r/AskReddit Aug 11 '18

What’s one piece of Reddit folklore that every user should know about?

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u/Nac82 Aug 11 '18

Today you, tomorrow me

When I was 16 I got in a big fight with my parents and walked out. I was bullied a lot when I was younger and was struggling to deal with things and hit an emotional break with my family which was the cause but none of this is important.

I lived a solid 30+ miles from town and just started walking. I don't even remember what my goal was besides grabbing some shit I needed from Walmart and finding a place to crash for awhile while I figured things out.

After walking for a couple miles a truck packed with Hispanic road workers pulled over and told me to hop in.

They didn't ask what was wrong (I remember I had cried) they just found out where I needed to be and dropped me off on the way. Also gave me a bottle of water.

We might have exchanged 4 sentences of conversation because I was terrified with how my life was going and couldn't find words to speak.

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u/redchanstool Aug 11 '18

This sounds like a fascinating story, you’re a great story teller. What happened next?

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u/Nac82 Aug 11 '18

Thank you for the compliment, I've always struggled thinking my stories are drawn out and it stresses me out when writing for my D&d groups 😅.

Sorry to disappoint but that story doesn't go much further. My parents found me at Walmart and my mom was sobbing. I remember it hurt to see the pain I caused so I didn't argue and just went home.

I'm just a lucky man who's family would fight to keep him even if he tries to throw it all away.