...I really need to make a list of things to avoid saying,cos I do have the tendancy to put my foot in it at times!
2007-05-26 22:29:09 · 35 answers · asked by cc 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
plenty more fish in the sea? .....
lets watch the movie 'feeder'?.........
ummmmmmm .... fukking hope that fat **** dies?.........
'i always thought you should have done better anyway....he was soooooo ugly ..... i mean do you realise what an idiot you have looked like to all of your friends for all those years for being with him... i mean everyones always saying it.... everyone knows'?
2007-05-27 02:04:35 · answer #1 · answered by Sharky Vl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what the heartbreaking situation is. Try to avoid the cliches (although they're often truisms):
You'll get over it/learn to live with it
Time is a great healer
At least they're not suffering any more
They had a good innings
But what a way to go ...
There are plenty more fish in the sea
He/she wasn't good enough for you anyway
etc., etc.
There's usually nothing you CAN say - heartbreak can't be instantly healed as there are so many different emotions involved - better just to let your FRIEND do the talking and YOU do the listening - a sympathetic ear is more valuable than a few trite words.
2007-05-26 22:58:22 · answer #2 · answered by Dolores & the prune 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Wow! you really messed that up, big time.
2. Can I have dibs...?
3. I'm pregnant. With his kid...
4. So I see he listened to me.
5. You should see his hot new girlfriend!
6. You should see his hot new boyfriend
7. Woohoo! I won the bet on how long it would last!
8. You'll never find such a guy again
9. OK, enough about you, let's talk about me now.
10. I guess now would be a bad time to tell you he's married...
p.s. seriously now, just say as little as possible and listen and just be there, distract her with activities but don't mollicoddle.
2007-05-26 23:42:34 · answer #3 · answered by Snake Eyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I didn't think it would last as long as it did!
Cheer up ! You could be run over by a bus tomorrow
Worse things happen at sea!
Now you can go out with me again!
I saw him yesterday with a gorgeous woman!
Sorry to all the heart broken people out there!
2007-05-26 23:27:39 · answer #4 · answered by saddo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the most common and most hurtful thing a friend can say is "he wasn't worth anything anyway." Not only does that trivialize your friend's feelings it also sounds as if you always knew the relationship would fail and weren't supportive of your friend's decision to see him to begin with.
2007-05-26 22:36:52 · answer #5 · answered by Heather 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well i have a lot of trouble and i get nervous when i have to speak to that person and one of my friends lost her husband and i went to her funeral and i was sooooo nervous that i did not know what to say and i said that black was her color and i felt so embaressed and ashamed and also i feel one does not need to say much just make that person feel comfortable and and be a good listner so ur a good friend who does not screw up
2007-05-26 22:51:04 · answer #6 · answered by blackcat XIII 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
told you so. any reference to what a great guy if you have one is, i dont care, think about what you would hate to hear in that situation and then you have some idea. besides if you regularly put your foot in it then they should know this already!
2007-05-26 22:34:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's over a man it would have to be "There's plenty more fish in the sea." I hate that saying.
2007-05-26 22:32:46 · answer #8 · answered by Tyanna-Daisy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would just avoid her for a couple of days
2007-05-27 00:05:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tomorrow is another day...plenty of fish in the ocean...another bus along any minute
2007-05-26 22:37:53 · answer #10 · answered by kit walker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋