I have Cancer!
By DJ
@Daljinder (23236)
Bangalore, India
April 30, 2016 8:40am CST
(Stunned silence)
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I blurted it out. I have been trying to say for awhile!
Mom, my aunt (Mom's sister), my older cousin (Aunt's daughter) and I were sitting there talking. One thing led to another and I spilled the beans.
(Stunned silence continues)
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My aunt grabbed me and started crying. I felt awkward. I don't like it when people hug me. But I didn't push her away or even showed the displeasure outwardly.
She is a very sensitive and emotional person. Gets hurt very easily. So, I stayed put. I tried looking at Mom for help but my aunt had me properly caged in her arms.
Then she started blabbering and sobbing. I didn't know how to behave with a crying person.
In my head, I was thinking "Where is Mom when you need her?" I seriously needed her right then. But she was just sitting there and watching.
Finally, after a million years, my cousin slowly pulled her mother away from me. When she had regained a little of her composure, she started talking.
"W..when did that happen? How?" She started patting my head, hair and looked me over. Then turned to Mom. "Why didn't you tell me?" Angry and hurt.
"Everything is fine." Mom replied. My aunt didn't let her finish.
"FINE????" She said aghast. "Your young daughter has Cancer and you say everything is fine?" She yelled at Mom.
Shocked I whirled around....
"What?" I gasped. Normally, I don't interfere between elders. But this was different.
"Oh geez!!! I don't have Cancer. I said I am Cancer. Not I have Cancer." I replied.
(Actually, "I am Cancer" doesn't sound any better. She misheard me. She was soooo embarrased. We were shocked. I learned to properly say, "My sun sign is Cancer." to avoid any mishaps in the future. Ever had a blunder moment like that? Or a mishap?)
A good example of miscommunication.
(Photo by pixabay)
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@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
1 May 16
@vandana7 Cancer is a crab, no?
Linda Goodman or Linda Hamilton....?
Linda Goodman or Linda Hamilton....?2 people like this
@vandana7 (100609)
• India
1 May 16
@Daljinder Because Linda Goodman was just ditched by a guy ...who happened to be born in one of those days and she had to give a bad name...don't worry..we are slow killers when compared to scorpions...(cancer is a type of crab).
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
1 May 16
Sorry! 
Trying to show how miscommunication happens. lol You know this same incident has happened other times too. Why do our sign had to have a name like that?
Trying to show how miscommunication happens. lol You know this same incident has happened other times too. Why do our sign had to have a name like that?2 people like this
@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
30 Apr 16
Well, I didn't get how "I am Cancer" goes like that...
And this pic... makes me feel like we are Dinosaurs! 
And this pic... makes me feel like we are Dinosaurs! 3 people like this
@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
1 May 16
@Daljinder Next time tell them you are a Kark Kanya... lol
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
1 May 16
Simply put, my aunt did not hear the whole thing and just heard "Cancer". Also in general, people refer to the sun signs in Hindi names like "Tula" for Libra, "Kark" for Cancer, etc...
I don't refer to them in Hindi. I get confused with their Hindi names. So, I use English names. LOL
Hence the situation.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
1 May 16
I should have said "Kark" (which is a Hindi word for this sign) instead of Cancer. But I get confused with the Hindi names for sun signs. So, I am in the habit of using English names. 
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*(goes to get a broom to start collecting the spilled beans)
...Stunned Silence...@vandana7 (100609)
• India
1 May 16
@thesids ..Cancer is zodiac sign..we ..Porridge and me...are both cancerians..we are rotten. fun loving, lazy, love babies, love earning monies...don't like spending as much..Silas Marner mentality..lol
On flip side...we are disgustingly emotional..can't solve our emotional mazes...if only there were some helicopter that would lift us out of those and take us out of the maze...we would be oh so happy and feel we have achieve so much..lol
Water sign...confused as far as emotions are concerned..lol
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
1 May 16
@vandana7 Ok, so that "I am Cancer" implied the zodiac. Now I better understand.
Is that zodiac the one they use in India or the Sun Sign they use in the West? I ask this because most of the newspaper and other such columns that I find even in Indian Magazines seem to ape the West and follow their pattern.
Now that we are discussing zodiacs, Indian astrology (which uses the tithi and the time of birth - kundali thing) says I am a Cancerian (heck!) and even my mom is. But the Western Sun Sign or even its copied version prevalent in India says that I am either a Virgo or a Libra - in fact I can be any at the moment - just because I was born on the first day of the cusp and the timings... they were all zeroes on the clock - and I just love following these because I am more at home with them - all zeroes interests me more
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
30 Apr 16
yep I think you're better off saying "I have crabs"... xD
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
1 May 16
@Daljinder when someone says "I have crabs"..
They means this:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the animal. For the disease known as crab lice, see Pediculosis pubis. Crab louse Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: P
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
1 May 16
Oh um gee.... "I have crabs" doesn't sound any better lol. It sounds like I have some disease or something... Or some weird skin allergy..2 people like this
@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
30 Apr 16
It wasn't funny at the moment. But later... waaaay later it was amusing. Shows how miscommunication can create issues out of nothing.
Scorpion huh??
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 May 16
You scared me too. I thought ohmy gosh this lady has cancedr how awful Me Im scorpio bo n uin Niovember. Im sure I have had a miscommuincation oh yes
I was on the phone to my mom and the co o ked beef tongue was on the table anas I looked our dog grabbed it and bite into and yelped as it was very ho ye.
' I yelled dont b ite m y tongue and m y mom was all sympathetic and sai oh my
Im sorry you bit your tongue. I had to explain then that it was my dog as I got the meat away from the dog.I put it on the stove and rehated it to kill any vacteris.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
1 May 16
It wasn't a joke. lol I am giving an example how miscommunication happens. And in a way annoyed at the name my sun sign has. Like really? Why Cancer? Couldn't find a good name for the sun sign?
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
1 May 16
@Daljinder Ok, I understand now, and I'm glad your aunt could laugh about it.
(What's with the 'evil'? Can't you make up your mind what you are?
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
1 May 16
The conversation was on and around the sun signs. They were obviously talking in their mother tongue. lol Which I don't do unless absolutely necessary. All the sun signs have different names in Hindi language. And I never use Hindi names for sun signs. I actually get confused by which is which in Hindi. So, when I answered something and told my sun sign is "Cancer". I should have said "Kark" which is what Cancer sign is named in Hindi. So, you see how all the confusion came about? My aunt heard only Cancer and went with it.
Yes, later we laughed at the incident and so did she. 
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
1 May 16
@jaboUK Someone used my name as a means to pick on me...lol Not in a nice way either. So, yeah I thought I better change it.
I am flavoring everything before I decide... 
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
1 May 16
See? how misunderstandings happen right? Was giving an example.
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@just4him (317242)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Apr 16
WOW! You know how to cause panic in me! I've always hated that sun sign because it's mine too and I feel like it's a disease not something to be happy about. I was very happy when they changed the sign to Moon Child back when I was a kid, but they still call it Cancer. By the way, I don't follow the astrological signs and horoscopes or horrorscopes as I call them. They aren't accurate anyway, just something man made up to make money from and make people feel good or bad depending on his whim.
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@just4him (317242)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
1 May 16
@Daljinder I see you changed your username. Yes, they changed it back when I was still living at home. Long time ago, but it never caught on. I don't even read them for a good laugh. If I want a good laugh, all I need to do is come here and interact with a certain trio of people.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
1 May 16
Sorry!
I don't hate my sun sign. I just don't like the name. I have heard and read this sign referred to as "Moon Child" but I thought it was because this sign is ruled by the Moon. I didn't know that the name itself has been changed.
Something new to learn.
I don't follow the horrorscopes (This is funny actually because that's exactly what I call them too. ) either. But I admit that I read them. They make a fun read. LOL Sometimes they are so ridiculous and make me laugh.
I don't hate my sun sign. I just don't like the name. I have heard and read this sign referred to as "Moon Child" but I thought it was because this sign is ruled by the Moon. I didn't know that the name itself has been changed.
Something new to learn.
I don't follow the horrorscopes (This is funny actually because that's exactly what I call them too. ) either. But I admit that I read them. They make a fun read. LOL Sometimes they are so ridiculous and make me laugh.2 people like this
@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
30 Apr 16
She is very soft hearted. So we had to tread lightly after that. Lest we ended up hurting her feelings.
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@Yar_Joey (3271)
• Philippines
8 Jun 16
@Daljinder The title of your discussion creates confusion, because you said "I HAVE CANCER" when in fact "you are cancer", correct?
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
8 Jun 16
@Yar_Joey Correct! The main point of doing the discussion was to point out how mixing both sentences creates confusion leading to miscommunication. The word "cancer" is enough of a scare.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jun 16
@Yar_Joey I am not sorry that I am Cancer. It just creates confusion. lol
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
1 May 16
My sign is Cancer too, glad you don't have it
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
1 May 16
@Daljinder It's very painful my dad had it too.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
1 May 16
Oh yay another Cancerian..... 
. I am glad too that I don't have Cancer. My aunt has been fighting that damnable disease her whole life. It's painful to watch her.
. I am glad too that I don't have Cancer. My aunt has been fighting that damnable disease her whole life. It's painful to watch her. 2 people like this
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Well, it's good your aunt didn't get mad at you thinking that you played a fool out of her. Such is the cause of miscommunication.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
30 Apr 16
Ah! No she is rarely if ever mad at anyone. Miscommunication can create misunderstandings. lol This cancer sign thing had me in similar situation with other person too. So, now I properly say "My sun sign is cancer" instead of "I am cancer" It sounds wierd.
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