What made you the saddest you've ever been?

Question

I had never seen my father cry in my entire life. When we were at the funeral of his father, he cried at the casket. I am kind of like my father in the fact that I don't hardly ever cry. That day my heart broke, I cried with him. Saddest sight I have ever seen. My father was always the strong one. That day, I guess, I felt through him, his pain and sadness.

Answer 1

wow!!! the most heart breaking story i've heard...chins up? ok?
we'll all die eventually, so instead of crying over the things he's(your grandpa) missing, celebrate the thing he witnessed and pray for his soul...uhn? hope your dad is better now?

my saddest story? i dunno...i've probably had so much, my skin is now thick enough to withstand whatever fortune blows my way...i always turn to God(yeah, i believe in him) and things sort themselves out, one way or the other...so chins up, darling...u'll be just fine.

Answer 2

Sort of the same thing with me. My mother got cancer and my father called me and told me before my mother did, then realized that I didn't know yet. He told me to "act surprised" when my mom called. So all day I had to think about my mom struggling to call me and tell me even though I already knew. When she did call, she was crying and I had never heard or seen her cry before. It was absolutely heart breaking.
I guess there's always a day when you realize no matter how stoic someone seems, they're human, too. It kind of turns the world upside-down.

Holy crap, I was just reading over all of these answers and it's sooooo depressing. This is the saddest yahoo answers ever, I declare it! Like, how could you possibly give someone a "thumbs up?"

Answer 3

My grandfathers funeral when I was 13. I know since i was able to ride a bike i went to his house everyday until he found out he had lung cancer. After thet I went everyday and got turned away most the time but when he died is was like losing a best friend a grandfather and a father figure at the same time. I never want to feel like that again

Answer 4

The saddest I've ever been was the day my father died. He passed Dec. 3, 1987 from lung cancer. I was nine years old at the time. I've spent most of my adult life dealing with his death and although it doesn't hurt as bad now there is still pain. You never "get over it" it just slowly fades with time...

Answer 5

When I quit my job to be all alone with my mother who was dying of cancer.She was in the hospital for over 2 weeks at the end.My so called husband was having an affair,sold our house,and got the best attorney money could buy.I had to send my 11 year old son away to my previous husbands house.Oh yeah,he also took the car and tried to set me up for insurance fraud.I have no other family and he stole all the money!!!Anything else?

Answer 6

The day I lost my father, I was so bad, I can still remember like yesterday, when I woke up one morning to have breakfast, when he was not there, I searched his bed room, there where I found him what I thought was sleeping. I tried to wake him up, I shook him real hard. I cried like my pain would bring him back. I screamed so loud as if I would make him hear me no matter where he was.... He was the only family I had, the only one who took care of me, protected me, raised me and loved me. I never knew what unconditional love was until dad was gone. When people would not forgive, I realized I kept telling myself many time,(if dad was around he would have loved me either way)

Answer 7

Death. I've lost my dad, grampa, and grama..along with a few friends. The hardest was my grampa, and having to see my mom thru it. I drove her to the hospital and we sat with the rest of the family. The doctors came in and said they weren't able to save him. Just experiencing everyone else's pain, along with my own broke my heart. I'm tearing up now just thinking about it...

Answer 8

My mother's death. I was with her when she took her last breath...and from the moment through the days of the funeral home viewing to her burial were like a blur...a sad, gut wrenching blur.

Answer 9

Crying does not indicate weakness. He was simply sad. Your are very priviledged to have seen your father's try feelings. You should greatly respect him, and allow yourself to feel closer to him for witnessing this action on his part.

Answer 10

My real dad dieing when I was 3.
My mom almost died when I was 4.
My grandfather dieing when I was 22.
My other grandfather dieing when I was 25.
My grandmother dieing when I was 27.
My step dad dieing last year.