[Serious] Redditors who have completely ruined somebody's life (intentionally or by accident, whether they deserved it or not), what happened and why did you do it ?

Back in elementary school, I had a huge crush on a girl I met there. Like, she was an absolute angel to me. The girl of my dreams. She ended up going to the same high school as I did and when she was in her senior year, I confessed to her (I had known her for about 7 years at this point).

As I had expected, she didn't feel the same way I did. I was extremely depressed when I got turned down and tried to reason with her. For several months. My mom and her mom are good friends, so I decided to send an email to her mother about how much I loved her daughter. She replied positively and would try to help me, but deep down inside I think she know it was a lost cause. And so did I.

So, at one point I decided to write my feelings for her down in MS Word and sent her mother the document. I thought this was my last shot at me and her even being together, so I started lying. Saying I thought about her everyday, and so forth. I'll spare you guys the details because it was just straight-up creepy. Obviously, they were shocked and I quickly explained most of it was lied by me. This were getting out of hand so her mother and I eventually stopped mailing each other (the girl I had a crush on eventually found out and was furious).

I'm over it now... I think, but I feel absolutely horrible for ''stalking'' this girl for months. Causing her so much trouble, so much anger. She's one of the sweetest and nicest girls I have ever met, and somehow I royally fucked up because my feelings for her were out of control, which I only noticed a few weeks afterwards.

Feel free to ask questions. I'm in a hurry so I'll extend this post later today.

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