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ORSOrama
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Italian, gay, brain surgery survivor, boring
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Aethernaught reply
There was this dude I hung out with in high school. Me, him and another dude were inseperable for one summer, hanging out almost every day. I ran into him again years later, mid twenties maybe. at a bus/train terminal and said 'Hey, dude, what's up?' He spent the next fourty five minutes while I waited for my bus chainsmoking cigarettes and telling me about his troubles. How his ex girlfriend had taken out a restraining order. About how she kept calling him regardless. About how he kept losing jobs, and none of his friends wanted to talk to him. About how he the government was tapping into his thoughts, listening in on his phone calls, and calling him themselves some nights, just to berate him over the phone.
It was surreal, as the slow realization dawned on me over that time that he'd gone absolutely, entirely insane. The more I talked to him, the more comfortable he apparently felt, because the more stuff he admitted. About the voices and what they told him. No one else I knew had any idea about what happened to him except that the only time they saw him any more was wandering the area smoking cigarettes and talking to himself.
Best I can figure, he hit that 19-21 age group that Schizophrenia can suddenly emerge, and it emerged with a vengence. And because of out country's mental health system, because he was just a normal middle class suburban shchmuck without a rich daddy, because like the vast majority of americans these days he had no safety net at all...all he could do was try desperately to medicate with nicotine and alchohol and wander like some kind of terrified and half mad street-ghost that people who should have been helping hid behind bus stop shelters to avoid.
pingOfdeath reply
My girl friend all through high school left me after about a five year stint for a d**g dealing idiot. During high school she was the captain of the cheer leading team and an avid church goer. About 6 months ago she created a Facebook account and sent me a friend request and an IM. I had heard she was bad off but had no idea. During the IM she asked how I was doing and I told her that I was raising a family and working on my M.S. while working full time for a local college. When I asked her how she was doing I got no reply. I later sent her cousin that I am friends with a message to ask her what was up. She told me that she has 4 different kids from 4 different dudes in which she has custody of none and is a [s*x worker] and [an addict]. I wished a lot of bad things on her but never this much.
Aethernaught reply
There was this dude I hung out with in high school. Me, him and another dude were inseperable for one summer, hanging out almost every day. I ran into him again years later, mid twenties maybe. at a bus/train terminal and said 'Hey, dude, what's up?' He spent the next fourty five minutes while I waited for my bus chainsmoking cigarettes and telling me about his troubles. How his ex girlfriend had taken out a restraining order. About how she kept calling him regardless. About how he kept losing jobs, and none of his friends wanted to talk to him. About how he the government was tapping into his thoughts, listening in on his phone calls, and calling him themselves some nights, just to berate him over the phone.
It was surreal, as the slow realization dawned on me over that time that he'd gone absolutely, entirely insane. The more I talked to him, the more comfortable he apparently felt, because the more stuff he admitted. About the voices and what they told him. No one else I knew had any idea about what happened to him except that the only time they saw him any more was wandering the area smoking cigarettes and talking to himself.
Best I can figure, he hit that 19-21 age group that Schizophrenia can suddenly emerge, and it emerged with a vengence. And because of out country's mental health system, because he was just a normal middle class suburban shchmuck without a rich daddy, because like the vast majority of americans these days he had no safety net at all...all he could do was try desperately to medicate with nicotine and alchohol and wander like some kind of terrified and half mad street-ghost that people who should have been helping hid behind bus stop shelters to avoid.
pingOfdeath reply
My girl friend all through high school left me after about a five year stint for a d**g dealing idiot. During high school she was the captain of the cheer leading team and an avid church goer. About 6 months ago she created a Facebook account and sent me a friend request and an IM. I had heard she was bad off but had no idea. During the IM she asked how I was doing and I told her that I was raising a family and working on my M.S. while working full time for a local college. When I asked her how she was doing I got no reply. I later sent her cousin that I am friends with a message to ask her what was up. She told me that she has 4 different kids from 4 different dudes in which she has custody of none and is a [s*x worker] and [an addict]. I wished a lot of bad things on her but never this much.
yeahitslikethat reply
My best friend in high school went away to the army after graduation. We lost touch after a few years. I found her on Facebook recently only to discover that she is now IN LOVE with God, hates gay rights with a passion, and is on her third marriage. We had a couple catch up conversations over Facebook chat. A few weeks later I posted a story about the supreme court decision on DOMA and she sent me a HUGE rant about how disappointed and disgusted she was in me and how God will surely strike me down for my support of gay marriage.
aspbergerinparadise reply
I knew a girl in high school who was pretty cool. We went on a class trip and spent a lot of time hanging out, then later I went to a few punk shows with her.
7 or 8 years later, I was back in town visiting. I stopped at a gas station to fill up, and this emaciated, dirty creature stepped out of the shadows and asked me if I had any spare change. It was her. She looked like she hadn't eaten in days and had track marks all up and down her arms. She didn't recognize me. I gave her the few bills I had in my pocket and left. Kind of haunts me to this day.
edit (4 months later): She actually messaged me on FB recently. Looks like she kicked her habit and is doing well today!
SlanderMeNot reply
I found a childhood friend that I hadn't seen for 25 years or so on Facebook. Turns out, he's a huge racist now.
On a related note, a guy I knew from the Army 20 Years ago that was a racist skinhead is now one of the most tolerant people I know.
SpookyFrito reply
My husband ran into an old friend and invited him over to hang out. It had been about 5 years since he had seen him. The old friend shows up with the sketchiest ho-bag you can imagine, missing teeth, sores, the whole nasty set. The chick makes a bee line for my bathroom and spends like 45 minutes in there before bolting to my patio and puking over my balcony. I had had enough so I kicked them out, as they were leaving they looked around my apartment and said "You have really nice things we will be back." When I went into my bathroom I found an orange cap from a syringe on the floor.
TL;DR If it has been 5+ years since you have seen someone do not invite them to your place.
anon reply
A few years back, I met up with an old friend to find out that he only wanted to hang out so he could pitch a pyramid scheme to me.
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Nothing, because my wife and I, after saving up a bunch for a big wedding, decided f**k all y'all and we got married in Las Vegas and blew the wedding fund for tons of fun. Best decision as of yet.
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