35 People Share The Dumbest And Most Expensive Mistakes They ve Seen Others Make
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Publish Not your original work? Add source It happens to the best of us - parents, kids, college students, tenured professors, CEOs - and it happens to us all the time. Just because you have a successful career or a natural talent to achieve anything you want in life, it doesn't mean you're perfect. Because no one is immune to making mistakes. No one can avoid the occasional slip-ups. And no one is safe from messing up in life. It's a guarantee that cannot be escaped no matter how hard we try. That's just the universe teaching us lessons over and over and over again until we finally listen. But in some unfortunate cases, they do tend to come in heavy and heartbreaking ways. "What's the biggest mistake you've watched someone make in their personal life?" Redditor Ordinary-Ad5763 asked, and thousands of responses immediately started rolling in. Below, we at Bored Panda have gathered some of the most honest, real, and painful stories from the thread, and they show that sometimes, the price for our errors is too high. Just to warn you, this thread may not be for the faintest of hearts. But turning a blind eye to these authentic accounts won't make life any brighter. So continue scrolling, upvote as you go, and if you're up for it, share your own experiences with us in the comments. Keep reading to also find our interview with psychologist Joshua Klapow, Ph.D., where we discuss how to best handle these situations on an emotional level. This post may include affiliate links. #1 My wife just had a c-section, and was complaining about a pain in her leg but never got it checked out. Two weeks later; Blood Clot.
October 13th will mark my third year without her. baka2k10 , Miguel Ausejo Report Final score: 415points POST BlueBree️️ BlueBree️️ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago To OP if you see this, I am truly so sorry for your loss. Giving my best wishes man. 218 218points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 A good friend of mine threw away 15 years of military service because he didn’t want to take the COVID vaccine. 5 years from retirement and incredible healthcare for his wife and children all gone. He joined a religion recently and decided he wanted to get a religious exemption which was denied so he opted for an administrative discharge. The fool… NoMore414 , CDC Report Final score: 386points POST Buren Buren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago SIGH 110 110points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 Have kids under the hope they'll fix their marriage.
Children are not accessories KaiJonez , Nathan Dumlao Report Final score: 361points POST Buren Buren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I can't understand why anyone would think so 81 81points reply View More Replies... View more comments Whether it's in our work environment or our relationships, every single one of us makes mistakes at some point. Life inevitably throws curveballs to give us valuable learning opportunities. They may hit us hard at first, but what matters more than any misstep or its magnitude is our response afterward. To learn more about our tendency to make mistakes and how much of a toll they take on our emotional health, we reached out to Joshua Klapow, Ph.D., a psychologist and creator of Mental Drive. He started this well-being initiative to help people access the best-in-class psychological and performance tools to live healthier, more fulfilled, and successful lives. "We are social beings," Klapow told Bored Panda. "We are hardwired to seek acceptance. When we do things that put us at risk of rejection, the natural emotional response is one of embarrassment, fear, stress, and frustration. This is who we are at the deepest levels." #4 One of my best friends walked out on his wife and two kids because a girl at the gym and him were having a relationship.
As it actually turned out, she was just being friendly and chatting to him. No relationship, no mutual decision to be together, nothing. He misunderstood polite friendliness for flirting, and destroyed his own family for it. Enough-Ad3818 Report Final score: 336points POST Samantha Samantha Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago (edited) Doubt that was the first time he "ventured" about. 198 198points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 One of my students was offered a 95% scholarship to Juilliard. They turned it down because they felt a 95% scholarship was a slap to the face, and instead decided not to go to school. Last I heard they weren’t playing, and were working minimum wage, but talking about how good they used to be. VanishXZone , Zhanhui Li Report Final score: 325points POST Pink kitty Pink kitty Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago What a wasted opportunity 167 167points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 Single mother of 3 living in poverty. Gave her parents her $6000 tax refund to hold onto because she didn't want her abusive ex to convince her to split it with him.
Parents spent it all in weeks. vchaz , Bethany Beck Report Final score: 301points POST Pink kitty Pink kitty Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago What awful parents 289 289points reply View More Replies... View more comments The psychologist pointed out that when we make a mistake, it can be hard initially to accept it. "We may know intellectually that we have made an error but emotionally, we are triggered to figure out how to make that mistake not be a reality." Some of the most common tactics we use to justify our actions are generating reasons why the mistake isn't actually a mistake, reducing the magnitude of the mistake down to its smallest existence, and blaming the error on the action of others rather than ourselves. "All done to shield the reality that we have done something wrong." #7 Let go of a girl close to their wedding because of his idea of what a wife should be like. Lives in deep regret now as she married his friend & they’re really happy whilst he has never found anyone else. pinkleaf8 , Olivia Bauso Report Final score: 282points POST AxleMunshine001 AxleMunshine001 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago She dodged a bullet 306 306points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 Having a 3rd kid, when you can barely afford the first two in order to "save" the marriage. itzahckrhet , Markus Spiske Report Final score: 266points POST DEW DEW Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I hope the child is loved and not treated like a burden. We had a third child. My two kids were 8 and 10. He was very planned. What we didn't count on was him having a liver disease called Biliary Atresia. Then when he got older he was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 6. Fought the school because they wanted him out of their school. We don't know how long we have him for but he's going to be 20 yrs. old in January!! 112 112points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 Cheating with someone in your company who’s about to get married despite having two kids and a wife of your own **cough Ned** gzmz , nine koepfer Report Final score: 260points POST BlueBree️️ BlueBree️️ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Oh Ned, you royally f****d up buddy. I hope you get cheated on. 114 114points reply View More Replies... View more comments As you can see from the examples in this list, sometimes living with our errors can be extremely hard. Not only do they damage our pride and self-confidence, but they can also turn into downright personal disasters and the biggest regrets we carry through life. When asked what kind of toll these errors in judgment have on well-being, Klapow explained their impact on our mental state often depends on how we regard the mistake. "The interpretation can literally change the emotional impact of that mistake," he told us. "If we see mistakes as a chance to learn something, to gain insight, to have a way to do things differently next time, then the mistake has a far less negative impact." #10 My uncle got himself a mistress. Lent her $10,000 he never got back and lost his job defending her at work. Wife served him divorce papers short afterwards. He gave up his house to his wife. So he ended up jobless and homeless, sleeping on our couch at the ripe age of 60. threekingsmisery , Priscilla Du Preez Report Final score: 250points POST Caro Caro Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago A very expensive mistake. I wanted to use the F word instead of mistake but it's too early here and the sun is out :) 76 76points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 My high school philosophy teacher cheated on his wife with my classmate. His daughter was in the year below us. She transferred schools out of embarrassment when her dad finally left the family to pursue a relationship with the 18-year old. Yuck. HelmutMelmoth , Taylor Flowe Report Final score: 231points POST Agent 8433599 Agent 8433599 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Disgusting. 120 120points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 Grandma eventually losing several hundred thousand on the stock market based on astrology. This was in 2007... cellocaster , Josh Rangel Report Final score: 222points POST Nor Nor Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago The things people believe and trust in 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments Well, we've heard a million times that every mistake is a lesson to be learned: they are "a portal to learning, growth, and mastery." It's safe to say that facing our blunders is hard and often scary, but making them can be beneficial. It all depends on the perspective. The healthiest way to tackle mistakes, as Klapow mentioned, is to look at our behaviors whenever we stumble and fall, take notes, and accept this learning opportunity. If we take action and make sure we're not constantly beating ourselves up about it, we come out as stronger and more resilient human beings. But how often do we see them as growing experiences? While this varies from person to person, some people refuse to accept reality and get tangled in their failures, unable to continue with their lives. #13 Friend retired with a full pension 15 years ago.
At the time he kept bragging about how he was starting a business with some random guy he knew. He legit said, "He's the idea guy. I have the savings and the good credit score."
Took out a huge loan, bought a bunch of expensive equipment.
Shocker: business folded within 6 months, "partner" vanished with all the equipment.
And now this guy, who should be enjoying his golden years, will be working retail until he drops. AgathaWoosmoss , Towfiqu barbhuiya Report Final score: 205points POST btaglln btaglln Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago So the partner stole the equipment ... 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 Must be my disabled brother who fell for an internet scam. He met a woman online, she lived in a different continent but he was certain she was the love of his life. Spent over a year chatting and e-mailing her, and helping her with money from time to time. Very fishy stuff, but he refused to listen to my scepticism. It ended when he had saved up enough money to go visit her. He went, came back 2 days later and refused to ever admit what had happened. Went to his grave without ever talking about it.
Second place goes to my father who cheered him on. He wasn't sure wether it was a scam or not, but he thought it was nice that my brother had hopes and dreams. jomarthecat , Jonas Leupe Report Final score: 190points POST Greg Hoggarth Greg Hoggarth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago F 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Dump all of their savings ($30k or so) into random crypto at the height of the market. They were trying to get more money to put towards a house but lost a majority of it when things crashed. When their significant other found out they left. Jasper_Beardly_ , Alesia Kozik Report Final score: 190points POST Chich Chich Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago The old buy hign and sell low. 67 67points reply View More Replies... View more comments "If we continually make mistakes, don't see them as a learning opportunity, or are in a position where we are not able to ever succeed, our self-confidence takes a significant beating," Klapow added. To move forward from this emotional state, the creator of Mental Drive offered these suggestions:Find meaning in the mistake from a learning perspectiveRecognize and remind yourself that perfection is not how people live or growEvaluate the mistakes relative to other mistakes you have made so that each mistake is not seen as "the worst", and learn that mistakes are frequent and not always catastrophic. #16 My friend chose to have a child with a man who had cheated on her multiple times, while still in high school. krypton_krysa , Marisa Howenstine Report Final score: 188points POST AxleMunshine001 AxleMunshine001 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I wonder how that ended up? 51 51points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 I don't know what changed him exactly, but he started calling himself an alpha male, and questioning any activity, clothing choice, type of car, career path, drink, etc as alpha or not. He bulked up and got large muscles but also still carries a beer gut. He tries to have his shirt off whenever possible, but it doesn't work for his body type.
The constant seeking for assurances that something is alpha or not got tiring, or being told something someone was doing is beta behavior when I didn't have any interest or care made me stop hanging out.
Of course, he now calls me a beta for not being alpha enough to hang out with him. SteamDecked Report Final score: 184points POST Boreddd Boreddd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago That alpha bs is so toxic 190 190points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 I watched my friend throw an engineering career with Boeing away because he decided to smoke a bowl to celebrate getting the job. It was a military contract. Peakomegaflare Report Final score: 183points POST Anthony Nizza Anthony Nizza Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Good job dumbass 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments But this does beg the question, can hearing about the blunders others made help us avoid the same mistakes in our personal lives? "Because mistakes have an automatic and deep emotional impact, we have a tendency to think that we are the only ones who make them," the psychologist said. "Seeing other people in the same situation making the same mistakes helps us to reality test, helps us feel not as bad or alone in the mistake, and often helps us see someone else taking a mistaken action that we then can learn not to take when a similar situation arises," Klapow concluded. #19 Used to work security at a concert venue. Big enough place to require a couple cops outside the front door for insurance purposes. Had to ask someone to leave for drinking underage. He got mouthy on the way out and started to fight me. Was near the front door and the cops jumped in to help. He punched the cop and his nose bled. Went from a “hey man, don’t drink underage in here next time you come back” to a Felony. vtfb79 Report Final score: 182points POST idrow1 idrow1 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Is it getting stupider out there or do we just have a clearer window into it now? 61 61points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 Falling into the Qanon hole and isolating themselves from everyone they loved. Argy_Bar Report Final score: 181points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago QAnon is basically the last refuge for desperate losers that haven't achieved anything in life. It gives them a fake sense of "superiority" through the belief that they possess some top-secret knowledge about some hidden war taking place between Trump and some nebulous evil elite. It's all poorly written fan fiction, of course... 129 129points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Watching them become less themselves because of the person they are with. Amandarmoo , Andrik Langfield Report Final score: 172points POST SealOfDisapproval SealOfDisapproval Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I feel I've become more myself because of the person I am with. 92 92points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #22 A guy in his mid 50s always worked under the table. Never filed a tax return. Didn't understand that he wouldn't qualify for social security. When I showed him the requirements on the [ssa.gov](https://ssa.gov) website, I thought he was going to cry. mrmitchs , Romain Dancre Report Final score: 166points POST FeelingFrisky FeelingFrisky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 2 weeks ago He deserves a good cry 54 54points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 Buy an apartment with a person they dated for less than 6 months. meekapix , René Ranisch Report Final score: 158points POST BlueBree️️ BlueBree️️ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I got married about 6 months after dating someone who I thought was a good person. Biggest mistake of my life. Sometimes you just have to wait, trust me you'll thank yourself for it. 81 81points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 I have two:
1. Took a loan out to go on a European vacation.
2. Took a loan out to pay for rent. Now this one is bad because it wasn’t because they needed a place to live, it’s that they wanted a really nice place to live and they have a so called “ certain standard of living”. They could have afforded a nice small house here to rent but instead she wanted a gigantic house in a wealthier neighborhood to rent.
It’s the same person. BETAMIC Report Final score: 158points POST Buren Buren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Took loan for vacation and pay rent???? 55 55points reply View more comments #25 My brother ran for public office without having an agenda. He had no leadership qualifications, background in position, or support from anyone in the community. His took out a 10K personal loan to finance his political run and held one fundraiser where most of the attendees were family and couldn't vote for him. He lost badly, coming in last behind four other candidates. It took him years to pay back the loan and refill his savings, which he completely drained to pay for signage and flyers. Saddest of all, the printer misspelled his name on both items, so any remnant is a harsh reminder of how badly things went. TheBarenJark , Hansjörg Keller Report Final score: 155points POST Kayjunmoon Kayjunmoon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I find this a rather poignant one. Sadly deluded. 40 40points reply View more comments #26 Waste their entire inheritance on drugs. Exciting_Ad_3510 , Alexander Grey Report Final score: 155points POST Bleep Bloop Bleep Bloop Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago There's a lot less agency involved in this choice compared to others -- if any. Addiction sucks :( 79 79points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 Family friend quit their government job after 23 years, 2 years before qualifying for a pension. They did it just because they wanted a change.
They withdrew their pension contributions and bought a investment property at the absolute worst time.
Now they are jobless and struggling to keep up with the overhead. Everyone advised against it and they still did it. Briickhouse Report Final score: 139points POST Iconic Iconic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Sometimes it's better to just stay put 25 25points reply View more comments #28 My sister owned a home with her husband and first child.
Her father-in-law convinced them that if they sold their house and became live-in caretakers for some old relative of his that he would leave his supposedly nice house in Austin to them. They'd get to live rent free at this house, it would be theirs outright when he dies, and they'd be set.
So they sell their house, move to Austin where they don't have jobs and move in with this guy. And it's absolute chaos. Guy is constantly watching porn on the living room tv with their toddler around, doing inappropriate old guy stuff, telling them what they can and cannot do in the house and when they can come and go. It's a freaking nightmare.
They end up leaving the house, and getting their own place. They also eventually moved to another state for a few years and came back. They've never been able to buy another house since housing prices have gone way up and they didn't have enough equity on their other house that they sold, so they've been bouncing from [bad] apartment to [bad] apartment ever since. SweetCosmicPope , todd kent Report Final score: 134points POST btaglln btaglln Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Well ... I'm sorry but it seems like they didn't really know the guy so it was a dangerous decision 88 88points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 Being passive and just letting everything happen to him.
He wasn't sure if he wanted kids or not, but his girlfriend did, so they had sex without condoms. She got pregnant, with **twins**. He looks absolutely miserable.
Similar things happened to him involving housing. His family convinced him to put the parent's mortgage in his name. Things got messy.
Don't just let things happen to you. aintnufincleverhere , Christian Erfurt Report Final score: 132points POST Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Poor kids. 42 42points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 A buddy that live with me for a while got a car he couldn’t afford because he was obsessed with image. Stopped making payments, tried to part out the car and report as stolen since he had the bright idea that would bring more money than just giving it back to the bank. Then got into check fraud, which landed him in jail. Been in and out of the system ever since, from stories I hear. UserUsingUsed , Sven D Report Final score: 129points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago People obsessed with image always end up miserable. 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #31 Taking out unfathomable loans for their business on top of taking out unfathomable loans out for a wedding. marshall_chaka , Andrea Piacquadio Report Final score: 128points POST FeelingFrisky FeelingFrisky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 2 weeks ago And expecting everybody else to pay for it probably 37 37points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #32 My friend failed psych evals to join the Army, once he got around that exception he was kicked out within a year. He robbed the corner store less than a mile from his house. He was in full SWAT gear with a tactical mask. Everyone knew exactly who it was, there were 8 calls to Crime Stoppers identifying him. He was arrested within 3 hours of the crime with the still loaded pistol in his car. If he had used a fake gun, or an unloaded pistol he would have gotten 1/2 or 1/4 the prison sentence. He went from being in the ARMY to prison in less than a month. stratospaly , Larry Farr Report Final score: 123points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago No wonder he failed that psych eval. It's good to know these things actually work. 107 107points reply View More Replies... View more comments #33 I have a cheapskate uncle that spent his life saving into a junk bond, compounding the interest, putting all his income in and living like an absolute beggar, even as he became a millionaire. You might be thinking to yourself "nothing wrong with frugality". No it is more than that, he used to come to my parent's house, spend the entire day eating our food, and not leaving before my mother packed him more food for the week for free(my mom's fault for not setting harder boundaries too).
Anyway after all that, the sum hit 1.2 mill or so and then the junk bond went bust, and he lost all his money at 70 years of age. The man was making around 10k a month at the height of it, and spending at most 300$ a month.
Remember to invest in your relationships and your goodwill folks! mr_j936 Report Final score: 122points POST Dacă nu pierdeam, câștigam Dacă nu pierdeam, câștigam Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago What does a "junk bond" mean? 21 21points reply View More Replies... View more comments #34 Friend worked hard to gain the credentials to advance his career to his goals. It took four months for him to get busted having an affair with a subordinate and he lost all he worked for and ended up losing his license. kukukele , Jakob Owens Report Final score: 115points POST Kathryn Baylis Kathryn Baylis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago (edited) Men, this is what happens when you let you “little brain” make stupid decisions for you. 67 67points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 My brother was getting scouted by Northeastern colleges to play football after playing remarkably well in high school….
He dropped out of high school 6 months before he graduated…. MyS0ul4AGoat , Muyuan Ma Report Final score: 115points POST SealOfDisapproval SealOfDisapproval Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago At least he avoided the brain damage. 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 46 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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His friends & family urged him to get tested but he refused due to some male pride b******t. Finally went to the Dr when symptoms showed up and were getting bad. Had had the cancer for a while and lived about two painful years. Would have likley been fine had he got checked when he should have. 20 20points reply Elio Elio Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago That cancer is very easy to treat in the early stages. 7 7points reply Load More Replies... Dude Dude Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago WOW! What a depressing list!!! I thought these were gonna be like spent $$$ on an infomercial product that didn't work. Or spent $$$ on something I was told was a "sure thing!" 14 14points reply BG BG Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago A guy at Ft. Jackson in SC was going through basic training and he SNAPPED. Tried to run away and get back home. Decided that the best way out was to hijack a SCHOOL BUS FULL OF CHILDREN! Oh, he's "out" alright! 11 11points reply Load More Comments POST Chich Chich Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Heard of a fellow whose brother was diagnosed with prostate cancer. His friends & family urged him to get tested but he refused due to some male pride b******t. Finally went to the Dr when symptoms showed up and were getting bad. Had had the cancer for a while and lived about two painful years. Would have likley been fine had he got checked when he should have. 20 20points reply Elio Elio Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago That cancer is very easy to treat in the early stages. 7 7points reply Load More Replies... Dude Dude Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago WOW! What a depressing list!!! I thought these were gonna be like spent $$$ on an infomercial product that didn't work. Or spent $$$ on something I was told was a "sure thing!" 14 14points reply BG BG Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago A guy at Ft. Jackson in SC was going through basic training and he SNAPPED. Tried to run away and get back home. Decided that the best way out was to hijack a SCHOOL BUS FULL OF CHILDREN! Oh, he's "out" alright! 11 11points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. Woman Takes DNA Test For Fun Only To Discover Her Long-Term Boyfriend Is Her Full Sibling "I Just Said Thank You And Left": Man’s Nice Gesture Is Praised After Pizza Hut Driver Got A $20 Tip On A $938 Order Woman Flabbergasted At Thrift Store's Prices, Calls Them Out By Sharing 14 Examples 50 Parents Having A Pretty Miserable Day Photoshop Troll Who Takes Photo Requests Too Literally Strikes Again, And The Result Is Hilarious (17 Pics) Popular on Bored Panda 30 Y.O. 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35 People Share The Dumbest And Most Expensive Mistakes They’ ve Seen Others Make
Ieva Gailiūtė andIndrė Lukošiūtė
Publish Not your original work? Add source It happens to the best of us - parents, kids, college students, tenured professors, CEOs - and it happens to us all the time. Just because you have a successful career or a natural talent to achieve anything you want in life, it doesn't mean you're perfect. Because no one is immune to making mistakes. No one can avoid the occasional slip-ups. And no one is safe from messing up in life. It's a guarantee that cannot be escaped no matter how hard we try. That's just the universe teaching us lessons over and over and over again until we finally listen. But in some unfortunate cases, they do tend to come in heavy and heartbreaking ways. "What's the biggest mistake you've watched someone make in their personal life?" Redditor Ordinary-Ad5763 asked, and thousands of responses immediately started rolling in. Below, we at Bored Panda have gathered some of the most honest, real, and painful stories from the thread, and they show that sometimes, the price for our errors is too high. Just to warn you, this thread may not be for the faintest of hearts. But turning a blind eye to these authentic accounts won't make life any brighter. So continue scrolling, upvote as you go, and if you're up for it, share your own experiences with us in the comments. Keep reading to also find our interview with psychologist Joshua Klapow, Ph.D., where we discuss how to best handle these situations on an emotional level. This post may include affiliate links. #1 My wife just had a c-section, and was complaining about a pain in her leg but never got it checked out. Two weeks later; Blood Clot.
October 13th will mark my third year without her. baka2k10 , Miguel Ausejo Report Final score: 415points POST BlueBree️️ BlueBree️️ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago To OP if you see this, I am truly so sorry for your loss. Giving my best wishes man. 218 218points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 A good friend of mine threw away 15 years of military service because he didn’t want to take the COVID vaccine. 5 years from retirement and incredible healthcare for his wife and children all gone. He joined a religion recently and decided he wanted to get a religious exemption which was denied so he opted for an administrative discharge. The fool… NoMore414 , CDC Report Final score: 386points POST Buren Buren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago SIGH 110 110points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 Have kids under the hope they'll fix their marriage.
Children are not accessories KaiJonez , Nathan Dumlao Report Final score: 361points POST Buren Buren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I can't understand why anyone would think so 81 81points reply View More Replies... View more comments Whether it's in our work environment or our relationships, every single one of us makes mistakes at some point. Life inevitably throws curveballs to give us valuable learning opportunities. They may hit us hard at first, but what matters more than any misstep or its magnitude is our response afterward. To learn more about our tendency to make mistakes and how much of a toll they take on our emotional health, we reached out to Joshua Klapow, Ph.D., a psychologist and creator of Mental Drive. He started this well-being initiative to help people access the best-in-class psychological and performance tools to live healthier, more fulfilled, and successful lives. "We are social beings," Klapow told Bored Panda. "We are hardwired to seek acceptance. When we do things that put us at risk of rejection, the natural emotional response is one of embarrassment, fear, stress, and frustration. This is who we are at the deepest levels." #4 One of my best friends walked out on his wife and two kids because a girl at the gym and him were having a relationship.
As it actually turned out, she was just being friendly and chatting to him. No relationship, no mutual decision to be together, nothing. He misunderstood polite friendliness for flirting, and destroyed his own family for it. Enough-Ad3818 Report Final score: 336points POST Samantha Samantha Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago (edited) Doubt that was the first time he "ventured" about. 198 198points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 One of my students was offered a 95% scholarship to Juilliard. They turned it down because they felt a 95% scholarship was a slap to the face, and instead decided not to go to school. Last I heard they weren’t playing, and were working minimum wage, but talking about how good they used to be. VanishXZone , Zhanhui Li Report Final score: 325points POST Pink kitty Pink kitty Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago What a wasted opportunity 167 167points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 Single mother of 3 living in poverty. Gave her parents her $6000 tax refund to hold onto because she didn't want her abusive ex to convince her to split it with him.
Parents spent it all in weeks. vchaz , Bethany Beck Report Final score: 301points POST Pink kitty Pink kitty Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago What awful parents 289 289points reply View More Replies... View more comments The psychologist pointed out that when we make a mistake, it can be hard initially to accept it. "We may know intellectually that we have made an error but emotionally, we are triggered to figure out how to make that mistake not be a reality." Some of the most common tactics we use to justify our actions are generating reasons why the mistake isn't actually a mistake, reducing the magnitude of the mistake down to its smallest existence, and blaming the error on the action of others rather than ourselves. "All done to shield the reality that we have done something wrong." #7 Let go of a girl close to their wedding because of his idea of what a wife should be like. Lives in deep regret now as she married his friend & they’re really happy whilst he has never found anyone else. pinkleaf8 , Olivia Bauso Report Final score: 282points POST AxleMunshine001 AxleMunshine001 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago She dodged a bullet 306 306points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 Having a 3rd kid, when you can barely afford the first two in order to "save" the marriage. itzahckrhet , Markus Spiske Report Final score: 266points POST DEW DEW Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I hope the child is loved and not treated like a burden. We had a third child. My two kids were 8 and 10. He was very planned. What we didn't count on was him having a liver disease called Biliary Atresia. Then when he got older he was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 6. Fought the school because they wanted him out of their school. We don't know how long we have him for but he's going to be 20 yrs. old in January!! 112 112points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 Cheating with someone in your company who’s about to get married despite having two kids and a wife of your own **cough Ned** gzmz , nine koepfer Report Final score: 260points POST BlueBree️️ BlueBree️️ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Oh Ned, you royally f****d up buddy. I hope you get cheated on. 114 114points reply View More Replies... View more comments As you can see from the examples in this list, sometimes living with our errors can be extremely hard. Not only do they damage our pride and self-confidence, but they can also turn into downright personal disasters and the biggest regrets we carry through life. When asked what kind of toll these errors in judgment have on well-being, Klapow explained their impact on our mental state often depends on how we regard the mistake. "The interpretation can literally change the emotional impact of that mistake," he told us. "If we see mistakes as a chance to learn something, to gain insight, to have a way to do things differently next time, then the mistake has a far less negative impact." #10 My uncle got himself a mistress. Lent her $10,000 he never got back and lost his job defending her at work. Wife served him divorce papers short afterwards. He gave up his house to his wife. So he ended up jobless and homeless, sleeping on our couch at the ripe age of 60. threekingsmisery , Priscilla Du Preez Report Final score: 250points POST Caro Caro Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago A very expensive mistake. I wanted to use the F word instead of mistake but it's too early here and the sun is out :) 76 76points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 My high school philosophy teacher cheated on his wife with my classmate. His daughter was in the year below us. She transferred schools out of embarrassment when her dad finally left the family to pursue a relationship with the 18-year old. Yuck. HelmutMelmoth , Taylor Flowe Report Final score: 231points POST Agent 8433599 Agent 8433599 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Disgusting. 120 120points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 Grandma eventually losing several hundred thousand on the stock market based on astrology. This was in 2007... cellocaster , Josh Rangel Report Final score: 222points POST Nor Nor Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago The things people believe and trust in 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments Well, we've heard a million times that every mistake is a lesson to be learned: they are "a portal to learning, growth, and mastery." It's safe to say that facing our blunders is hard and often scary, but making them can be beneficial. It all depends on the perspective. The healthiest way to tackle mistakes, as Klapow mentioned, is to look at our behaviors whenever we stumble and fall, take notes, and accept this learning opportunity. If we take action and make sure we're not constantly beating ourselves up about it, we come out as stronger and more resilient human beings. But how often do we see them as growing experiences? While this varies from person to person, some people refuse to accept reality and get tangled in their failures, unable to continue with their lives. #13 Friend retired with a full pension 15 years ago.
At the time he kept bragging about how he was starting a business with some random guy he knew. He legit said, "He's the idea guy. I have the savings and the good credit score."
Took out a huge loan, bought a bunch of expensive equipment.
Shocker: business folded within 6 months, "partner" vanished with all the equipment.
And now this guy, who should be enjoying his golden years, will be working retail until he drops. AgathaWoosmoss , Towfiqu barbhuiya Report Final score: 205points POST btaglln btaglln Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago So the partner stole the equipment ... 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 Must be my disabled brother who fell for an internet scam. He met a woman online, she lived in a different continent but he was certain she was the love of his life. Spent over a year chatting and e-mailing her, and helping her with money from time to time. Very fishy stuff, but he refused to listen to my scepticism. It ended when he had saved up enough money to go visit her. He went, came back 2 days later and refused to ever admit what had happened. Went to his grave without ever talking about it.
Second place goes to my father who cheered him on. He wasn't sure wether it was a scam or not, but he thought it was nice that my brother had hopes and dreams. jomarthecat , Jonas Leupe Report Final score: 190points POST Greg Hoggarth Greg Hoggarth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago F 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Dump all of their savings ($30k or so) into random crypto at the height of the market. They were trying to get more money to put towards a house but lost a majority of it when things crashed. When their significant other found out they left. Jasper_Beardly_ , Alesia Kozik Report Final score: 190points POST Chich Chich Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago The old buy hign and sell low. 67 67points reply View More Replies... View more comments "If we continually make mistakes, don't see them as a learning opportunity, or are in a position where we are not able to ever succeed, our self-confidence takes a significant beating," Klapow added. To move forward from this emotional state, the creator of Mental Drive offered these suggestions:Find meaning in the mistake from a learning perspectiveRecognize and remind yourself that perfection is not how people live or growEvaluate the mistakes relative to other mistakes you have made so that each mistake is not seen as "the worst", and learn that mistakes are frequent and not always catastrophic. #16 My friend chose to have a child with a man who had cheated on her multiple times, while still in high school. krypton_krysa , Marisa Howenstine Report Final score: 188points POST AxleMunshine001 AxleMunshine001 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I wonder how that ended up? 51 51points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 I don't know what changed him exactly, but he started calling himself an alpha male, and questioning any activity, clothing choice, type of car, career path, drink, etc as alpha or not. He bulked up and got large muscles but also still carries a beer gut. He tries to have his shirt off whenever possible, but it doesn't work for his body type.
The constant seeking for assurances that something is alpha or not got tiring, or being told something someone was doing is beta behavior when I didn't have any interest or care made me stop hanging out.
Of course, he now calls me a beta for not being alpha enough to hang out with him. SteamDecked Report Final score: 184points POST Boreddd Boreddd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago That alpha bs is so toxic 190 190points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 I watched my friend throw an engineering career with Boeing away because he decided to smoke a bowl to celebrate getting the job. It was a military contract. Peakomegaflare Report Final score: 183points POST Anthony Nizza Anthony Nizza Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Good job dumbass 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments But this does beg the question, can hearing about the blunders others made help us avoid the same mistakes in our personal lives? "Because mistakes have an automatic and deep emotional impact, we have a tendency to think that we are the only ones who make them," the psychologist said. "Seeing other people in the same situation making the same mistakes helps us to reality test, helps us feel not as bad or alone in the mistake, and often helps us see someone else taking a mistaken action that we then can learn not to take when a similar situation arises," Klapow concluded. #19 Used to work security at a concert venue. Big enough place to require a couple cops outside the front door for insurance purposes. Had to ask someone to leave for drinking underage. He got mouthy on the way out and started to fight me. Was near the front door and the cops jumped in to help. He punched the cop and his nose bled. Went from a “hey man, don’t drink underage in here next time you come back” to a Felony. vtfb79 Report Final score: 182points POST idrow1 idrow1 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Is it getting stupider out there or do we just have a clearer window into it now? 61 61points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 Falling into the Qanon hole and isolating themselves from everyone they loved. Argy_Bar Report Final score: 181points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago QAnon is basically the last refuge for desperate losers that haven't achieved anything in life. It gives them a fake sense of "superiority" through the belief that they possess some top-secret knowledge about some hidden war taking place between Trump and some nebulous evil elite. It's all poorly written fan fiction, of course... 129 129points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Watching them become less themselves because of the person they are with. Amandarmoo , Andrik Langfield Report Final score: 172points POST SealOfDisapproval SealOfDisapproval Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I feel I've become more myself because of the person I am with. 92 92points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #22 A guy in his mid 50s always worked under the table. Never filed a tax return. Didn't understand that he wouldn't qualify for social security. When I showed him the requirements on the [ssa.gov](https://ssa.gov) website, I thought he was going to cry. mrmitchs , Romain Dancre Report Final score: 166points POST FeelingFrisky FeelingFrisky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 2 weeks ago He deserves a good cry 54 54points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 Buy an apartment with a person they dated for less than 6 months. meekapix , René Ranisch Report Final score: 158points POST BlueBree️️ BlueBree️️ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I got married about 6 months after dating someone who I thought was a good person. Biggest mistake of my life. Sometimes you just have to wait, trust me you'll thank yourself for it. 81 81points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 I have two:
1. Took a loan out to go on a European vacation.
2. Took a loan out to pay for rent. Now this one is bad because it wasn’t because they needed a place to live, it’s that they wanted a really nice place to live and they have a so called “ certain standard of living”. They could have afforded a nice small house here to rent but instead she wanted a gigantic house in a wealthier neighborhood to rent.
It’s the same person. BETAMIC Report Final score: 158points POST Buren Buren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Took loan for vacation and pay rent???? 55 55points reply View more comments #25 My brother ran for public office without having an agenda. He had no leadership qualifications, background in position, or support from anyone in the community. His took out a 10K personal loan to finance his political run and held one fundraiser where most of the attendees were family and couldn't vote for him. He lost badly, coming in last behind four other candidates. It took him years to pay back the loan and refill his savings, which he completely drained to pay for signage and flyers. Saddest of all, the printer misspelled his name on both items, so any remnant is a harsh reminder of how badly things went. TheBarenJark , Hansjörg Keller Report Final score: 155points POST Kayjunmoon Kayjunmoon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I find this a rather poignant one. Sadly deluded. 40 40points reply View more comments #26 Waste their entire inheritance on drugs. Exciting_Ad_3510 , Alexander Grey Report Final score: 155points POST Bleep Bloop Bleep Bloop Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago There's a lot less agency involved in this choice compared to others -- if any. Addiction sucks :( 79 79points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 Family friend quit their government job after 23 years, 2 years before qualifying for a pension. They did it just because they wanted a change.
They withdrew their pension contributions and bought a investment property at the absolute worst time.
Now they are jobless and struggling to keep up with the overhead. Everyone advised against it and they still did it. Briickhouse Report Final score: 139points POST Iconic Iconic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Sometimes it's better to just stay put 25 25points reply View more comments #28 My sister owned a home with her husband and first child.
Her father-in-law convinced them that if they sold their house and became live-in caretakers for some old relative of his that he would leave his supposedly nice house in Austin to them. They'd get to live rent free at this house, it would be theirs outright when he dies, and they'd be set.
So they sell their house, move to Austin where they don't have jobs and move in with this guy. And it's absolute chaos. Guy is constantly watching porn on the living room tv with their toddler around, doing inappropriate old guy stuff, telling them what they can and cannot do in the house and when they can come and go. It's a freaking nightmare.
They end up leaving the house, and getting their own place. They also eventually moved to another state for a few years and came back. They've never been able to buy another house since housing prices have gone way up and they didn't have enough equity on their other house that they sold, so they've been bouncing from [bad] apartment to [bad] apartment ever since. SweetCosmicPope , todd kent Report Final score: 134points POST btaglln btaglln Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Well ... I'm sorry but it seems like they didn't really know the guy so it was a dangerous decision 88 88points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 Being passive and just letting everything happen to him.
He wasn't sure if he wanted kids or not, but his girlfriend did, so they had sex without condoms. She got pregnant, with **twins**. He looks absolutely miserable.
Similar things happened to him involving housing. His family convinced him to put the parent's mortgage in his name. Things got messy.
Don't just let things happen to you. aintnufincleverhere , Christian Erfurt Report Final score: 132points POST Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Poor kids. 42 42points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 A buddy that live with me for a while got a car he couldn’t afford because he was obsessed with image. Stopped making payments, tried to part out the car and report as stolen since he had the bright idea that would bring more money than just giving it back to the bank. Then got into check fraud, which landed him in jail. Been in and out of the system ever since, from stories I hear. UserUsingUsed , Sven D Report Final score: 129points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago People obsessed with image always end up miserable. 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #31 Taking out unfathomable loans for their business on top of taking out unfathomable loans out for a wedding. marshall_chaka , Andrea Piacquadio Report Final score: 128points POST FeelingFrisky FeelingFrisky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 2 weeks ago And expecting everybody else to pay for it probably 37 37points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #32 My friend failed psych evals to join the Army, once he got around that exception he was kicked out within a year. He robbed the corner store less than a mile from his house. He was in full SWAT gear with a tactical mask. Everyone knew exactly who it was, there were 8 calls to Crime Stoppers identifying him. He was arrested within 3 hours of the crime with the still loaded pistol in his car. If he had used a fake gun, or an unloaded pistol he would have gotten 1/2 or 1/4 the prison sentence. He went from being in the ARMY to prison in less than a month. stratospaly , Larry Farr Report Final score: 123points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago No wonder he failed that psych eval. It's good to know these things actually work. 107 107points reply View More Replies... View more comments #33 I have a cheapskate uncle that spent his life saving into a junk bond, compounding the interest, putting all his income in and living like an absolute beggar, even as he became a millionaire. You might be thinking to yourself "nothing wrong with frugality". No it is more than that, he used to come to my parent's house, spend the entire day eating our food, and not leaving before my mother packed him more food for the week for free(my mom's fault for not setting harder boundaries too).
Anyway after all that, the sum hit 1.2 mill or so and then the junk bond went bust, and he lost all his money at 70 years of age. The man was making around 10k a month at the height of it, and spending at most 300$ a month.
Remember to invest in your relationships and your goodwill folks! mr_j936 Report Final score: 122points POST Dacă nu pierdeam, câștigam Dacă nu pierdeam, câștigam Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago What does a "junk bond" mean? 21 21points reply View More Replies... View more comments #34 Friend worked hard to gain the credentials to advance his career to his goals. It took four months for him to get busted having an affair with a subordinate and he lost all he worked for and ended up losing his license. kukukele , Jakob Owens Report Final score: 115points POST Kathryn Baylis Kathryn Baylis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago (edited) Men, this is what happens when you let you “little brain” make stupid decisions for you. 67 67points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 My brother was getting scouted by Northeastern colleges to play football after playing remarkably well in high school….
He dropped out of high school 6 months before he graduated…. MyS0ul4AGoat , Muyuan Ma Report Final score: 115points POST SealOfDisapproval SealOfDisapproval Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago At least he avoided the brain damage. 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 46 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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