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by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on January 14th, 2007
"It's not like you really wanted children anyway" Niiiiiice. Yup, that made me feel soooooooooo much better.
by donovan reynolds. on January 14th, 2007
"Well, I would say that you'll see them again one day. But I doubt you're going to hell, too."
by Pogster on January 17th, 2007
I heard this said to a young widow:
"Well, dear, you're young, you'll find another soon."
by nurse7263 on January 14th, 2007
Someone actually said to me at my parents' funeral -
"It's ok, I'm an orphan too."
WTF?!?!?!?!
by anonymous on January 14th, 2007
'Well, you know, they weren't THAT important to you, were they?'- said to my cousin Izzy when her dad died last year.
by dotnotdottie on January 20th, 2007
i think the worst thing a person can say to someone who is grieving is:
I know how you feel.
because you dont know how that person feels. you may have lost your mother and think you can relate but no, you really can't.
people's relationships differ fomr one to another and what two peole may have shared as (for example) mother and daughter is most likely DRASTICLY different from another mother and daughter (even in the same family)
People ALL grieve differently and deal with the loss at different rates and in different ways.
by Ezzy on January 14th, 2007
suck it up, they are not going to come back
by ProudPugParent on January 25th, 2007
Honestly, I think the worst thing I heard at my mother's funeral was one of two things.
"At least she's in a better place/At least she's not suffering anymore."
or
"Everything happens for a reason."
Both are equally lame and insulting to someone who is mourning the loss of a loved one.
I wouldn't have thought those statements would infuriate me as much as they did when my mother passed away.
by Patti jo on January 14th, 2007
Stop crying that's what my Dad said to me when my Grandmother passed away
Sorry, I misunderstood the question earlier
by zazzy_one on January 14th, 2007
"Every one has to go some time."
I was just in the emergency room with my daughter* who is six. She was crushing-out on a cute 14 year old boy in the waiting room. She already has issues of fear about her dad's age.** When she told this kid how scared she was to be in the hospital, he told her not to worry, that he was used to hospitals. His dad died but was in and out of hospitals for a long time and well, ya know, "everyone has to go some time, man."
*She stuck a Q-Tip in her ear and damaged her ear drum.
**She is my husband's late-life love child. He's in his 60's and we've taken him to the hospital with heart trouble which made my daughter useless for weeks, scared that every day was the day he would die, even though the doctors kept telling her that it wasn't his time.
by Journo on January 22nd, 2007
I have often heard people say to someone who has miscarried or had a still born baby .... well, you never really knew that baby and you can always have another.
by Firebrand on January 15th, 2007
"You are still young you will meet somebody else"
I assure you that is the LAST thing anyone wants to hear
by tripwire on January 22nd, 2007
"Get over it! People die everyday!!"
"Better get used to that!"
But the absolute worst thing someone said to me after my mother died, was a stupid old Japanese bitch!! Sorry, but she was!!
Her: " Did your mother die?"
Me: "Yes.."
Her: "How did she die......AIDS?? ahhahahaha"
Everyone just went silent as this stupid bitch sat there laughing at her own joke. I've never punched a woman before, but that was the closest I have ever been! I just looked at her shaking my head..
by Wendora on January 14th, 2007
Death is the natural end of life
God takes people in death to be with him.
God takes little children to become angels.
Some people are tormented after death.
Death means the permanent end of our existence
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2002/6/1/article_02.htm
by P. W. Pasobrio loves Marines on February 2nd, 2007
I hate to hear "It was his time.", "It's God's Will" and "It's the way he would have wanted to go". My fiancee just passed at thirty three in a horrible bus vs. car accident and I can tell you that it wasn't his time, he wouldn't have wanted to go that way and God had nothing to do with taking a good man who never did anything wrong from his family at such a young age.
by Ankhorite on January 23rd, 2007
This has happened more than once to people I know, right at the wake or the funeral:
"So will you be moving now? I'm a realtor, here's my card."
"So will you be selling your mother's house? I'm a realtor, here's my card. You should do this right away, it doesn't do anyone any good just sitting there empty."
by stubborn9 on January 22nd, 2007
Said to my ex girlfriend at her moms funeral.Just to let you know.when you walked away we stood the coffin up before they burried her so she wouldn't be rollin in her grave knowing what a shitty daughter you are.
by SteponQuest on January 21st, 2007
Dude, Do you mind if I date your mom?
by Kevenah on January 21st, 2007
at my grandfathers funeral my aunt was crying alot and my uncle went up to her and said "why are you crying he wasnt ur real dad anyways" i wanted to slap him but my dad wouldnt let me.
by hemiman on January 15th, 2007
When my wife died, a gentleman said to me with his wife by his side, "I know how you feel." I know this man and he has never lost his wife, so NO, he does not know how I felt at that moment, and I told him that. Well, later I felt bad and called him and apologized, he said to not worry about it,, that he didnt really know how I felt ,just was trying to make me feel better.
by jenniferx on January 19th, 2007
so. have you read the will? what are you getting?
by Vesper on January 15th, 2007
"Welp. He's dead now."
by asairel on January 14th, 2007
congratulations!! >.<
wen my grandfather died and sumone sent a bounquet of flowers and at the back of that ribbon says "congratulation" in a watermark print.. though we know its not intentionally and its not the sender's fault but its odd...
by timetogetserious on January 21st, 2007
Well he/she was a prick/bitch anyway.
by janacide on January 18th, 2007
Its your fault she is dead,you should have went with her.
by chaosmaster on January 14th, 2007
im glad it wasnt me
by buddybuddy on September 21st, 2008
you killed him
by jennifer225 on January 22nd, 2007
the worst thing you can say is "hey, things happen". some people just have some nerve to say this..
by - retroglide - on January 27th, 2007
I said an awful thing that hurt my mother deeply. I was in shock when I said it. My mother and father came on Christmas Eve and stayed the night. On Christmas day my father said he was not feeling that well and they left around 2 PM. At 5:11 the phone rang. I was taking a nap. It was my mother. She said in a dry matter of fact voice, "I think your father is dead." I said, "What?". Again in a very calm voice she repeated it. Then, and I have no idea why, I said, "Well you don't sound very upset about it." Then she just fell apart and started crying. At the same time it was sinking in with me. It was something I will regret for the rest of my life.
by Esteban-- Smartest Pumpkin on January 21st, 2007
"will you be dating soon? how about dinner? maybe drinks?"
I heard this at my best friend's step fathers funeral ask to his mother by a 'friend' of the family. She did go to dinner with him. That was sick.
by Sunblynd 5.0 on January 18th, 2007
It should have been you. That's cruel.
by The_Professional on January 15th, 2007
The worst thing:
"You must be happier now that (s)he is gone."
by DukeG on August 30th, 2009
I'm sorry for you loss but I never liked them anyways.
by words o wisdom on August 30th, 2009
They only got cancer to die and get away from you
by The King of Awesome on June 18th, 2007
bummer...wanna fuck?
by Valbourne on March 4th, 2007
Well, you knew it was going to happen
by thesportsguy on February 11th, 2007
My Dad died of liver damage, so the common thing I get is: "He was a drunk! He got what he had coming to him!" and he wasn't a drunk.
by Crazed_Wiseman on January 27th, 2007
gotta admit, lifes better now that their gone
by Eagle2 on January 24th, 2007
"He/She diserved it!"
by Tantric on January 22nd, 2007
"everything is going to be O.K."
When in reality everything isn't going to ever be completely o.k....they just a loved one who can never be replaced.
by muguet on January 22nd, 2007
Well, I think the worst thing that someone can say to a bereaved parent who just lost a child is "I understand" or "I know how you feel". You don't.
The best thing anyone can say to someone who is grieving is "I'm sorry" and "I'm here for you", and then leave it at that. Do not drop the person like a hot potato, do not smother the person either. Just be there but be aware of that person's feelings.
by porshacat on January 17th, 2007
A conversation in my local pub some years ago:-The landlord said to a customer "what's up with you fred " Old Fred replied "my wife died yesterday."The landlords reply "Really get to the bookies while your luck's in." I'm not joking this was an actual conversation
by Universe Of Life on January 15th, 2007
Can I have his car
by tomsims on January 15th, 2007
"Look at the bright side."
"You should feel sad."
by lannab on January 15th, 2007
WHO CARES. THEY WERENT ANYONE ANYWAY.
by ravinman on January 14th, 2007
Hey, you know...none of are going to live through this anyway!
by Pecks bad boy on August 30th, 2009
At least you didn't lose him to another woman. I actually heard someone say that to my friends Mom. +5
by Arisztid on August 30th, 2009
"You'll get over it" right after the death of her father.
It was said to Keysha. I did not hear it... I just asked her and she told me.
by Leeses Pieces is COATed in chocolate on January 16th, 2009
plenty more fish in the sea, right? (for s/o lost)
now you can right all your wrongs. (for children lost)
i feel your pain. i lost a goldfish once... (for everyone else)
by Anonymous on June 6th, 2008
Finally.
What's an Appropriate Mourning Period? How long should you mourn the death of a loved one? Is there a recommended period of time?
by ENigma on January 14th, 2012
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If you were terminally ill would you kill yourself or ride it out?
by Paynus on January 3rd, 2012
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Would you have killed me by now if we were all in a big hassle and in a public place and I had a bullhorn asking all these questions?
by pearloaf is not yelling and dreams of bal on January 7th, 2012
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If you died on the toilet is that a crappy way to go
by ChelseaLee on January 17th, 2012
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Are there any non-religeous grief support groups?
by IsaacM on December 31st, 2011
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