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People Break Down The Exact Moment They Realized Their Friends Were A-Holes

People Break Down The Exact Moment They Realized Their Friends Were A-Holes

Most people have friends they've been close to for most of their lives.

But at the same time, friends evolve, and everyone finds themselves losing touch with any number of people they at one point considered their friends over time.

Most of the time, this isn't intentional, but just simply happens.

On rare occasions though, people might realize that their friends were not exactly who they thought they were, and didn't like who they revealed themselves to be.


Redditor One-Refrigerator69 was curious to hear stories of people who realized their friends were not exactly the nicest people to be around, leading them to ask:

"When was the moment you realized that your friends are assholes?"

Compared to others...

"When I started hanging out with better people."- Darklink326

All It Took Was Getting My Life Together

"When I quit drinking ‘cos it was killing me."

"There were people I literally saw every single day who just disappeared as if by magic."

"12 years ago this week, as it happens."

"I’m not anti-drink, far from it."

"Some people, me included, just can’t enjoy it without it becoming a problem."

"Everyone is different."- bigdaftgeordie

A Little Perspective Goes A Long Way.

"After I realized that other people don't sh*t on each other on every possible occasion in their circle."

"And that it isn't right when a 'friend' uses every known insecurity as an argument against you when you do not behave the way he/she would want you to."- ViscousPlateman

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Lack Of Respect For Other People's Things

"I let my friend borrow my ps2 when I went to boot camp."

"When I came back, he said he sold it and gave me $50 I think?"

"This was in 2006."- madmike-86

Lack Of mutual Respect

"When he does sh*t to me and acts like it’s no big deal, then I do the same back and he gets offended."- Primary-Maybe-2749·

Constantly Being Taken Advantage Of.

"They only bothered with me when it suited them."

"I'd rather have nobody than have to deal with that."- zombi33mj

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When They Literally Revealed Themselves To Be Criminals

"When they robbed me at gunpoint."- Ok_Student8032

There Were Certain Things They Liked

"Fourth grade, when my parents economical situation went downhill and suddenly no one invited me to their birthday party."

"Until Seven years later no one had never invited me to their birthday, or to anything at all actually."- Justalittletoserious

Not Being Able To Get A Word In...

"When they tell me to shut up when I say anything."- the_golden_cheese

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Violently Playing With Emotions

"She got a boyfriend and would let him listen to our phone calls and not tell me, even if I was crying about personal stuff that I would only ever tell her."

"Then they both started lying to me about my crush liking me back, forcing both him and me into awkward positions, telling everyone we liked each other so they'd play along, swapping places constantly to make us sit next to each other, pressuring him into giving me a lap dance, making him kiss the prettiest girl in the room, etc, and encouraged me to shoot my shot more and more."

"All the while they knew he didn't like me, he had told them both directly."

"One night I was crying on the phone cause I was so confused why my advances weren't working, and they just kept explaining it away, blaming some other bullsh*t reason and telling me to try again."

"The next day they told me they were laughing throughout the whole call, because I didn't get it and I was so upset."

"I should add I had no dating experience at all and nobody had ever liked me at this point."- Juliemj

Unappreciated Nicknames...

"Call me slurs for a small misunderstanding."- nicolelovestyler

Not As Close As They Thought

"When she didn't invite me to her wedding."- ibuypaperbags

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If You Don't Have Anything Nice To Say

"When they would talk badly about other people constantly."

"You may think that they only say that about other people, but there’s a great chance they’re talking about you too."- Slight-Problem3455

Cold Comfort

I (21 F[emale]) told my friend how I don’t have a license because I lost my childhood best friend to a car crash and am deathly afraid of driving and causing an accident/dying in an accident."

'She said 'It doesn’t matter if you drive or not if it’s your destiny to die in a car crash, you’ll die in a car crash anyway'.”

"Yeah…"

Left Out In Plain Sight

"The moment that they made plans purposefully excluding me right in front of me."

"It was at a school ball and they ended up ditching me for said plans 5 minutes later.'

"Luckily one of the ex-members of the group saw it from afar and took me out for ice cream."

"still appreciate him for that to this day."- AnimalFusion

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Happy Birthday Indeed...

"A little late to the party but here is my story from my b-day party from yesterday.'

"Invited him to my b-day party."

'Came already smashed, brought me no present."

"I don't expect expensive stuff, my cousin gave me a rock with 'rock on \m/' written in sharpie on it for my 18th b-day and i loved that and i still have it."

"All I'm expecting is something to show that you actually give an f about me as a friend."

" When we got to the bbq place, he just went in a room and started drinking more, totally ignored me even when I was asking him something.'

'Didn't even wish me happy b-day, refused to eat anything."

"After that he ordered McDonalds, saying that he is hungry."

"Nearly picked a fight with a random guy on the way home and started calling me names for being friendly with that dude who was only trying to pass the time while in the bus."

"And then told me I'm entitled for getting mad at him ignoring me and choosing to drink his brains off on my b-day."- Mr_Zombie96

Whisper, Whisper, Whisper...

"When they just do everything behind your back, yeah I get it 'u don’t need to always be involved!'"

“'you don’t need to know everything!'”

"Yeah. I get it, but still its still upsetting watching your 'best friends' talk about how annoying you are."

"Quite upsetting."- ishipoumasailol

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Always Forgetting

"Had been best friends with the same small group of people for ten years, they still never remembered my birthday."

"I used to send them a text every year on their birthday at midnight, always gave them presents on the day."

"Yet they couldn't even set up a freaking reminder on their phones for a DECADE."- AboveTheMoonlight

Barely Making An Effort

"I lost my dad and my unborn son within 5 days of each other."

"Found out my pregnancy was over the night before my Dad's memorial."

"Fast forward a few months and we're back home and trying to pick up the pieces of our marriage and lives."

"We had friends across the street that we did life with and there was a UFC event on pay per view so we called to see who was hosting, what food we needed to bring etc."

"They said they weren't doing this event but maybe the next one."

"Cool, no worries."

"I got home from work and our entire friend group was across the street partying."

"I got out of my truck to say hello and these grown a** men and women went sprinting inside like they didn't want to 'get caught' even though I'd already caught them."

"I wasn't even mad until they ran inside and shut off all the lights."

"Who tf does that? "

"Especially to 2 of their own people whose world was turned upside down?"- GloomyEducation6110

It's always sad when our friends disappoint us.

But when our friends proved to be completely different people than we thought they were, it can be devastating.

As the saying goes, one never truly knows who their friends are.

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We all have that moment where someone we know says something so completely absurd, the only response we think of is 'WTF is wrong with you?'

Sometimes, it's something woefully inaccurate that you can't wrap your head around the fact that someone believes that.

Othertimes, it's something completely offensive and you regret your association with that person.

My college roommate was a girl I knew from my high school. I didn't know her too well, but we had some big things in common, so I figured it'd be fun to live with her.

This girl was half-Korean and talked a lot about racist people. At first, I let her rant, figuring maybe she or someone in her family faced some racism. I faced some myself, and I agreed with most of the things she said about racists. Eventually, however, I realized she was equating the word 'racist' with the word 'white.'

I spoke to her once, telling her she can't use 'racist' and 'white' interchangeably. She agreed to stop doing that, but within a few days, she started doing it again. She was a very bright girl, so I was a little concerned about this, especially since her own dad was white and was possibly the nicest man in the world. Not to mention, this made her and her siblings half-white too. Did that mean they were all half-racist?

I stuck by her for a while, but when she started saying things about what she wanted to do to racist people (once again using the word 'white' instead of 'racist'), I realized I couldn't be around her anymore. She couldn't talk about anything else after a while, and every time she spoke, I wanted to say, 'WTF is wrong with you?'

We did not room together the next year.

Redditors have stories similar to mine (and some even crazier), and they are eager to share.

It all started when a Redditorasked:

"What did the person do/say that made you go "what the f**k is wrong with you?"

How To End A Friendship

"In college I used to kill time between classes hanging out with a guy who was from the same redneck county as myself. We didn’t really have much else in common, but he was nice enough and seemed eager to socialize so I figured why not. I wasn’t overly social myself and didn’t know a whole lot of people."

"One day we decided to go somewhere off-campus, and he drove us. While driving, on an interstate mind you, he proceeds to show me his handgun that he kept in his truck - not in a menacing way, but in a “Ain’t that cool?” way."

"I was not immediately frightened, but I respect firearms enough to recognize we are going like 60-70mph on an interstate in daylight, and nothing good can happen in this scenario. I calmly asked him to put it away because I was not comfortable in this situation at all. He then tells me “Oh it’s not loaded” and presses the gun to his head before pulling the trigger."

"Thank f**k he was right, but still it was a wild and frightening display of reckless disregard for his own life and mine for that matter in the event that he’d accidentally killed himself while driving us. I didn’t hang out with him much after that, certainly didn’t get in a car with him."

– omjf23

"“It’s not loaded” famous last words of many an idiot."

– GloInTheDarkUnicorn

The Worst Kind Of People

"When my dad was in the nursing home, they weren't running certain expenses, like ambulance rides, through his insurance. When I took over his financials, he was tens of thousands in medical debt that shouldn't have ever been charged to him in the first place. He was in numerous collections, and his credit score was tanked."

"When I complained to the nursing home director, he said, "Well, it's not like he's going to be buying a house or a car!" Then he laughed."

"My dad was paralyzed from the waist down and needed lifelong care, so he was never going to leave the nursing home. Even though he was technically correct, I gave him the "WTF is wrong with you look." Then I complained to HIS boss and he got canned a couple a weeks later. My dad's insurance was fixed pretty quick, too."

– MNWNM

"“Sorry, what was funny about that? Could you please explain.”"

– v3n0mat3

...Seriously?

"MIL told my wife she should divorce me bc I googled whether a lasagna should be covered with foil while cooking."

– Struggle-Silent

"This is my first laugh of the thread lmao wtf."

– koreantrvp

"It actually ruined this entire trip. It was at my BIL’s wedding, which was only close family (siblings + parents) and they had the caterer make a lasagna for an evening dinner."

"Father of the bride was gonna pop it in the oven and asked if it should be covered. I googled lasagna cooking instructions and said yes it should be covered and cooked at this temp. MIL said absolutely not!"

"Me and the father of the bride kinda gave each other a look and he covered it. MIL was furious and texted my wife that I was an a hole and she should divorce me before we had kids."

– Struggle-Silent

Hostile Work Environment

"Boss at old job told the team we needed to ‘get used to a healthy level of conflict, fear and anxiety in the workplace.’ I dipped so fast after that."

– Prestigious-Energy69

"Similarly, a boss told me that I owed him my loyalty because he was paying me."

– Kylearean

How To End A Relationship

"A girl I was with while we were still together just looked at me while I was driving to her house and said.” You know I would get over you faster than you’d get over me” I was like …… Tf did you just say?"

– omega91301

"Huh. And just like that I'm over you."

– Pineapple_Spenstar

"Honestly, that would absolutely do it for me. When I was younger, I would be stupid and hurt and argue. I'm past 50 and I got no time for that nonsense."

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There Are Other Ways To Stave Off Boredom

"I was DD for some buddies who wanted to go to a particular dance club in Baltimore. They're all hammered, it's too loud and we've been there for several hours. Casually an older woman next to me chats me up and notices my eyes are nearly crossing from boredom. I explained what I was doing there and casually (stupidly) mentioned I'm a bit bored. This psycho BITES ME on the chest! Afterward says "Well ya ain't bored now, are ya??""

– Mike7676

"Well, were you bored after that?"

– DontWannaSayMyName

"I must say, I was not!"

– Mike7676

That Goes Both Ways!

"I'm a man who works with kids, and when I started this job, I was talking to one of my old coworkers about how every once in a while I'll get weird looks for being a man working with kids and my coworker said I deserved it because some men can't be trusted with kids. I was shocked and she went on to say that I did it to myself and deserve to be questioned about it. I immediately stopped talking to her."

– Dolhedew

"What? What in the actual f**k? Doesn’t she know there are women who can’t be trusted with kids?"

– Anonymoosehead123

That Escalated Quickly

"The lady that accused my kids of cutting the line. (They hadn't, I was watching). When I went to ask her what was wrong, she told me to go back to my own country with that sh*t. (I was born in Massachusetts.)"

"The line was to pet dogs at a Renaissance Fair."

– pasafa

Everything All At Once

"While alone with a coworker, he told me that "women in the work place will lead to the decay of the fabric of society" to me. A woman. He also asked me out, got an attitude when I didn't say yes and continues to walk around with huge incel energy. He always complains that he has no one to go home to yet refuses to look at himself as a possible reason."

– Nopeferatu31

"Sounds like they should learn something from the phrase, "if you meet one a**hole, they're the a**hole. If everyone you meet is an a**hole, you're the a**hole.""

– tmpope123

Ouch!

"I told a coworker my wife had died."

"Her response: "You're one of those bald middle aged guys with a dead wife.""

"Me: "Yeah.""

– WalrusCello

"I want to think this was a wholesome thought that came out wrong. An awkward attempt at dark humor."

– ThisUsernameIsTook

*Cringing*

"Had an otherwise normal co-worker who was completely convinced windmills will cause the earth to stop spinning."

– Shadowmant

"WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT!"

– Torvaun

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