Worse insult you have received from a family member (Light hearted or serious, its up to you)

[McMullen]

Easy; had one from my father that's pretty mild compared to most here, but stuck with me the longest: "You embarrass me." Still sticks I guess, but it would be so ridiculous for him to say that now that it would mean there's no reason to listen to anything he says. Funnily enough, I think part of the motivation for my successes came from that line.

 

[DanielBrown]

Once my mother said that my fathers suicide was my fault. Another time that everything that had gone wrong in her life was my fault. Alcohol was involved.
Felt bad.

Spoiler: Depressing 4000th post!

 

[Parasondox]

Some more insults that I have had thrown at me;


"Are you the same child that came from stomach?" - Thanks mother.
"You are the devil" - Thanks cousins that I barely know and never see.
"You should be on that Super size vs Super skinny program" - Screw this family
"You are as low as your father" - I know you hate your ex husband but relax a minute.

I will add more once they come to me. They hurt me at first but I use those insults to prove them wrong and laugh at them.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

"It seems counter-intuitive but if you listen I can explain it to you, I literally just covered this in my A levels. It's simple physics."

Wait, what? How is gravity and basic physics counter-intuitive?

It's not. It just seems it if you don't think about it properly and have never studied physics. I don't know what he actually thought would happen, but I'd take a guess that he thinks fired bullets go straight. Notice I said that he likes guns, not that he knows anything about how they work.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

He cries out bullshit.
"Well actually..."
"No no no, that's bullshit, that Stephen Fry poof thinks he's so smart but he doesn't know shit."
"Well hold on, let me explain, he's right"
"No, that's nonsense."
"It seems counter-intuitive but if you listen I can explain it to you, I literally just covered this in my A levels. It's simple physics."

Yeah I'm sure that's exactly how the conversation went. Why do escapists wanna ***** and moan on how much better their choices in life were then others? Seems like a recurring idea floating around this site. "Woo ways meee my mum and dad think I'm a loser because I am this that and the other thing" Get over yourself please lol.

What?
That is how the conversation went. It's not a direct transcript, because who has time for that? No it's what I recall of it. Of course you don't have to believe me, I'm just some guy on the internet.
I'm not bitching or moaning about how much better my life choices are. I'm bitching about someone who's so convinced that they know best that they'll dismiss someone who studies physics, on a matter of physics. That's just stupid.

 

[Rariow]

It was pretty soon after the Sandy Hook tragedy, and I was at my grandparents. Now, my grandmother's doing extremely well with age, is very active and is mentally as capable as ever. My grandfather, unfortunately, not so much in either way.

I don't remember how the conversation got to this point, but it somehow ended up with my grandfather asking me whether I like football or not (and by football I mean soccer. The one you actually play mostly with your feet), which he himself is a big fan of. I don't, and that's what I told him. He asked about what I talk about with my friends when conversation's run dry, then. I answered truthfully that about videogames. He told me that "Not liking football isn't normal. It's people like you that end up shooting schools". As you can imagine, that cut very deep. I don't think it's his fault. I think he wouldn't have said that when he was two or three years younger, and he ended up tearing up a bit when he later apologized, so there's no hard feelings at all there.

On a more light-hearted note, when I discovered my passion for maths and told my parents I'd decided to study that in university, my father told me "Good. Only a mathematician is allowed to be as weird as you." Um... thanks, dad?

 

[DkLnBr]

My sister was a proper ***** when we were growing up, we fought like cat and dog.
I regularly got called fat and ugly, a waste of space, a sad *****, a geek, lonely, no wonder I had no friends, a spoilt *****, stupid, etc.

Same here. My sister an I are about as different as you can be, polar opposites, so we'd butt heads over everything. The thing was that she would always be the one to escalate arguments by using nasty, venom-filled insults for even the smallest fight, and she used low blows whenever she could, nothing was sacred or taboo. Imagine a boxing match where one fighter throws a nut shot whenever they had an opening. Seriously, she would have driven a person to suicide if it meant she would win an argument.

But that was years ago, the most recent would be my Dad making fun of my weight. Over the last 5-7 years I've gone from 150lbs to 205lbs and he points it out a lot (almost like he's trying to get me to lose weight by ruining my self-esteem). I cant hold it against him though, he doesn't do it out of malice, he just has trouble with emotional stuff (its like being the son of Spock) and knowing where "the line" is in jokes

 

[TheNewGuy]

Edit: Here's a happy one: When I came out as bisexual in the first place. My mother and sisters didn't really react to it, they were just kind of like, "Oh, yeah. I thought something like that." And then I told my wreck of a father. He stared me in the eye - in the eye, and simply uttered, "******". Not that he was a good person at all, but that one moment in my life is what drove me to put sugar in his coffee every morning to try to give him a seizure from his diabetes. I almost succeeded.

While I can understand why you would do that, you probably would do well not to talk about it in a public forum like this, because technically you're confessing to attempted murder. I'm pretty sure that post could be used as evidence against you if your father or anyone else in your family were to find out about it.

 

[Terminate421]

One of my friend was asked about his "Fake career" from his supposed ***** of an aunt. He replied, "My fake career is doing fine, I just got published and I'm doing successful, so how about your failing business?"

(He is a writer, and I respect him for that burn.)

 

[littlealicewhite]

"I'm glad that Brian (close family friend) died before he could see you like this." - From my stepfather after telling him that I didn't believe in the christian God anymore. We'd generally had a good relationship before this.

And a variety of insults in the vein of "You are stupid" from my biological father. I'm willing to bet that a lot of my self-esteem issues stem from him.

 

[lokicdn]

After arguing about with my Grandmother about what she was saying about my parents, she told me to "Shut up you half breed Indian bastard".

 

[Basiritz]

"I hate you"- Dad

 

[McMullen]

my gran remarked "you'll be dead within a year!" to which i ragingly retorted "RIGHT BACK ATCHA"...and she was...

This may just be the funniest thing I shouldn't laugh at that I've heard all year.

 

[Headsprouter]

Hmmm. My family is very nice, but I don't see them often outside of my nuclear family, who I still live with.

Mum always seemed sorta disappointed in how we turned out, which was not like my cousins, I'll tell you. Friggin' physically fit socially awesome people, the fellas, the girls...well, there's just one, and I don't know much about her, but she's a girl, so she's most likely doing well. And then there's the young ones, but you can't compare those. I can tell they'll end up just like the older ones, though.
What are we like? I can't talk about my little brother, other than he's me 2.0., but me and my older brother are unfit and socially crap. But at least he's pretty bright.

That said I'm friggin' dim, so I don't think I'd notice an insult unless it was blatant.

 

[The Stonker 2.0]

When I was 17.

I was told by my mother that I would never become a drawer and that I would always just be one of those poor starving artists on the street.

She did it because she was annoyed, that's all.
I guess...

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Man, I feel supremely lucky after reading this thread.

Aside from my uncle in Toronto, my entire close family is super nice.

soo...My worst ones are all kinda silly.

1)
My dad is on my computer for some reason and I'm on my bed with a textbook. For whatever reason, my kirby plushy takes this exact moment to fall onto my book. I chuckle and give it a brief cuddle before putting it back above my bed. I turn to see my dad giving me this weird look.
Me: "What?"
Dad: "Y-you just cuddled a little pink thing!"
Me: "And? It's Kirby! Kirby is awesome!"
Dad: "You're a 22 year old guy! It's a cute pink thing!"
Me: "What, so guys can't like cute things from time to time?"
Dad: "...You REALLY need a girlfriend, man. You're CLEARLY becoming desperate".
Me: "I'm keeping my eyes open, no need to get all crazy about it..."
*about 4-6 months later, I have a girlfriend and I invited her over. She saw the kirby plushy and 'aww'd' over it. I told her the story and she laughed and found it awesome"*
-after GF leaves-
Me: "Hey dad, remember the Kirby incident? The little pink puffball?"
Dad: "Yeah?"
Me: "She loved it. And she had the same reaction I did to it. Oh, and she found the story hilarious and likes me even more now. "
Dad: "*shakes head* I do not understand your generation."

In fact, I get the "I do not understand your generation" thing a LOT. XD

2)
*Toronto uncle after a 'debate' about politics in which his only points were "your sources are biased and wrong!"*
- "You're a CHILD. A naive foolish CHILD. Grow up learn how the world works!"
Bear in mind he's RIDICULOUSLY conservative to the point where he thinks all "leftists" are this cult that only wants to enslave everyone. And he practically worships our Prime minister (Stephen Harper), refusing to hear anything against him because "Everyone else is worse", without offering any other justification.


3)
Actually, now that I think about it, there was one talk my family had with me that made me pretty mad, although it wasn't exactly an insult...

Basically, they said that I should "keep my eyes open for other girls". I gave them this funny look and said "Uhh...Wat? I'm in a relationship, guys. That's not exactly a good idea. I mean, I don't AVOID girls or anything and I'm fine with making new friends and-"

And then they tell me that they're worried that my current relationship is a "dead end" because I don't see that much of her because she's always "busy", so maybe I should keep my eyes open in case I find someone who can actually make me happy. Bear in mind, my GF and I are both at university, with pretty heavy course loads most of the time. And we've been together for nearly 3 years now. I tell my parents she has valid reason to be busy, and besides, we're still doing good together. My parents continue to take issue that she's always "busy". I tell them again that she has the right to be busy. She has schoolwork. She has other friends she wants to hang out with. She wants to hang out with her own family, and I'm not the kind of guy who's going to pressure her by demanding she cut down on her own life to be part of mine. Besides, I like my personal time too.

My parents then go on about how when they were dating, they saw each other basically every single day. Even though my mom was working a full-time day job AND going to late night university classes. I told them that just sounds unreasonable and they looked at me like I was crazy.

So yeah. I didn't like the implications of the conversation and told them so, prompting a STREAM of apologies for not wording their talk properly. I mean, yeah, I WOULD like to see more of my GF, but I'm mature enough to realize she has her own life and I that if I demand she put in on hold for me, that's just being selfish.

 

[Frothy Gibblets]

Lets just say when you're called useless, a waste of space etc on a regular basis as a child, you begin to believe it.

The other that, didn't exactly hurt but certainly was annoying, was how no worthwhile girl will ever be interested in me because of my appearance and my job. It may well be true but really, way to kick a guy when he's down.

 

[Jarek Mace]

You know, I absolutely despise my family but now that the topic is brushing it I can't think. My step-father never hated me; I never actually lived with him or my mother on that note and not for any bad reason. I just didn't like their personalities but he did infuriate me to the point of snapping at a Christmas meal. I don't drink much around family, I do however drink excessively by myself and around friends but never family. I told him that I don't drink with family and he replied that I must be insane.
Jokes on that on that knuckle-dragging ape, he's got the twitches.

My mother also infuriated me on many occasions. It wasn't so much an insult to me as it was a compliment (I think?) but she had her second child when I was sixteen (eighteen now), and when I drove over to deliver some gifts to her for that very same Christmas she had a bit of a breakdown and started crying about how she had these children because I was cruel and didn't love her and that her own children wouldn't be as smart as I am. I didn't mind the cruel and didn't love her parts but she did just insult my baby sister; I didn't have any feelings for my family solely because they are family except for my little sister.

Other than that, I do tend to forget most insults even if they are pretty cruel whether I'm throwing or taking them. I do however remember when I got my first tattoo an A-level teacher really offended me when she said I'd never get a job or a girlfriend. In truth, it is a 5x5 inch black hammer and sickle on my lower underarm and she is a history teacher; was still quite offended though. She's partially right however, I've had dozens of flings with women but never a real relationship. Not exactly a parental example but y'know.

 

[Johnny Impact]

My brother makes fun of me for not having a girlfriend. Really pisses me off for several reasons.

1) He's more than a bit of a loser. We're talking about a no-life kid that played so much WoW, I'm surprised he didn't get a catheter so he'd never have to take bathroom breaks. He's fat, sarcastic, asocial, short-tempered, and completely unmotivated....yet he has a girlfriend.

2) He was 27 before having his first girlfriend, which makes him a goddamned hypocrite for making fun of others.

3) Despite the above, his girlfriend is still with him after more than a year.

4) I have never mocked him for not having a girlfriend or for being in a relationship. Loser though he might be, I wish him happiness and have told him so. She's a sweet girl and will be nothing but good for him.

5) He's 100% right. I have never known companionship, connection, pleasant conversation, or any of the things that are supposed to make dating worthwhile. It was all rejection and ridicule, all the time. This bothers me very much. It is by far the single biggest desire of my life to know for just one moment that someone wanted to be with me. For a long time now, I have assumed rejection to be a foregone conclusion and simply left myself out of socializing. Call it cowardice or quitting if you like; I refer to it as advancing away from pain, shame, and humiliation. I do other things: photography, painting, reading, etc. Doesn't make me happy, but I don't see what can be done about it. A one-legged man can climb all the mountains he wants, and know pride and satisfaction for doing so, but at the end of the day, he still wishes for the leg he will never have. Some things just don't get better. Short version: he's making fun of me for something I am powerless to change.

 

[DuctTapeJedi]

My mom once started lecturing me because I don't have enough friends, apparently.

She also started a rumor a while ago that I was gay, although neither of those is really an insult.