Everyone has moments of disagreement with their mothers, but some moms just take things to the extreme. Unfortunately, these disagreements can lead to screaming, fighting, and saying things we don’t mean. However, there’s definitely a line between saying something you wish you could take back and being abusive.
No one should be berating their own child and making them feel like they’re unwanted. Sometimes moms unintentionally make their children feel insignificant, but a good mom always knows when to apologize and explain that their words were just coming from a place of anger. Unfortunately, some moms don’t feel bad at all about what they’ve said or done to their children.
However, none of the basic fights most people have gotten into are as bad as what showed up in this Reddit thread. Reddit user MysteryLady221 asked, “What’s one of the worst things your mother has ever said to you?” The responses are quite unbelievable.
Shaming Mental Health
“Mine called me lazy, [and said] I didn’t have time to be depressed, and then when she was depressed after her marriage fell apart, it was like, ‘Why aren’t you more sympathetic?’”-good_kerfuffle
If you want your children to be there for you during hard times, you probably should extend the same help to them first.
You're Just Like Your Father
“I hate your dad; he ruined my life. Everything that’s wrong is because of him. You look just like him. You’re exactly like him.”-Mediocre_Horror_11
No parent should ever use their resentment toward a partner against their own child; that’s a new low.
No Crying In This House
“During this super [rough] time, I was in my room crying. It had been a particularly frustrating day, and apparently, I was crying loud enough for her to hear. She barges in and yells, ‘If you’re going to keep this up, then you can find somewhere else to live!’ I asked her if she was actually being serious, and she said yes. I pointed out to her that most mothers actually comfort a crying child. ‘I’m putting a roof over your head,’ was her response.” -ButterscotchLiving59
Compassion and empathy are some of the most important qualities mothers need to have, but clearly, this one is lacking in both.
Body Shaming
“No man will ever want to marry you because of how fat and ugly you are. (I was 130 pounds!)” -Lower_Cat_8145
It’s bad enough dealing with body shaming out in the world, but coming from your own mother just might scar you for life.
Boarding School Send-Off
“When I was 12: ‘I’m going to send you to boarding school and we’ll never get you to come home during the weekends, we’ll never visit you there, and nobody is ever going to miss you.’ Still feel tears welling up when writing this and having to think about it again, even now that it’s more than 20 years ago.” -imreginaphalangee
Threatening to ship a child off to boarding school is bad enough when it happens in movies, but in real life? That would haunt me forever.
Gaslighting Mommy
“‘Your therapist implanted false memories in your head!’ This was in response to me calling her out on her manipulative, toxic behavior before she gathered up her flying monkeys after me.” -LunaMoth-Rebirth
That’s certainly something a wicked witch would say.
Driving Meltdown
“When I was 8, we were out driving one day, and me and my older sister were getting restless and bored in the back seat of the car. We started pinching each other, bickering, and kicking the back of the driver’s seat. My mother got so angry [that] she pulled over on the side of the road and started screaming at us. I think I remember her exact words were: ‘I should leave you little [brats] here now and you both can just go die in a ditch somewhere.’ I’m 30 now and I still can’t forget that memory.” -20-SoulButterfly-12
Kids can be out of control, but threatening to leave them in a ditch? That’s a pretty harsh punishment for normal child behavior.
Back To Foster Care
“I don’t even remember what she was mad about that day, something about school, I think. She looked me dead in the eyes and said, ‘I should’ve left you in the system,’ meaning foster care, [because] she adopted me. One of the foster kids told her the next day that I was crying that night (we shared a room). She then asked me what I was crying for, [but] I didn’t say anything.” -Raven–Michaelis42
Being in the foster care system is traumatizing enough as it is without your adoptive mother telling you she wishes she had left you there.
While every mom has moments of lashing out in frustration, these moms take the cake for some of the worst things you can ever say to your own child. What’s the worst thing your mom has ever said to you? Let us know below.
You can view MysteryLady221’s post here.
