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Tell us your definitive "I really should not do this" moment. (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by qyron@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Ever had one those moments in life when you know, beyond any shadow of a doubt, you are making a very, very bad decision, with a great chance for instant regret and a miserable, probably long lasting, outcome and notheless followed that path?

Yeah, that one. Care to share with us?

I'll start. I dated a person, after we had already dated for a very short time, during which I was cheated on and eventually was left for a fourth person.

Yeah, not my brightest moment. And yes, I was cheated on again and again was left for another person.

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[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I was in college and needed to attend an important virtual meeting about choosing my major. They provided a Zoom link, but when I clicked it, it didn't put me in a meeting, it said this is unavailable with your free tier. So, knowing this is a stupid idea, I begrudgingly paid this evil company $17 for a month of pro.

And guess what? It still didn't work. Apparently I needed to sign in with only my school account for it to work. Never utilized the month of pro either. But at the moment, it felt like a gun was being held to my head to pay Zoom $17.

I hate tech sometimes, and despite being a young person I prefer things in person rather than always online at the mercy of these companies.

[–] Bathtubwalrus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Similar story about dating someone. I'm gay and she was my first serious girlfriend. Everything was cool just dating but then things got more serious and she wanted to get married. I didn't, but I was also young, had low self esteem, was inexperienced in dating, and didn't know how to cut things off. Over time I just realized she wasn't the type of person I wanted to spend my life with. So I kept pushing back the wedding date. We were together 4yrs and about 4months out from the wedding when I found out she had cheated on me. That was finally my wtf are you doing moment and I peaced the fuck out. I often think back about how miserable I would've been had I married her, and I'm so thankful I got out when I did. Whew.

Edit: oh shit I also forgot how badly she wanted kids, like that was all she talked about and one of our biggest disagreements. Thank God I never got talked into that. Props to being a lesbian and kids not being an "oops" possibility haha. Childfree life for me!

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, you're also a woman. That makes this a bit more understandable.

[–] Bathtubwalrus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Oh yep, my bad. I see now how it could sound like I was a gay guy 🤣

[–] silentdanni@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I did the same. My story had a really dark twist though…. Luckily things are somewhat better these days, but it’ll be one of those things that I’ll remember in my deathbed…

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