Redditors, what's the most cruel thing you've ever done?

I feel like there are a couple things I could write about... They'll probably not be read, but here are three.

I ended up going to a high school not knowing anyone. All my middle school friends whom I knew from kindergarten had all gone to better more prestigious high schools... Anyways, my first female friend in high school was this girl named Amanda. She wasn't that good looking, but she was really nice, and we ended up being good friends... Anyways, as time went on, I became to realize that she was interested in being more than friends with me... Over the summer (between 9th and 10th grade) she was always texting me asking me if I wanted to go to six flags or just hang out with her. With no personal desire to become more than friends with her - I would always blow it off. In 10th grade whenever I saw her in hallways I tried to ignore her and pretend I didn't see her... Anyways, she ended up going to a different school in 11th grade. I honestly didn't notice for the first few months until she texted me one day. We texted back and forth for awhile, and lonely me finally agreed to meet up with her a few times in the neighborhood, we bought frozen yogurt and talked about life. Even though I didn't like her more than a friend - she was probably the only person I could truly call a friend; I'm annoyed, and bothered by my other 'friends'... Every time we met up, or texted I could be truly open with her... So in 12th grade we text every so often - she begins calling me her "best friend". I mean, I hadn't seen her in awhile, and she was telling me about how she had a boy friend and etc. I was skeptical of her boyfriend being real (why would she always text me if she had him)... She would always talk about prom and ask who I was taking to my schools prom... I kinda knew she wanted me to ask her... One day she brings it up again, and she asks me if I like anyone at school. I started having a crush on some other girl named 'Jane'. Apparently Jane and Amanda had been good friends in the past. I tell Amanda I have a crush on some girl, she begins asking who it is etc. and finally she asks "is it me??"... It's a super awkward moment for me, and I say "Don't you have a boyfriend?", anyways - it becomes a bit of an awkward heated conversation... But I'm kinda relieved I don't have to worry about her liking me anymore. The next day she texts me pretending nothing happened. She was just trying to keep our friendly relationship I guess... I haven't talked to her since.

TL;DR; I led a girl on for a few years...

 

The second thing... This actually happened a few days ago. So I'm a senior in high school, and this 11th grader has a crush on me. I don't find her physically attractive (I know I shouldn't be judging girls like that - but w/e hate me.) but she obviously has a crush on me... We have extremely similar interests and she walks home with me almost everyday. A few days ago, when we get to my house (she walks down the street more); she begins telling me she "likes me". I've never been in a situation in real life where a girl tells me she likes me (other story with Amanda was all by texting). This was physically in real life. Anyways, in the heat of the moment I don't know what to say... I don't like her back, but I tell her: "I've never been in this situation before, I guess I like you too". So here I am... leading on this other girl. I want to tell her I don't really like her the same way she likes me... But I feel it's too cruel to say something like that...

TL;DR; Girl told me she likes me. I told her I like her back. But I don't...

 

Another one; my parents divorced when my 2 sisters and I were in 5th grade. They have joint custody, so Sunday - Wednesday we're with my dad, the other half of the week we're with my mom. My parents own several properties together, and rent them out. So even though they are divorced - they still talk to each other about business... Anyways, last year my mother called my father one night about one of the properties. This particular place has a roof issue and every-time it rains, the top floor floods a bit. My mother wanted to hire a roofer to redo the roof, but my father was insistent that she not spend "his money" on it. The conversation got heated and my father was cursing and yelling at my mother on the phone- in front of me. Besides this situation, I've wanted to leave my fathers house & not live with him... I feel he's a bad influence on me. I walked to my mothers house after school the next day, and haven't gone back to my dads place since. I haven't talked to him since then either... He's tried on 3 occasions to call me, 2 of which he left 3 minute voicemails - which I heard distant chattering (I think he butt dialed me... He's done that a lot in the past). And he left me a full page letter one time, I didn't read it until 3 weeks after I received it from one of my sisters. It was a bunch of nonsense claiming that I'm only staying with my mother because she's brainwashing me and that she wants to use this to just bring him to court. The past 8+ years of my parents divorce. My mother has not asked for, nor received any child support.

I had respected my father. As much as I hated him throughout the past, inside I did love him as a father. My mother was my fathers second marriage, and he has 2 other children whom are now 30+ years old. Those 2 children haven't talked to him since the divorce. I never understood how people could hate their own father that much... But it seems history has repeated itself in my situation.

This also isn't the first time I've decided to leave my fathers house and live with my mother. In 8th grade my father got angry at me, and told me he didn't want to see me again- I stayed with my mother for over a month before she eventually convinced me it wasn't healthy to not have a relationship with my dad.

TL;DR; I've dissociated myself from my father and his side of the family. This isn't the whole story. I could go on for hours and write multiple books of why I've decided to live solely with my mother. I've lost respect towards my father for a multitude of reasons, especially regarding how he acts and talks to my mother.

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