DontTouchMeGuys Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Let's reopen some old wounds today. What are some of the meanest things your parents/guardians/grandparents have ever said to you? Does it still affect you? If you're a parent today, does being a parent yourself take the sting out of what your own parents said to you years before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 My parents told me that Alf is my twin brother that they gave up because he ate our cat Morris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where'd Luongo? Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 go play on the freeway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 My parents are way too calm and collected. I can't think of anything at all off the top of my head. Now I on the other hand have said plenty of mean things to my parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glory_Days Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Well, not something mean she said to me, but my mom made me give away my favorite stuffed animal when I was about 8 or 9 to her friends daughter that wanted it... Another time, my Dad ripped my then favorite stuffed beaver to pieces in front of me when i was about 11. Fun times..., thx TC *Cries alone in the bathtub* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 23 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: My parents told me that Alf is my twin brother that they gave up because he ate our cat Morris. Yo Bro! I always figure my parents adopted me. Seriously, where's the resemblance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantomex Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 "You're not allowed to party all day and night!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 "Come over here and pick up your kids".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 It's the things they never said that hurt the most.... Boohooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cramarossa Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I grew up pretty poor (paycheck to paycheck…when my parents did get paychecks). I would want things or ask for things, or question why my parents did the things they did. My parents constantly responded that they paid the bills and when I paid the bills I could make the rules. They were always obsessed with money since they never had any. It really made me feel like that was the only important thing to them, and that my thoughts and opinions didn't matter- even for non-monetary matters. Now I make more money than either of them ever have. I help them out financially (and have been since ~age 17). I still haven't forgotten the way they made me feel though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 My dad was terribly abused by his father.....I got lucky and he could never lay a hand on us or be mean to us. But man could he give discipline with a strong word of disappointment. My mom was a spiteful bitch always saying mean things and things were never good enough. Uhm...I got into premed on a full scholarship....stoned the entire time and never doing homework....ended up with a business degree somehow....you think high A average would be good right? Nope... Anyway..she is why I moved out at 16 and got a place of my own. We're super cool now and thankfully all the $&!# I went through she didn't do to my brothers. She's been an amazing grandma to my niece and I love going home and spending time with her and the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Insisted that a genetic medical issue of mine (confirmed by their own damn doctor) was caused by alcoholism (and I'm nowhere near an alcoholic). Needless to say, holidays are spent at the girlfriend's family without any complaints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikhguy23 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 22 minutes ago, Cramarossa said: I grew up pretty poor (paycheck to paycheck…when my parents did get paychecks). I would want things or ask for things, or question why my parents did the things they did. My parents constantly responded that they paid the bills and when I paid the bills I could make the rules. They were always obsessed with money since they never had any. It really made me feel like that was the only important thing to them, and that my thoughts and opinions didn't matter- even for non-monetary matters. Now I make more money than either of them ever have. I help them out financially (and have been since ~age 17). I still haven't forgotten the way they made me feel though. I mean being more mature now you can surely understand why they did what they did. If they had money and made you feel that way, then they deserve some blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I never got along with my step-mom. Never figured what my Dad saw in her. (If she was a lawyer, or doctor or something sure). She made snide comments. Out of respect for my Dad, and my step sister and brothers I never said a word. I figured we didn't get along, feeling was mutual. I would be the bigger man and be civil. I totally get why my parents divorced. I guess I just wanted better things for my Dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silky mitts Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 You alcoholic Went in in my room and had a scotch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 1 minute ago, Silky mitts said: You alcoholic Went in in my room and had a scotch Terrible what some parents will say to a 12 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Blight Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Can't remember my parents ever saying a mean word to me or my siblings........except maybe one. "If you don't eat your broccoli there will be no dessert for you mister"........now I love broccoli and don't like desserts, hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cramarossa Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 47 minutes ago, Sikhguy23 said: I mean being more mature now you can surely understand why they did what they did. If they had money and made you feel that way, then they deserve some blame. A couple years ago my mom fell on particularly hard times and she had to move in with me. She kept trying to give me directions as far as how to run my household, and I basically told her since I was footing the bills I would run my house how I please. She was very hurt and complained that I was being dismissive. I told her that how she knew how I felt all those years. It was very eye opening for her to be on the other side. It wasn't about money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psylocke Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Some of the stereotypical Asian family things like not being smart enough, pretty enough, thin enough. Yeah, it definitely has played a part in my lack of self-esteem throughout my life. With that said, my parents (and family as a whole) were a lot less strict than a lot of your typical Asian family so I had quite a bit of freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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