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In six: your personal Titanic moment?

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With the 100-year anniversary of the Titanic in the news, describe a time when your world was sinking - however tangibly or metaphorically in which you want to define "sinking" - in exactly six words. Leave your six words in the comments below.

by Larry_D._Smith in Six Words Questions on Apr 15, 2012 | | T-shirt

Comments

Believe says,

Him, an iceberg. I wasn't unsinkable.

L2L3 says,

Beautiful baby. Dog attack. Titanic grief.

L2L3 says,

Parents' fatal heart attacks. My icebergs.

Larry_D._Smith says,

"Darling, I have just been indicted."

tbondmomma says,

Ma'am, we're going to cuff you.

Bevvie says,

There's a clot in your brain.

MO_Thoughts2 says,

It's cancer but just stage one.

JAD says,

In a snake pit, no escape.

jene2008 says,

Breaking news I love someone else.

maryjane31 says,

Your son must be hospitalized immediately!!!

DynamicDbytheC says,

MRI showing cancer in his tailbone/spine.

accidentaltourist says,

We kept bailing, relationship still sinking.

mzejay says,

I don't see a heartbeat, sorry.

AQScott says,

Earrings on night stand weren't mine.

Dean6805 says,

Realizing that it was finally over.

marymc says,

"Daddy and I are getting divorced."

ba_miracle says,

Sign here, say one last goodbye.

ba_miracle says,

Sinking again? Grab the scuba gear.

Level1 says,

Drowning in desire. Grasping for rescue.

Wench says,

"I'm involuntarily not a virgin anymore."

Wench says,

"Wedding's in a week. I'm fired."

LucidDreamer says,

You're mother won't be coming home.

KharisJo says,

Iceberg of autism entered our ocean.

{{So much sorrow, titanic hugs all }}

oopsalittle says,

1.22a.m, phone-call: “Not coming home anymore"

oopsalittle says,

"test positive - you have breast cancer"

sisterpoet says,

Mommy, Daddy has a metal pipe.

sisterpoet says,

Why is he touching me there.

bohemdeb says,

Paralegal visits inmate, forgetting pocket pot.

L2L3 says,

Several of these memoirs hit the reader like a high-velocity 2x4. Wow.

Amapola says,

Shut up or I'll shoot you.

darkstar69 says,

He's your uncle, he would never.

skyrocketjones says,

Love paused; he bolted - then died.

EnMasse says,

Her tests are positive for lupus.

tonyglim says,

Brother's battering me sank our friendship.

Steve__Anthony says,

"I'm bleeding. Think our baby's dead."

Contemplative says,

Me comatose. Mom died. Heart sunk.

Contemplative says,

Rescued from anorexia. Treasured my life.

tracywithouthill says,

Mom left. Returned 7 years later.

tracywithouthill says,

Very nice to meet you, dad.

scribbling_scribe says,

Several Titanic moments come to mind. All have been subjects of my memoirs at one time or another:

Sea of tequila. Sink or swim.
"Your brother set himself on fire."
"It has metastacized to your brain." (Spoken twice: regarding my father and once again, 14 years after his death, regarding my mother.)
Daughter wants to become son. Stunned!
"It's Alzheimer's," doctor said matter-of-factly. (My husband's current diagnosis.)

lillybrook says,

"Happy New Year! Let's get divorced."

lillybrook says,

"You're pregnant? I can't. Abortion clinic?"

lillybrook says,

"You're depressed? We're not friends anymore."

lillybrook says,

Every adult I trusted walked away.

MrsPremise says,

"But, I needed a baby sitter!"
"You're going to have a mastectomy."
"Your insurance request has been rejected."
My son will become my daughter.

ba_miracle says,

Hitting night air through shattered glass.
Realizing we should have worn seat-belts.
His reckless night, he’s C5/6 for life.

Titanic failures bring about sinking lessons.
Fiercely unsinkable, life does the unthinkable.
Titanic lessons learned when tempting fate.

Daughters difficult words... my sinking feeling.
Husbands indiscretion & deferred confession = crushing depression.
Tested everything I believed...for awhile.

kanuti says,

Sorry, he didn't make it.

Mourningdove says,

I've never seen so much sadness on one page here. I am so very sorry for each of your losses.

Wench says,

The upside is sometimes talking about these things helps, and the people here are some of the kindest and most compassionate I've ever known.

favepeep says,

Telling 22-yr-old sister that mom died.