19 Most Awful Things Parents Said to Their Kids

13.

My mom to me, while she was in the hospital awaiting the results of a lung scan: “I would rather be dead from cancer than see my only son grow up to be gay.”

14.

My cousin’s step-dad told him during an argument over the phone “why don’t you just go kill yourself if you are so depressed?”. Two hours later my cousin committed suicide by a gunshot to the head. He was 15.

15.

My mother once gave me a razor told me to go kill myself, but to go do it in the bathroom so it would be easier to clean. As I walked away, she said “and shut the door, I don’t want your younger sisters to see it”. I was 14.

16.

I was 18 or 19, and she was slapping me around on day, I’m yelling “I am now an adult, this is assault! I’m going to call the police and you will finally go to jail”. And my mom, the psycho is like (paraphrased a bit) “Go on, call the police, but then I will get some acid and a knife and mess you up so bad that it will be worth the jail time to see you messed up beyond recognition”

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.