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"Well, I hope you're happy now!"

Backstory

was just thinking about how this sentence ALWAYS means exactly the opposite of the words actually uttered. know what i mean? you can hear it, can't you? the tone is querelous (sp?) or indignant or just plain angry and meant to make the person hearing it feel guilty.

by NumbrOneAunt in Six-Word Memoirs on Mar 19, 2013 | | T-shirt

Comments

notjustagirlintheworld says,

yes and 'with all due respect' means you (or your idea) are due exactly no respect

canadafreeze says,

Totally get this one, NOA. Good one.

ctgoods2 says,

in the know on this NOA

NumbrOneAunt says,

notjust - bingo! anybody got any others?

canadafreeze says,

Usually anything with a "but" ...

ShellDeFelice says,

How about, "Please don't take this personally, or Please don't take this the wong way, or I don't mean to insult you". CF is totally right...they all come with buts.

RaisedByWolves says,

I guess you're happy now.

RaisedByWolves says,

Don't say I didn't warn you.

ShellDeFelice says,

I've also heard, "I don't mean anything by this, but..." Hell yes, you mean "something" by this or you wouldn't be saying it!

jl333 says,

Yup!

lovelylizard says,

I'm only saying this because I care about you.....

lovelylizard says,

I feel you have the right to know... (something you could live very happily NOT knowing).

Dragonflower says,

I mean this in the nicest, possible way....

Dragonflower says,

Blah, blah, blah.... offensive stuff. Then the disclaimer,No offense intended." (Or sometimes just a throw away "No offense"

notjustagirlintheworld says,

I hate to tell you but... (if you really hated to tell me you wouldn't)

Dragonflower says,

Sometimes it isn't something told about me like the above phrases, but the one I'm going to stop listening to is "Well, just between you and me..." or "I shouldn't say anything, but keep this under your hat..." I don't want to hear gossip anymore. I don't. And I have no doubt that the person telling it has told others with the same disclaimer. So it isn't a true confidence, told for a good reason. I'm guilty of wanting to feel special, of being trusted, when in fact it is just gossip and now I know something I wish I didn't. Thanks for asking this enlightening memoir. !!

lillybrook says,

Yup. Almost any phrase with a big "but" in it, isn't good.

KharisJo says,

"i hope you don't mind me saying this" means of course you will. Good point Auntie :)

Believe says,

I don't want to hurt your feelings, but...

ErikaStellar says,

Down south ladies will start/finish a gossip
rant about another woman with, "Bless her heart..." I'm from MI, it was new to me when I moved here. When they say it, it's like they think all the crap they said isn't bad cause they blessed her heart.

ShellDeFelice says,

Erika, that is hysterical, I love it!!!!! From now on when someone starts trash talk I don't want to hear I'm going to say, "Bless her heart"!

ErikaStellar says,

Ha! Good idea. Like a verbal eraser.

L2L3 says,

....bless her/his heart. A Southern thing.