Ugly words - react or not?

@Nevena83 (65277)
Serbia
August 8, 2019 12:53pm CST
I just finished notifying, but it looks like few people are on the site. A few hours ago I had a confrontation with my parents. As many people know, my father has been shouting all day, uttering ugly words, and sometimes I really can't stand it. How do you react to ugly words when you get them?
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
8 Aug 19
I’m so sorry your father is so verbally abusive. I would walk away and ignore those ugly words.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
8 Aug 19
@Nevena83 That truly is sad.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
8 Aug 19
@DianneN I'm a very smiling and positive person, but my parents have ruined me and sometimes I can't stand their insults.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
8 Aug 19
It annoys me, I always have to hide.
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@Ladanger (14578)
• United States
9 Aug 19
Easier said than done but ignore.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
You are right, it is very difficult to ignore such a person because I live with him.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
12 Aug 19
Thankfully I live alone with my granddaughter and although we argue sometimes we don't use ugly words. I remember my parents fighting when I was young and I hated it. I used to stay in my room or go out.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
12 Aug 19
@Nevena83 Yes I was always afraid that my parents would leave us when I was little. I don't think they realise what they do to little ones when they are fighting.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
12 Aug 19
I'm glad you live peacefully. The ugly words are like knives.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
12 Aug 19
@sprite1950 Many parents do not think about their children. They behave selfishly, but my father enjoys hurting me.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Aug 19
First of all, I don't let ugly words bother me. Secondly, I use humor to either diffuse the situation, or to help me keep calm.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 You really need to figure out a way to get out of that house. Your father is a toxic poison to your emotional and mental health.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@moffittjc You're right, but I don't see a way to go, it will only stop when he or I die.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
I agree with you, but when you have been experiencing such things every day for the last 15 years, then you get tired of everything.
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@Shivram59 (35572)
• India
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 I know.But such things never happen in my family.Still if ever someone among my friends unnecessarily shouts at me,I too would not tolerate it.In family I can't even imagine my parents shouting at me or anybody else.
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@Shivram59 (35572)
• India
10 Aug 19
@Nevena83 I pray God blesses you with a happy and healthy life which you deserve.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
10 Aug 19
@Shivram59 Oh, thank you. I don't think anyone ever prayed for me.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
10 Aug 19
You have a wonderful family, I wish my family was like that.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
9 Aug 19
"I shout back!" This would everyone's tendency when being shouted of bad words. . If you're well mannered and raised by a good parents, you won't retaliate by throwing another bad words.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
I agree with you, but if my father has been doing this for 15 years, it's hard to ignore.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@Nakitakona When I get into a fight with him, he knows exactly how he is going to hurt me and then he slips away and I remain in tears.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 That's a display story and that is too much. If I am in your shoes, I would do something worse and I would be showing disrespect to him. Ignoring him is impossible.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
8 Aug 19
I live alone and so don't have that situation.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 It is not the best way to live but it is very peaceful.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
8 Aug 19
You're happy about that.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@1hopefulman Yes, I understand you. Sometimes I wish I was alone in the house.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
9 Aug 19
I focus on the positive and the blessings around me instead. The enemy has no place unless we give it to him.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 We absolutely should respect our parents. God gives us free will. If someone does not choose Him He will NOT force them to. Your dad doesn't have Jesus inside his heart if he is being hateful to you. That is NOT God's fault--that is the enemy doing these things--which is what he does--KILL, STEAL & DESTROY. If God FORCED your dad to accept Him or to be more like Jesus & less mean then that isn't free will is it?? And then we wouldn't like God because we don't have free will if He forced us to be more like Him.... Poor God, guess He can't win in our eyes can He??
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
But isn't God saying we should respect our parents? How then does God allow our parents to hurt us?
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@LovingMyBabies Last year I spoke with a monk and when I told him about my father's behavior, he said it was too late for him and he had chosen the devil. When I told him that when we went to church, he was in a hurry to get out and go home, and he explained to me that he was in a hurry because the devil was waiting for him.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
9 Aug 19
I go in another room, close the door and refuse to listen.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
10 Aug 19
@Nevena83 If you reply back this will never end, I know how much it must be frustrating.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
That would really be best, but as he is, then I would never leave the room.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
10 Aug 19
@LadyDuck You are right about that. When I react, it continues, but until it triggers my tears, then it recedes.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
8 Aug 19
Ugly words hurt us much . They are like a very sharp knife that continue to stab our innermost part. These could affect our emotion and day to day activities. The words we hear seem always flashing in our mind and seem sucking at our ears. If hear ugly words, as I resolved, is to leave the place and look at the surroundings and plug in melodious music to our ears. Your father might have a very ugly experience with his parents when he was young and his anger is thrown back to his own family which is wrong. You need to have a face-to-face talk in a calm way to resolve the conflict in a refined way.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 just pray for him . Let time heals everything and have him in his better life with his better mood.No matter what , we ought to love our parents.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@cacay1 He will never be better.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@cacay1 Oh, that's impossible. He killed everyone in me. I still treat him like a parent, but he causes hatred in me.
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@birjudanak (14320)
• India
8 Aug 19
sorry to hear that you hear ugly words from your father as we not like to hear it so we can tell them but if still continue then just ignore them by not react them. Your father telling ugly word to you or just say in common talk?
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
8 Aug 19
He has been uttering curses and insults every day for 15 years now and mostly only to me.
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@birjudanak (14320)
• India
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 do you know reason why he is doing like it because mostly parents didn't shout to much to their children.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@birjudanak I know, he's already physically assaulted me.
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@Bullshark (3477)
• Netherlands
10 Aug 19
You should have given your father a time-out...
@Bullshark (3477)
• Netherlands
11 Aug 19
@Nevena83 Giving someone a time-out is to temporarily seperate him/her from a place where an unacceptable behavior has occured. It's what parents do to punish their children. You should have done it to your father...
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
10 Aug 19
I did not understand you?
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
11 Aug 19
@Bullshark I don't think that would work.
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
9 Aug 19
Last week somebody referred to what we are doing as stupidity. It's hurting, but some people have really this habit of getting on with ugly words.
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 what's annoying is they have no authority to tell me ugly words. He is not my boss he is only a consultant,
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@florelway But no one has the right to speak to you like that.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
Yes, some people enjoy our pain.
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
8 Aug 19
Usually, I turn and walk away. If they are having that much issue with whatever is going on with them, better to step away. If it is a loved one, or a close friend, I will often attempt to learn what the issue is and ask if there is anything I can do to help them. But there is so much good stuff in life that no one should not have to deal with other people's anger.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
10 Aug 19
@cperry2 I know how you feel. When he started acting this way, I thought he had killed all my love, then he fell ill two years ago and I thought I would die as much as I cared for him. When he recovered, he went on as usual.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
You are right, but when it comes to parents it is very difficult to bear their ugly words.
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 I agree. While my mother was dying, she got more and more unpleasant. The doctors stated this was due to a lack of oxygen getting to her brain. Meaning there was nothing that could be done to help her out of that. The surgery she needed wasn't available for several more years. Today they could have helped her. Oh well. And you are right, it is very hard to sit and listen to that. Harder still not to respond in kind.
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@snowy22315 (180870)
• United States
8 Aug 19
I would find somewhere else to hang out.
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@snowy22315 (180870)
• United States
8 Aug 19
@Nevena83 Go to the church, ask them to help you, until you do something different you will continue to have this in your life, and it is a bad way to live.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
8 Aug 19
I would love to leave, but I don't have the money to leave.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
8 Aug 19
@snowy22315 But I have a son who would disrupt his life and his obligations.
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@May2k8 (18366)
• Indonesia
9 Aug 19
I would ignored him and went somewhere.
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@May2k8 (18366)
• Indonesia
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 Or you can cover your ears with cotton, until your father get tired after shouting.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
That would be best, but then I'd be out of the house every day.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@May2k8 He never stops, he works hard until he elicits my reaction.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 I may feel hurt or angry. It depends on who said them and why.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 That is very very hard.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
Yes, the most hurtful words from a person you used to love.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@Hannihar Yes, he killed everyone in me.
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@Bensen32 (27610)
• United States
8 Aug 19
Not sure what you mean by ugly words, like someone calling you names or just swear words in general. I swear all the time so if someone else swears it doesn't bother me at all but someone but if you mean calling me names or swearing at me, that is a different story.
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@Bensen32 (27610)
• United States
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 oh yea, insults is not good, that I would not stand for.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@Bensen32 It's hard to take insults from a person I once loved.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
8 Aug 19
These are various insults and curses.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
9 Aug 19
Depends how often I will see that person again.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 That situation is worst. Can you go smowhere else?
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@mrki444 I can't go anywhere because I have no money.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
You are right, but when you live with such a person, then you can do nothing.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
8 Aug 19
So sorry you are still under this sort of behavior. I walk away from this abuse.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
8 Aug 19
@Nevena83 The reaction is the hard part. I hope you can find a way to just walk away.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
8 Aug 19
@CarolDM Sometimes I feel trapped.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
8 Aug 19
Yes, he does that every day, and my mom keeps telling me I shouldn't react, but then I tell her that I'll tell her that kind of thing every day and see if she reacts.
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