Life has a way of surprising us with unexpected turns that leave us momentarily speechless, making us reevaluate everything we believed to be true. Though these twists may be jarring or unsettling initially, they often evolve into fascinating memories—experiences that we can look back on, share with others, and even find humor in as time passes.
- I was telling a client about a guy I met where I spend my summers. A real piece of work who had a bad reputation in town because he was caught cheating on his wife more than once and flashed money around like he was rich.
He blew all his money trying to develop some property and now was running out of businesses in town who would work with him.
She asked his name. It was her fiancé. So now I’m on the phone with my client who is crying because she was planning her wedding to a guy who had no money but a wife.
- I was the supervisor for a brand-new catering venue in our town.
Our first wedding was your typical affair, pipe and drape, plenty of white everywhere, lovely people.
At a year anniversary, our salespeople email the client. Turns out, the best man was having an affair with the bride the whole time she was engaged, and after they were married. So needless to say, they got divorced.
- My coworker robbed the store while I was out front helping customers, and I was oblivious to it happening.
I found out the next day. I voluntarily went to the police station to give a statement, and the officer there did his best to scare me into “confessing” to the crime. I had nothing to do with it.
- I dated someone last year for a couple of months, and things were pretty good between us.
One day, he grew cold and distant from me out of the blue, and I thought I had done something wrong. Next thing I knew, he uploaded a picture on Facebook of him kissing a woman, and they had been together ever since.
- Right after high school graduation, I met a girl who shared my mom’s name: Jacqueline. We were both born and raised in the same city.
…The story doesn’t end here, it continues on the next page 👇
