/03/2018 10:48

When I had my daughter I was really quite ill. Spent a month in hospital all in. Was let out after about ten days and then quickly readmitted.

The auxiliary member of staff, an older woman in her sixties, who took the lunch and dinner orders said " oh, it's you, you're back, you're just here for the free food and so you don't have to look after your baby".

She then burst in one day when my door was closed, loudly asking " so what free food do you want today" before muttering, " oh the doctors all here" and then as she was backing out "you're on a drip" and looked at me confused as she shut the door.

I just stared at her silently each time. Not because I was being clever and trying to make her uncomfortable, but because I was very unwell and very shocked, and genuinely couldn't think of anything to say in response. She was actually very quiet and polite after the day she saw the doctors round me and seeing me being hooked up to an IV.

I don't know what was going through that woman's head about why people were admitted to hospital but the phrase thick as mince would probably go part way to describing it.

Bluesue26 · 07/03/2018 11:02

"And this is why i didn't want to be with you" - said to me by exh.
Errrrr you begged me to come back on many occasions. I chucked you out and divorced you. Dick head Grin

Weallfeelbetterinthedark · 07/03/2018 12:20

I don't have and don't want children.

"But who is supposed to take care of you when you are old and ill?"

"You'll be put in a care home when you are old, and be on your own and alone and lonely all day." (IMHO this sounds like bliss :))

(Some colleague, with an exasperated gasp)
"But your family line will die out!!!"
(Me: errrrm, SO WHAT???)

BrutusMcDogface · 07/03/2018 13:14

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

Raindrops- this is BREATHTAKING. I am so, so sorry for your losses and for your utter twat of a MIL. Flowers

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