What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?

[shehardlysleeps]

I’m in a reflective mood, and it’s got me thinking about something I did a few years ago which is probably the thing I’m most deeply ashamed of.

There was a coworker who really rubbed me up the wrong way. I was very unhappy at the time, and going through an awful time personally. She would make snide comments about me, do things with my family members (who were colleagues too) which really got my back up, I felt like she judged me harshly and was pretty rude. Along with another colleague they made three or four very nasty comments which still stick with me.

Instead of raising a grievance, which I should have done, I took to posting about her on another website (along the lines of Mumsnet), not realising she used it too. She saw the posts and reported me, and I ended up facing a meeting with HR and a senior partner of the firm I was working in. It damaged my reputation within the firm forever and I ended up leaving after not being offered a promotion. I still feel ashamed of it now, nearly half a decade on, and feel like it’s tarred me forever.

Whats the worst thing you’ve ever done?

I got drunk and let a married co-worker go down on me, his wife found out and left him

Ghosted a friend after she was really there for me when I was depressed

I need to be more poorly behaved. Clearly. I am still mortified that I threw up on DH 4 weeks into dating as I was very pissed.. (30 years ago)

@KeeleyJ awful but karma! Epic genius “accident”

Funny one day as my 5 year old daughter piped up, right behind 2 HMV staff members "are we returning those videos you bought in Woolworths daddy?" Shhh...you'll get me shot.

I think its because we are taugh/conditioned its safer not to confess.

I didn't take proper care of two pet terrapins when I was about 9 or 10. They got sick and died. I still feel horrible about my neglect and the suffering I caused these two little creatures.

I would be so upset to have received one of these. The instant feeling of finally some financial relief only to realise it was a cruel joke would have broken me.

Ehhhhh more fool HMV for allowing returns without proof of purchase 🤷‍♀️

Aged 9 I hid my grandads glasses. He was as blind as a bat and was poking down the loo. "I know it's him" but of course my mum defended me They turned up after a week and never did admit it. He was a grumpy old twat, needing teaching a lesson. Spent 6 months with each of his kid's families.

Spot on. Couldn't have cash but CD's or credit notes were fine by me. Had a disabled travel pass too so no tube fares.

Well

Although, what about "you shall not kill"??

I don't even have the courage to type mines. Actually feel suicidal on most days. Anyway, it is what it is..

That was so mean and cruel. He must be twisted

Absolutely nothing that has been said so far is remotely close to the worst thing I’ve done so I’m keeping 🤐

I used to treat boys quite badly, drop them after a week, never knew why I even went out with some of them in the first place. I also wasn't very nice in a couple of instances when I worked at a riding stables I was pretty mean to one girl and a bit arrogant and rude to other people. I wish I could go back and be nicer, I do fret about it quite a lot. Consequently I try very hard to be a nice person now.

Once was at my mum's and we went to Meadowhall shopping centre. Mum asked my daughter. Where's your dad gone? "Oh just to HMV to do another scam, won't be long...

Back in my 20’s I had a really good male friend. He looked after me when I had my heart broken and was always there for me when I needed someone - even when my misfortune was my own fault. I knew that he was hoping for more than friendship and honestly I had feelings for him too, but I resolutely kept him as “just a friend” because our cosy situation with no strings and no pressure suited me just fine. I think I assumed we’d end up together one day but wasn’t ready to commit. Meanwhile I shagged around with a string of randoms who meant nothing to me, just because I could, and I wasn’t remotely discreet about it. Eventually he pulled away from me and stopped calling, and I had the nerve to be hurt and angry…until I grew up a bit and examined my own behaviour. Nobody’s ever been kinder to me, and I’ll always hate myself for hurting him.

I think if that's the worse thing you've done, you're a pretty good person 😅
I feel like generally I was brought up okay so I'm not sure why when I got to teens/early 20s I seemed to lack morals! I think I went a bit wild being given a free reign and got carried away in the excitement of life. I'm not proud of some of the stuff I've done and it actually seems so opposite to who I am today.

Know it’s wrong, but couldn’t help laughing at this!

I won’t tell!

Worked with a chap got on like a house on fire, I was late teens he was early 20’s. Funny chap who made work more fun.
His girlfriend was obsessed with ‘us’ constant harassment that we shouldn’t talk - he was my
manager so pretty difficult not to!. She’d ring me from his phone, get all our colleagues involved who were all young. Bar job type.

Everyone thought we’d slept together, I was getting all the backlash from doing it so in the end slept with him.

As one might say I was doing the time might as well do the crime.

The attraction might not have been so strong if she wasn’t so obsessive and pushy. Taught me a lesson about what sort of girlfriend I’d be in for future relationships.

its not my greatest moment and to be fair im the single one but i like to try to encourage people to have affairs not because of the chase, but more of how corruptible they would be and weather they would do it as a one off and regain their morals, or weather they get a taste and cheat regularly etc

The worst thing I've done is stay quiet when I should have spoken up. Watched a friend get bullied. Didn't say anything. Was scared of becoming the target. Still haunts me. Your mistake was public. Mine was silent. Both shameful. Both forgivable.

Thank you. It's good to know others did it. 💔

I know they're both married &, I hope, happy.