things that hurt more than you expect them to:
paper cuts
unrequited flirting
curiosity
things that hurt less than you expect them to:
conking your head on the doorway
walking away
breaking up
things that are right about on target:
the dentist
the word no
saying goodbye
and what brings you here, my pretty?
tuckova 
Recently, while having a non-anaestheticized molar drilled “a little bit” (as the dentist put it) I suddenly stopped squirming and crying when I mentally compared it to my lumbar pain (which I bear with more courage) and realized it was nowhere near as bad. Saying goodbye also hurts worse, now that you mention it.