Worst that someone could say? (But never has)
“You’ve wasted your talent. You’ve wasted your life.”
Worst that someone actually did say? (Not counting assholes at grade school or various heated arguments with people)
“You’re just overhead.”
That was my boss, giving me a pep talk.
Me: I have an appointment with Dr. _____. I think I’m pregnant.
Husband of 8 years, father of our two children: Who’s the father?
Being called “untrustworthy” could send me straight into the ER, specifically being told “no tienes palabra” or “no eres persona de palabra” - what you say can’t be believed, your word is worthless. Has anybody published an article on an actual brain explosion yet? Because it might happen.
I do play with language (always with the understanding that the people I’m speaking with is part of the same game, we’re all playing) and I can certainly make mistakes or choose the wrong word, but purposefully twist words and make promises I have never intended to keep? No, and that is what the expression means.
Ah, see, I have been told something like that: “you’re not the child I wanted, I’ve never wanted/loved you”. So it isn’t in my list of “things I hope never to hear”, but rather in the list of “things I wish I’d never heard”.
As an ex-Marine, the worst thing anyone could have said to me would be, “I wouldn’t trust him to watch my back in a firefight”. No one ever said it, and I certainly hope no one felt that way about me, but sadly, there were several people in my unit I felt that way about, including my immediate superior. It’s the worst thing you can say about anyone in the military.
See, I would say this in jest, but he was serious? That’s a horrible thing to say.
The worst thing someone *could *say to me is that I’m a failure as a mother. Like a lot of moms I know, I live in fear that I’m somehow ruining my child on a daily basis. To have someone actually confirm it, though, would be too much.
The worst thing that has *actually *been said to me was when my mom told me that if she and my dad got divorced it would be my fault. That was said to me when I was 18 and it still stings to recall. They didn’t get divorced, although there have been days when I wish they would have.
My father once yelled at me: “I can’t believe you’re my son!”
But worse would be a mother saying: “I wish I’d had an abortion.”
Or even worse: “You’ve had no effect on anyone you’ve ever known; you might as well never have been born.”
But then an angel shows up to prove that that’s wrong!
Not to mention the seeing-1930s’-Donna-Reed-naked part.
“…shall be and hereby is disbarred from the practice of law before the Courts of this State.”
I’d rather be shot in the head. And if that ever happens to me, I’ll shoot myself in the head shortly after SCOTUS affirms or denies Cert.
“We’re all out of French fries.” The horror.
“I don’t like you”
“You have the right to remain silent…”
“You’re just like your mother.”
“I *trusted *you, Dad.”
Considerably worse than that is, “No, you’re confused. This is Kazakhstan. You have no such right.”
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.”
“The power of Christ compels you!”
“Your mother was right to treat you as she did. The things she said to you, and about you, were accurate and true.”
Something actually said:
If you tell your mother about this, you’ll get in trouble.
Things I haven’t given anyone a chance to say:
I don’t believe you.
You just want attention don’t you? Stop making this up.
Get over it, that was 15 years ago.
It’d be even worse if it was missing the “y”, the way I read it the first time.
::Wonders what cat poison is::