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25 People Confess The Most Insensitive Thing That Has Ever Been Said To Them

16.

“Ew! Will I catch it if we fuck?” An old date after I pulled out my insulin pen, followed by my personal favorite of, “So like, did you used to be really fat?” I’m type 1 not 2!

17.

In Highschool I tried running for student body president. I occasionally asked my dad for help but he told me no. I didn’t win and I was pretty upset because I tried really hard. At graduation my dad pointed to the student body president and said “That could have been you.”

18.

“You’re so quiet you might as well not be here.” Did not help the crippling social anxiety.

19.

When I had just been put on antidepressants and was going through the horrible adjustment period you get when you first start them, I was really struggling to concentrate at work and kept making mistakes. I went to HR and explained everything and that the tablets were making me confused but I knew that after a few weeks I would be okay (I’d been on them before) and would be feeling much better. The woman in HR just said to me “Well, you’d better start pulling your socks up then” after I’d poured my heart out to her.

20.

My mother told me my being gay is what killed my father.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.