Here’s what they had to say.
“I had gotten friendly with a girl at my workplace several years ago.
We bonded over our mutual love of cats.
It was in the basement, which he wanted to turn into his man cave.
She didn’t take a stab at re-home her cat; she had her put down.
I gave her the cold shoulder after that.
“My father had just passed from cancer.
My best friend of 24 years was with me at his apartment to help me clean.
She did nothing but dig through everything he owned and ask me for stuff.
She actually made a bigger mess by ransacking closets, drawers, and cupboards.
I instantly saw my respect for her shatter and fall to the ground like shards of glass.”
“I’ve never felt such rage.
I largely ignored her and silently finished my tasks.
I could not believe how jealous, materialistic, and childish she was.
It’s been eight years, and I haven’t spoken a word to her since.
I couldn’t believe her gall to offer to comfort me after being so awful about my father.
Bentley, 52, Michigan
3.
“I had a friend I absolutely adored.
Just a salt-of-the-earth pop in of guy.
Pretty well off, too.
He also had a wicked sense of humor.
It was one of the funniest things I’d ever seen, and I could not stop laughing!
When I went to high-five him, I realized he was not laughing.”
“I was going through chemo and was wearing beanies to cover my bald head.
My good friend and her man came for a visit one day.
My friend laughed, but I didn’t.
We sat down outside, and he immediately lit a joint.
Again, my ‘friend’ just laughed.
They left, and I never talked to either one of them again.
She tried to stop by again many times, but I eventually blocked her.”
Anonymous, 60, Canada
5.
“When I was 20, I had an older friend who I hung out with constantly.
She lived with her boyfriend, so I hung out with him a lot as well.
One night he sent me some dick pics and came onto me in some texts.
Bitch, he used MY NAME.
She continued making excuses for him, so I cut them both off.
Best decision I ever made.”
“Someone in my extended family was having a tough time.
She seemed to love my toddler, and I thought she’d help me around the house.
She also left chocolate out and sickened my dog the day she left.
Worst human ever; I can’t relate to that part of the family.”
Anonymous, 62, Hawaii
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“My brother had a high-level accounting job.
He boasted about firing a woman for taking a pack of bankers' boxes to move.
She had been at the company for 35 years and was close to retirement.
“I had a couple of dates with a guy.
The only physical contact we had was a hug, and sexual stuff was never brought up.
I found out my best friend was dying from cancer.
When I told him, he sent me a photo of himself in bed, naked.
carsteli
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“It was a (now ex) boyfriend of mine.
Well, a dog catcher picked the dog up hours later (HOURS???).
I went to the animal shelter to confirm the dog was all right.
Thankfully, he was OK, if just a bit confused.
“I worked part-time at a store.
I was in my late teens and had been dating a guy for over a year.
He attended and lived on campus at a private school.
He started canceling our weekend visits due to being ‘gated.’
Well, my boyfriend showed up and looked so uneasy.
He left, and the new girl asked me if I knew that guy.
Sensing something was askew, I said no.
She then told me he was her boyfriend, and they had been dating for three months.
I then told her I was dating him.
He phoned me the next day.
I hung up and never saw him again.”
Anonymous
11.
“Once, I asked a guy I knew from my writing group on a dinner date.
I planned to take the bus home, but he offered me a ride.
I knew him pretty well at that point, so I said yes.
I got home safely, left the writing group, and never spoke to him again.”
“I was good friends with someone in college.
After graduation, we saw each other now and then.
During that time, he started getting into political conversations, which made me uncomfortable.
robertolmstead90
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“I went on a date with this guy I worked with when I was 19 or 20.
I worked in the bank call center, and he was a director somewhere within the organization.
He was much older than me, maybe in his 30s.
We went to dinner; he ordered himself drinks and appetizers, and we had dinner.
When the bill came, I asked if we were splitting it.
He looked me dead in the eye and said, ‘I don’t pay for my meals.
Women pay for me.’
“This guy I work with always seemed like a pretty solid, good guy.
He’d do anything to help someone else out.
He laughed and said, ‘I don’t believe everything they told us about that either.
It’s just another big lie from the government.
You also thought COVID was real, so it makes sense, I guess.
You need better reading material.’
p46bf3ddf0
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“I have a close and old friend who I’ve known for over 40 years.
During COVID, she became convinced that the vaccine was very dangerous.
I’m in my late sixties, so I was going to get one, no matter what.
We were FaceTiming, and I told her that I had gotten my shot.
She began to yell at me, berating me for having gotten the shot.
She would not stop.
Finally, I told her I would not continue to listen to her yelling at me.
I hung up and haven’t heard from her in over three years.
The coworker responded immediately to us telling him all this by saying, “You had a C-section?
Then, he laughed loudly at his own joke.
I was so stunned, as was my husband.
We said nothing.”
slcreativewritingclasses
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These are supposedly educated people who are with kids for six to seven hours a day.
How they both haven’t been let go is beyond me.”
“Our best friend was dealing with the loss of his wife from cancer.
No ‘How are you holding up?’
or ‘Is there anything I can do for you?’
The selfish bastard only thought of himself.
My friend and I quickly cut him out of our lives after 20+ years of friendship.”
Anonymous, 40, Florida
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“My stepbrother arrived a few days after my mother passed to ‘help get things in order.’
Two days later, he came back and wanted to just ‘ignore’ her changes.
He also started accusing my mother and me of being thieves because he believed money and stocks were missing.
I had picked my mom’s ashes up no more than three hours before he started these accusations.”
“I had just moved from Los Angeles to Nashville and had an open house party for neighbors.
I was used to open-minded and friendly religious talk in California.
I invited her to leave the party and never spoke to her again.”
Gary, Nashville
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I had met him studying language and culture abroad in Japan.
We had gone to the same college and remained friends upon returning to the States.
He said it in an obvious way as if he expected me to agree with him or argue.
He wanted a reaction.
Instead, I walked away and have never looked back.”
