what's the worst personal comment you have received from a person ?

From Mum:-
You're neither use nor ornament.
You look like a dying duck in a thunder storm.
Look at you - you're a magnet for muck.
You look like you've been dragged through a hedge, backwards.
(after telling her I was to be a fairy in a Sunday School concert) Fairy elephant more like.
(after hearing me sing) You can sing if you like - as long as you do the vacuuming at the same time.

From PE mistress:
You are the most uncoordinated creature I have ever had the misfortune to try to teach.

From biology mistress:
You're an unsatisfactory specimen.

From husband:
You're an accident waiting to happen.

I should point out I'm from Yorkshire - they say what they think, there, no matter what.

Here in Australia people often say nice things to me. But do they mean them?????

My daughter was once asked by a boyfriend's parents: "Are you new money or old money?"

Very sensibly (and correctly) she said: "No money."

Love it, Swizzle!

From my mother;
"You've such a pretty face, shame about the weight!!"
"You walk like a farmer!!"
"You can't have possibly passed your exams with such high marks, they've obviously mixed you up with someone else!!"
On being allocated my place at comp (segregated according to ability in those days) "They've got you in the wrong group, you shouldn't be in the A group when your sister is in B level - I'm going in to school tomorrow to sort it out" (and she did. BTW I stayed in the A group all the way through school whilst my sister dropped into the D level - shouldn't be smug, but I was lol)

From my Grandson (as he woke me up early in a morning);
"Grandma, I love you loads, but you don't half have stinky breath!!"

From hubby (the night I met him);
"You have the most gorgeous cow eyes!!"

And Hubby a few weeks into our relationship (and yes I married him, been together 30 years now lol);
"You are not pretty and you're not beautiful, but you are good looking when you're dressed up"

From someone I thought was a friend when her other friends were acting oddly towards me;
"Oh I've told everyone that you are my mother!!" (her mother had some serious mental health issues and abused my 'friend' when she was a child)

Blimey Jams stick around here and perhaps we can pay you some compliments to balance out those you've described. By the way, cows have the most beautiful eyes, especially Jerseys

A friend came round to see me when I came home after my hip replacement. She hadn't met my sister (5 years my junior) before and greeted her: 'Oh you must be A's daughter.' I was never sure if that meant that my sister was looking unusually young or I (after all I was only a few days post-operative) was looking even older than usual.

I've lost count of the number of stupid people who comment on my (lack of) height.
I once got so angry that I responded by commenting on the woman's huge bust and she accused me of being insensitive!

Well, I posted on here on Nov 3rd, but since then I`ve had another nasty comment. We have a rather nasty, awkward new neighbour, who in the last 6 months since he moved in has been really unpleasant. The other day he started an argument out in the street with my husband, he was effing and blinding, called my husband some awful names, and as we had our 3 year old grandson with us I asked him to tone it down in front of a little kiddie. The answer was, at the top of his voice, "Shut up, you stupid old cow!!!"

The B.....d, numberplease! What a horror. What was the outcome? I hope you didn't back down?

Number please I think that is a public order offence. I'd report him to the police.

You need to keep a record of when he has done this and what he has said, reporting also whether it made you feel afraid or concerned for anyone's safety. Police will gladly call and speak to him about his behaviour. They will usually keep notes and assure him it will be logged and dealt with should it occur again.

That's right, of course! Whenever you have a concern like that, you should phone the police, numberplease. The more they are aware of, the more they'll be able to do. Do you have a Community Policeman that goes around the area? We have one in our village. We go to the Community Police meetings every two months and they give us an update on issues that have previously arisen. They always tell us to report ANYTHING that we have a concern about. They may not need to come to the house but the call will be logged at the police station and notice will be taken of it, in case anything else arises.
You shouldn't have to put up with 'threatening behaviour', which is what this was.

You should also log it with your local council!

Yes, I did back down in a way, because I took my grandson into the house away from him. Hubby came in a few minutes later, said he`d told him to learn to talk more civilised to people. My son has since contacted the landlord who`s had the house on their books for the last few years, we weren`t sure if he was renting or if he`d bought it. He is a tenant, so my son told them what had happened, said he didn`t want language like that in front of his son, and they said that it was up to me whether to make a complaint to them or not. I`ve decided, probably stupidly, to let it go, but if there`s another incident, ther`ll definitely be a complaint to the landlord, and to the council. Police? They`re practically non existent around here!

By the way, he`s not a young man, he`s retired, looks like late 60s.

It's really important to report it and then, if it happens again the offence can be proved. Harassment has to be 'a course of actions' ie more than once, so it's really important not to let it go. Although the police may not be very visible, they are duty bound to log complaints and will respond if it's persistent. If you get no joy go to the CAB who will advise you.

Years ago I was told that if I stood sideways and put my tongue out I would look like a zip

How about another one; Grandson in our room the other morning, had a lovely snuggle and a cuppa in bed. GS gets up and says "I should say one thing to you - BINGO WINGS!!!" I had to laugh though lol

After my mother's funeral while family got together, my 90 year old aunt who had not seen most of her nieces for forty years or so, asked one of them 'which one are you.' 'Christine' replied my cousin. 'Hell' said Aunty.

I must add that my cousin is an attractive, well dressed 64 year old! It's a story that we will probably laugh about for years, especially at funerals.

Possibly at the aunt's funeral?

Sad to hear about put-downs from parents.
My niece when accompanying me to the dentist (when she was about 5) asked loudly in the waiting room why my teeth were so yellow....
A friend of mine, meeting her DH2 relatives for the first time was greeted by one of his aunts with the remark "Oh yes, you're the one without a degree aren't you ..."
When I used to do a lot of training with managers etc we used to ask them to fill in feedback sheets. They were rarely directly critical but they did sometimes damn with faint praise e.g.
What did you like best about the day?
"The fact that you both wore skirts" (oh, so you were looking up our skirts all day were you...)
and my favourite
"Dough balls with chocolate sauce" - he was referring to the profiteroles at lunch time.

my wife did that to a local radio presenter ,who then told all her listeners that was why she was starting a diet lol

'You could be quite attractive if you tried' - and that came from my mother, bless her.

I think she was probably trying to get even. I absolutely floored her when I was small when, all dressed up for some outing, she came to kiss us children good bye before going out and I said ' Mummy, you look AWFUL, just like something out of Vogue'

My Mum told me that, when I put the effort in, I brushed up quite well!! Grrrrrrr!

Reading back over this thread reminded me of the time, many years ago when I was slimmer than I am now, and I visited a flat in an office building that had not been used for ages. I wore my usual business clothes which I considered reasonably smart and took a look round. Coming down from the flat, dusting down my hands, the administrator whose skirt was a pelmet with hair several shades of the rainbow, said 'Yes, I'm afraid it's pretty dusty up there but thank goodness you didn't wear decent clothes'!!!!