My mom once told me I was the reason for her unhappiness after an argument. I 100% know if I brought it up to her she would have no memory of it. "The axe forgets but the tree remembers"

“It’s a pearl now, not a grain of sand.”
That was beautifully worded.

The "must be harder to be her than be around her" lady has such admirable emotional intelligence 💖

I think I need to start going easier on myself because no one’s ever said anything this cruel to me in my entire life. Except me.

It’s funny how we smile even though we’re in immense pain

"You know, I never really loved you."

My Mom, on the phone with me, stating this out of the blue like it meant nothing. I cried a lot after that phone call. After so many years of manipulation, I'm glad to say I've cut all ties with her.

"Hurting someone’s feelings is as easy as throwing a rock in the ocean, but do you know how deep that rock goes?"

When I was 23, I was in a relationship for 5 years with my girlfriend. I was working 3 jobs side jobs and attending school part-time, and my goal was to pay for all my college tuition without a loan, get my degree, land a job in my field, then ask my girlfriend to marry me.

One day I caught her with another man, and I was utterly devastated beyond words. When I asked her why she did it, she said ”You never made any time for ME. You were always gone” and I said ”Yeah I was gone because I was trying to build a future so that I could marry you” and then I drove away seeing her in the rear view mirror on the street, just gradually getting smaller and smaller in the distance. I never saw her again.

That was 10 years ago, and that whole conversation still haunts me til now.

Edit: Years later, I found out they dated after I left and became boyfriend and girlfriend. They actually dated for 4 years and then he cheated on her with a different woman.

My dad finally said he was proud of me.

It was written in his suicide letter.

“Our daughter is a social reject. Nobody will ever want to be around her because of the way she is”
- my father to my mother. I had overheard the conversation while in my room.
I’m autistic and have struggled with anxiety issues for the majority of my life.

“It’s a pearl now, not a grain of sand.”
What a beautiful way to look at something that once hurt so badly.

The fact that many start with "my mum told me.." really hurts. Just someone that should be the first person to love you and love you the most that say hurtful things like this

"When you die, you don't have to leave a will because no one will miss you."

She was a math teacher and said this in 2012 in the middle of a class. I still remember everyone's silence.

the fact that most of these come from parents is unreal.

"I'm sorry but I am not quite sure I know who you are."

My wife a month before she passed away from Bone marrow cancer. She had just had a tumor removed from her cerebral cortex and suffered memory loss. She knew I was a warm person, and she felt genuine care from me but did not ultimately know who I was.

Those words were the first she said to me when she came out of her medically induced coma after the surgery. Low chance of survival.

I miss you Jules <3 please watch over me sweetie

When I was suffering from depression as a preteen my mom told me that if I didn't "snap out of it" she was going to take me to a hospital and have them give me shock treatments. From that point on I shoved my emotions down and never asked for help again.

Parents can be the biggest assholes in this world

It's so sad to see how brainwashed the first guy is. His mom completely destroyed his dreams to the point where he truly believes that he is lazy and can't accomplish his goals. If he had the support from his mom that he needed, I guarantee you his entire life would be different.

My father once told me: "You have been ruining my life ever since the day you were born". Some nights this sentence still makes me cry, even after all these years

"you ruined my life"
... I was just a child...