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Post your saddest summer memory itt and I'll rate it relative to my own saddest summer memory on a scale from -5 to 5. { super-sad - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - my memory - - - - - - - - - puppies & unlimited Irn-Bru } - - - - - - - - - - Bonus points for effortposting and offering support and consolation to other posters. You're also encouraged to render your own ratings and reviews, feel free to use the rating icons above, just make sure to mention what you're using as -baseline. Now, then. My saddest summer memory: shinmai's worst summer posted:I woke up, having overslept. It was well into the afternoon, and the house was empty, which was odd. I scraped together some breakfast and plugged my phone in. Midway through a sandwich, I hear a car pull up on the driveway and a few moments later my parents and my younger sister enter. My sister's hand is bandaged, and she's in tears, my parents look really shook up, too. We had a rescue dog, a Tibetan Terrier called Nougat, that had been raised in a family that had completely neglected him: no dog food, he survived only on dinner leftovers from the family, if he acted up, barked, growled or whatever, he would be locked in an unused walk-in closet, and he was never taken on walks, only left on a flyline in their backyard for a few hours per day, more if the family went out for a longer time. We'd made good progress in re-training him: he would let us trim and comb him (super important for Tibetan Terriers), he'd wait patiently to be fed and only started eating after receiving permission. He'd still growl at us occasionally, but would stop on command. |
# ¿ Jun 11, 2016 19:05 |
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# ¿ May 13, 2024 23:09 |
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GODSPEED JOHN GLENN posted:I had to go to summer school because I had failed gym. 1/5 You lost a huge chunk of summer vacation due to failing a completely unnecessary school subject. That sucks big time, you'll never get that summer back My goondolences. |
# ¿ Jun 11, 2016 19:31 |
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alnilam posted:I was at governor's school, a college-like program for nerdy kids between 11 and 12th grade, having the time of my goddamn life and meeting lots of cool friends. I had just gotten a cell phone for the first time so my parents could keep in touch with me (early-ish days of cell phones). It rang at about 7:30 am before i woke up and before answering i knew something was wrong. Then the first thing I heard was my mom was crying on the other end. Legit cried reading that. So sad he had to go so shortly after a triumphant hero recovery I know I would've been absolutely paralyzed after something like that, I can't fathom how you managed to go to class. |
# ¿ Jun 11, 2016 19:44 |
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drilldo squirt posted:I consider this a sad summer memory because I let you down. I'm sure FluffieDuckie will be benevolent and give you a chance to prove you're a Good Poster. e: See? |
# ¿ Jun 11, 2016 20:00 |
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I think my saddest summer memory was when I had to read my Mom's eulogy to my grandmother, because she was her only surviving child but was on the other side of the world and couldn't attend the funeral. She was my favorite grandmother growing up, only I hadn't seen her for years because I couldn't bear meeting her after she had a stroke that left her barely functional. I was sad, and guilt-ridden for not seeing her for so long, and missing my Mom. That's heavy stuff, friend. I've had a similar experience with my great-grandmother, and have made an effort to make time to spend time with elder relatives while they're still alive. I can't even begin to imagine how hard it must've been to read your own mother's words on the death of her mother Like I said, heavy stuff :O |
# ¿ Jun 11, 2016 20:18 |
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Matoi Ryuko posted:I remember when my mom got really drunk and tried to climb a train car behind a bar, she fell and broke her spine in 3 places. My sister woke me up at 3 am and I knew something terrible had happened instantly. I was going to go down to the hospital but it was like 2 hours away and I had to work a 12 hour shift at a pets mart distribution center in 45 minutes or I'd get fired, so I worked the entire shift then went to my other job and told them I couldn't work and they said I had to so I quit and drove two hours to the hospital and totally didn't even think to drink any water and almost passed out when I got there due to dehydration. Mom is okay now, 8 years of physical rehab have helped alot, she can walk but not for a very long way. And after alot of therapy she is in a much happier place now mentally the when she was after the accident. That sounds like an absolute monster of a day. I admire your conviction and bravery for quitting the second job to ho be with your mom! Glad to hear things had some kind of a silver lining in the end. Luvcow posted:it was the summer of 1972 and i was an 11-year-old girl and a hypochondriac. My dad was an awkward widower who never seemed to understand me, and as a result, constantly ignored me. He worked as a funeral director and we lived at the funeral parlor, which led me to develop an obsession with death as well as disease. i also thought that i had killed my own mother, since she died giving birth to me. I also regularly tended to my invalid grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. My uncle Phil, who lived nearby, also stopped by frequently to help out the family. I'm allergic to bee stings and love mood rings Even creepier, earlier this year I purchased a vinly of the album 'Buzzkunst' by the duo ShelleyDevoto, made up of ex Buzzcocks members Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto I'm glad the movie had a happy ending! |
# ¿ Jun 11, 2016 21:09 |
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Uxzuigal posted:Im not sure if I got "sad" memories that I can remember straight up, there is no memory in particular that stands out. My dog dying, my grandmother obviously lovely as hell.. but outside that, I've seen alot of crap and unspeakable *evil*.. but for some reason nothing stands out as extremely sad... Might have been there and then ,but then I am done with it I supose... maybe I've just become jaded. Which in itself is kinda sad I guess. / Not getting sad about how the world is can be a blessing in disguise, I think. It's important to not always be all peachy, but the world is a super lovely place on average, so if you can be a lil' bit callus and not let things get under your skin, it can also be a good thing. |
# ¿ Jun 11, 2016 22:49 |
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ghost emoji posted:my dog died the summer of my senior year. she was 14 and i'd had her since she was a puppy. i wasn't even there when it happened, i was at cross country practice. she died alone and scared in an empty house and i never got to say goodbye Oh no So many sad pet stories. Hope she went peacefully, at least... peanut posted:We moved across the country in the last four months of 8th grade. I quickly made friends with the goth kids at my new, temporary school. My brother and I stayed with "cousins" in Orange County while our dad worked up in the Bay Area. My brother got the bedroom of the oldest sister who quickly tired of the crowded house and moved out hastily, I slept in the living room. That sounds like an Ingmar Bergman movie just depressingly bleak and hopeless. Thank you for the epilogue . i flunked out posted:my moms birthday is the 19th of june, mine is the 21st, fathers day is usually somewhere in there on a sunday. Cancer is easily the worst thing in the world, by a massive margin. It's nice that your dad got to spend his last moments in good company. A friend who's parents died in a car crash on her birthday took to celebrating it 6 months from the real date, and dedicated her real b-day to reminiscing about her parents with friends and family. |
# ¿ Jun 12, 2016 16:09 |
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mister magpie posted:When my home hosted the worst shooting in American history, motivated by reckless hate for a community I am a member of. I don't have a rating icon with enough sad faces. There is very little that can be said about this event and events like it that would offer any consolation, so I won't even try. Suffice to say, I'm sure we're all feeling the pain and wishing that the people affected will find a way to continue on with their lives. |
# ¿ Jun 12, 2016 22:17 |
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The Goatfather posted:A few days ago it was v nice out but now it's too hot Summer + "too hot" = excuse to drink unlimited amounts of iced tea albany academy posted:I once spent an entire summer without seeing any of my school friends and I was super bummed about it but then when school started I realized I hadn't actually given them a means to contact me A valuable life lesson about the importance of handing out your business card at every opportunity! |
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