did i say something wrong when we talked about his dad's cancer?

[DianaL]

my new boyfriend starting telling me about his fathers leukemia...and i could tell it was hard for him to talk about....and for some reason i get really flustered in these situations and dont know what to say. I told him that I was really sorry and asked him questions about it...THEN i ended up saying...all of my friends parents have cancer and that its really sad to see, and that a couple of my friends parents have died from it. .....then it went silent and awkward. I wanted to say something positive, but something negative came out I guess....Was this a terrible thing to say to him?...*I meant to say SOME of my friends parents have cancer.

[RobertH2799]

Probably not such a good idea to mention people who have died of it- a possibility he might not be comfortable thinking about in his own case but something he does have to confront.Not sure there is much you can do about it- an apology could make things worse so you may just have to move on. Hopefully he will forgive you and move on too.Perfectly natural not to know what to say in those circumstances, and sometimes it can be helpful just to admit that.