I can’t say that I’ve ever had a friendship end in a heartbeat because of a single incident.
But there are a whole lot of folks out there who’ve had to end friendships immediately for one reason or another.
So let’s hear from AskReddit users about their experiences with this.
1. We’re done here.
“Commissioned an art piece, went over exact details of what it was supposed to be, I even supplied some of the materials.
We discussed price and agreed on $350. The piece turned out basically as expected. The issue was when I went to pay him, he changed his mind on the spot, or at least without telling me beforehand. I had taken out $400 from my bank to cover the cost of the art, and I needed $20 to pay back a friend who would also be there.
I saw that friend first so I had a total of $380 in cash on me. I should be fine right? “Wellll I was actually thinking $600″ he says, so I told him that’s not what we agreed on, and I’m simply not paying it. It’s not something he’s going to be able to sell to someone else, it has my materials in it.
We go back and forth and I get him down to $400.. but I only have $380 with me. So I gave him that. He gives me the piece, and I never talked to him again”
2. What a jerk.
“I got sick and couldn’t finish painting my house. We hired a “friend” to finish. He said 12k and 2 weeks. I just about s**t myself. Seemed steep for what I could have done myself in 2 days had I not fallen ill.
Also, all materials were already paid for and at the house. But whatever. He found a million little projects to do instead. Fast forward 4 months and $52,000 and he is asking for 10k more. Some people are just plain awful.”
3. Forgot about you.
“I just quit calling and guess what?
They never called me.”
4. Nope.
“Breaking up with my ex.
I thought they were “our” friends.
But nope, just theirs.”
5. One-sided.
“The friendship became all about them.
That person would never ask how I was actually doing etc, they would just immediately launch into their problems.
It’s all we ever talked about and it was toxic so I ended it.”
6. Good riddance.
“Sided with my ex when i caught her cheating on me because he was jealous and wanted to try and slip in.
Tried to gaslight me into thinking she didn’t cheat on or ab**e me.
Friends over 15 years. A horrible narcissistic al**holic.”
7. Not there for you.
“Being there for them when their world fell apart and supporting them through 4 years of getting their life back together.
Spending massive amounts of time with them and building them up when they tried again and again to fall back down.
When my life went to s**t? Didn’t even get a week from them. Friendship over.”
8. Thief!
“My “best friend” in middle school stole my Playstation. I let him borrow it and then he left school and refused to return it.
Maybe 6 or 7 years later I ran into him working at a convenience store and he seemed thrilled to see me. He gave me his number and said he wanted to hang out again. I immediately lost that number and never went back to that store.”
9. Sketchy.
“We went shopping in high school.
She stole some makeup and put it in my bag! I was the one who walked out with it and luckily didn’t get caught. I actually felt bad when she explained she had no money.
Then, I went over to her house maybe 4 months later and found my missing iPod (showing my age) at her house.
That pretty much did it for me.”
10. Not a good friend.
“One of my best friends told me when I was first diagnosed years ago that bipolar disorder isn’t real and that I’m weak for taking meds.
I mean like, we were good friends. Had kids that were the same age, families intertwined. I never spoke to him again.”
11. Ouch.
“Women who demand you spend $1,000+ and take a week off work for being a bridesmaid in their wedding – mandatory gift value, bachelorette party in a different state with hotels and a flight, paying for the brides makeover, etc.
If everyone can afford it and is down to go, great, but you really shouldn’t force friends into debt or work problems so you can have your “special days”.”
12. Absolutely.
“Talking trash about people not in the room.
If they do it to others they’ll do it to you.”
13. Lose my number.
“Me and a friend had bought tickets to a concert and I was at first reluctant to go because my mom was d**ng of cancer but she told me to go and have some fun.
So me and my friend set a time and place to meet up. And he didn’t show up, so I called him and he said that he was on his way and that he was gonna be there soon. I tried to be reasonable and told him that it was just gonna be the opening band that we missed and it was no big deal.
So I waited and he didn’t show up. So I called him again, and this is like 20 minutes before the main band and he said he was like an hour away. I was furious and instead went home to my girlfriend.
It turns out that he was with a girl and she lived outside of the city and his rationale was that he didn’t want to take an earlier bus to make it on time.
I gave him a chance to apologize but he said that he wouldn’t because he hadn’t done anything wrong. So I just said to transfer me the money for the ticket and to lose my number.
I haven’t seen or talked to him since then.”
Now we want to hear your stories.
Share them with us in the comments.
Thanks a lot!
