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People Reveal The Most Mortifying And Regrettable Impulse Purchases They've Made

People Reveal The Most Mortifying And Regrettable Impulse Purchases They've Made

People Reveal The Most Mortifying And Regrettable Impulse Purchases They've Made

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For many people cash can sear a large hole into our pockets. Just the glimpse of a "for sale" sign can send one's heart a flutter. Or sometimes we buy without thinking because we've convinced ourselves we just HAVE to have a certain "thing" and we'll love and need this awesome thing forever and ever... cut to a week later and the thing is covered in dust.

Redditor 416BREN commiserated with the public of Reddit by asking What did you impulse buy that you instantly regretted? We all know we're guilty of this life choice. These are too good.

DIAMONDS ARE ALL OUR BEST FRIEND.

Ugh, my greatest shame; I bought about $500 worth of diamonds in some dumb mobile game.

I was going back and forth with this one other player for 1st place on our server, and I wanted the edge, so I spent $100. For awhile I had that edge, but then he started spending too. We went back and forth until I finally realized that I was spiraling down the money pit of idiocy. I tried playing free, but it kept getting to me when people would advance past me, and I'd get that itch to spend just another $10 during an event. Finally I realized that I needed to just cut all ties with games like this. It feels so stupid to admit to, and I'd never tell anyone IRL that I did something like that.

I'LL BE WATCHING YOU... FOR A HOT MINUTE!

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I bought a drone. Flew it for 5 minutes then wanted to see how high up it would go. It was windy that day and I never saw it again.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

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The time I spent everything I had on hand for a megaphone immediately comes to mind.

CHEERS MAN!

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My dad brewed beer with a buddy of his for years. He stopped for a while and was looking to get rid of the stuff. I bought it off of him for much cheaper than buying from a store. I made beer once. It was okay. Not great. The stuff has been gathering dust ever since.

I LOVE GRAPE!!!

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Grapples. They're supposed to be grape flavored apples. They're just covered in a spray that smells like grapes, but comes right off when you wash the apple.

THAT IS THE REAL "50 SHADES."

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I bought a couch online once. It was grey.

I immediately decided I wanted a slightly darker grey. So I ordered a new one.

I thought I canceled the first one.

Nope, two grey couches, into a tiny studio flat. Both were custom fabric, so they were not returnable.

Whoops.

OH THAT 80'S PONZI SCHEME!

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A timeshare.

Just. Don't. Do. This. EVER!!

BUY SPACE FIRST, THEN THE STUFF.

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I had an uncle who was STOKED to purchase a shipping container sight unseen filled to the brim with furniture which he planned to sell the piece at a time over the course of a few months. He was talking about making at least 8x what he was paying.

Made the purchase, and then his wife asked the question, _"Where are we going to keep all of this?" _To my knowledge they still own a storage unit with about half of the furniture 5 years later.

JUST KEEP SWIMMING!

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I bought a fish tank and 12 fish when I was just visiting a pet store with my girlfriend literally less than a week ago.

$300 and I've never owned a fish.

PREMIUM SEATS ARE A BIT MUCH.

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Two years ago the Toronto Blue Jays were world series contenders for the first time since 1992. World Series tickets went on sale shortly after Jose Bautista's legendary bat flip. Obviously I couldn't get any tickets directly, so just said f*** it and went through a re-sale site.

Prices were insane, but I found two seats in the nosebleeds for $500. OK, forget it. I might never see them in the world series again, so I buy them.

After my payment is processed I realize my error. The ticket price wasn't in Canadian dollars, but US dollars - so I guess I just paid $700 for those seats.

Wait a second... my bill says $1400....what the hell...it was $700 PER SEAT?!?! I thought I was paying $500, and a button click later it was $1400.

(I swear this site never indicated the currency or total price at any point before payment, but it's possible I missed it in my excitement.)

Anyway, I spent the remainder of the playoffs in confusion on whether I should root for the Blue Jays, or against them, because if they don't make it to the world series I can get my money back.

In the end they didn't make, but I still ended up getting charged $50 due to the foreign exchange rate fluctuations during the time I held the tickets. That site was such bullshit, but that $50 certainly taught me a lesson, and I'm now extremely careful when buying tickets to anything.

BEANIE BABIES!! OOF!

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I had a friend once tell me about a time when he was a kid and got $100 as a birthday gift which he immediately blew on beanie babies. Like, he spent it all in one purchase. He told me he was riding home on his bike and started crying because he realized he'd wasted his money. I think about that story a lot.

THE BUBBLY IS ALWAYS WORTH IT!!

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After way WAY too much champagne at the Laguna Champagne Bar in Las Vegas I forgot I was a poorly paid nonprofit working counselor and bought a full price, not on sale, not at the outlet Diane von Furstenburg wrap dress. I stare at it occasionally but am honest to god terrified to wear it anywhere because on top of the astronomical price it is WHITE.

JUST THROWING $20s DOWN THE DRAIN.

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I saw this website where you could anonymously send eggplants to people for 20$. Bought one to send to my sister only to google the site later and find out it was a scam and I spent 20$ on nothing.

LOOK, I'M INDIANA JONES!!

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An audible book on ancient Sumerians after watching one episode of ancient aliens and thought I was going to be a historian.

THAT'S A BIG NO-PRO.

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I bought a GoPro because everybody on YouTube had a hardon for it. Used it maybe twice.

POKEMON HAS DESTROYED MANY A LIFE.

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I once bought a Pokémon card pack and it contained Charizard. I went to show my friend who offered to trade me a mew card. I accepted. Toys R Us used to have Pokémon weekends where they would give out free cards and what not. He invited me to it once. I learned getting a mew card Is very easy. To this day I still feel ripped off. We are no longer friends.

NEVER BID WHILE INTOXICATED.

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A 15 ton fork lift truck. Damn you auction site.

It was Bidspotter auction site. 15 ton Forklift

NOT ALWAYS BAD TO HAVE A SPARE!

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I worked my a** off for 2 weeks at an open air festival, and at the end of those two weeks I got a paycheck for like 340 bucks. I think I was shortchanged, but I was a young moron so I didn't give a shit!

I bought a guitar.

I already had a guitar. But I liked the way this one sounded.

The remorse was instantaneous. I've had it for years, and I'm not even very good at playing. I can't bring myself to sell it, I get too attached to objects.

MAKE SURE IT WON'T GO BOOM!!!

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A 1974 Dodge Charger that had been partially wrecked and sitting in a field for over a decade. The body damage was fixable. And I managed to get it running with minimal effort. So I forked over $800 and started driving it home.

The guy I bought it from neglected to mention that it had a big hole in the oil pan and that he had stuffed a rag in it. So on my way home, that rag came out. And that engine exploded. So my new project car had to get towed to my house instead.

People Reveal The Weirdest Thing About Themselves

Reddit user Isitjustmedownhere asked: 'Give an example; how weird are you really?'

Let's get one thing straight: no one is normal. We're all weird in our own ways, and that is actually normal.

Of course, that doesn't mean we don't all have that one strange trait or quirk that outweighs all the other weirdness we possess.

For me, it's the fact that I'm almost 30 years old, and I still have an imaginary friend. Her name is Sarah, she has red hair and green eyes, and I strongly believe that, since I lived in India when I created her and there were no actual people with red hair around, she was based on Daphne Blake from Scooby-Doo.

I also didn't know the name Sarah when I created her, so that came later. I know she's not really there, hence the term 'imaginary friend,' but she's kind of always been around. We all have conversations in our heads; mine are with Sarah. She keeps me on task and efficient.

My mom thinks I'm crazy that I still have an imaginary friend, and writing about her like this makes me think I may actually be crazy, but I don't mind. As I said, we're all weird, and we all have that one trait that outweighs all the other weirdness.

Redditors know this all too well and are eager to share their weird traits.

It all started when Redditor Isitjustmedownhere asked:

"Give an example; how weird are you really?"

Monsters Under My Bed

"My bed doesn't touch any wall."

"Edit: I guess i should clarify im not rich."

– Practical_Eye_3600

"Gosh the monsters can get you from any angle then."

– bikergirlr7

"At first I thought this was a flex on how big your bedroom is, but then I realized you're just a psycho 😁"

– zenOFiniquity8

Can You See Why?

"I bought one of those super-powerful fans to dry a basement carpet. Afterwards, I realized that it can point straight up and that it would be amazing to use on myself post-shower. Now I squeegee my body with my hands, step out of the shower and get blasted by a wide jet of room-temp air. I barely use my towel at all. Wife thinks I'm weird."

– KingBooRadley

Remember

"In 1990 when I was 8 years old and bored on a field trip, I saw a black Oldsmobile Cutlass driving down the street on a hot day to where you could see that mirage like distortion from the heat on the road. I took a “snapshot” by blinking my eyes and told myself “I wonder how long I can remember this image” ….well."

– AquamarineCheetah

"Even before smartphones, I always take "snapshots" by blinking my eyes hoping I'll remember every detail so I can draw it when I get home. Unfortunately, I may have taken so much snapshots that I can no longer remember every detail I want to draw."

"Makes me think my "memory is full.""

– Reasonable-Pirate902

Same, Same

"I have eaten the same lunch every day for the past 4 years and I'm not bored yet."

– OhhGoood

"How f**king big was this lunch when you started?"

– notmyrealnam3

Not Sure Who Was Weirder

"Had a line cook that worked for us for 6 months never said much. My sous chef once told him with no context, "Baw wit da baw daw bang daw bang diggy diggy." The guy smiled, left, and never came back."

– Frostygrunt

Imagination

"I pace around my house for hours listening to music imagining that I have done all the things I simply lack the brain capacity to do, or in some really bizarre scenarios, I can really get immersed in these imaginations sometimes I don't know if this is some form of schizophrenia or what."

– RandomSharinganUser

"I do the same exact thing, sometimes for hours. When I was young it would be a ridiculous amount of time and many years later it’s sort of trickled off into almost nothing (almost). It’s weird but I just thought it’s how my brain processes sh*t."

– Kolkeia

If Only

"Even as an adult I still think that if you are in a car that goes over a cliff; and right as you are about to hit the ground if you jump up you can avoid the damage and will land safely. I know I'm wrong. You shut up. I'm not crying."

– ShotCompetition2593

Pet Food

"As a kid I would snack on my dog's Milkbones."

– drummerskillit

"Haha, I have a clear memory of myself doing this as well. I was around 3 y/o. Needless to say no one was supervising me."

– Isitjustmedownhere

"When I was younger, one of my responsibilities was to feed the pet fish every day. Instead, I would hide under the futon in the spare bedroom and eat the fish food."

– -GateKeep-

My Favorite Subject

"I'm autistic and have always had a thing for insects. My neurotypical best friend and I used to hang out at this local bar to talk to girls, back in the late 90s. One time he claimed that my tendency to circle conversations back to insects was hurting my game. The next time we went to that bar (with a few other friends), he turned and said sternly "No talking about bugs. Or space, or statistics or other bullsh*t but mainly no bugs." I felt like he was losing his mind over nothing."

"It was summer, the bar had its windows open. Our group hit it off with a group of young ladies, We were all chatting and having a good time. I was talking to one of these girls, my buddy was behind her facing away from me talking to a few other people."

"A cloudless sulphur flies in and lands on little thing that holds coasters."

"Cue Jordan Peele sweating gif."

"The girl notices my tension, and asks if I am looking at the leaf. "Actually, that's a lepidoptera called..." I looked at the back of my friend's head, he wasn't looking, "I mean a butterfly..." I poked it and it spread its wings the girl says "oh that's a BUG?!" and I still remember my friend turning around slowly to look at me with chastisement. The ONE thing he told me not to do."

"I was 21, and was completely not aware that I already had a rep for being an oddball. It got worse from there."

– Phormicidae

*Teeth Chatter*

"I bite ice cream sometimes."

RedditbOiiiiiiiiii

"That's how I am with popsicles. My wife shudders every single time."

monobarreller

Never Speak Of This

"I put ice in my milk."

– GTFOakaFOD

"You should keep that kind of thing to yourself. Even when asked."

– We-R-Doomed

"There's some disturbing sh*t in this thread, but this one takes the cake."

– RatonaMuffin

More Than Super Hearing

"I can hear the television while it's on mute."

– Tira13e

"What does it say to you, child?"

– Mama_Skip

Yikes!

"I put mustard on my omelettes."

– Deleted User

"Oh."

– NotCrustOr-filling

Evened Up

"Whenever I say a word and feel like I used a half of my mouth more than the other half, I have to even it out by saying the word again using the other half of my mouth more. If I don't do it correctly, that can go on forever until I feel it's ok."

"I do it silently so I don't creep people out."

– LesPaltaX

"That sounds like a symptom of OCD (I have it myself). Some people with OCD feel like certain actions have to be balanced (like counting or making sure physical movements are even). You should find a therapist who specializes in OCD, because they can help you."

– MoonlightKayla

I totally have the same need for things to be balanced! Guess I'm weird and a little OCD!

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Experiencing death is a fascinating and frightening idea.

Who doesn't want to know what is waiting for us on the other side?

But so many of us want to know and then come back and live a little longer.

It would be so great to be sure there is something else.

But the whole dying part is not that great, so we'll have to rely on other people's accounts.

Redditor AlaskaStiletto wanted to hear from everyone who has returned to life, so they asked:

"Redditors who have 'died' and come back to life, what did you see?"

Sensations

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"My dad's heart stopped when he had a heart attack and he had to be brought back to life. He kept the paper copy of the heart monitor which shows he flatlined. He said he felt an overwhelming sensation of peace, like nothing he had felt before."

PeachesnPain

Recovery

"I had surgical complications in 2010 that caused a great deal of blood loss. As a result, I had extremely low blood pressure and could barely stay awake. I remember feeling like I was surrounded by loved ones who had passed. They were in a circle around me and I knew they were there to guide me onwards. I told them I was not ready to go because my kids needed me and I came back."

"My nurse later said she was afraid she’d find me dead every time she came into the room."

"It took months, and blood transfusions, but I recovered."

good_golly99

Take Me Back

"Overwhelming peace and happiness. A bright airy and floating feeling. I live a very stressful life. Imagine finding out the person you have had a crush on reveals they have the same feelings for you and then you win the lotto later that day - that was the feeling I had."

"I never feared death afterward and am relieved when I hear of people dying after suffering from an illness."

rayrayrayray

Free

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"I had a heart surgery with near-death experience, for me at least (well the possibility that those effects are caused by morphine is also there) I just saw black and nothing else but it was warm and I had such inner peace, its weird as I sometimes still think about it and wish this feeling of being so light and free again."

TooReDTooHigh

This is why I hate surgery.

You just never know.

Shocked

Giphy

"More of a near-death experience. I was electrocuted. I felt like I was in a deep hole looking straight up in the sky. My life flashed before me. Felt sad for my family, but I had a deep sense of peace."

Admirable_Buyer6528

The SOB

"Nursing in the ICU, we’ve had people try to die on us many times during the years, some successfully. One guy stood out to me. His heart stopped. We called a code, are working on him, and suddenly he comes to. We hadn’t vented him yet, so he was able to talk, and he started screaming, 'Don’t let them take me, don’t let them take me, they are coming,' he was scared and yelling."

"Then he yelled a little more, as we tried to calm him down, he screamed, 'No, No,' and gestured towards the end of the bed, and died again. We didn’t get him back. It was seriously creepy. We called his son to tell him the news, and the son said basically, 'Good, he was an SOB.'”

1-cupcake-at-a-time

Colors

"My sister died and said it was extremely peaceful. She said it was very loud like a train station and lots of talking and she was stuck in this area that was like a curtain with lots of beautiful colors (colors that you don’t see in real life according to her) a man told her 'He was sorry, but she had to go back as it wasn’t her time.'"

Hannah_LL7

"I had a really similar experience except I was in an endless garden with flowers that were colors I had never seen before. It was quiet and peaceful and a woman in a dress looked at me, shook her head, and just said 'Not yet.' As I was coming back, it was extremely loud, like everyone in the world was trying to talk all at once. It was all very disorienting but it changed my perspective on life!"

huntokarrr

The Fog

"I was in a gray fog with a girl who looked a lot like a young version of my grandmother (who was still alive) but dressed like a pioneer in the 1800s she didn't say anything but kept pulling me towards an opening in the wall. I kept refusing to go because I was so tired."

"I finally got tired of her nagging and went and that's when I came to. I had bled out during a c-section and my heart could not beat without blood. They had to deliver the baby and sew up the bleeders. refill me with blood before they could restart my heart so, like, at least 12 minutes gone."

Fluffy-Hotel-5184

Through the Walls

"My spouse was dead for a couple of minutes one miserable night. She maintains that she saw nothing, but only heard people talking about her like through a wall. The only thing she remembers for absolute certain was begging an ER nurse that she didn't want to die."

"She's quite alive and well today."

Hot-Refrigerator6583

Well let's all be happy to be alive.

It seems to be all we have.

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Trying to lose weight is a struggle understood by many people regardless of size.

The goal of reaching a healthy weight may seem unattainable, but with diet and exercise, it can pay off through persistence and discipline.

Seeing the pounds gradually drop off can also be a great motivator and incentivize people to stay the course.

Those who've achieved their respective weight goals shared their experiences when Redditor apprenti8455 asked:

"People who lost a lot of weight, what surprises you the most now?"

Redditors didn't see these coming.

Shiver Me Timbers

"I’m always cold now!"

– Telrom_1

"I had a coworker lose over 130 pounds five or six years ago. I’ve never seen him without a jacket on since."

– r7ndom

"140 lbs lost here starting just before COVID, I feel like that little old lady that's always cold, damn this top comment was on point lmao."

– mr_remy

Drawing Concern

"I lost 100 pounds over a year and a half but since I’m old(70’s) it seems few people comment on it because (I think) they think I’m wasting away from some terminal illness."

– dee-fondy

"Congrats on the weight loss! It’s honestly a real accomplishment 🙂"

"Working in oncology, I can never comment on someone’s weight loss unless I specifically know it was on purpose, regardless of their age. I think it kind of ruffles feathers at times, but like I don’t want to congratulate someone for having cancer or something. It’s a weird place to be in."

– LizardofDeath

Unleashing Insults

"I remember when I lost the first big chunk of weight (around 50 lbs) it was like it gave some people license to talk sh*t about the 'old' me. Old coworkers, friends, made a lot of not just negative, but harsh comments about what I used to look like. One person I met after the big loss saw a picture of me prior and said, 'Wow, we wouldn’t even be friends!'”

"It wasn’t extremely common, but I was a little alarmed by some of the attention. My weight has been up and down since then, but every time I gain a little it gets me a little down thinking about those things people said."

– alanamablamaspama

Not Everything Goes After Losing Weight

"The loose skin is a bit unexpected."

– KeltarCentauri

"I haven’t experienced it myself, but surgery to remove skin takes a long time to recover. Longer than bariatric surgery and usually isn’t covered by insurance unless you have both."

– KatMagic1977

"It definitely does take a long time to recover. My Dad dropped a little over 200 pounds a few years back and decided to go through with skin removal surgery to deal with the excess. His procedure was extensive, as in he had skin taken from just about every part of his body excluding his head, and he went through hell for weeks in recovery, and he was bedridden for a lot of it."

– Jaew96

These Redditors shared their pleasantly surprising experiences.

Shopping

"I can buy clothes in any store I want."

– WaySavvyD

"When I lost weight I was dying to go find cute, smaller clothes and I really struggled. As someone who had always been restricted to one or two stores that catered to plus-sized clothing, a full mall of shops with items in my size was daunting. Too many options and not enough knowledge of brands that were good vs cheap. I usually went home pretty frustrated."

– ganache98012

No More Symptoms

"Lost about 80 pounds in the past year and a half, biggest thing that I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen mentioned on here yet is my acid reflux and heartburn are basically gone. I used to be popping tums every couple hours and now they just sit in the medicine cabinet collecting dust."

– colleennicole93

Expanding Capabilities

"I'm all for not judging people by their appearance and I recognise that there are unhealthy, unachievable beauty standards, but one thing that is undeniable is that I can just do stuff now. Just stamina and flexibility alone are worth it, appearance is tertiary at best."

– Ramblonius

People Change Their Tune

"How much nicer people are to you."

"My feet weren't 'wide' they were 'fat.'"

– LiZZygsu

"Have to agree. Lost 220 lbs, people make eye contact and hold open doors and stuff"

"And on the foot thing, I also lost a full shoe size numerically and also wear regular width now 😅"

– awholedamngarden

It's gonna take some getting used to.

Bones Everywhere

"Having bones. Collarbones, wrist bones, knee bones, hip bones, ribs. I have so many bones sticking out everywhere and it’s weird as hell."

– Princess-Pancake-97

"I noticed the shadow of my ribs the other day and it threw me, there’s a whole skeleton in here."

– bekastrange

Knee Pillow

"Right?! And they’re so … pointy! Now I get why people sleep with pillows between their legs - the knee bones laying on top of each other (side sleeper here) is weird and jarring."

– snic2030

"I lost only 40 pounds within the last year or so. I’m struggling to relate to most of these comments as I feel like I just 'slimmed down' rather than dropped a ton. But wow, the pillow between the knees at night. YES! I can relate to this. I think a lot of my weight was in my thighs. I never needed to do this up until recently."

– Strongbad23

More Mobility

"I’ve lost 100 lbs since 2020. It’s a collection of little things that surprise me. For at least 10 years I couldn’t put on socks, or tie my shoes. I couldn’t bend over and pick something up. I couldn’t climb a ladder to fix something. Simple things like that I can do now that fascinate me."

"Edit: Some additional little things are sitting in a chair with arms, sitting in a booth in a restaurant, being able to shop in a normal store AND not needing to buy the biggest size there, being able to easily wipe my butt, and looking down and being able to see my penis."

– dma1965

People making significant changes, whether for mental or physical health, can surely find a newfound perspective on life.

But they can also discover different issues they never saw coming.

That being said, overcoming any challenge in life is laudable, especially if it leads to gaining confidence and ditching insecurities.