“How are you?” = Nobody really wants to know how you’re doing, but I’ll ask anyway so that way I’ll sound nice.
“I’m fine” = I’m fucking dying here you stupid biotch. But I know you don’t give a fuck, so I’ll just give an answer you’ll like, that way you won’t have to do anything, not that you’ll ever do anything to help anyway.”
“I’m your friend!” = I like you only if you’re happy. When you’re sad and depressed, don’t bother calling me cuz I’ll never be there to listen or help. But if I ever need help, I expect YOU to jump and be there for me.
“I’ll get back to you on that” = I can’t be bothered, but I’ll tell you I’ll work on something, but really, I won’t.
What are some of your “what people say and what they really mean” sayings?
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In a minute = possibly never.
Or, “I’m almost ready” = Yeah, maybe another half hour or so…
Or, “Your table’s almost ready” = Go wait some more, we’ll seat you when we feel like it
I just need a few more minutes.
Well ***** please I’m leaving with out you. You can drive yourself to the store or movies or where ever. Or I’m just going to go ahead and start this movie without you because I’m sick as fuck of waiting on your sorry ass. Rude. Just plain rude.
Why do women take forever to get ready??
Possibly the rudest thing none can do to me is make me late constantly once in a while is human or make me wait until they are good and damn ready to start whatever it is I’m waiting on you to do. So o end up doing it for you and then you complain how I did it wrong. Man that makes me crazy.
No idea bah. It takes me 5 minutes and I’m out thd dumb door. And I’m a woman. My husband is slow as fuck at everything like just leaving thd damn housr.
‘You can trust me’ = say what ever you want, I am not even listening.
‘Borrow me some money’ = make my minutes with you worth the effort, I just need someone I can lay my back on every time I am in economocal troubles.
‘I have been busy’ = I don’t care about you, except when I really need something.
Thinking about this makes me really tired *sight*
Ahhh yes, the last one… sigh.
Ugh yeah, ditto to that one too. They’re always “too busy”
* sniff sniff *
“I’ve missed you SO much. We must get together. I’m busy, busy; but I’ll call you next week to plan that we get together for lunch.”
=
I have spread myself so thin because I am busy, busy, busy, busy. I would never have time to meet with every person I say this to. But I am friendly to everyone, so I tell everyone I’ll make a plan with them next week, hoping they’ll forget what I said.
Can’t talk !
Just dropping the kids off. Will call you back soon as I get in.
Amazing how people suddenly have time when they want something.
“If you need someone to talk to, I’m here.” = I’m saying this just for the moment, to make you feel better and to ease my own fucking conscience. The moment you really need me, I’ll find an excuse, ignore you like you don’t even matter, and leave you feeling like shit.
I hate people. More specifically, I hate him. JERK!!!
Omg, exactly!!!
Yeeeees
If a woman ever says to you, “Where are we going with this?” That means… As a man, just give a ever so slightly smirk and look away.
*an ever so… (That’s womanese for…)
If a guy breaks up with you and says “Let’s just be friends”, what he really means is “Please let’s not spend any time together ever again. If I happen to see you somewhere, I might make eye contact, but probably not.”
In the same vein, if a man says to a woman, or vice versa, when they’re been kinda hanging out and going on a few dates, “I think I might kinda like you,” if one person does *not* like the other, end it immediately. If you don’t, you’re asking for emotional blackmailing from the party who *is* starting to develop feelings. If you can’t be serious with someone, don’t ever let them tell you they like you and keep talking to them, if you would like a healthy, fairly drama-free existence and want to move on and try dating other people.
^ My two cents.
@ in response to October_rain
“Let’s talk” = Uh-oh… Someone saying “let’s talk” is NEVER good. -_-‘
Right.
“Oh Baby That Was Great, Can I call You?” = (benefits or nothing).
Very true!
Hey, this could be where the new weekday party is at. I know others have got some more! C’mon in! The party’s just startin’!
“do you want to talk about it?” = I’m willing to listen but probably won’t
“i’ll miss you when you’re gone” = i’ll probably miss you for a while but i’ll get over it
“you need help” = i don’t like it when you come to me like this and i don’t know how to help
“i’ll love you forever” = i’ll love you until you’re gone
“please don’t do it” = don’t do it…it’ll make me look bad
“i’m happy you’re here..” = i have no one else to talk to and you’re my last option
“suicide is selfish” = if you kill yourself, then I’d have to feel guilty, bc I know I haven’t done anything to help you, or could have done more, but I didn’t want to, so therefore, if you kill yourself, then I’m going to have to feel guilty, so I’ll just tell you that you’re being selfish to make you feel guilty and bad about doing it so that I don’t have to live with the guilt. I don’t care if you have to live with guilt and misery for the rest of your life.
Exactly! They’d never admit it, but I think this IS the truth.
It also annoys the hell out of me when people describe suicide as “cowardly”.
Rather the opposite. It’s a very difficult thing to do, even for the people who really, really want it. It takes a lot of strength and determination to go through with it.
“Cowardly” is definitely the wrong word to describe it.
No, it is the right word. That’s what non-suicidal, non-depressed people call us. And that’s what they think. That we’re either too chicken-shit or too lazy to go and make changes in our life so that we wouldn’t be depressed anymore. As if depression can go away so easily.
I agree that that’s what they seem to think; I just disagree with them.
Even in the cases where it seems 100% logical and justified, I still don’t classify suicide as a selfish coward’s way out. It takes strength and determination to go through with it.
Sometimes a person can use the same strength and determination to find a therapeutic alternative; but either way it isn’t selfish or cowardly.
At least that’s the opinion I’ve learned to embrace.
I realize there are many others, embraced just as strongly by different people.
Some people don’t give a damn when said person is alive, but when they commit suicide, they pretend to be caring to make themselves look better. Or they just spend their life blaming the person that killed themself, without any thought as to why that person killed themself… ‘oh, they were just selfish and only cared about themselves’.
That is rather annoying isn’t it!
I’ve noticed the same thing.
In “aftermath” stories, everyone claims to be shocked and devastated, and there’s an outpouring of love and blah blah blah.
Funny how no one ever comes forward and says “Finally, the rotten bastard is gone!”
Which either means the person didn’t have any enemies at ALL (which is unlikely), or people suddenly become hypocrites, like you said.
I know. No one ever says “Yep, he killed himself bc no one was there for him, including me.”
Why are people always so ‘shocked’? Is it real? Are they really surprised or do they just pretend to be surprised so that no one can blame them?
Anyone who’s ever suicidal pretty much ALWAYS call out for help. Yeah maybe not the day of or the day before, but suicidal people struggle for YEARS if not decades and we keep calling out to people but no one will listen or help. And THEN we finally do it, it’s *omg shock*
Or are they surprised that someone who they thought was just a chicken-shit whiner was able to finally pull the trigger?
Last part more like it, but it’s just a guess.
I don’t know if this is still the case, but when I was growing up there was the general idea that if a person actually TALKS about wanting to die, they’d never actually do it; they just want attention.
(I know it’s a load of BS, but that’s what people thought.)
There was the belief that if a person was *really* serious about it, they’d have the balls to just shut up and do it.
It’s an ugly way to think, plus it almost guarantees that people who ask for help won’t receive any real help.
I hope that’s not the way people think anymore, but who knows.
If someone talked about suicide for years and kept asking for help but never got any– and then he/she goes ahead and makes the exit, then I guess that could explain why some people with that old thinking might be shocked.
(“We had no idea she was SERIOUS….”)
That’s exactly the point! If you go to them for help and they just roll their eyes and say “I”m busy” then they won’t have to 1) hear you 2) have to deal with you and 3) if you actually decide to do it, then it can’t possibly be their fault cuz they “didn’t know!” They’ll just say, “s/he never told us” and go on living guilt-free in their non-knowledge.
That’s been my experience with people- I ***** and complain about how depressed I am and how much I think about death, you think they listen? No, the more you talk, the more they don’t want to listen or deal with you. The more you talk, the more they think you’re just a whiny person. They think you’re all talk and yeah, if you’re serious, you won’t be talking, you’d just go out and do it.
That’s been my experience and the experience of the people I’ve seen (in depression and chronic illness meetings).
People are shitty.
Ok, now I’m all angry. GRRRR
Grrr * sniff sniff *
Yes, GRRRR. I hate people. People are what made me the way I am. Depressed, suicidal, and full of hate for the human species (I do like a lot of you guys on here on SP) but in general, I hate humanity. We do nothing but destroy- destroy our environment, destroy our own kind (wars), destroy each other (hateful words, actions).
Bleh to humans.
Sorry about bringing out the GRRRRR.
I know what you mean, though.
Humanity in general has been horrible to humanity in general.
That’s what makes it nice when we sometimes find a decent person here and there.
Kind of like finding a four leaf clover in a lawn full of dog turds.
Lol. I’d like to find a pot of gold…or bag of money! 😛 Would be nice to not have to worry about at least money things.
‘Be happy, don’t be sad’ – I’m sick of all your sadness, I don’t want to hear it, please click your fingers and magically be happy because I said so.
‘I need to talk to someone, I’m lonely’ – this is all about me. You should talk to me because I need company. Just wait until someone else turns up. You’ll be the first to be dropped into the rubbish bin.
Now try saying to this ‘lonely’ person – ‘I’m lonely, I need to talk to someone,’ they will make an excuse or won’t be there
“Why don’t you go see someone?” = I don’t want to deal with you or listen to you, so pay someone to do it. Just leave me alone.