6. Bar fight
My cousin’s husband got into a drunken fight outside a bar and punched the other guy pretty hard. Other guy fell, hit his head on the curb and died. Cousin’s husband is now in jail, she took their kids and got re-married. What makes it even worse is that the new husband is a total jackass so not only did those kids lose their dad, they’re now stuck with a dick for a step-dad.
7. Money talks
I was the catcher for a kid in my town who was a nasty pitcher from an early age. At 16 or 17 he could throw 90 mph fastballs, breaking balls, whatever. It was a bitch to catch and I had to keep a wet sponge inside my mitt in case I caught one directly in the palm.
He was drafted 12th overall by the Marlins and received a $1.8mil signing bonus that he got before he even went to spring training.
Ended up blowing over a million and a half on drugs and partying, developed a coke habit that turned into an oxy habit that turned into heroin. Lost his ability to play, lost his spot on the team and his shot at many millions of dollars.
It wasn’t exactly overnight but the dude wasted a mil and half plus everything he would have gotten had he continued his upward trajectory and it all happened in about 8 months.
edit: atrocious spelling.
8. The ex
My ex-wife. Had four beautiful kids (2 girls, twin boys), decent job, and an MBA with way more earning potential than she was at. Had bariatric surgery, got obsessed with the attention she received from losing weight (Instagram, etc), met some guy on this game she played, cheated, tried to make it work (my fault for not ending it), went on a trip for work, met some other guy, “fell in love” (meth and heroin), landed a surprisingly great job, got fired two months later for not performing and being late/”sick” all the time, double deposited her paychecks at least twice. Now she’s awaiting trial for 4 felonies, presumably still doing drugs, and has no right to see the kids because I refuse to let them see her around that shit. She makes no effort to see them and blames everyone else for her problems.
Don’t do drugs, kids. Or be a self-obsessed ever-victim.
9. All for free pizza
This kid I know, his cousin gave him a gun over the holidays as a present. So this dumbass ordered pizza with his friends and instead of paying they robbed the delivery guy. Again this is after they gave the address and name for the order. So now because he just turned 18 he’s being tried as an adult and faces like 10 yrs or more for being stupid.
10. Car surfing
When I was in college, I had a job at a local supermarket. One of my colleagues left at the beginning of summer as she was headed to uni in the autumn. Next thing I know, she’s in the papers because she was driving a car whilst someone was “car surfing” on it and the guy died. Saw her in the shop a couple weeks after it happened and she looked a mess. I believe she went to prison, but not sure how long for.
11. Cliff jumping
We were about 17 and me and my friends went to a beach house for summer. Well, there was a cliff, not so big one, should be around 5 meters high, and one of my friends decided to run and jump without check how deep the sea was. Long story short, i had a lot of rocks and he broke his back, he didn’t fuck his life, but lost both his legs.
12. Snapped
Not me but my dad, when he was at college one of his friends snapped after an argument with his mother and slit her throat, as well as killing his two little cousins who his mum was babysitting.
This was 38 years ago, and he’s still in prison.
