People Share The Absolute Worst Piece Of Financial Advice Someone Has Ever Given Them
January 12 | 2021
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It is just a truth about life that money is an essential for survival. So we try to hoard and save as much as we can. That's why it can be stroke inducing when funds are depleted, especially because we trusted the wrong people to help us with growing our prosperity.
Redditor u/Miserable-Tea-1836 wanted to hear about what NOT to do when it comes to controlling wealth by asking..... What's the worst piece of financial advice somebody has given you?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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Mama Thiefest
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTQzNjAyNC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3MzEzMTM2Nn0.AuZA7xtkA3a0V2o5R_XgGD9GkxpqAg-htrkl1JdfVNk/img.gif?width=980" id="0ec6e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8e6ae32003668c182459f6fc9d345c2e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="318" data-height="294" />thief stealing GIFGiphy<p>When my mom said that she will hold my money for me as a kid. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitxefy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Memedme2020</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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R-A-C
<p>"Just get it at Rent A Center". </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/git9n2u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tbables</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/git9n2u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span>I had a coworker that got pretty much everything there.</p><p>"It's only $20/week, and they'll replace it if it breaks."</p><p>$20/week for how long? Oh cool, so you're paying more than double for it? Got it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitx4v1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">homomomoatx</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Bad Parents
<p>So when I was 24, I was financially struggling. I had a job that worked me a LOT of hours, but only paid me $10 an hour.</p><p>My parents talked me into buying a BRAND NEW 2004 4-Door Honda Civic, the pre-interest price tag on it was about $25,000. A few weeks after getting it, my hours got regulated and it took one entire paycheck to make the monthly note on it - I could NOT afford the insurance on it.</p><p>I very quickly realized my parents were bad at money. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitloje?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Worlds_Best_Coffee</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Take It
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTQzNjAyOS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxODU5ODAyNH0.f1h1dR6jCbaTavnQx1MXJ8GiPtN7SXQFLqOm6msZZm4/img.gif?width=980" id="e65da" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c5526b2fb1ca3c9b8bfc1d72a023f742" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="281" />Take It Giving Up GIF by Movie Trivia SchmoedownGiphy<p>My cousin bought a camper, went camping once, and then decided camping wasn't for them. Rather than selling it they decided to just stop making the payments and "let the bank come and get it." Which, eventually, they did. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitonua?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">devospice</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Without a Dime....
<p>My grandfather was pretty wealthy and gave us $50-$100 each birthday. My mom "kept it safe for us". I'm pretty sure she used it at least once to pay the light bill when the power got shut off so at least it went to good use? Never saw a dime of it myself. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/giui5ef?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kougaiji_Youkai</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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All the Debt
<p>My father would tell me to max my credit card on a new car and if they asked for payments just say F*** em, what are they going to do?</p><p>My father is several levels of debt hell deep that he's trying to get out of now, but he's at least trying. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/git77us?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">LuluTopSionMid</a></p>Oh Auntie....
<p>My aunt took me to a car dealership when I was looking to buy my own first car. I was looking at the clunkers I could afford, but she said I should be looking at the new cars. She said, "the total price doesn't matter because you make monthly payments." I suddenly understood too well why she had always been so financially unstable. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitre4l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">rleash</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Burning a Hole
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTQzNjAzOC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MzM5NjU3OH0.roC3onGefrnJ9hyRWg-0Jq1bq71Mq5YWV-qFHmvkSaQ/img.gif?width=980" id="c512f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4de5ed579c870e5375ddab1573efcca7" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />happy drag race GIF by Robert E BlackmonGiphy<p>"Spend it quickly or it'll get stolen."</p><p>Coming from someone with a history of losing and blowing their money. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gisldo2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ChilledGopher</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Weekly Issues...
<p>My FIL when I mention our retirement plan "I never contribute to my retirement account. Money now is always better than money later" I needed to have a conversation with my husband how we would NOT be supporting his mom and dad and their insane spending when they have no retirement plan and make huge financial mistakes on a weekly basis (good news is they both make good money). </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitama5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> luvbugsweetheart</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/luvbugsweetheart/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
911
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Thanks Dad?
<p>Yeah even if they've recently robbed you, you should still lend them the 500$ dollars they need to move to another city, they're your family after all.</p><p>-Dad.</p><p>I don't even know how mom married your dumb a**. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitibw3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> necromax13</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Am-Out!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTU1OTI2NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2MTM3ODE1MX0.xRcxt537y43JMRWdntS8ICtkm6fX9JAwq-Q_oHdft_c/img.gif?width=980" id="e4f5b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ab45fba44ebeafd6698600532aab5072" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="360" />drunk episode 18 GIFGiphy<p>A relative tried to recruit me into Amway. He wound up stuck with a garage full of their products. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitcrs4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">fermat1432</a></p>The Cut
<p>"Once you cut up the credit card, you don't have to pay it."</p><p>My cousin is not doing so hot. I'm pretty sure there are warrants out for his arrest in several states. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitcp1f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> SalemScout</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitcp1f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a><span></span>I work for a bank. The amount of times i get customers tell me 'i just got a phone call saying i owe ** but i canceled my card!!' I tell them we never received a notice that they canceled it. And they say 'but i cut it up!' Dude. If cutting bills up would solve anything, life would be great. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/giudcng?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">kaykez22</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Hang Up
<p>One of my uncles once told me that I never really had to pay my phone bill. He suggested that I simply jump to another carrier and let the first company cut you off.</p><p>His life has turned out exactly as you'd imagine. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gisn0am?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">kor_hookmaster</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Dive In
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTU1OTI2OC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0MDE1MzA2Mn0.fTEgtJVVnPOoHoFA3VolmURz-2SRS4P6RSPo_4Z7--8/img.gif?width=980" id="df7f8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="cf5c538f66e9308e08dd9a5ce602586d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="480" />Dog Swimming GIF by The DodoGiphy<p>"Take out a 401k loan to build a pool. It will raise the value of your house." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitxqxq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Jazz_Cigarettes</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Throw it all Away?
<p>I used to know a guy whose family had always told him while he was growing up that the ER was free. He was getting his mail sent to his family home for years as an adult. One day he needs to buy a car and guess what? His credit is trashed. Family threw away his medical bills the same as they did theirs. The worst part is now I know the biggest hospital in our area has a very liberal charity program. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>IIRC you can get 100% of your bill dropped if you are uninsured and make under $32k. Basically this whole guys family would qualify for that program if they just did a little bit of paperwork rather than just throw away bills. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitny3t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AlwaysDisposable</a></p>
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Vibing Debt
<p>"Just get another credit card" - my friend who hasn't worked in 3 years and is currently just vibing with his new credit cards he somehow got approved for. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/git4sox?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Prannke</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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the days of '76
<p>1976 San Franciso - Keep renting, no one will ever pay $35,000 for a 2 bedroom house and garage with a sweeping view of the East Bay. (Added later - I went back to visit the old neighborhood a few years ago, those $35,000 stucco homes up many flights of steps perched on the top of Potrero Hill were now all gentrified, remodeled, gated, and asking $1M+ and that was 5 years ago). </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/git3bod?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Maui96793</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Maxed Out
<p>A friend's family taught them to take out as many store cards and credit cards as they could, and as long as the minimum was paid, they'd be able to live a luxurious lifestyle.</p><p>They were almost $100k in debt when they finally told me, from dozens of cards and interest, car loan, etc. Then did not want to discuss it further after I offered advice (lawyer, counseling). It's simply how their parents lived, life on credit far beyond means. I could not live with that stress. It's so normal for some people though.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><strong><em>Edit:</em> </strong>Sorry I can't reply to everyone, I got like 100 responses and messages! If anyone is concerned about excessive debt, I strongly recommend the folks over at <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">r/personalfinance</a> who are experts at this sort of advice. For those in <em>extreme debt</em>, a bankruptcy attorney should be consulted to work out a re-payment plan in court. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gitq0o4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jules6146</a></p>
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Zero
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<p>My brother informed me "So that's like your new zero", and encouraged me to use it to buy a new gaming PC. For the next few years I really really wish I hadn't taken that advice, he's never been too amazing with his money so I should have seen that one coming.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kukx86/whats_the_worst_piece_of_financial_advice/gisleet?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SeveralAioli3</a></p>
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Professional Grifting
<p>"I worked at a super shady telemarketing company right after high school. They made people think they were a charity but they weren't. They sold stuff supposedly assembled by handicapped people and I talked in a voice that led people to believe I was mentally handicapped so they would feel bad and buy from me."</p><p>"I've never hated myself more and I deserved to have my a** kicked."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g40xi3i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">standupguy73</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Almost Got Away With It
<p>"Silk underwear was a thing way back. I shat myself once while on a sled with my brother. I somehow managed to unzip and bury it while crying in anger and frustration."</p><p>"Mom found it while walking the dog. I cried again."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g40s9qj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">NowWeCanLaughAboutIt</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Entrepreneurial Spirit(ualism)
<p>"I stole some Mother Theresa cards from our church and convinced my little cousin to go with me door to door selling them saying we were trying to raise money for the less fortunate. We then used that money to go buy snacks at 7-11."</p><p>"I was 12 and to this day I randomly wake up wondering wtf was I thinking. Doesn't sound like it's the most f***ed up thing ever but it did stick with me."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g41461b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">1unimpressedunicorn</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Pooping in Isolation
<p>"I shat in the school's toilet , there's was no paper , so I wobbled to the sink to clean up , nobody came in , I was a lucky guy" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g3zxk8q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ElegantChampionship0</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"That's nothing. When I was a kid, I ate beads at a weekend day camp. The next morning at school, I decided to sh** in the urinal because the stalls were busy. Nobody ever knew who made the poo necklace but me." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g419yao?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Lasermushrooms</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Got Him
<p>"When I was a kid a friend of mine came over for pizza and left. I was upset that he didn't stay to hang out. Heard something at my window and it was him getting my attention asking if he could have the leftover marinara sauce."</p><p>"I said sure, slightly opened the little marinara container and tossed it to him. He had on a brand new Tommy Hilfiger winter jacket."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g404o6o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">jmjones91987</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Immediate Remorse
<p>"My first year of college, there was a really annoying guy in my class. He was a total douche. One day he left class and my buddy and I saw that he left his book on the desk. We took it. Sold it to the bookstore and got burgers with the money."</p><p>"I helped him look for his lost book the next day for an hour."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g40e0ub?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">sumtinfunny</a></p>A Severe Approach to Prank Calling
<p>"A long time ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth and you could make prank phone calls, my friends and I called a random number. A woman answered and in a small child's voice I asked her if she knew where my parents were."</p><p>"I must have gone on for at least 5 minutes, asking for my parents, got all upset, the whole 9 yards. At the end I said I had to go and hung up on her."</p><p>"To this day that poor woman has no idea what happened to that little girl."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g40uxeq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Tiggrfan</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Double Whammy
<p>"My friend and I played poo dollar one Saturday evening on campus in college. Now the traditional way of playing poo dollar is to simply put a piece of poo, and smush it into a crumbled up dollar bill, and when someone finds it in excitement, they get poo on their hands. It's evil already by itself."</p><p>"However, a 3rd wanted to join in on the fun, and he's a huge Star Wars fan. He had a huge wad of fake $10 dollar bills with Jar Jar Binks' face on it. He won them as a kid at Chuck E Cheese. He said each bill was 5 tickets each, and bought a wad with the 100 tickets he won."</p><p>"He told himself as a kid that these would come in handy one day. Now mind you, these looked IDENTICAL to a $10 bill, except substitute good ol' Alex Hamilton for Jar Jar f***ing Binks."</p><p>"So this means that people would pick up this seemingly fake $10 bill in excitement, find poo on their hands, but find consolation in that it's still a $10 bill. But nope, we even took the consolation away. It was a fake Jar Jar Binks $10 bill AND you have poo on your hands."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g40t79x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">gnew88</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Zero Childhood Chill
<p>"I was 3 or 4 years old. Went to amusement park with family. Got into ball pit. Having a good time. Then, in the ball pit with me, I notice there's a kid with some kind of disability or illness, completely bald, with tubes coming out of his nose."</p><p>"I screamed, cried, and called him a monster and pointed until my parents came and got me out of the ball pit. I probably ruined some make a wish kid's whole day."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g40wm6y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ElectricChess</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Not Ready for Caregiving
<p>"When I was a kid I brought a caterpillar to show and tell and I kept forgetting to bring it leaves to eat so I accidentally f***ing starved it to death and I still deal with the guilt." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g40xs8r?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">jesseepeterson</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"You have felt the guilt long enough. You are forgiven. Let this random internet stranger release you from this bond." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g428o7v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Crowmega</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I kept a caterpillar in a little terrarium at home and it eventually turned into a cocoon. I ripped it off the tree and put it in a ziplock bag and brought it to school for show and tall. It fell off my desk at some point and a girl named Alyssa stepped on it. I still feel so guilty. It was over 20 years ago." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g42edb6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">suchafart</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Narrow Escape
<p>"Had one of those homemade stress balls with flour at a friend's house and I squeezed it way too hard and it burst everywhere so I just dipped and he got grounded for a week and made to clean up the mess" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g40wieb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">olliemills9</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Keys to the Castle
<p>"During middle school I hustled a little bit, you know buy cigarettes for a dollar and sell them for 2 etc. (Anyways the school had these rooms that you needed a key fob to open) A teacher walked by and dropped her fob so I figured I could sell it, I sold it to some random guy on the street for 60 bucks."</p><p>"(For a kid from a poor background who hustled for something to eat it was loads) I found out about a week later that the school was robbed, all the computers, books, basically anything of value. We found out that they got in from the staff entrance at the back, which needed... a fob."</p><p>"Still feel guilty about it too this day, it was a public school with little to no funding in a poor area."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g41atq4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">surmj05</a></p>Footrace Dupe
<p>"We had a marathon race the entire school. I was in second place most od the race and the guy in front of me would have won no doubt. Instead I told him it would be a good idea of we both ran across the finish line together. He agreed."</p><p>"Only for me ton run ahead just a few meters before the finish line. I won but in the most shi**y way ever. It was a good lesson though, if I cant win properly, I'd much rather come second."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g40sm3l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Dr_agan82</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Waaaay Too Much Evidence
<p>"In kindergarten whenever I ran out of toilet paper in the stalls I would start wiping my ass with my finger and smearing the shit on the walls. I also would barely wash my hands."</p><p>"I got found out and was scolded by my teacher, the janitors, and the principal. My parents however still don't know."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g402lca?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Skyeatsbutter</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Manufactured Tragedy
<p>"When I was young, maybe 4th grade, I was at a sleep over with a group of friends at my friend B's house. We were messaging another girl from our class, A and I said it would be funny if we told A that we had heard that B had been in a car accident and would never walk again."</p><p>"We played up the story, said B was currently in the hospital, doctors said the prognosis was bad, she might die...A was freaking out, B thought it was funny, I kept adding more graphic detail, thought it was hilarious."</p><p>"Until A called B's mom, who marched up stairs and told us off for being little sh**s. Which we were! I still feel horrible about it, little girls can cruel little idiots."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g40xli7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Anooshka1308</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Spectacular Failure
<p>"I was 18 and still didn't have my license. I honestly didn't even know how to drive yet regardless. That didn't stop me from sneaking my girlfriend out of her house to get wasted at a motel party."</p><p>"When she needed to get home, I borrowed my friend's car to make the 4 mile round trip to her house. The whole time, I drove with the parking brake on and f***ed up her car. Then when I came back to the motel, I hit two parked cars HARD in the parking lot while several people saw as I tried to park."</p><p>"No one said shit to me though. It was in a seedy part of town so everyone just minded their own business. It's been 15 years and I still think about that. Don't drink and drive kids."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imh5e5/whats_the_most_fucked_up_thing_that_you_have_ever/g420tov?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">luisc123</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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One consistent sad truth about life is that for just about every person, life is often full of regrets. There are far too many shoulda, coulda, wouldas moments that will haunt many of us until our last breaths. Regret is a hard pill to swallow, but we must never allow it to impede our future. Starting today lets make the goal going forward be that we will make the most of every second and opportunity. And when we feel like we're regressing, we will learn form the past of ourselves and others.
Redditor u/damnthispandemic wanted people to discuss the moments in life they wish they could do over, in hopes the rest of us do better by asking.... What's one thing you deeply regret?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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The Letdown....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU3ODIwMS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2MzIzMjQyMH0.dbmRBaBzeZHkhIOUNbFjxNZuieAC2tamT2AgLWsCbdI/img.gif?width=980" id="4016c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="21125844052624765ec12a0fa22142f3" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="150" data-height="150" />Sad Cartoon GIFGiphy<p>Was struggling with anxiety and depression, going on auto pilot for a couple months. Wanted to visit with my friend but never had the energy. She died unexpectedly in February. Feel like I let her down. I always try to remind myself of that. Just wish that those days where I was like, "I should pop in on my way home" and then not cuz I was tired.... idk, I think no matter how it worked out I would have felt something wasn't done right. Just part of grief I guess.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24ukkj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">buzzfoodie</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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be active
<p>Not being an active decision maker in life. Just flowing through time and life like a dead plant. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24nuxk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">cyclopropagative</a></p><p>All the worst case scenarios you've played through in your head aren't nearly as bad as the regret. Plus pretty much none of them play out. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g25x5l6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">purforium</a></p><p>Story of my life too. And then I look at what I've done with my life and I get sad. 31 working a minimum wage job. But at least I have a job. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g260y9v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">sksksk1989</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Love your parents....
<p>Not calling my parents more. I lost both this year and I'd give anything to talk to them one more time. Or hug them both. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g250f7g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">Son_Of_Sothoth</a></p><p>I feel this and am sorry. 13 years for me this year and I still miss them every day. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g25x6as?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">BLKR3b3LYaMmY</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Cheat...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU3ODIzMy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNzY3MTI4NX0.36EiU9oGL5z8mUJrHXmFSP1gCbvGkWWAoFGBQcWIptU/img.gif?width=980" id="3cece" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a15241596a22e7475d37097ee8d4b6dc" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />owen wilson slap GIF by SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAYGiphy<p>Dating my ex.... believing I was his girlfriend while he cheated, for too long. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24i3mf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">pizzalover2458</a></p><p>This was me... crap hurts when you finally realize it and step away. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24r7ii?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">90rewolfnus</a></p><p>You will find somebody so much better, and with a name like pizzalover2458 you are probably lots of guys type. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g26ibr9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">Genocide_Fan</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Rest Without Anger
<p>Asked my husband to sleep on the couch that one night. I woke up to find him dead the next morning. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24s1gk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">farts_n_darts</a><span></span></p><p>My wife asks me to sleep on the couch every once in awhile when my snoring is out of hand and she has to get up early... </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>It's not uncommon. I feel the greatest amount of empathy for you, such a simple request between partners that neither of you could have foreseen to have such terrible consequences. I hope you understand that you aren't responsible for what happened.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g25sgzq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">tsintse</a></p>
Jump!
<p>Being too scared to make the leap. Justifying myself back from the edge. Staying safe, where absolutely nothing happens. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24oifr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">ThisCityWantsMeDead</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24oifr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow"></a><span></span>I am an amateur musician. Always playing by myself in my bedroom for years. I had a few friends I jammed with but nothing serious at all. Slight performance anxiety kept me from getting out and expressing myself. On a whim I went down to a local amateur jam at a bar, nerves on absolute damn edge.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I was welcomed with open arms, friendly faces with similar lifestyles. Ever since I've been going every other week for a couple years, joined a band that is locally successful, met women, bar owners, pro athletes, hardcore bikers, comedians and all sorts of unique characters. Became a regular and well known. Gave me a purpose that still drives me to this day. Take the leap, man!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g265v61?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">uncertainty_critical</a></p>
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Hold On....
<p>When my dad told me he was dying, I was 10. We sat out back and it was the first time he showed emotion. He said "Do you know what cancer is?" To which I responded "Yes" and he began to hug me and cry. As a 10 year old I didn't understand the depth of what he was telling me, now at 34 I deeply regret not hugging him for longer that day. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g25941t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="dofollow"> ----Damien----</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/----Damien----/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow"></a><span></span></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Forget Him!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU3ODI3Ni9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzNTgxOTg5MX0.uFWcvkIgBR2dWqdkXnDbqrEZfLZbPEEAuuExQCc2YrI/img.gif?width=980" id="a67f1" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="50e9df2a2d65202601ff738fe97f510b" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="262" />Giphy<p>Loving a guy only to find out he had a girlfriend the whole time. I think the regret comes from me letting him screw with my head for much longer than the relationship lasted. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24jq4l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">hahl23</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Dude! This happened to my friend! The guy even invited her to his home country to meet his family and as soon as she landed, he told her that they should only act like friends. Her visit lasted a whole two weeks. Two weeks, heartbroken, with a guy and his family and his girlfriend and over a thousand dollars short because she paid for both of their flights. Screw that guy.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g25gimj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">shoeless_laces</a></p>
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Always get Help
<p>Not seeing a psychiatrist sooner. Spent 6 years getting a 4 year degree, and that's with a full course load every semester. Struggled throughout my entire school life. Struggled with talking to people. Thrived online and over text though. The year after graduation, finally sought out help. Turns out I have a learning disability, specifically, auditory processing disorder. Requested reasonable accommodation at work and my production doubled. All I needed was to be able to read what people were telling me. </p><p>I've watched more movies in the last 2 years than I have in my whole life, subtitles are a game changer. I'm living in a new world.</p><p>If you think movies and shows are impossible to follow, if you walk away from conversations with no idea what was said, if you have bosses constantly repeating directions to you, or if you hate phone calls because they're ineffective, that's not normal! Look into it!!! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24m5o6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">DrBocker</a></p>
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Pick up
<p>Not answering my friend's phone call as it was late at night and I had exam the next day. Woke up to the news that she killed herself. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24th9x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">rhythmkhan</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Love ME!
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Finding a Way
<p>Letting my anxiety get in the way of me being happy. Not everyone will like it or use this method. But I am a Christian, and I recently gave my anxiety and life to God I really recommend it, I know not everyone will want to do this, but trust me, it works and it feels amazing. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24xfsd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">haruhi_emarald-d</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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PUSH HARDER!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU5NTM4NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMDQ2MTc5OX0.HDItfldCAEGWhCM0j4leXnNtYjHq2h3DK9MdJRg9ots/img.gif?width=980" id="5a6f0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c0f4cc818ba5e89d91451f31e300118e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="432" data-height="288" />karate push GIFGiphy<p>Not trying. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24fw8j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mr_Chandler_Bong</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24fw8j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>I'm in my mid thirties and only started really giving a crap about myself in the last 5-10 years. Before this I was OK with just drifting.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Now I look back at all the accomplishments I've made over the last few years. I have a good job, people that care about me and <em>some people even look up to me.</em></p><p>Everyday I live my life with pride and a sense that I have more to give but I still have regrets.</p><p>I think about what I could have done with my life if I tried harder and pushed myself in my teens or even in my early twenties.</p>
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Knowledge Hunt
<p>Not going to school when I should have. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24n4pt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ascr1907</a></p><p>School put such an immense amount of pressure on me to perform well (Was one of the top pupils of the year, so thats why) that I literally broke and became a shell of a human. If I had turned up every day, I honestly would have either had a brutal mental breakdown or killed myself.</p><p>Humans vary so much, there is no way anyone can convince me that the schooling route and the way the system works caters to every single person. Theres no way. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g261e30?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">colourouu</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I'm Sorry
<p>Being a horrible piece of crap to my old friends. It really screwed me up mentally and emotionally in the end and I'm still dealing with the consequences. If there was one thing I could change in the past, that would be it. I said some unforgivable things and acted like it was their fault.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g254b0t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Henry-The-Nobody</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Nonsense....
<p>Reading that "how do you get over someone?" Thread here from yesterday. I thought I was fine before but that made me spiral pretty hard. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24u32m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Falron</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24u32m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span>I checked out that thread too, but I just kept seeing the same old "time heals all wounds" nonsense. No. Time does not heal all wounds. There are some wounds that will only heal once you recognize a specific problem, and deal with it.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_18" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Some problems require you to go through specific steps and run through a specific path in order to reach a solution</p><p>I was still head over heels for my last ex 5 years after we broke up. In 5 whole years, my feelings never diminished. two and a half years were spent with extremely little contact between us, but even then I thought about her every day, and always at my worst.</p>
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<p>What finally got me past her was one last conversation. One last time I tried to reach out to her, and she met me with hatred. I realized how broken everything had been, too broken. I realized there was no hope at all. No spark to ignite, no embers to fan. The person I knew and loved was long gone. All that was left was a void, and thats exactly where all of my feelings for her went. No more chest sinking when I think about her, no more heart aches when I hear songs that used to remind me of her. No more pain.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g25jpva?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">aemnant</a></p>
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You Gotta Get Friends....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU5NTM5Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NjcwNzk0OX0.KMg0RqHbyY6sJZok7KXMZG_fT9ROD7nN2tCMaJGZP6M/img.gif?width=980" id="a9b2a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c3186b8f45ecc3ff6d133559950b2b4a" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="400" />Season 3 Episode 6 GIF by FriendsGiphy<p>Not being more social and spending lots of time alone in my room in high school. It's difficult to make friends and break out of your shell later in life, and even your best friends have bigger ambitions than living by you their whole life. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24zvio?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cuesportster</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24zvio?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Not sure how old you are, but I think a lot of people become their most social selves in college. In college it's easier to find people with similar interests and quirks as you.</p><p>Anyway, I can relate. As I got older and started working, I didn't make an effort to be social after work and on weekends and found myself alone a lot. It's hard! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g25pfo0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> tiabd444</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/tiabd444/" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_21" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Toxic Shock
<p>Being the toxic one in the friendship when I was keeping myself convinced I was the victim. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g2575fj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ladyledylidy</a></p><p>This is literally me! I kept complaining to my other friends saying that I was the victim, I was in a toxic relationship. I kept spreading shit about this friend that I called "toxic". Years later I've realized how toxic I really was :( so I feel ya. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g261tw7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">mightbeobsessed2002</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_22" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Relax. Breathe.
<p>Constant worrying.</p><p>Either I worried about something and it didn't happen, so I was choosing misery over literally nothing... or it <em>did</em> happen and I just found a way through it.</p><p>Maybe I dealt with it, maybe it worked itself out, maybe somebody helped me out... but it was never once improved by me worrying in advance. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24ryoq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Delica</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_23" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Release the Baggage....
<p>I only have one regret.</p><p>I didn't have time to reconcile with my sister before she passed of cancer. Literally got there a few days late, she was induced into a coma and I watched her fade away over a few days.</p><p>She was not a good person growing up: lied, cheat, steal, drug addiction etc... and I carried a lot of issues as I got older but I wish I could have just had a conversation with her before everything went south. She made numerous attempts when she was diagnosed to mend our relationship but I just wouldn't have any of it.</p><p>Thats on me and I've carried that baggage for a long time. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g253auw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">mcgeeno</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_24" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Focus on You
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3 of Us....
<p>I wasn't a very nice older brother when me and my two younger brothers where younger. I almost killed them a couple of times just over stupid crap. But when you're 12 and a few inches taller then your brother it's too easy to just manhandle them.</p><p>We have a great relationship now all three of us call and play games at least once a week but I don't know if it'll ever be enough to undo the harm I've caused them. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ics496/whats_one_thing_you_deeply_regret/g24v580?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">twinkislayer_</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_26" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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However people put it into words, we've all done things we regret. And regret comes in a variety of flavors.
<p>A recent Reddit thread took aim at one specific kind of regret: things done that, despite feeling uncomfortable <em>during </em>the act itself, we pushed through. We hoped it was worth the short term struggle, wagering on wonderful circumstances we assumed would follow the strife.</p><p>But of course, we discovered that it wasn't worth pushing through. We struggled and toiled but came out with nothing for it.</p><p>Hopefully a list like this can offer a few sage pieces of advice to stop you before pushing through for nothing</p><p>Jjwllms asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">"What's not worth it?"</a></p>
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Useful for About .4 Seconds
<p>"Buying babies a lot of clothes. They grow up so fast they dont even need half of what s in the closet" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybn517?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">offta_100</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybn517?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x"></a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"You'd think seeing an ad for unused baby clothes/furniture be tragic, but in reality it's like with avocados - wait a day too long and you cant use it." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fyc6l4l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Macluawn</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"This. Absolutely this."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"My wife and I had our first child almost 2 years ago. There were a ton of newborn baby clothes we never even used and ended up donating."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"At least 40 outfits." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fycguis?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">BrostFyte</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Working to Live or Living to Work?
<p>"Working so hard you can't enjoy the rest of your life" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybkx0u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">zarina342</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"If you have a choice, then yes. But sometimes working really hard is the difference between having a roof over your head or living on the streets." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybudtu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">DeathSpiral321</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I wonder that about my ex boss. He's 75 now and still a butcher in a grocery store and when I asked why he was still there he said money was so good. Can't spend it when you're dead." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fycjupq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MsAnnabel</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Experienced With Disappointment
<p>"Bending over backwards to help someone that, at the end of the day, refuses to help themselves."</p><p>"Trying to save a friendship that you've clearly outgrown. (I have to keep reminding myself of that one.)"</p><p>"Forcing a friendship."</p><p>"Buying particleboard furniture."</p><p>"Cheap a** plastic Tupperware."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybn06z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">General_Distance</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Listen to Your Gut
<p>"Staying somewhere or with someone because it's 'safe' or the 'easy' route even though you're unhappy. Sometimes it worth the risk to pack up and move on or out." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybv3ft?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Big_jerm3</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Thankfully, my 'somewhat' fiancee ended it for me. Awful person that I didn't notice until I was out of that relationship." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fycprbj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">H-Christ</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Yup u never know what the unknown will bring to you" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybw6yv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">thrivingandstriving</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"You are not a tree. If you don't like where you are, move!" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fydia2t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Small-in-Belgium</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Big Tobacco’s Ace in the Hole
<p>"Smoking cigarettes. You're trading a microscopic endorphin bump for a working, healthy body. And usually people (myself included) don't realize until some of the irreversible damage is already done." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybhb6i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">A_HELPFUL_POTATO</a></p><p>"Starting smoking... Over 7 years I have spent roughly $19000" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybqaod?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Gloomy-Field</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Imagine if You Pooled All Those Upcharges
<p>"It's not the deepest answer but Postmates" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybpgpg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">DeadInsideWiggs</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Turn a 7 buck burrito in to a 17 buck one." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fyc98gv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Aevum1</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"You offended my laziness" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fyckz3y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">AquaticSteveZizuu</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">""It can <em>almost</em> be worthwhile with a membership!"–I murmured to myself, knowing it's untrue. *sobs into my $15 Frosty*" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fycm9kj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Sonadel</a></p>One Sided Efforts
<p>"Trying to rekindle a relationship with an ex who clearly has zero interest in pursuing it." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybiizr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Back2Bach</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"'Once you feel avoided by someone, never disturb them again.'" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybvo0r?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">thrivingandstriving</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Or for that matter, start one with someone who isn't into it. People say persistence is key, but it's also the key to getting your ego beaten into the dirt." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fycgoew?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">CookiesFTA</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Like Running in Mud
<p>"Arguing with stupid people. In the wise words of Mark Twain: 'Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.'" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybk8ni?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Stygian_Echoes</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Arguing with stupid people is like playing chess with a pigeon. Doesn't matter what move you'll make, pigeon will take a sh!t on the board and fly away.' I don't know who said it but I 100% agree with it." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fycaunb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">IllTearOffUrSans</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Physics Lessons
<p>"Pissin off a tall building. the updraft just blows it back in your mouth."</p><p>"Once upon a time I pissed off a tall building. I thought it'd be fun to watch my pee fall a long way. Turns out, the wind was stronger than my pee force, and it just got all over my face and mouth and jncos."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybksro?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">hotanimalslices</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Giving Power Away
<p>"giving someone who ghosted you another chance/ believing people when they say they've changed. 9/10, they haven't" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybgx84?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">butternut_bunny</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I gave a guy that ghosted me a second chance. Sucked a** because anytime he got quiet for to long i was afraid it happening again. Never going down that road again." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybp2mq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Fussy_TaHwRaOyW</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Don't waste time on someone who doesn't value your time" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hsn7up/whats_not_worth_it/fybrtvb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">hatsnatcher23</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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We all want to be good people. We all want to help. At least I pray that's true. The problem, is that sometimes we can get burned when we help or step up. The old adage... "no good deed goes unpunished," well that's a true story. But that is the risk one takes when one is doing the Lord's work. If you feel an impulse to do good for others and help brighten the day of another, do it. If it turns out to be a big disaster... talk to reddit about it.
Redditor u/enho224 wanted to see who needed to share about the times they wish they hadn't gone as above and beyond by asking..... Redditors, was there a time when you helped someone, and you ended up regretting it?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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<p>Had a friend who went through a rough breakup, and then a month or so later needed to move. I offered our spare room in Tahoe for the time before my stepson was due to move into it after the summer. Figured she could use some nature to help her reset.</p>
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<p>Everything was great for the first few months... then she went legitimately bat crazy when her mom died. Pacing and talking to herself, thought the CIA had bugged the apartment. We helped as much as we could, but needed her GONE when she started thinking my husband and I were undercover agents. That's when I worried she'd feel like she needed to protect herself from us. Had the cops and paramedics out several times, but they wouldn't take her because she didn't want to go to the hospital. Took two tries to get a restraining order, but not before she trashed our bedroom and stole some money we had in a drawer.</p>
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<p>About two weeks after she was out, I got a text from a friend with a news report of a woman who had run her car fully into the conference room of a business the next city over (no one was hurt). Bystanders said she got out of the car with her little dog and a bible, and just started walking down the road like she had simply parked her car.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxoumpj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">equlalaine</a></p>
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So Much Drama
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzQ2NjgzMC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3NjkzNjc2MX0.Vdu_8YYI3WcOuzdQpsG98OAXibtML2flopM-KDXrD9o/img.gif?width=980" id="8a4ab" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ededa32bcaef23bb7bd8bf9a3a6bb0cc" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="289" />Demi Lovato Popcorn GIFGiphy<p>After my brother and I moved out I covered his half of the rent and let him owe me. He owed me more and more as time went on. He was not a great roommate otherwise. I also let him move in when I bought a house. He owed me money for rent constantly. When my now wife moved in and I asked him to move out, all hell broke loose. It took him a year to move out and his lies and dramatics caused so much drama between me and my parents. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxp4kp4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Marvos79</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Co-Worker Evil.
<p>One of my co-workers was up for a big promotion and I gave him a pep talk and tips and pointers for the interview. I told him our work has a real "the behavior you see is the behavior you accept" type policy so they'll want to hire someone who doesn't let the work place run unprofessionally.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Anyway he took this as opportunity to lie to supervisors about me saying how I was doing the wrong thing, dressing bad, feet on the desk etc in hopes that him not accepting and reporting this behavior would make him look like a better candidate. I got fired and he got the job.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxope8n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> Dr_Fluffybuns2</a></p>
That's No Mary & Joseph....
<p>I rented a room to a pregnant girl and her boyfriend because they were about to be homeless. I learned the hard way why they couldn't get a place. Trash all over the room, the back of the door had a hole punched into it, incense or some sort of unfortunately scented thing had been used to the point it took months to get the smell out. I had a litterbox in the closet and didn't bother to protect the carpet. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>They left a LOT of stuff behind, including a nasty AF mattress. Failed to pay rent at the agreed to rate which was significantly lower than the going rate anywhere within 50 miles. failed to pay for damages. carpet messed up with nasty stuff. failed to do their share of housekeeping and left me to do it during their stay. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxp80fy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Diggingcanyons</a></p>
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The Strays
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzQ2NjgzMS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0NDM0OTAxNH0.Gn9xSXEQF21EL-rxnzHUMOPUBbpfGBA6pkKH_3MuOLY/img.gif?width=980" id="209b6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c7ad8b66bd285b05e323cabb1ff02ec4" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="267" />Shocked Season 4 GIF by This Is UsGiphy<p>You give to a campaign or charity once and they will hit you up for more every week for the rest of your life. They are like stray animals with food, once they see you have some and are willing to share, they never leave you alone. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxomzm5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Ms-Charlie</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
BJ & Mr. O...
<p>In 1st grade Brian (who went by BJ) glued a bunch of glitter to Mackenzie's chair, so she would sit on it and get glitter on her butt. I tried to wipe it all off before she sat back down, and Mr. O. decided that I was rubbing glue on her chair as a prank. He sent me to time out and then I went home crying, and my parents were like Mr. O. why did you do this and he called me a liar.</p><p>BJ, or Mr. O, if you're reading this I hate you. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxpcuib?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">jaime-the-lion</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Bad Sister....
<p>I've got a lot of friends who are managers at restaurants and although I don't work there anymore, I did end up getting them to give my sister a chance there as she "really needed a job" (her words). Welp, she didn't last long at pretty much every one of them because, in the words of my good friends, she told them "I don't like being told what to do", "I don't know why they're complaining to you, I'm just telling them how it is," and her reasoning for calling out was "I can't come in, there's a raid tonight." </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>A raid, I recently found out was a fight term on a video game. It embarrassed me and I regretted it every time she was fired. Now she just sits on her butt eating junk food and playing video games all day and complaining she has no money and I don't feel bad at all. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxp3mod?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Loves_me_tacos125</a></p>
"massages"
<p>I helped a girl that had an abusive father and she worked with me. My wife and I brought her into our home and gave her a month to get her shit together. Next thing I know my wife and I are pulling up after going to dinner with a crap ton of narcotics unit cops in our apartment. She had been giving "massages" and was suspected of dealing opiates. We got evicted and I will beat that woman if I ever see her again. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxp20t4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ILoveBentonsBacon</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I'll Snap YOU!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzQ2NjgzNC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNjk4MzIzOH0.NYAsvEPijNkGFPJgGmBLITyUNh62xEuKNYTdBhCF0Dg/img.gif?width=980" id="a5a6b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fe4b2d9d3b928fdb7a7782a89a4fe5ef" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />natgeo channel GIF by National Geographic ChannelGiphy<p>One time in school, a friend of mine asked if I could loan him a pencil. I had recently bought myself some really nice pencils (smencils, I believe?) from the school store that came around once a week, and I decided to loan him one of them and asked him to return it to me after class.</p><p>So, after class, I meet up with him and ask him to return it to me. He hands it back, but it's snapped clean in half and broken beyond repair. I was so pissed off and angry. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxpnok8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">theatregirl2001</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Never Lie.
<p>Person I was friends with started telling me all about how abusive their partner was, how they couldn't be themselves around him, and how he was pressuring them into doing very triggering things. They were prepared to warp their whole identity to please him, but would also come to me and our other friends for support. Now, I believed them because they'd been in an actually abusive relationship before and had also been assaulted, so I didn't think they would lie about either of those things. I offered emotional support, resources, and urged them to get out.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>They absolutely did lie. And it about ruined my friendship with a solid chunk of my friend group because they were all friends with the partner and the friend who lied told me that if they saw me around any of them that they'd call the cops for harassment. Once the relationship finally imploded I was able to rekindle some of those friendships.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxp5f40?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Kricketts_World</a></p>
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I'll take Cold.
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Never again.
<p>I was at the park playing with my kids. A neighbor drove past, saw us and the mom asked if her kids could join mine while she went to the grocery store for a second. Two hours later, my kids are ready to go home and I've still got the neighbor's kids. I cram everyone (7 kids total) into my vehicle without nearly enough seats or seat belts and proceed to drive home. The neighbor's car is in her driveway. I knocked on the door to drop off her kids. She's watching TV. There wasn't even a thank you. Never again. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxohwby?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">almostahermit</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Move Away.
<p>Any time I've agreed to help somebody move, only to show up and find they hadn't really boxed up anything yet. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxonall?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TNShadetree</a><span></span></p><p>Happened to me once and I took it as a lesson. Now when someone asks me to help them move I say yes absolutely! But then immediately proceed with bringing up the subject of people not organized the day they move. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I'll say something like: "oh yeah I will help you for sure 'cause you don't strike me as the kind of person that doesn't get ready to move to make it as easy as possible for everybody the day of the move. I play the hypothetical card when really, I'm warning them that they better be organized and ready the morning I show up to help.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxrvzws?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">toomanyu</a></p>
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For Life.
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"go to court"
<p>A lady that worked for my family asked for a early paycheck so she could bail herself out of jail on a DUI charge. I took the money in, not knowing that I had to sign paperwork to be responsible for her while out on bail. I signed it, but received no info on when her trial was scheduled. She lied to me about when it was. I covered her shift so that she could "go to court." A month later, she and her boyfriend skipped town in the middle of the night. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_19" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>A week after that, I got a call from the bail bondsman, asking where she was, as she hadn't showed up for court. Had to pay back the bond of $5000 if they couldn't find her. I lucked out, though, because they got caught committing another crime 1000 miles south, and went straight into custody.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxonv7g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">crazyforpsych</a></p>
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Walking in Darkness...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzQ1NDQ4NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMjgxMjc0MH0.W92apxkazm0Ntgc7uOlR_-3sWy0fODZGHAtoa7dZkJc/img.gif?width=980" id="fd984" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ff4223b07456c6fa82683c45cd9ce1c6" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="400" />Giphy<p>There was a blind man in the road near a crosswalk, stumbling around, blocking traffic. Thinking he would be killed, my wife hopped out to guide him to the side of the road. Once out of the road, he wouldn't let go of her and aggressively demanded money. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_21" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>He was faking blindness and this was his scam. My wife pulled away from him, hopped back in the car and we took off. We came back the other a few minutes later and he was in the road again blocking traffic and pretending to be blind. It was very scary!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxodt61?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Ike_Snopes</a></p>
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Burning Bridges....
<p>I was drained dry by someone who I thought was my best friend. Gave her gas money, my old car that still ran well, babysat her kids constantly, paid for and altered her wedding dress, etc... When I realized how bad she was treating me, I very politely cut ties.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_23" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>She then went around and told all our mutual friends I owed her so much money and I was abusive to her kids. Her 600lb+ husband broke my front passenger seat so it wouldn't sit straight anymore (which is why I gave it to them when I could afford a new one), but they had the audacity to call me a "fat pig". I just... Ugh</p><p>Last I heard, they burned literally every contact they have here and had to move to a new state to start over again... Again... </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxoxvve?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">VaticanCameos714</a></p>
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I Saw Nothing.
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HELP!!!
<p>Holy crap!! Moving is one of my biggest pet peeves. My family moved a lot when I was growing up so I have always been good at this. I would never ask someone to "help us move" without having everything boxed up to load on the truck. My in laws asked my husband to help them move and he spent 8 hours helping his dad pack up and they still weren't done. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxp6cvq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">kaismama</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_26" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Cash Only.
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<p>2 weeks later don't I see that his brand new screen is completely shattered, worse than before. Not only that but he's talking about "buying a new phone anyway" while he was also looking at a new car to buy. He can buy a $1000 phone and a $3500 car But he doesn't have $100 to pay me back.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hpar8j/redditors_was_there_a_time_when_you_helped/fxoxc9a?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">stevenrama</a></p>
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