Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 11:42     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
Anonymous wrote:“Your son would fit in well at Oberlin.”


That's so funny. One of my friend's kids is actually at Oberlin.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 11:41     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
About 14 years ago I was nannying for 2 babies. I got let go after 3 weeks and I posted on here because I didn’t think the reason was a good one and wanted perspective. I got slammed by everyone.
(the 12week old was sleeping on his stomach, I was with him the whole time watching him, sent a pic to parents because it was cute, they said never put baby on stomach and I was let go. I do know that it’s not safe, but 2 babies was a lot, and I felt it was ok at the time because I stayed watching him)
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 11:38     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
I know who you are
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 11:22     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
Anonymous wrote:One of my kids was diagnosed with a life limiting condition. They would eventually die about 14 months later so this was not a mild diagnosis.

He left the hospital dependent on a ventilator. As we were reeling and trying to figure out how to balance his new and enormous needs with those of his siblings, I posted here. People told me I was selfish for not putting my “normal” kids first 100% of the time, that he probably was so disabled he didn’t know I existed (note: his cognitive capacities were not impacted by his medical condition, but even if they had been, kids with intellectual and developmental disabilities know their parents exist), and that I was obviously exaggerating about his needs.


I’m so sorry for your loss. Losing a child is so painful. Something is seriously wrong with some posters.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 11:18     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
"Enjoy Applebee's."

Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 11:13     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
One of my kids was diagnosed with a life limiting condition. They would eventually die about 14 months later so this was not a mild diagnosis.

He left the hospital dependent on a ventilator. As we were reeling and trying to figure out how to balance his new and enormous needs with those of his siblings, I posted here. People told me I was selfish for not putting my “normal” kids first 100% of the time, that he probably was so disabled he didn’t know I existed (note: his cognitive capacities were not impacted by his medical condition, but even if they had been, kids with intellectual and developmental disabilities know their parents exist), and that I was obviously exaggerating about his needs.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 11:01     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
Anonymous wrote:Why would I bother to remember an anonymous insult?


This, mostly. In the moment, it can be hard to read some of the drivel people post here. But the sort of person who needs to go that hard toward an anon on the internet has far bigger problems than any I'm currently wrangling. People tell on themselves, and I've learned to let them. It's not really bad for me when people project their mess, assume they know me, use ableism as an insult, etc. That's not even about me; these people don't know me. They're telling a story of who they're willing to be towards a stranger. It's not a story that's usually interesting or worth much.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 10:37     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
Not really an insult but at some point I wrote about a real (very weird) situation I was going through in my life and somebody called me a troll. Sometimes reality is wilder than imagination
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 10:34     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
Also on the health forum, a poster said he wished my daughter with chronic health issues would die.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 10:33     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
Why would I bother to remember an anonymous insult?
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 10:25     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
Anonymous wrote:“Your son would fit in well at Oberlin.”


LOL !!!

Thank you for the laugh. Please keep posting.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 10:10     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
“Your son would fit in well at Oberlin.”
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 09:57     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
That I must be a fundamentalist thinking everyone else is damned. I'm not, btw.

That I should give up and die like everyone over 70 should because my expiration date has passed.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 09:51     Subject: Re:what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
The rote insults here are so forced that they never matter. Most posters here are bot-like with warped perspectives about the other 98% of Americans that aren’t uber-liberal.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 09:44     Subject: what is the worst thing someone has said to you, on DCUM?
For me it was in the Health forum about 2 or 3 yrs back. I mentioned a chronic condition that I have, it was only the second time I'd mentioned it on here, when another poster told me I was "always here, milking it" and that they hoped I'd die.

I've never had anything so harsh said before, or since, fortunately.