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They Gave My Brother $10,000 and Called Me a Failure — So I Took Everything | Storis For U
Betrayal, revenge, chaos, and one giant renovation mistake.
These 7 jaw-dropping true stories are so wild, they sound like movie scripts — but every single one is real. From a golden child getting $10K while their sibling is publicly humiliated, to police bursting into a hotel room because of a movie plot overheard through a wall, these stories will leave you speechless.
Featuring tales of family drama, genius revenge, hospital survival, culture shock, and accidental home makeovers, this episode takes you on an emotional rollercoaster.
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Hey everyone and welcome back to the
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channel. Today we're diving into some of
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the most unbelievable, jaw-dropping
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stories I've ever read. These are all
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real accounts from people who found
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themselves in situations so wild, so
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unexpected they had no choice but to
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share them with the world.
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We've got everything from family
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betrayals that will make your blood run
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cold to a revenge plot so brilliant it
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belongs in a movie to a hotel stay that
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turned into a police drama.
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So, buckle up because you're not going
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to believe these stories.
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Let's get started.
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Story one, the golden child and the
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Christmas check.
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Our first story is a question that a lot
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of people have been asking on the
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internet. Why don't you talk to your
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parents anymore? And for this person,
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the answer is a story that begins and
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ends with a check. A check that was a
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reward for one child and a weapon
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against the other. So, this happened a
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while back, but it's never really
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stopped replaying in my head. Especially
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this time of year. My parents are the
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type who want everything to look perfect
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on the outside. They'll fight about
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bills before people come over and then
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act like everything's chill when the
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doorbell rings.
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Growing up, it was always this thing
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where my brother Grant got all the
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attention, and I was just
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there.
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It's not like I didn't try to be good
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enough, but it was always clear who the
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favorite was.
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Grant is a couple of years younger and
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has always been the golden child. No one
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in the family even tries to pretend
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otherwise anymore.
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My mom, Marilyn, used to say stuff like
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Grant is her heart and I'm the practical
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one, which I found out was her nice way
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of saying I'm boring and not good at
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parties. My dad David is kind of the
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silent type unless he's got a reason to
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brag about Grant. Then suddenly he's got
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a lot of opinions. This one Christmas
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four years ago, I get told to come over
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early.
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There's this weird tension. Grant is
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pacing around making digs about people
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needing to step up. Dinner starts and
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the food is actually good, but it's all
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just a prelude to what's coming.
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After we eat, my mom stands up and says
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she wants to celebrate some real
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achievements.
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Immediately, Grant sits up straighter
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and looks at me, smirking.
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My mom goes on about hard work and
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dedication, and then she hands Grant
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this envelope with both hands like it's
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an award show or something. Grant opens
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it, laughs, and holds up a check. He
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literally says, "Guess it pays to be the
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successful one in the family." And shows
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the check to his then fiance, who
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squeals, and hugs him. My dad claps and
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says, "That's what being a man looks
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like." I honestly thought she was joking
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for a second because who gives their kid
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10 grand at dinner? But nope, it was
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real. Then my mom turns to me and it
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gets super quiet. She says, "Well, some
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people in this family don't get
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rewards."
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Then she looks me dead in the eye and
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says, "Failures don't get rewards. You
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don't deserve a damn thing."
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My dad just nods and looks straight at
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me like he's waiting for me to argue.
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Grant laughs, not even pretending to
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hide it, and elbows me under the table.
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I stand up and my chair scrapes the
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floor. What is this? I ask. My mom says,
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"You never did what we asked. You're
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lazy. You waste your chances." My dad
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says, "You embarrass us." Grant chimes
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in. Maybe if you actually tried for
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once. I just looked at them and
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something inside me just broke. All
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right, I said. Understood.
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I grabbed my jacket and walked out. I
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didn't look back. I just walked down the
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driveway. It was freezing outside and I
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didn't even care. I could hear them
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talking behind the door. My mom saying I
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needed to grow up. My dad saying I'd
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come crawling back. Grant joking that
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maybe I'd ask for a loan next year. I
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just kept walking. That night, I crashed
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on a friend's couch. The only message I
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got was from Grant. A picture of the
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check with a bunch of fire emojis. I
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decided that night I was never going to
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let it slide. They wanted to make it
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clear I was nothing to them. So I
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figured fine, let's see how they like it
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when I'm not around to be their punching
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bag. And that was just the beginning.
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For 4 years they barely spoke. The
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family they so desperately wanted to
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look perfect started to fall apart.
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Grant's marriage failed. His investments
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tanked. and my parents, who had always
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played the part of the perfect well-off
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family, found themselves in a financial
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hole they couldn't dig out of. That's
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when my parents started to call, but it
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was too late. I had already made a move
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they weren't prepared for. I had an LLC
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I had saved up and I had been watching.
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I was watching their house, the house
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where they told me I was a failure and I
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was waiting for it to go into
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pre-forclosure.
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And that, my friends, is exactly what
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happened. I bought their house out from
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under them at auction. They called,
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screaming, crying, begging me to help
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them. I just listened and then hung up.
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Story two. The police and the room
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robbery. Okay, that was heavy. Let's
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switch gears to something a little more
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cinematic.
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Have you ever had the police called on
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you for the most ridiculous, bizarre,
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and completely wrong reason? This next
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story is straight out of a Hollywood
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movie. My girlfriend and I got a hotel
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room one night to spend some time
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together. We were both in college living
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at home with our parents, so privacy was
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a rare commodity. We ordered takeout,
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put on a movie, and hung out. Just a
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quiet night, or so we thought.
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Halfway through the movie, there was a
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loud, aggressive knock at the door. I
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answered and there were five cops, hands
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ready at their belts.
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"Sir, we need to come in," one said.
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"We've received a report about
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suspicious activity in this room.
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Apparently, someone called saying we
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were planning a robbery, had kidnapped a
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child, and were holding him hostage."
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Oh, and we supposedly had a stash of
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weapons. It sounded like something
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straight out of a movie, which funny
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enough, it was. The cops weren't in the
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mood to joke. They searched the room,
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checking closets, drawers, and even
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under the bed. Of course, they found
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nothing. No kid, no weapons, just
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takeout and the laptop playing the
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movie. The movie we were watching, the
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plot was about a couple robbing a place,
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kidnapping a kid, and hiding in a hotel
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with stolen money and guns. the exact
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story the neighbors overheard through
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the wall. When the cops realized they
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actually laughed, they apologized for
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the mixup and headed to the neighbors
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room to chew them out for wasting time.
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After they left, we couldn't stop
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laughing. It was the most insane,
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hilarious thing that had ever happened
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to us. Story three, the ultimate
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classroom revenge.
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This next story is for anyone who has
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ever had their work stolen. You know
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that feeling, the weeks of hard work,
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the late nights, the pride you feel, and
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then someone else takes credit for it.
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This person, a quiet, smart kid, didn't
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just get mad. They got even in the most
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brilliant way possible. I've always been
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the quiet, smart kid, the one who sits
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in the back of the class and keeps to
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himself. College was no different. I
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didn't have many friends, and honestly,
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I was fine with that. But the night
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before a big presentation, something
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strange happened. One of the popular
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guys in class, someone who'd never even
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looked at me, messaged me. He asked if I
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wanted to hang out.
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It felt off, but I figured why not?
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He brought me to a party and before I
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knew it, I was drinking for the first
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time. I woke up back in my dorm feeling
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awful.
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The presentation was that morning. When
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I got to class, the teacher called on
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him to present first. At first, I wasn't
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paying attention. Then I looked up and
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froze. He was presenting my work. Slide
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by slide. Everything I'd spent weeks on
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was right there. My name wasn't even on
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it. I waited until the teacher asked.
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Any questions for the presenter? I
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raised my hand. He smiled, thinking I'd
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make him look good. Explain it, I said.
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He blinked. Explain what? He asked,
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confused.
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Everything on this slide, I replied. The
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teacher asked me to be specific, so I
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started asking about the research and
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data, things only someone who did the
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work would know. It fell apart fast. By
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the end, everyone knew he hadn't done
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any of it. After class, I showed the
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teacher my drafts. She didn't need much
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convincing. He got a strike on his
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record, and I got an A. It was the most
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satisfying moment of my life.
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Story four. the patient you hope will
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pass away.
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Not all stories are funny or about
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revenge. Some are a stark reminder of
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the fragile nature of life and the
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unimaginable strength of the human
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spirit.
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This next story comes from a medical
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professional, and it's a difficult one
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to hear, but it speaks to a kind of pain
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no one should ever have to endure. A
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teenage girl was napping one afternoon
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when a reckless driver crashed into her
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house. Her dad, who was in the kitchen,
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died on impact. The crash caused an
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electrical fire that ignited a gas line,
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engulfing the house in flames. She
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managed to escape with her younger
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sister, but she ran back inside to save
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her dad and the family dogs.
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She never made it back out on her own.
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The fire department pulled her out,
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barely alive.
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95% of her body was covered in burns.
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Her lungs were damaged from smoke
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inhalation, and she had carbon monoxide
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and cyanide poisoning. When she arrived
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at the hospital, we didn't know how she
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was still alive. Her burns were mostly
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thirdderee, which meant no feeling, but
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the secondderee burns caused
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unimaginable pain. The only untouched
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skin was a small patch on her thighs.
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Her face, eyelids, and lips were gone.
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We started treatment. Antibiotics,
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dressings, and debridement, scraping
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away dead skin to help healing. The
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infection hit hard. Within days, fungus
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burrowed into her wounds, leaving deep
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holes we had to clean out. I'll never
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forget scraping around her fingertip
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only for it to come off completely.
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Every day felt like a losing battle. We
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all thought the same thing, but never
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said it aloud. No one should have to
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survive this. But she did. After months
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of pain, surgeries, and therapy, she
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left the hospital. Last I heard, she's
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studying to become a burn nurse to help
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others who have been through what she
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survived.
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That is one of the most heartbreaking
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and inspiring stories I've ever heard.
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It's a testament to the human will to
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survive, even in the face of
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unimaginable horror. Story five, the
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freeloaders and the dinner bill.
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Okay, let's lighten the mood again.
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We've all had those friends, right? the
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ones who mysteriously disappear when the
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bill comes or who act like they're just
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getting water and then order the most
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expensive steak on the menu.
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Well, this person was tired of it and
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they came up with a brilliant plan to
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shut down their freeloading friends once
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and for all. I got invited to a group
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dinner and decided to go. Normally, I'd
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avoid it like the plague because two
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couples in the group were notorious
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freeloaders. They'd order the most
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expensive items, stack up cocktails and
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appetizers, and then insist we split it
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evenly when the check came.
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Meanwhile, I'd be sitting there with a
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single meal and a soda, getting screwed
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over every time. The only reason I
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agreed to go this time was because I was
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assured they wouldn't be there. But of
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course, surprise, surprise, they showed
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up. I wasn't about to cause a scene over
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it, but I knew exactly how this was
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going to play out, so I decided to get
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ahead of it. Halfway through dinner, I
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excused myself, found our server, and
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asked him to separate my bill before
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anything else came to the table. He
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agreed without hesitation.
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When the check finally arrived, I
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casually handed over my card and paid
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for my portion, leaving a solid 25% tip.
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That's when one of the freeloaders,
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looking genuinely offended, spoke up.
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Oh, I thought we were splitting it like
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usual. I just shrugged. Oh, well, that's
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your bad.
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That's when two other people in the
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group suddenly decided they wanted their
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bills separated, too. The freeloaders
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started panicking, realizing their usual
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scam wasn't going to work this time.
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They ended up stuck with their
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ridiculous bill, scrambling to split it
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between themselves. The tension at the
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table was thick, but I just sat back
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sipping my soda, enjoying the best meal
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I'd ever had. Story six, the vanilla
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myth. This next story is just bizarre.
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It's a hilarious, but also kind of
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mindbending look at cultural assumptions
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and how they can lead to the most
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ridiculous conclusions.
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I grew up in rural Japan, where my
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classmates had never seen a white person
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before.
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Wanting to make a good impression, I
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bought vanilla perfume and wore it
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everyday. My classmates were obsessed
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with it, constantly saying I smelled
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amazing. Some even told me they wish
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they could smell like me. But when I
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suggested they buy the same perfume,
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they'd laugh like I was joking. I never
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thought much of it until one day I ran
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out of perfume.
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At lunch, my friend leaned in and asked,
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"Why don't you smell like vanilla
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today?" I groaned, explaining I had to
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take a 2-hour bus ride just to buy more.
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Then she hit me with the dumbest thing
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I'd ever heard.
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Wait, you wear perfume? I blinked,
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confused.
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Uh, yeah. That's why I smell like
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vanilla. She nodded slowly. Right. But I
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always thought that's just because
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you're white.
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I stared, waiting for her to laugh, but
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she didn't. Turns out my classmates
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genuinely believed white people
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naturally smelled like vanilla. My brain
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completely shut down. I spent the rest
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of the day wondering, did they think
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foreigners came with built-in air
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fresheners?
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Story seven. The best mistake ever.
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Okay, we've got one more story, and this
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one is a feel-good classic. It's a story
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of a mistake so huge, so unbelievably
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expensive that it ended up being the
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best thing that ever happened to
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someone. A friend of mine went on a twoe
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cruise for his 15-year anniversary.
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Everything was perfect until he came
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home and found his house halfway through
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a full remodel. The front door was gone,
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the floors were ripped up, and his
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kitchen was barely more than a skeleton
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of exposed pipes and wires. Workers were
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everywhere installing cabinets, tiling a
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brand new bathroom, even roofing the
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house. "What the hell is going on?" he
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asked one of the workers, completely
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stunned. The guy shrugged. Full
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renovation, foreclosure project. We're
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almost done. That's when reality hit. He
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didn't sell his house. He never missed a
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mortgage payment. Something was
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seriously wrong. The contractor handed
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him the paperwork, smirking like it was
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all just a minor inconvenience.
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My friend skimmed the document and
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nearly laughed out loud.
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This says 214 Oak Street, he said,
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pointing to the address. This is 241 Oak
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Street.
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The contractor turned pale. He bolted to
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the curb, checked the house number, then
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frantically looked at the actual
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foreclosure three houses down, which was
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boarded up and overgrown with weeds.
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Silence.
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Then I got to make a call. When the dust
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settled, my friend got a fully renovated
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home exactly how he would have wanted
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it. New floors, a modern kitchen, a
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fresh roof. The real estate company
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responsible had to pay for all the
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damages and even replace the furniture
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that got trashed during demolition.
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Basically, he got a brand new house for
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free. Best mistake ever. So, there you
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have it.
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Seven of the most mindblowing stories
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I've ever read.
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From family betrayal to a freeloader's
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comeuppance, these stories prove that
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real life is often stranger and more
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dramatic than anything we could ever
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make up. I want to hear from you.
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Which of these stories blew your mind
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the most? Have you ever had something
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this wild happened to you? Let me know
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in the comments below. And as always,
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