"For three years, someone and I worked together side by side and developed a close friendship. One day, I got promoted to manager and became his boss. He threw a tantrum and screamed for hours, then refused to talk to me (his boss) for three days. When I finally scheduled a one-on-one meeting, he told me, 'My sole job now is to make it clear they made the wrong decision. It's in my best interest to make sure that you fail.' I tried for about a month to make it work, but eventually, he had to be let go. That was the end of that friendship."
"My mother told me that she believed that I hated her while I was at her house, giving her money because she needed help to get through the week. I can still feel the hole that statement left in my heart."
"My dad had recently died by suicide a week before Christmas. There were no signs he was going to do this. It was totally a blindside. I decided to still do spring break in March with my three best friends at my mom's beach house to relax and get away. My best friend started breakfast one morning by asking if I saw any signs my dad was gonna kill himself. I said no, and my boyfriend (now husband), who came along, agreed that he was always happy, and it was out of the blue."
"She said to me verbatim, 'There were definitely signs; you just missed them. If you had paid attention, your dad would still be here. It's technically your fault.' After we all got home, I immediately cut her off; she wasn't invited to my wedding, let alone as a bridesmaid."
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