“It’s been four years since he told me that.
Four years since we last spoke.
I just can’t seem to heal this one.”
But, sometimes, something is said that alters them forever.
Here’s what they had to say.
Note: This post contains mentions of suicide and sexual assault.
“For three years, someone and I worked together side by side and developed a close friendship.
One day, I got promoted to manager and became his boss.
It’s in my best interest to double-check that you fail.'
That was the end of that friendship.”
He seemed livid that I was wasting his time.
He never ran a single test and then recommended a psychiatrist.
Once I finally found a new doctor, he found that I had late-stage cancer.
It could have been caught much earlier if the first doctor listened.
I was already dead to her.
I have no trust in anyone at this point."
u/cancer4fighter
3.
I am ashamed to say it took three more years before we were done."
I can still feel the hole that statement left in my heart."
u/P0ncle
5.
“I was a dinosaur kid when I was little consumed books and information.
I wanted to be a paleontologist.
This was all maybe when I was 6 to 10 years old.
My obsession cooled a little bit, but I still really think they’re awesome.
My aunt and her family are very Christian.
My whole family is, but she was a lot more hard-lined.
Just out of the blue, like he was talking about the weather.”
u/CartographerKey7322
7.
That’s when I realized my mother never cared about her kid.
And so I ‘appeared’ to love and care about her for the coming years."
“My dad had recently died by suicide a week before Christmas.
There were no signs he was going to do this.
It was totally a blindside.
“She said to me verbatim, ‘There were definitely signs; you just missed them.
If you had paid attention, your dad would still be here.
It’s technically your fault.’
Three years and a lot of anxiety drugs later, and that comment still fucks me up.”
u/madi2435
9.
“My grandmother’s dog died, and I went to her house to comfort her.
Well, I went over there, and she cried while I comforted her.
But then that’s when she said something that still sticks in my head.
She told me, ‘Why couldn’t something happen to you instead?’
I immediately went back home and stopped all contact with her for a few weeks.
She still denies saying that.”
I will never forget those words.
He didn’t even look like the same man to me the next time I saw him.”
u/billymackactually
11.
“‘My therapist said I’ve only been friends with you for so long because it’s convenient.
I don’t have to make a run at make other friends or get out of my comfort zone.
But other than that, we aren’t really friends anymore.
I think she might be right.’
My best friend of 20 years said that to me.
He was like an older brother to me.
We just knew each other THAT well.
He was my platonic soulmate.
It’s been four years since he told me that.
Four years since we last spoke.
I just can’t seem to heal this one.”
And he just casually says, ‘Yeah, that was me.’
Thousands of dollars gone.
Just thinking about now it puts me in the mindset of a desperate man with nothing left to lose.
Instead, I moved out ASAP and haven’t seen or spoken to him since."
u/2Scarhand
13.
Way to make it all about yourself, buddy.
I had been afraid to tell him because I thought he would judge me."
“I live in New Zealand.
Now, there’s a huge push to bring it back.
There’s a lot of tension around it, especially between old white people and pretty much everyone else.
People are so blatantly racist and don’t realize it.
They’ll refuse to pronounce Maori names and words correctly, even when told over and over again.
This especially applies to place names, even the word Maori itself.”
A close family friend died when she was only 19.
Her mother is Maori.
At the funeral, her maternal grandfather spoke in Maori.
She was literally angry that a man was speaking his own language at his own granddaughter’s funeral.
In that moment, I lost all respect for my grandmother."
u/AriasK
15.
My sister and I had been extremely close all of our lives.
I’ve never done drugs other than some pot.
I got evicted and ended up having to quit my job and move across the country.
We now haven’t spoken in almost five years."
“I had a buddy who I had known since first grade.
He was always arrogant and abrasive.
But I tolerated it over the years.
He went away to some college in Europe and came back desperate to act rich and be high society.
He legitimately hated ‘poor’ people and talked about exploiting them all day.”
“One day, we were at a grocery store that had a sandwich bar.
He said, ‘Nah, you’d probably get written up but not fired.’
When we got into the car, I let him have it.
I said, ‘How would you feel if that woman lost her job because of you?’
He started laughing, ‘I don’t give a fuck, it’s a shitty job.
She can go get another shitty job.’
So I graduated college and got my first job pretty entry-level, terrible hours, little pay.
He kept pressing me to tell him how much I made, and I kept turning him down.
Finally, I did.
One day, we met up before my night shift job to get a coffee.
He could see how tired I was.
I didn’t snap.
I just said I’ll talk to you later, and got into my car and left.
I never returned his calls or spent any time with him ever again.
u/lazarus870
17.
It’s been almost 30 years now.”
I was always on the same page because I knew I didn’t want kids.
One random day, she says, ‘You know, I’m thinking I’d like to have kids.
That was the beginning of the end of our relationship."
u/Maldito_Desgraciado
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
TheNational Suicide Prevention Lifelineis 1-800-273-8255. it’s possible for you to also search for your local centerhere.
