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Which one sentence changed your life?

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greennan Tue 23-Oct-18 11:36:41

A friend sent me a link to THIS THREAD on Mumsnet which made for such poignant and thoughtful reading and afterwards I thought it would be really interesting to pose the same question here. So which one sentence changed your life? I will start with a happy one

Will you marry me?

It's worth reading the Mumsnet thread if you have time but definitely have tissues at the ready

JustGrandma Sun 28-Oct-18 22:12:50

Mummy's dead. I'll look after you now.

Said to me age 7 by my 11 year old sister.

Sparklecat1955 Mon 29-Oct-18 09:49:21

@JustGrandma Heartbreaking, I'm so sorry ?

JustGrandma Mon 29-Oct-18 10:21:00

Thank you Sparklecat1955 x

Maine52 Wed 31-Oct-18 10:56:28

Mom we are immigrating.

springleaves Wed 31-Oct-18 13:56:21

‘You’ve passed’

After 3 years of intermittent driving lessons & failing 3 times.

KatyK Wed 31-Oct-18 14:03:54

There are lots for me, happy and sad, some really terrible. The one that had the worst effect on me personally was when, at the age of 11, I was taken to the dentist who said to my mum 'I'm going to take all her teeth out' and she let him.

Annapops Wed 31-Oct-18 16:25:28

"I'm not coming home for the foreseeable future." Words from my husband of 25 plus years after returning from being missing for a week ( we had a row over a secret mobile phone I had discovered). I was later to uncover that for five years he had been leading a double life. His loss but the words still cut through me.

icanhandthemback Wed 31-Oct-18 20:15:47

That's awful Annapops. That sort of betrayal must have left you wondering about your own sense of judgement. I hope you have recovered from such betrayal. flowers

Annapops Wed 31-Oct-18 23:21:13

icanhandthemback it was like living in a soap opera. A friend said to me, "but I thought you were ordinary, just like us." I am now recovered and my revenge is seeing how this once good-looking man has changed. All wrinkly , balding and a neck disappearing into his chest. What he was on the inside is sure enough showing on the outside. I'm now happily married to a man who needs only one partner in life.

Mycatisahacker Thu 01-Nov-18 09:00:17

There’s been a fatal crash. You need to pack and go with us to the airport. We don’t know her injuries. My dd aged 12. All the way it was on all the news channels.

She’s now grown up. Recovered. I haven’t and never will really.

Annapops Thu 01-Nov-18 19:09:08

How awful that must have been Mycatisahacker. I can only imagine the worry and fear. This really makes me realise how heartbreakingly worse some situations, sentences, have been than mine. I'm so pleased your dd recovered and I can quite understand how this memory will stay with you forever.

icanhandthemback Thu 01-Nov-18 20:13:01

Annapops, in your case, revenge must be very sweet. smile
Mycatisahacker, so glad your daughter recovered. I love your name.

Coolgran65 Thu 01-Nov-18 20:54:40

Your husband has psychotic schizophrenia.

etheltbags1 Thu 01-Nov-18 21:02:22

You have a large cancerous tumour in you colon

gmelon Fri 02-Nov-18 11:56:40

Coolgran65 and ethelpops
flowers flowers