Every day, we make choices. Some are tiny — like hopping on the bus instead of driving. Some are “meh,” like putting off that mountain of office work until tomorrow. But then, there are the decisions that are catastrophic in ways you couldn’t even imagine.
Speaking of which, someone online asked, “What’s the fastest way you’ve seen someone ruin their life?” The responses poured in — ranging from shocking missteps to epic bad calls that left people reeling. Sometimes it only takes one single decision to turn your life upside down, and reading these stories? Let’s just say you’ll be simultaneously horrified, laughing, and clutching your coffee.
#41
A guy at my old job got caught padding his expense reports. Instead of admitting it, he kept doubling down in meetings like he could talk his way out of it. By the end of the day, security was walking him out with a box.
Wild how one stubborn hour can undo years of work.
Wild how one stubborn hour can undo years of work.
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17points
#42
A guy I know skipped a simple gall bladder surgery, his health snowballed pretty quick. He is gone now.
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16points
#43
Back when my cousin was still in college, he joined a frat. It was supposed to be fun. But someone got hazed, and there was nothing to prove my cousin's innocence. He took a plea deal. Eventually, evidence came forward, and his charges got dropped. But he lost several job opportunities for something he did not do. I guess, sometimes honestly really is the best policy.
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14points
#44
Divorce their husband who was well off financially with a great career in aviation (30+ years) that he still has...
Do it without a lawyer when he had one, because you thought you could do it yourself..
End up getting minimum child support payments. (Don't worry, the kiddos got everything they needed from their father directly.)
Can't hold minimum wage jobs, no skills for better paying jobs.
Take your VA service connected Rx prescribed Hydrocodone (Schedule II controlled substance) for migraines and sell it on two separate occasions to undercover Narc agents.
Spend 3 years in prison (Should have been 6, 3 per count, but whatever).
Get out with nowhere to go.,
Marry the guy you cheated with when you were married to you husband.
And to this day, live in a halfway house while your new husband works at a bowling ally...
Does that count?
PS. My adult kids and I are doing great in life!!!
Do it without a lawyer when he had one, because you thought you could do it yourself..
End up getting minimum child support payments. (Don't worry, the kiddos got everything they needed from their father directly.)
Can't hold minimum wage jobs, no skills for better paying jobs.
Take your VA service connected Rx prescribed Hydrocodone (Schedule II controlled substance) for migraines and sell it on two separate occasions to undercover Narc agents.
Spend 3 years in prison (Should have been 6, 3 per count, but whatever).
Get out with nowhere to go.,
Marry the guy you cheated with when you were married to you husband.
And to this day, live in a halfway house while your new husband works at a bowling ally...
Does that count?
PS. My adult kids and I are doing great in life!!!
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14points
#45
A guy I knew tried to hook up with a minor. Parents found out and told his parents. Got kicked out. Haven’t heard about him since.
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13points
#46
High school government teacher. He always bragged about his wife and kids, loved talking about himself and his life, would debate kids and send them to the office if he was losing. He was also pretty homophobic and bigoted in general. I remember how easy it was to waste a period just asking him questions about his life.
He ended up leaving his wife (who was actually a really sweet person) and kids for a guy. Soon after, his young son suddenly passed away. I visited the cemetery where his son is buried. Only the boy's mom's name is included on the tombstone (she didn't die, she just didn't add the teacher's name)
Mr. Paré, if you're reading this, you're still a jerk.
He ended up leaving his wife (who was actually a really sweet person) and kids for a guy. Soon after, his young son suddenly passed away. I visited the cemetery where his son is buried. Only the boy's mom's name is included on the tombstone (she didn't die, she just didn't add the teacher's name)
Mr. Paré, if you're reading this, you're still a jerk.
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13points
#47
Decided to quit uni in their last year, has no work experience (will now have the debt) and has trouble finding minimum wage jobs as they aren’t the most socially-active person.
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12points
#49
I feel like I’m ruining my life because I’m constantly unemployed and depressed no matter what I do to fix it. I’m at the point where I’m getting tired to care because it’s hurting me too much. I’m tired of dealing with this.
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12points
#50
My estranged daughter deciding to date and marry a guy she knew was violent...
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11points
#51
Cracking her spine by wrecking her motorbike while trying to show off to us.
No paralysis, thank god. but it'll be a long road before Mel can even walk again, and she'll probably never race bikes again, which was her passion.
No paralysis, thank god. but it'll be a long road before Mel can even walk again, and she'll probably never race bikes again, which was her passion.
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11points
#52
Have I got the tale for you...
My dad and his siblings were close friends with another family of 5 boys. These 5 went into business together and made an absolute fortune. They had 8 kids who all were shipped off to residential school when they were less than 10.
One Christmas break, 7 of the kids decided to surprise the parents by driving overnight through mountain passes while it was snowing heavily. They were in an SUV that skidded off the road and went down into a deep valley and all didn't survive. The surviving kid had a mental breakdown and is a shadow of his former self.
My dad and his siblings were close friends with another family of 5 boys. These 5 went into business together and made an absolute fortune. They had 8 kids who all were shipped off to residential school when they were less than 10.
One Christmas break, 7 of the kids decided to surprise the parents by driving overnight through mountain passes while it was snowing heavily. They were in an SUV that skidded off the road and went down into a deep valley and all didn't survive. The surviving kid had a mental breakdown and is a shadow of his former self.
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7points
#54
Ayahuasca. Girl was normal, beautiful, model / sugar babe living in Manhattan. Used Ayahuasca now she thinks she is Jesus. For real. She started a witch coven turned into a cult, was deported, is in jail for human trafficking, still believes she is the Queen Of The Earth. Beauty is gone, she looks like a crazy person. Her name is Kat Torres, Google her.
Same substance made another guy crazy, he stopped eating, lost his mind and drowned in a river, just like that he's gone.
No matter what they tell you, never try Ayahuasca.
Same substance made another guy crazy, he stopped eating, lost his mind and drowned in a river, just like that he's gone.
No matter what they tell you, never try Ayahuasca.
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6points
#55
Got divorced, messed up job and claimed falsely for mental health when was denied. Burnt all savings after divorce in 1 year and left country to go to India.
Now she is somewhere in India living in those so called religious yoga houses.
Totally messed up her life in less than 2 years.
Now she is somewhere in India living in those so called religious yoga houses.
Totally messed up her life in less than 2 years.
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4points
#56
My beautiful, interesting and bright friend got a terrible husband and a cry baby.
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-2points
#57
Didn't ruin her whole life but:
- EX-friend (women) cheated on her husband of less than 1 year
-they had some of the cheating recorded
-women couldn't tell her husband that she wanted to leave on him so she instead shared the video with close friends, hoping it would get back to the husband somehow
- "friends" that supported her cheating ended up getting broken up with their S/O over the support and lack of accountability. Leaving at least one person without a place to live.
- about 2 weeks later, the male cheater proposed to his GF (who has terminal cancer). Word had gotten around and they told the girl the truth.
- the husband is a cuck and is still with the cheating wife.
- the cheating wife lost close friends, respect from some family members, and expedited an already unhealthy relationship with alcohol.
This all happened within a month or so.
- EX-friend (women) cheated on her husband of less than 1 year
-they had some of the cheating recorded
-women couldn't tell her husband that she wanted to leave on him so she instead shared the video with close friends, hoping it would get back to the husband somehow
- "friends" that supported her cheating ended up getting broken up with their S/O over the support and lack of accountability. Leaving at least one person without a place to live.
- about 2 weeks later, the male cheater proposed to his GF (who has terminal cancer). Word had gotten around and they told the girl the truth.
- the husband is a cuck and is still with the cheating wife.
- the cheating wife lost close friends, respect from some family members, and expedited an already unhealthy relationship with alcohol.
This all happened within a month or so.
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-5points
