People Share Heartbreaking Stories of Being Backstabbed By Their "Friend"

Here are the real, heart-wrenching stories of people who thought they had a true friend, only to be stabbed in the back. Explore the emotions and lessons from these personal accounts of trust broken and friendships lost.

1. You’re Not Welcome Anymore

I asked two friends if they wanted to live together in college. Then, one of them asked another person in our friend group if he wanted to join. 

Then they asked another...and another. And then once there were too many people in one apartment, they dropped me out of it. No longer "friends" with any of them. 

It was a wake-up call though because I gave way too much of myself to those people not knowing that I was the most expendable one. 

It really taught me not to put others on a pedestal and respect myself more and it has since led to me developing far more healthy relationships that bring me a lot of happiness.

Sighborgninja

I had one friend. I was bullied by everyone at elementary school. Because my friend would be bullied too when they hung out with me at school, we only played outside of school.

One day, a popular kid asked to play with me during recess. I was ecstatic! Until, after a while, they said "You're not as bad as 'friend' said you are". And that's how I learned WHY I was bullied.

[deleted]

We’ve been very good friends for over 2 years. Their roommate moved out and they asked me if I wanted to move into their spare room. I was very happy to live with my good friends and I did everything I could to be the best roommate possible. 

After 3 weeks, they found another source of income and kicked me out. First, they offered to help me find another accommodation, but the next day, they changed their mind and just told me to leave by the end of the month (it was 7 days until the end of the month). 

They haven't spoken to me ever since. When we met somewhere in town, they acted like they had never seen me before. I have no freaking idea what I did wrong.

niC00L

A ‘quiet’ girl I made ‘friends’ with would only sit with me in class just so she could go snitch about me to my ex-friends. She would literally sit next to me for one or two classes (randomly) and then go sit with them(later). 

I called her out on it after she came to sit next to me and told her “Why do you even bother sitting with me when we both know you’re just trying to get crap to talk about me with them?

When I come back from the bathroom, you better go sit somewhere else.” I was usually very quiet and that was the first time I stood up for myself.

elizzzzzabethqq

We (my husband and I) had a friend that we helped get back on his feet. We paid off some tickets he had. Got his license reinstated. We hooked him up with a solid connection for a reasonable, well-running car to replace his beater, AND gave him a place to live and a job (automotive repair).

He decided it was a better choice to tell all our customers we were overcharging them (spoiler: we weren’t) and he’d do the jobs cheaper if they’d bring it to him at his house.

This was a short time after he moved out of our house, after never repaying anything he owed us. Not that we’d asked. This has broken my heart.

NakedKittyAlucard

My wife said she needed some time for herself so she went to stay at her mom’s for a while. One day, I went to pick up my kids and walked in on her and my best friend having physical intimacy.

It turns out it had been going on for a while and she knew him before she knew me (which I had no clue about). When I said the affair had been going on for a while, I meant for several months before I found out. 

This was after my 2nd son was born. I have no doubts as to whether my kids are actually mine or not. Yes, they are now my EX-wife and EX-best friend. 

This happened nearly 16 years ago now. It was a very dark period in my life, but I’m great now. I got 2 great kids out of the relationship. I wouldn’t have met my wife if this hadn’t happened. Also, I believe I’m a stronger person having gone through the whole ordeal. 

Just know that if you’re going through something horrible in life and your heart and mind are broken, there is hope for things to get better. It just takes time.

LonesomeHebrew

I had a best friend that I had known for 16 years. She got pregnant and her parents tried to kick her out. Her parents wanted her to get an abortion but she refused. 

One of our HS friends told me someone should push her down a flight of stairs so she could “get the problem out”. I told her that was a very bad idea and defended my best friend. 

The next day, the principal came by my class to ask me if I could attend a meeting about something important. If I didn't attend, I was going to be expelled. 

When I arrived at the meeting, our shared friend claimed I was going to shove my best friend down flights of stairs so she could “take care” of the problem. My best friend believed her. We stopped talking after that.

usagi1288

Years ago when I did a health sciences undergraduate degree, most of the cohort was determined to get into medical school. Our medical school program mainly accepted students from only our competitive undergraduate course, due to subject prerequisites.

We all knew each other and were friendly, hanging out together and forming study groups. Many of my friends were great - we shared tips, resources, practiced exams and interviews together. 

But there were a handful who really wanted to get into medical school, and since the program ranks applicants mainly based on undergraduate results, the better your friends perform, the lower your ranking is for selection.

So near application time, some of us would head off to the university library to borrow textbooks to find chapters or page numbers that the lecturer mentioned would be on the exam.

And they would be ripped out. You'd go and find another library copy of the textbook, and that page would be ripped out too. All of them were totally removed in a hurry.

I didn't believe that someone from our cohort did it until the interview practice began. Students began obtaining copies of the questions from previous years and lying when others asked if they had it. 

I saw someone give a terrible, awful interview answer and the other students would give them glowing feedback and inform them they should say that word-for-word, during the interview. It was a mess and a lot of relationships fell apart or were never the same again.

manlikerealities

My best friend since fourth grade, called her my soul sister. I genuinely was so grateful to have what I thought our friendship was. She fell on hard times, got weirdly religious, and stopped working while going to a private uni. 

I was always there for her, a shoulder to cry on, visited her all the time because she didn’t have any friends and I knew she was lonely, helped her with groceries and rent, and helped her family out. 

One day, she came over and after buying her groceries, she told me a higher power had been telling her to cut me off for two years and she had to listen. Now she wants to be friends again. It’s a hard nope from me dawg.

rayrayyy213

I had one friend who honestly wasn't my favorite person because she was really manipulative, but I never said anything bad about her. I found out that she had been crap-talking me to all of our mutual friends and telling them all that I did horrible things that I never did. 

I ended up essentially being pushed out of that entire friend group and it ruined a lot of my high school experience.

maaadchillbro

I had some "friends" who were always talking crap about me (found out from another good friend) and one day, I came to school in my brand new jeans that cost around €150 and they put glue on my chair while I was in the bathroom. 

I sat on it. I asked which one of them did it, and none of them said a word. We went to the principal's office and they had the nerve to say that I put it there to get them in trouble. Their parents were called and I earned around €200 and a new pair of jeans.

Rulermax

A guy who seemed like a good mate when it was just us, and then as soon as there was someone else, or a group, he took the piss out of me and tried to make me the butt of all jokes. Even worse if there were girls around. 

After a while, I called him out on it, and he was just like "Dude, it's just a joke", but I was done with him after that. I saw him randomly earlier this year, after years of no contact, and it was amicable, we caught up a bit on how we're getting on with our lives.

While he has grown up and become a bit more grounded, there's been no intention of rebuilding a bridge. I think if I ever met someone who has that side to their personality, I'd drop them like a hot potato.

[deleted]

I grew up going to the same church and met my friend and her family when I was 14. We grew up together, hung out and our families would be together all the time. Fast forward many years and I am dating a guy that I fell in love with for almost 3 years at the time. 

He went to ND to the oil fields for work. I went to visit him and could tell something was off a bit, took the train from my town to Williston 22 hours to get there. 

Visited him for 5 days and on the last day, he got up and went to shower, I grabbed his phone (we had an open policy with each other that either could be on each other's phones) I found the e-mails between my "friend" and him.

My family still hangs out with her family and her. I refuse to be around or speak to her.

CarmenSanDiego00

Idk if this counts but it hurt. In high school, I had who I thought was my best friend. Almost inseparable. Our favorite band was on tour at the time. She got tickets and forced a third-party friend who didn't even like them to go with her instead of me. 

Not saying she owed me, but if it was me, I would take my best friend who likes the band instead of someone who doesn't want to be bothered. It always sat wrong with me.

LAANAAAAAA

I had a buddy tell me he couldn’t hang out once because he was really sick. So I went to hang out with a different friend. Well, we decided to walk to a fast food, which coincidentally had a little type of trail/shortcut that went right by my “sick” friend’s backyard. 

Well, we got to the trail and saw he wasn’t sick at all, but having a pool party with a bunch of other “mutual friends” from school. I’m 31 and I’m still salty as hell. Screw you, Greg. That hurt.

btotherad

In college, my best friend & I had an art class together with a guy I was hanging out with on the regular -getting to know each other to see if there was anything more there. 

He & I hung out, messed around, had fun, etc. Nothing formal or spoken just yet but we communicated daily. We were more than friends, but not a dedicated couple.

One day, I stopped by his house after a morning class for a reason that I forgot. I knocked, no answer, so I let myself through the unlocked door (small Kansas town, nobody locks anything) so I could leave him a note (pre-cell phones/texting, at least for me).

Well, her purse was on the chair by the door. Nobody answered when I called out his name. Or hers. His car was there. Her purse was there. They were there. Ugh.

I got back at her though, almost 20 years later: she friend requested me on social media & I denied that witch. Take that, Jessica.

PotatoFaceGrace

I was friends with benefits with this guy I wanted to be more and was working on it. My “best friend” convinced me I deserved better and he was a dirtbag, I broke it off because of her. 

Shortly after, they started dating. Eventually, they got married, etc. They’re in the middle of separating right now heading for divorce.

[deleted]

I was at a party with my cousin and his friends. I just moved so I didn’t know them or anyone at the party. I start talking to this really pretty girl. We wander away from the party and start talking. Really hit it off. We kiss for a while and then head back. 

I was excited and nervous. We drink some more, she gets more and more physical. We move to a bedroom. Right when I go to close the door, my cousin's buddy comes up and says they need me. 

I’m like alright so we start walking. I turn back and see my cousin and one of his friends go into the room behind me. I was like, hey, my cousin just went in that room. 

Dude straight up tells me my cousin likes her and he was told to get me away from her. I go back to the room, it’s been a couple of minutes. They have her spit roasted.

Didn’t learn my lesson took another 6 months for me to finally cut him and his bad friends out of my life.

[deleted]

Told a friend a secret in high school: “I suffer from a mental illness, don't tell anyone, I'm seeing a therapist”. That took a lot for me to say. I was making progress.

Friend proceeded to tell the entire class. People thought I was crazy. That’s high school. I stopped being friends with the few friends I had. I was more alone. I graduated high school with zero friends. Thanks.

Don't worry though, in college I blossomed into a bearded man with no fears. Life has been swell ever since.

topcheesehead

A woman I thought was my friend (we worked together for years, our kids were friends, I helped her and her husband out when he was having mental health problems, and she was at my sister's wedding party) appeared in court as a witness for my ex-wife in her bid to gain full custody.

THANKFULLY she failed and I now have custody of my kids. I haven't spoken to my "friend" since.

friklfrakl

At the beginning of summer going into high school, my two friends and I were left alone at my buddy’s house. We snuck into his parents' liquor cabinet and all tasted some vodka. 

Being that it was my first time tasting hard liquor, I took one sip and instantly disliked it. I decided to not drink anymore because it was gross. One of my friends started pounding shots even though it was his first time drinking. 

He had maybe 4 shots and started feeling tipsy. We proceeded to marvel at his drunken self for the rest of the night. Fast forward 2 weeks and I'm riding in the car with my mom. 

She began to ask me if I had anything I wanted to tell her and like any 13-year-old in my position I said no. She then goes on a rant about how disappointed she is in me for drinking alcohol at my friend's house and proceeds to ground me for basically the entire summer. 

Come to find out my friend who got drunk started feeling guilty and told his mom what he did. He was a spoiled kid and his mom didn't punish him while I on the other hand got grounded for taking one sip. Strict parents man.

TapSnapNap512

I remember I got a holographic Charizard when I was a kid and I was so excited to show it off at school the next day. Then, about halfway through the day, it goes missing. I looked EVERYWHERE and I could not find it and was super bummed out. 

The very next day, this kid named Marcelo, who I thought was a friend, shows up with his own Charizard. I couldn't prove it was mine, I knew in my heart that it was. The timing was just too convenient that I lost mine and then he got one.

-eDgAR-

My friend was really close with me and my girlfriend. He was my girlfriend’s confidant while we were dating. I trusted him because he was a good guy up to that point. 

He was constantly pinning her against me, making bigger deals out of small stuff, saying I was mistreating her by not being with her constantly cause I was working a full-time job while in school. 

She cheats on me with him and he tried to turn everyone against me. They are getting married next month.

Driller7lyfe

I decided to be friends with this girl who was crying. It was ok at first. Then, she started to show signs of being crazy. She wouldn’t let me hang out with anyone else and when I said that I would be right back (I had to use the bathroom) she started to cry and say that I would leave her. 

I (being naive af) decided to stay with her. This continued until she literally punched one of my friends cause I decided to hang out with them for a day instead of her.

I tried to break it off, but then she wouldn’t let me. She eventually threatened to beat me up and our parents got involved, and the principal too.

epbutler

My used-to-be best friend since middle school, J, moved in with my boyfriend and I. He listened to us have intimacy, he did the dirty in practically every room in our apartment and bragged about it to one of our other middle school friends, all behind our backs. 

After sitting down with him and telling him how bad we felt, he seemed understanding and agreed to the ground rules we set for co-existing until our lease is up (one more month thank God). 

But now I'm hearing that he complained to the same friend that we're acting childish and that what he did wasn't even that bad. He even got his dad on his side like wth! I'm angry and lost. I want him gone.

dontwannabeonfire

This dirtbag stole 3k I loaned to him on a hard time he had, 10 years to the damned trash, then started telling everyone I owed him from all the good things he and his family did for me. 

I literally hate him and his family now for being that much of a jerk, and above that, they call themselves decent Christians.

BotModAdmin

I’m not sure if this counts as being "stabbed in the back" but in high school, I (f) was pretty much best friends with this kid (m) for about 7 months to a year until explaining for the 3rd time that I didn't want to date him. 

He abruptly stopped talking to me and said he "wasted x amount of time being my friend".

J-Daddy16

A girl I knew in college invited me over with her friends to watch Supernatural or something like it. I wasn't a fan of the show or whatever. Afterwards, I was like, "It was alright"

I thought she was fine with this. She was not. She smashed a lamp into my face. It didn't break, but it did hurt. She kept telling me how wrong I was. Her friends told me she is just like that.

MisterCoffeeDonut

Had a friend from high school till about 4 years ago (about 8-9 years total friendship). He was a very close friend, and one day, confided in my boyfriend (now husband) and I, that his roommate was moving out to live with his girlfriend and he wouldn't make rent that month. 

My boyfriend and I had an apartment lease ending so decided we could be of help and moved in (2 months before our lease was up, 2 rent payments). 

Lived there for about 2 months and we found out I was pregnant and having a baby, happy scenario as my roommate has informed us he wishes to turn over the lease for the house to us to move back in with his parents. Perfect 3 bedroom house with 2 bathrooms and plenty of space. 

The day before, we're set to meet up with the landlord we come home to an eviction notice on the door, and all of the roommate's stuff is moved out. Call him, no answer. 

Called the number on the eviction notice from the landlord and found out he lied and never told the landlord anything, he wouldn't even work with us at all just said we have 30 days to get out. 

The roommate had been pocketing our rent money for months. He had 30 days to unexpectedly find a new place, pay the first and last month and a security deposit, and move in the middle of Michigan winter, while pregnant… piece of trash.

Talia_al_Grrl

When I was about 25, my (now former) best friend since 4th grade told me that during middle school, when I was painfully awkward and for sure the weird kid, she and my other former best friend would deny being my friend to everyone else. 

They would tell people that they only let me think we are friends because they feel sorry for me. Learning that broke my heart. I thought that we were so close, we hung out every weekend during school and even lived together after high school. 

Those were my only friends during those tough childhood years, and finding out that they weren't really my friends felt so bad. I was picked on a lot and always took solace in having two real best friends, even if they were my only friends. 

And then they stayed my friends into adulthood, except now I'm not sure about that either. Couldn't trust her after that.

howaboutno1234567

I was medically discharged from the Army 6 years ago. I met the woman who'd be the mother to my child and settled down with them, very happy. About a year later, I got a call from a guy who was basically the father I never had, and a mentor in ways, during my time in the Army.

He asked if I could be a character witness at a court marshal, where he was accused of downloading some illegal things on his laptop. 

They were definitely on his computer, but that's not something I knew him to do. Of course, I agreed to go. So I left my girl and my 2-month-old daughter for a few days just to help this guy out...

Turns out he needed a scapegoat. He was found not guilty, and all it cost was my reputation. Everyone I served with now thinks I downloaded those illegal things on his computer. 

Which lead to mental illnesses, and major trust issues making it impossible for me to get close to people.

atreestump1

A roommate I got along with more than a friend but here it goes. I lived near the Gulf of Mexico during Hurricane Katrina and my house, among many others, was rendered uninhabitable. 

Housing was scarce so I used roommates.com or something and moved to a trailer park in a woman’s spare bedroom. I had 2 dogs. She told me she put me on the lease and the dogs were ok.

The landlord came by and it turned out I wasn’t on the lease and dogs were not allowed. Also, my German Shepherd got knocked up and just had puppies.

The landlord was furious and not at all sympathetic to my plight. She called the Sheriff and they’d arrest me if I wasn’t out by early AM. Sheriff confirmed this. I was young and didn’t think to legally contest this, It was time to go. The relationship with the roommate obviously soured.

I think a couple of days before this, I sold 2 puppies to a neighbor. My roommate let my Shepherd outside and went to work. My dog found the puppies and her instincts to protect them made her snap at the neighbor. 

No bites or scratches but with kids, they decided to give the pups back. So now I also have the cops saying my dog would be put in the pound if found outside.

The day before I had to move out, I had a full day of work. I said what was up to my roommate and to not leave my dog outside. She left my dog outside and went to work herself. So I came home to find my poor dog had been outside all day, roaming free in a trailer park.

I moved out, with the landlady and sheriff watching me and laughing. I was broke and found a couch to crash on, but no dogs were allowed. Paid to have my Shepherd boarded till I found a home but had to take the other dog and all the puppies to a shelter. All my family was 800 miles away. 

Nothing I could do. So yeah, I don’t even remember the woman’s name but I’ll never forget what she did.

scockd

They talked badly about me in a different language... in front of me. I'm not saying you can't speak your own language, you definitely can! It was just really clear they were talking about me. 

They pointed and giggled and when I asked what they were talking about, they'd always say it was nothing. I always let it slide because I didn't have enough courage to ask them what's up. 

I considered them to be my best friends. One of the girls also screenshotted a text that I sent when I reached rock bottom. That night I cried myself to sleep on the floor. I trusted them with my problem. 

I found out that she screenshotted me when I was deleting her old pictures from recently deleted to free up some space when she asked me to take good pictures of her (I didn't think it'd be a big deal; we were kids so there wasn't anything she would have to hide that's inappropriate). 

I never confronted her about it. To this day, I don't know who she sent that to. On graduation day, none of my best friends talked to me except once when the same girl who screenshotted my texts asked me to walk her to the washroom because she was wearing high heels. 

They also kicked me out of their table and didn't take any pictures with me. I'm very definite that I wasn't the best kid at that time, I'm still not, and that I've also done bad things at that time that have most likely hurt others. But damn, it really hurt me when I noticed all of this a year later.

[deleted] 

I was in the hospital having my first child. Two of my friends were going around telling anyone who would listen that my boyfriend wasn't the father. 

My boyfriend never doubted me and our son looks just like a mini version of him. 15 years and 3 more kids later, the boyfriend is now my husband, and those "friends" have been out of our lives for a long time now.

AngerIsMyDefaultMode

Not a friend, but a sister. I had this enormous crush on this guy. I was too shy to talk to him and just adored him from afar. Sister says "Be his secret admirer. That way, he can get to know you.” For a month I put notes and cards in his car a few times a week. 

One weekend, sis and I go out and I see him. I point him out and tell her that's the guy I'm in love with. She tells me she's going to go talk to him about me and get us hooked up. 

I wait for thirty minutes, but she doesn't return. I go inside the restaurant they are in, and turn a corner to find her making out with him. That was a devastating blow.

[deleted]

We were getting ready for a party. They told me to go to the store to get substances while they were breaking my quarter ounce of substances down. I went and came back, apt was locked and everyone was gone. 

I lived with them so I was knocking on the door for their mother to answer, not a single thing for 30 minutes, it’s late at night and cold. I slide open the window and immediately the mother goes off on me. 

She was standing there not answering the whole time. So after all of that, we get into a massive argument. Everyone came back from the party and they smoked everything before returning. 

They didn't even reimburse me. Then, I had to move that weekend because of the fact that I tried to enter the house through the window. Bringing this up just made me upset because this was one of those things I put aside and did nothing about.

[deleted]

In 2nd grade, we had to vote for who would be the "president" of the class (they had this in my school, the president every Friday would need to say how was the week for them), me and my buddy agreed that we would vote for each other. 

When we voted, I voted for him, but I didn't get any votes. I asked him "Did you even vote for me?", he sat silently, then the Bugs Bunny teeth kid said that he voted for him. I was so angry that I wanted to hit him with a metal bat. Goddamnit!

signedupcauseofgio

I let a friend borrow part of my plastic dinosaur collection (it was pretty extensive and I was really proud of it). I was in a cramped dorm and at the time I appreciated that they weren't taking up space for a few weeks. 

I went to her room a few days before I moved out to get them back and she locked her door and wouldn't let me in. I went back every day and sent other friends to try to get them, but to no avail. 

The day I moved out she wasn't home and left the door unlocked so I let myself in and she had hidden them so I could only find one. I still have my half of the collection, but still can't believe what went down, considering we were both women in our twenties.

beesareoutthere

My 20-year-old friend decided to start gaslighting me despite knowing I have extreme anxiety issues. I begged and begged him to cut it out for 4 freaking years - but he wouldn't and when I asked why he said it was funny watching me get upset... 

I didn't want to lose my only friends but I had to make the decision to be alone and mentally sane. They still blame me and stuff on me behind my back. Evil jerks.

Irorak2

I loaned her $4k to fix her car. Let her wear my shoes and clothes. She started fighting with me for no reason, called me a witch, and blocked me on her phone. 

Then started arguing with me in public and threatening me. I got tired and got a temporary restraining order. Went to court for permanent. Her mum was at the hearing. 

She tried to slander me and paint me as a violent person, which I am out. Meanwhile, this witch has thrown chairs at bars at other girls. Out of respect for her mum, I didn’t say all this. Finally got a 3-year permanent order. Screw her.

xtrenix

My friend literally left me out in the cold. One Christmas, we were arranging drinks on a group chat, and lots of people were busy so only three people plus me could come. One of these was Dave, and we agreed to meet at a village near his house.

The day before the drinks, Dave cancels. Okay, not a huge deal. He says he's having a family dinner that evening. I arrive at the village the next day and get texts from both the remaining friends that there's been a train accident and it's causing big delays. 

One of them isn't coming and the other will be an hour late. So I called Dave and said "Hi, this has happened, can I come round yours while I wait?". He said no. I say I don't want to disrupt his family meal, but it's cold outside. 

He still says no, that it would be too disruptive. I'm stunned and go wait in the bar on my own for an hour. We'd been friends for years but I haven't spoken to him since.

MonmonCat

I had been playing in a metal band for many years. When I left it, I wanted to take a break from playing guitar, but I didn't want my instrument to be left unused in a corner so I left it (with my amp, pedals, and all equipment) at my bass player's house so he could use it.

Of course, this lovely guy took it all with him when he moved to the other side of the country.

When I learned from someone else that he was gone (because he of course had not warned me before going), do I have to say he of course never answered my phone calls and texts??

20 years after, I still think about it every day because, not only was it a rare model I could never replace, it was my very first guitar. I had bought it for a friend of mine who died a few months later so it was a very important object to me.

Y., what a fool I've been to think you would simply be honest to me after all these years we had spent playing together...

SilentLonely

A friend's family fell on hard times. I had an emergency fund and let them borrow a five-digit amount of money to swing their mortgage and groceries.

A few years go by and there's no attempt at paying me back, the couple gets divorced and life goes on.

One day the dude emails me and shows me an ad for a classic car for $11000 and asks me what I think (he knows I'm into cars).

I give him my opinion, but add at the bottom that maybe he might consider paying me back before spending money on frivolous toys (he already had two cars).

He went off on an angry two-page rant about how his ex-wife was the one who messed me over and he was ripped off much worse, blah blah blah, and then never talked to me again.

It was an expensive lesson to learn from. A, never loan out money you can't afford to lose, and B, if it's friends and family, give them the money, don't loan it. It's not worth risking friendships over. I'm still owed that money and it's been 15 years.

Arrokoth

My best friend in middle school kissed my boyfriend at his house while I was grounded. I dumped him and stayed friends with her. When I was 21, she tried really hard to kiss my fiancée (at the time) at her apartment after I had left. 

She was married at this point. I had to go to work early in the morning, so he stayed and hung out with other friends. She dragged him on the porch and tried to make a move on him. 

Again, I stayed friends with her. I’m 26 now and realized she’s actually not that good of a friend and finally stopped being her friend.

[deleted]

She was new at work. We clicked right away. She went to my family’s baby shower, game nights, I had to help her with her husband’s paperwork as he was a Middle Eastern immigrant, and I gave her career advice. Motivated her to stop doubting herself and even finish her degree. 

And she went ahead and allied with people who wanted me out, she invented lies about my character, contributed to an incredible amount of stress in the work environment, and even invented gossip about the boss in hopes I would spread them around. 

When I finally left, she messaged me saying “People care more about themselves than they will ever care about you”. I learned there never to trust anyone at work and motivated me to start my own gig. She is still there got a promotion, but will never be more than what she is: a lying little witch.

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