One Wrong Move: 50 Shocking Stories of Lives Shattered in an Instant
Work at a nursing home. Patient was getting on a nurse’s nerves so she said aloud she’d “give the old f**k the wrong meds and laugh while he codes”. Patient had a sudden code anMNd d**d the same day. Went from a hateful and insensitive remark that would be a write up to a formal police investigation for m****r.
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Gambling. My friend’s cousin gambled his Student Loan of £15,000 and lost it. He tookout a loan to cover it and lost that gambling too. He had to leave uni as he couldn’t pay the fees. He gambled afterwards too and requested the casinos bar him. He now gambles online.
When I was living in New England, I met a man at church that had the most bizarre haircut and an “off” personality. The back half of his hair was a different coarseness and length than the rest, but that was just as noticeable as the fact that he was recently missing a thumb (scars looked fresh). He’s pretty well off for himself and has a family that everyone knows and respects. Two daughters, a son, and a charismatic wife. The son was the one that ruined everything for his family with one single stupid choice.
He had always been the black sheep of the family, partying irresponsibly. Due to his poor choices, he was grounded from the family European vacation and threw a massive party in his family’s nice home while they were gone. The mistake was this: he exhibited his father’s gold coin collection to show off to/impress the random people that were coming to his party. The party ended, people went home, he cleaned up, and his family came back none the wiser.
Later that week, a few people from the party came back uninvited in the middle of night with machetes. They broke in and instantly went to each bedroom to k**l anyone they found, with machetes. The first bedroom they came across was the youngest daughters room (~10 years-old), and they began hacking at her while she was asleep. Her confused screams woke the rest of the family. The Dad ran in to help the daughter, the wife called the police, the older daughter eventually jumped from her bedroom window, while the son hid in his closet. The dad fought off the attackers with his bare hands, losing his thumb in the process as well as having chunks of his skull and brain removed by the blows. He never stopped fighting back. Surprised with the resistance they were receiving, the attackers ran without collecting the gold they were looking for. He chased them down the driveway and passed out from blood loss.
No one died. The youngest daughter now has long scars down her face and head and was a near mute for years from the psychological trauma. Now she has blossomed in her later teenage years, participating in local school plays. The father had a steel plate installed to complete his skull, over which a skin graft from his buttock was placed. He’s fully functioning. Other than a few social quirks and scars, he’s fine.
The healing that this family had to go through astounds me, all because of one mistake. They’re closer together now despite all the pain. The wife even affectionately calls her husband “my favorite b******d” every chance she gets.
Edit: I never wanted to confront and interrogate the family about this gruesome event, so I only heard the story through the grape vine. Some of my specifics are off, but by no means does that change how astonishing the family’s story is. See this article for clarifications.
He still hasn’t forgiven himself for that fateful error but is in a better place mentally and teaches others that there is always a way back from the biggest mistake of your life. “You can be in a really bad place, and you can still stand up, and you can get through it and there are ways to help yourself do that and get help,” he says.
So what’s his advice to other who think they’ve completely ruined their lives?
I went to college with a girl who was poised to go to nursing school. Nursing was her whole life and everyone knew she’d make it right to the top. Then she was careless and suddenly became pregnant. Last I heard she’s a cleaner with 3 kids on benefits.
A girl I know is doing it right now. She’s going between boyfriends that openly cheat on her and refuses to aknowledge it. She’s also in college, but does very little work and actually has a friend do her homework for her in one class. Once this is known, she’ll probably get kicked out. She used to be best friends with my sister, but all that turned her away.
My sisters boyfriend was dared to rob a gas station with a BB gun. He’s now doing 8 years for armed robbery. The kicker is they offered him a plea deal that would have given him 4 years jail and then probation and he said no.
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