What's the worst moment in your life?

[Tinkerer]

I've had all sort of interesting experiences, but for a dead set heart-stopper it was when we realised that our then 5 y.o. son had disappeared.<br /><br />I suppressed visions of him being abducted and abused and so on, while fearing that he had been and that I was totally powerless to find or protect him.<br /><br />Kept telling myself to keep calm and that we'd find him, but the time came to call the police.<br /><br />Neighbour found the little pr!ck up at the kindergarten he went to. Some stupid pact to spend a night there, which only my idiot kid was going to carry out.<br /><br />I'm not sure what shows my ability to control myself. Not giving in to the mounting panic as the endless minutes went on. Or not beating the crap out of my darling boy when he was found. <br /><br />Until he was found I never understood why parents were so angry when they were so glad to see you.

 

[neumanns]

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Easy...The day I got the phone call that my first wife had been in a terriable accident. There were a lot of hard days after that and my worst fears were realized in the days to come. But that first day was the worst...It was easier for me to deal with the realitys as they happened, than of the first thoughts of them as I raced to be at her side.<br /><br />Second worst day was the day my son could have easily died from head trauma. I was there when it happened so I guess the reason it was not the worst day is I was dealing with it as a reality and involved rather than at a distance and left with my fears as above.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Well this is a no brainer for me so far.<br />9/11 was the worst day in my life.<br />My brother was killed in that attack.<br />'nuff said.

 

[Laddies]

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When I found my father dead, I shall always miss him-Bob

 

[muskyone]

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the day i gave up my perantal rights

 

[Barlow]

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I was bird hunting out west and made a phone call home to my wife to 'check-in' and was treated to some interesting words in the back ground that later resulted in the divorce.. <br /><br />I'm happy it happened and well over it but betrayal isn't the best thing that I've experienced.. <br /><br />look .. no *poof*

 

[brother chris]

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Well, I can't see any smiles during this thread.<br /><br />The first one was when I found out that my girlfriend(at that time, long ago) told my best friends girlfriend that she tricked me into having a kid. She stopped taking the pill without telling me, just so she could have a kid(and get money for 18 years). What a #%$*! (she knew I was going to break up with her, that is aonther reason she did it...to keep me with her. What a nut!<br />Second one was when my wife did somewhat of the same thing. I was going to get a vescetomy and went for my first appointment. In between my first and second appointment(which was going to be the appointment with the snip snip), she stopped taking the pill. She got pregnant and now I have another child. <br />What the heck did she not understand? When a person goes for a vascetomy, usually it is because they DO NOT WANT ANYMORE KIDS!<br />Do not get me wrong, I see both of my kids and I love them dearly, but it is VERY HARD to trust a woman now.<br />And this is not my worst moment, but these come very close. I do not want to sit here and think: Gee, what is the worst moment in my life...let me ponder this for a while. Ummm...no thanks.

 

[SoulWinner]

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Oct 15 1999. The day my world collapsed. That one will haunt me till I die.

 

[brother chris]

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Originally posted by SoulWinner:<br /> Oct 15 1999. The day my world collapsed. That one will haunt me till I die.

Dare we ask SW?

 

[eeboater]

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As of right now the worst moment in my life is when I decided to leave my fathers house to return to my mothers house. I left for very selfish reasons. As a result I didn't talk with my dad for 3 years.<br /><br />I will never do it again.<br /><br />

Well this is a no brainer for me so far.<br />9/11 was the worst day in my life.<br />My brother was killed in that attack.<br />'nuff said.

Wow SBN... I didn't know. Sorry to hear that.<br /><br />Sean

 

[brother chris]

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Yeah, sorry to hear that SBN.

 

[JB]

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Close between two.<br /><br />My 15 YO daughter disappeared on the way home from school. She had been accosted by a geek in a car two days before. He exposed himself and then sped away when a classmate appeared and yelled at him. Words cannot express the demons that haunted me that night. It was another pact to spend the night in the school. . . the girls locker room with two other girls that had not been reported missing <br /><br />In a place I never was a young Viet Cong boy discovered I was an American and tried to kill me. The look on that child's face as he died haunts me to this day, 50 years later.

 

[kenimpzoom]

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I count myself lucky that my worst day is nothing compared to other peoples worst days.<br /><br />However, I know I will eventually have a "worst day". It is inevitable in everyones life.<br /><br />So far my worst day involved money and a really stupid decision. Man, what an idiot, I still kick myself today, 5 years after it happened.<br /><br />Ken

 

[deputydawg]

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My worst day will go to the grave with me. Something that is better buried deep than shared. Just one of those demons some people carry around.<br />But the second worst day is also my best day ever. The day my oldest daughter was born. After 28 hours of hard labor my wife went downhill fast, and my baby started having trouble. Ended up with my wife's blood pressure dropping to critically low numbers. Baby was born with the cord around the neck, and took too long to come out. I watched as my wife was in trouble and my baby was motionless not breathing. Finally after what felt like a lifetime she made a noise. They held her up for us to see then ran to NICU with her. My wife started coming around asking about our baby. All I could say is she is fine. Everything turned out wonderful, but it was close for a while.

 

[achris]

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Nothing compared to others but I'll share because asked.<br /><br />Have 2 moments.<br /><br />1. 20 August 1998. My father died. He was only 63 and we had just started to get along after years of conflict. I still miss him, especially on those magic days on the water.<br /><br />2. 30 April 1999. Love of my life called it quits. Was on medication for over 6 months. Almost killed myself 3 times. I guess I still haven't gotten over her.<br /><br />Chris............

 

[Tinkerer]

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I have to apologise for starting this thread.<br /><br />It's brought out some stuff that is clearly terrible for the people involved, which has probably revived painful memories.<br /><br />I didn't think it through properly before posting. I was focused on my own minor event which had a happy ending. Obviously a lot of other worst moments didn't.<br /><br />I'm sorry for being so clumsy and stupid, and for any pain I've caused people who had really bad moments.

 

[cajun555]

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I've done some soul searching. I've had some really bad times but by far the worst was when my Daughter, after 9 months of pregency her baby was still born. Nothing worse than seeing a little 7 lb baby in a little coffin. What really sends chills down my spine is my daughters mornful wailing. As long as I live I'll never get that out of my mind.

 

[one more cast]

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I don't think I have just one worst moment. Some of my bad times were when..... <br />My daughter went for cancer tests.(worst and best)she was neg.<br />My 21 year old sister died of Leukemia <br />My 17 year old brother died in a motorcycle accident<br />My Dad had to suffer with lung cancer<br />My step brother in-law blew the top of his head off with a 30/06.<br />My ex made it so I could no longer see my step twins (I raised them from age 2-10)<br />My cat KIKI got killed by a car.(I have never been so attached to an animal)<br />I had to leave my job and go on disability.

 

[one more cast]

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some of the best moments in my life so far were..<br /> Fishing with my Dad<br /> Playing outdoors as a kid<br /> Finding the ONE (three times)<br /> When my kids were born healthy<br /> When my grandkids were born healthy<br /> Shooting my first buck<br /> Riding my first Harley<br /> Buying my first Harley<br /> Buying my first Indian<br /> Buying my 2,3,4 and 5 Harley<br /> When I paid off loans.<br /> Swimming in the Ocean<br /> The list goes on and on and on.

 

[Winger Ed.]

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I can't really say if it was the worst moment but I had one Tue. evening that is pretty close to the top. I stopped in to visit my Mom last Thur. and with her apearing to be fine, I went on home. <br /><br /><br />I found her body this Tue. evening. That, and getting the house cleaned well enough to remove all traces- and that smell of 'death' before my sister came in from Nevada on Friday. <br /><br />Plus, discovering that emotionally, I ain't nearly as tough of of SOB as I used to think I was. That was pretty bad. <br /><br />..<br /><br />Staying with her until the Police & M.E. arrived & took her away, after you subtract the effects of 4-5 days the warm Texas Spring weather has on a dead person,,,,, <br /><br />I observed that she looked like she went peacefully in her sleep, which was confirmed by the Medical Examiner..... That was pretty good.