What's the most polite insult you've recieved?

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  • laurenz2501
    laurenz2501 Posts: 839 Member
    I had my Coast Guard foul weather jacket on, and it had my last name stenciled in big letters across the back... I walked into an Enlisted Mans club and there was a comedian on stage doing his act... as I passed the stage and headed to the back where the bar was he said over the microphone "Hey, you misspelled GOODYEAR"

    It hurt... but cracked me up also... gotta admire wit even if you are the victim :mad:

    i think it's so sad when comedians insult people directly like that. i can see generalizing about a group of people, but i never in my life found it funny to embarass someone especially in front of tons of people like that. it's stupid and makes me so mad. since when did inflicting pain on others become something to laugh at? i wish you would have said something back to him...
  • almarsala
    almarsala Posts: 168 Member
    This was just a funny case of instant karma I wanted to share.

    I was on my first day in a brand new high school and a girl walked up to me. I was painfully shy and was hoping she would want to be friends.
    She said (in the snarkiest tone ever): "What does it feel like?" I gave a puzzled look. She continued: "To be way taller than all the other girls, it must be embarassing.".
    I was crushed. :(

    Suddenly a basketball flew out of nowhere and broke her nose. The person who threw the basketball (not on purpose!) would later be my boyfriend of 4 years. True story. :)


    That. Is. Beautiful.
  • bradphil87
    bradphil87 Posts: 617 Member
    About a week ago a homeless man said "your dumb" as I escorted him off the property as per my night job. And then I realized something....people now don't have the "your fat" comment to go to anymore :) lol
  • AliDarling
    AliDarling Posts: 373
    One that came to mind, my mom has always been putting me down since i was a kid, (7 years old)

    "look! You have to go into womens instead of kids now." (age 10)
    "Ya know, just because your fat doesn't mean you're a bad person. (age 13)
    "If you ever want to get a boyfriend, you need to lose some weight and try to hide those scars." (16)

    At 19 when I finally lost weight, she gained a lot. Never seen her that big. PAYBACK!!!

    I didn't say anything, but my stepdad (who has always been big) got in his revenge.
    Mom: "I only have two pairs of pants!"
    Stepdad: "What? To make one?"

    I had to laugh. A life time of her constant put downs, karma is good.
  • almarsala
    almarsala Posts: 168 Member
    When I was in middle school, one of the "pretty" girls came up to me and said, "Your so lucky!!!!!!". I looked at her and asked why. She said, "Cause you have the biggest boobs in the class". I was mortified. I legitimately thought about killing myself that night.

    I am glad that you did not kill yourself. Bullies are dumb :(

    THIS <3
  • almarsala
    almarsala Posts: 168 Member
    "There is no way that will ever fit in there."

    It did.

    You sir, are effing amazing.
  • Cliffy94
    Cliffy94 Posts: 1,265 Member
    "Nice face, shame about the fat body" got told that when i was 15, ten years later, still haunts me! :frown:
  • Mira710
    Mira710 Posts: 194 Member
    Yesterday one of my friends was commenting on my new figure. He said, "You used to be 'shapely'" and did the finger quotes. But he followed it up with, "You look fantastic now!" so I wasn't too upset :)
  • NCTravellingGirl
    NCTravellingGirl Posts: 717 Member
    I have two that are still in my thoughts...

    1- I had lost 65 lbs and walked in to my grandmother's house, proud to be under 200 lbs for the first time as an adult. She asked what I weighed, I said 195.... what I got back was, "Well, you don't look like you still weigh that much!"


    2- My mother was trying to tell me (as a young adult) her thoughts on whether my sister and I needed to marry. She told me that my sister needed to find a rich man to take care of her, but me, well, some people just never get married. My teenage brain read that as .... my mom thinks no one will want to marry me, and I still fight it today, haha!
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    "Would you please go eff yourself?" very polite
  • AliDarling
    AliDarling Posts: 373
    "Would you please go eff yourself?" very polite


    lol
  • synh6416
    synh6416 Posts: 55
    "You have thick thighs."

    Mostly said to me by men and sometimes girls as a compliment but I kinda take it offensive because people say it so much, makes me self conscious and like I have the thighs of God or something...
  • MyPaperBleedsInk
    MyPaperBleedsInk Posts: 240 Member
    Well this isn't about weight... more about clothes....
    My grandmother said to me one day, "Lisa.... you look nice, for once."
  • VelociMama
    VelociMama Posts: 3,119 Member
    "You have such a pretty face."

    This one makes me want to stab someone....
  • JenniBaby85
    JenniBaby85 Posts: 855 Member
    When I was pregnant with my second daughter;

    "You don't even look pregnant, you just look like you've gained weight"

    Thanks Grandma :angry:
  • FiercelyBeautiful
    FiercelyBeautiful Posts: 590 Member
    Like all of the above? lol They are all like universal fat girl "complements".
  • VelociMama
    VelociMama Posts: 3,119 Member
    When I was pregnant with my second daughter;

    "You don't even look pregnant, you just look like you've gained weight"

    Thanks Grandma :angry:

    I get the "are you pregnant?" question all the time. I'm almost 20 weeks, and my belly sticks way out now. It's obvious. Did they just think that I swallowed a bowling ball or something?
  • StevenHaley
    StevenHaley Posts: 76
    You look beautiful pregnant! .............. I wasn't pregnant.. - ___ -

    My wife got offered a seat on the subway the other day. the gentlemen (at least he was trying to be) said "sorry, I didn't notice you you are pregnant". She's only 5kg over what she "should be" after having two adorable girls in the past years.
  • Debbe2
    Debbe2 Posts: 2,071 Member
    I can't even repeat it because I just got over the way it made me feel and I am going to tell my gym friend exactly what I thought of her compliment when I see her next week. :grumble:
  • synh6416
    synh6416 Posts: 55
    "You look like you work at Hooters"

    I'm not sure it that was supposed to be an insult or a compliment but either way, it was embarrassing, ESPECIALLY since a child said it to me -.-
  • FiercelyBeautiful
    FiercelyBeautiful Posts: 590 Member
    I have two that are still in my thoughts...

    1- I had lost 65 lbs and walked in to my grandmother's house, proud to be under 200 lbs for the first time as an adult. She asked what I weighed, I said 195.... what I got back was, "Well, you don't look like you still weigh that much!"


    2- My mother was trying to tell me (as a young adult) her thoughts on whether my sister and I needed to marry. She told me that my sister needed to find a rich man to take care of her, but me, well, some people just never get married. My teenage brain read that as .... my mom thinks no one will want to marry me, and I still fight it today, haha!

    That so isnt funny, this is what we call a lifetime self-esteem road block. I hope you have or are working through that because those kinds of comments leave scars (spoken from personal experience and a professional therapists perspective)
  • MelissaE27
    MelissaE27 Posts: 682 Member
    I was told by my ex husband after I had his child.... your face is beauiful too bad youre fat with stretch marks now....to this day this still rings in my head.. .......
  • SavanahM
    SavanahM Posts: 9 Member
    Whenever I tell people how much I weigh (which isn't much) it is typically followed by "Wow I would never have guess you weighed that much!"

    I get this too! Or I'll tell them how much I weigh and they'll say "that can't be right." :|
  • strbryt
    strbryt Posts: 488 Member
    Not sure if it was polite but my grandmother said it with a concerned smile....."When you were young you were so beautiful........What happened to you?" My response.. I got fat grandma so thanks. By the way I am noticing that quiet of few of the comments were made by grandmothers!!!
  • lizblizz2012
    lizblizz2012 Posts: 196 Member
    I put on a lot of weight in my stomach after getting engaged. Needless to say there were many people who connected getting engaged to growing tummy and thought I was preggers.

    My husband and I were abstinant but thanks for assuming we were only tying the knot because he knocked me up.

    People are still surprised I haven't given birth yet to my nonexistant baby!
  • synh6416
    synh6416 Posts: 55
    Whenever I tell people how much I weigh (which isn't much) it is typically followed by "Wow I would never have guess you weighed that much!"

    I get this too! Or I'll tell them how much I weigh and they'll say "that can't be right." :|

    I get that too.
  • miltongurl05
    miltongurl05 Posts: 64 Member
    "You dress nice for a larger girl"
    "Your large boobs mask your weight"
    "You are smart, funny, and have a beautiful face but aren't my type"
    "I like bigger and thicker girls so you fit right in"
  • sweetpeaz12345
    sweetpeaz12345 Posts: 64 Member
    Im 6 feet tall and I get this comment all the time.

    "Yeah but she's bigger, I mean taller.. taller "Dammit"
  • synh6416
    synh6416 Posts: 55
    "Are you mixed? Cuz you looked mixed. Mexican or white but yeah, mixed."

    That's very irritating. I hate when people ask me if I'm half another race just because I'm not dark. Annoying.
  • ElyseL1
    ElyseL1 Posts: 504 Member
    I dont want to date the hot girl, I want to date the pretty girl next door. Right along side of you arent fat, your thick, you stomach is still way smaller than you boobs.

    On recalling that convo i probably should have slugged him.

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