Confessions

People Are Sharing The Petty Things They’re Still Salty About Because Grudges Are For Life

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“The first day of 8th grade my best friend and friend group informed me that they would no longer be my friend. To this day, 20 years later, I still don’t understand how or why things ended up that way. I can only guess because I was the shy nerd of the group and they were trying to fit in with the cool crowd. Regardless, it was a miserable experience that left me with quite a few trust issues.” — SaintlyAddict

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“Coming second in a school trivia competition 21 years ago. I had the correct answers on 2 questions that would have sent us to the national champs and was vetoed by the other 3 shitheads on my team.” — Randomcomment23. 

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“I was at a house party in college and we had to take off our shoes. Some bitch walked home in my leather knee high boots and I’ve never gotten over it. For clarity, she left her dirty ass shoes behind for me to go home with, so thanks I guess you shoe-thieving wench.” — forgetful-giraffe

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“When my old boss pulled out the 2020 calendar (in late 2019) and asked everyone what days off they need so we can plan ahead and around. Everyone was spitting off dates. I didn’t have any plans yet so I didn’t request anything until she specifically asked me if I needed/wanted any dates off. I shrugged and asked for ONE day around my birthday because why not, and she started mocking me in front of everyone. ‘It’s just a 23rd birthday, why would you need that off? But ooookkkk…’ obviously rolling her eyes, then started treating me like an idiot the rest of the day.” — queenjellyroll

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“I missed out on recognition at my schools big academic assembly for arguably the most important academic results one gets in their schooling career (in my state in Australia) because the teacher I had sent my results to didn’t pass on the news. It’s been years and it still fills me with such exasperation.” — toobusy4you

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“When I was about eight or nine, we had a big project in school which ended with us writing a story. I spent fuckin’ hours on this thing. It was going to be the best book ever. It was only a matter of time before it was snapped up by some publisher and then it would be the talk of the Scholastic Book Fair, no doubt in my mind. It absolutely had to be in by the time school finished for Christmas, so my teacher could mark it over the break, so I stayed up until about ten o’clock at night for about a week beforehand working on it — which, you know, is the closest thing you get to an all-nighter when you’re about nine. It was my Magnum Opus. I got back to school in January to find that a) she had lost it, b) she was accusing me of not handing it in, and c) because mine was the only one she couldn’t find, she decided to call me out in front of the class about it. I ended up locking myself in the toilet because I was crying so much. Worst still, it later transpired that when it ‘turned up after all’, she marked it as though it was handed in late, and the bitch still only gave me a middling grade. Fuck you, Mrs. Harding.” — Portarossa

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“In elementary school, there was a pencil machine in the front lobby where you could get pencils for 25 cents. There were also “special” pencils that had stars on them. If you got one of these special pencils, you could take it into the office and get a prize. One day, I decided to get a pencil. I put in my quarter and out popped TWO pencils. And one of them was a special pencil! I went into the office and told the lady at the desk that the machine gave me two pencils and one of them was special. She proceeded to say that the machine shouldn’t do that, took the special pencil, and didn’t give me a prize. That was 19 years ago and I’m still pissed.” — guitarkow

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“Some friends from work planned a get together at a local chain restaurant for my birthday. One of my coworkers found out and decided it should also be to celebrate her birthday because it’s the day before mine. Already annoyed, but whatever. The night of the dinner, a friend bought us both slices of cheesecake & they were presented with candles, and everyone sang happy birthday. At the end, she blew out her candle AND THEN MINE. AND LAUGHED ABOUT IT. It was MY candle. You were barely invited. I’ve never forgotten about it.” — fancipants

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“My sister got a brand new car for her 16th birthday…I got $20.” — Ben-Dough-Ver

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“That my managers wouldn’t let me have a weekend off for what would have essentially been my honeymoon because ‘It’s small business Saturday and you need to be here.’ I gave them over a month’s notice and Small Business Saturday lasted all of an hour. Thank God, I don’t work there anymore.” — Bells87

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Patricia Grisafi

Patricia Grisafi, PhD, is a freelance writer and educator. Her work has appeared in Salon, Vice, Bitch, Bustle, Broadly, The Establishment, and elsewhere. She is passionate about pit bull rescue, cursed objects, and designer sunglasses.