Women deserve so much better.
Unfortunately, there were many horrible stories women had up their sleeves to tell.
Adults were completely careless towards them as kids and left some pretty damaging marks.
Warning: Some submissions include topics of child abuse, eating disorders, suicide, and racism.
yo proceed with caution.
I was the only child in the middle of the whole thing.
I was crying because I didn’t want to leave my mom.
He yelled, ‘Can’t you see she’s just trying to buy your love?!?!’
My mom picked me up for a day or two and then brought me back there.
I’m in my late forties now, and I still remember this incident so vividly."
u/MamaMia1325
2.
“‘Are you sure you want to wear that t-shirt with that belly of yours?’
and ‘Are you sure you want another sandwich?'”
For reference, I was never ‘overweight’ I was quite ‘thin.’
Eventually, I gained the appropriate amount of weight [for my body] when I was about 11. u/ThinkLadder1417
3.
“‘Youre going to make somebody a great wife someday.’
They said this when they were watching me suck the juice out of a big dill pickle.
I was about nine years old.”
u/tinydotbiguniverse
4. u/optimisticallyssad
5.
“‘Your mother left because she didn’t like you.
You made her leave.’
u/speworleans
6.
“My stepmom would take me out shopping for clothes when I was around 13.
I have a thyroid issue, PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome), and Ehler-Danlos Syndrome.
But, her words have haunted me my whole life.”
u/Anilxe
7.
She said, ‘Im not surprised.
Youve never been happy with anything in life or satisfied.’
u/Due-Celebration-9463
8.
I was so scared to ask my OBGYN.”
u/Valuable-Owl1971
9.
Our family friend said I looked like a ‘whore.’
I dont remember anything else she ever said to me in my childhood except for that."
u/Gold_Knee_5182
10.
It was then that we decided we wanted to live with our mom full-time.
Im 32 now, and that comment has remained with me since then."
u/Schells91
11.
“I was in youth theater and took a stage makeup workshop when I was 10. u/LimoncelloShark
12.
“My mom taught me how to write my name in cursive in the first grade.
At school, I proudly handed in my worksheet with my name signed in cursive.
My teacher started screaming at me in front of the whole class because we hadnt covered it yet.
She went absolutely bonkers.
I was so embarrassed that I refused to participate or speak in the classroom.
She sent a note home stating that she thought I was ‘intellectually challenged.’
My IQ was measured at 115 (not nearly a genius, but fairly high).”
Basically, it questioned her qualifications, and they invited her in so they could measure her IQ.
They also agreed with her assessment that I should not be in her classroom.
She avoided me the rest of the year.”
u/That_Molasses_507
13.
I had untreated ADHD, adaptation disorder, and was suicidal."
u/OhMissFortune
14.
“I had really bad acne as a teenager, and my grandfather got irritated looking at my face.
u/wannabe_wonder_woman
15.
“When I was younger I was really close with my uncle.
On my eighth birthday, I ran around and told him to move.
I havent been able to look him in the eyes since…Im 30 now.”
u/wafflepopcorn
16.
“Many people (especially teachers) would say, ‘You are not pretty, youre only cute.
You are not as pretty as other girls, youre ugly.’
My self-esteem was built on those things…it’s horrible.”
u/imlazyandidontcare
17.
“I went in for career counseling post-school.
An adult said that to a 16-year-old.”
u/AnimalSignal4974
18.
“My dad told me at age 10, ‘Dont be such a know-it-all.’
u/One_Bicycle_1776
19.
“I was about 10 and in the school choir.
I really enjoyed singing and many people complimented my voice.
My choir teacher told me that my voice sounded like a chipmunk.
u/kindnessgirl
20.
That goes through my mind almost daily now, and I’m 43.
It really made me struggle with not feeling like anything I do is ever good enough.
c’mon don’t do that to your kids.”
He was haranguing my mom and I piped up to tell him to be nice to her.
I knew from that moment on that it was my CALLING to be ‘such a bitch about it.’
Wherever he is now, I hope someone else is being a total bitch about it.
Forever and ever, amen.”
u/Beloveddust
Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
