Life works in mysterious ways, and sometimes we learn what was in store for us only after it happened. So Reddit user TheUncleAwesome07 asked people to share stories about the biggest bullets they have ever dodged. From total financial ruin to grave physical danger, their experiences show just how close we can come to disaster and still walk away (relatively) fine. Call it luck, intuition, or destiny, the important part is that nothing is lost until it is actually, truly lost.
#41
Not moving to Edmonton with my dad, he was planning to live with his mother and did that not go well.
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3points
#42
I was in Poland, I was 16, and my great-grandmother was there visiting family i was with her. She came from a very secular Jewish Orthodox community, that barely a third survived the war.
A man had taken a liking to me, my great-grandmother forbade the match, saying I was of mixed blood. That community was very particular about skin colour amd race too.
Thank god we went back home to Australia a week later. Next time I visited Poland was at 23, didn't look up my great-grandmother's family, but still had a great time.
A man had taken a liking to me, my great-grandmother forbade the match, saying I was of mixed blood. That community was very particular about skin colour amd race too.
Thank god we went back home to Australia a week later. Next time I visited Poland was at 23, didn't look up my great-grandmother's family, but still had a great time.
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#43
Having a kid with my ex wife. It’s crazy what you’ll put yourself through for the sake of love and marriage. 10 miserable years but I’m out!
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#44
When I was young, too young, I met a woman in a foreign country while I was vacationing and was I head over heels for her that we talked about getting married and me bringing her over to my country, etc. She's from a small village so people noticed we were spending time together and everyone said we would make a good couple and they're excited to have a wedding there, etc. Everything moved fast. I was there for 2 weeks and over that time every day the girl would learn a new recipe and make something for me. Everyone knew about it and asked me if the cooking is good. Eventually came back home and snapped back to reality, then it was super awkward I had to break things off either her over long distance. Anyways I know she is now married with children but she still lives in the same village and probably will never leave her country.
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-4points