15 Stories That Prove the Saying “The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions”


It’s inconceivable that any of us can completely predict the outcomes of our actions. Though our intentions seem like noble, every little thing ultimately goes mistaken. After all, we are able to attempt to make issues proper with the individual or flip it right into a comedy, however typically the conclusion is unavoidable.

Story 1: 

I had a buddy. She was introduced up by her great-aunt and lived together with her. Her life was exhausting, and she or he was all the time depressed. I felt sorry for her. I wished to make her completely satisfied.
I was away on her birthday, so I purchased her a current in advance and requested my husband to give it to her. He introduced it, I was on-line at the time, and noticed every little thing. My husband handed the current to her and left instantly.

A month later she texted me that she fell in love with my husband and to make her completely satisfied I ought to depart him for her. After which she began threatening me. I won’t ever take care of individuals like her anymore! © Overheard / Ideer

Story 2: 

My uncle took me and my brother in as a result of he wished us to get a good training. My mother and pa agreed, as they knew that my uncle could be in a position to give us a higher shot at making one thing of ourselves.

My uncle’s intentions have been good. Nevertheless, my uncle’s spouse made our lives hell. She mainly mistreated us and my uncle was unable to do something about it. So his inaction made him complicit.

Even by the hardships, my brother and I nonetheless managed to get an training, however my uncle’s fame was affected negatively. Members of the family don’t see him the identical method, and his spouse is actually disliked (to put it mildly). It began with good intentions, but it surely didn’t finish effectively for my uncle. © ksoss1 / Reddit

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Story 4: 

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After a protracted break in work and realizing that HR managers don’t prefer it, I ready a okay*ller reply prematurely, “There have been severe private circumstances, I needed to take a break. Now all the issues have been solved, I’m able to work.” I believed I had damaged the system.

However no. “What sort of private circumstances? Why such secrecy? You’re scaring us. Are you troubled? The place’s the assure that these circumstances gained’t recur? So why didn’t you’re employed? You simply didn’t need to?” That is the story of how I used to be outplayed and destroyed at my latest job interview. © Overheard / Ideer

Story 5: 

I was sick, and my husband was nursing me. It was darkish, and he was attempting to give me a sip of ice water whereas I used to be mendacity in mattress. As an alternative, he began waterboarding me with ice water and didn’t notice it as a result of he’s exhausting of listening to and all I may do was gurgle weakly, “please cease.” He didn’t notice he’d poured it throughout me till I began attempting to wiggle away. © brandonisatwat / Reddi

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My spouse was cooking for the Christmas occasion. I determined to assist her. Whereas she went to change, I volunteered to make sandwiches and chop salads. I did it all.

Happy with myself, I stated to her, “The work is achieved.” She checked out it and stated, “The baguette is not reduce at a 45-degree angle, the unfold is not up to the perimeters of the bread, salmon slices are messed up, and an excessive amount of mayonnaise in the salads.”

I took offense and determined to eat muesli with milk. So, we are sitting at the Christmas desk: I have a bowl of muesli, and my spouse has a plate of delicacies. I was offended for about 15 minutes. We made up simply as the primary visitors arrived. Properly, I turned out to be a dangerous helper. © Ward No. 6 / VK

Story 8: 

My husband is a first-class tailor. Girls wait months for his or her attire and pay additional to have them made quicker. They brag their attire on social media and write good evaluations. He has a workshop and 4 employees. He sews for everybody, however not for me.

And all as a result of when he was simply beginning his enterprise, I identified his errors and shortcomings. The final time, 8 years in the past, he made a promise to by no means sew for me once more and has saved his promise ever since. I have his college students making attire for me. So, I am a tailor’s spouse with out his signature gown. It’s a disgrace. © Overheard / Ideer

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Story 10: 

I am a instructor and was working at an impartial faculty supporting struggling college students. One pupil wanted way more assist than we may provide, and I spent the 12 months teaching her dad and mom round higher choices for the next 12 months. Fortunately, her household received her right into a faculty that higher suited her academic wants. And I received laid off as a result of our highest wants pupil was gone, and the varsity felt like they no longer wanted me as a end result. © tiny_****_toucher / Reddit

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I had an concept of giving a cellphone to a buddy for his birthday — his previous one had damaged, and he complained about it a few instances. However I determined to play a prank on him and pack the cellphone in an previous kettle field. I got here to the occasion and handed it to him.

The buddy put it to the pile of all different presents. There was silence from him for 3 days. Then on the fourth day, he referred to as me and stated, “Bro, there’s an awkward scenario right here. Did you deliver the kettle field?”

He gave it to his mum with out opening it. He thought she wanted the kettle extra. However she received an costly cellphone as a substitute and was delighted. It wasn’t good to take it again from her, so he left the cellphone to his mum. © Chamber 6 / VK

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Story 13: 

I as soon as noticed the deal with from somebody’s entrance door had come off and was mendacity on the pavement. I thought that was no good as a result of any person may steal it, or it may get misplaced or no matter, however as a substitute of seeing if I may reattach it (maybe it may click on again on) I put it by their letterbox. So now this individual’s door had no deal with to entry the deal with they would wish to get into their home.

They noticed the tip of me doing this. I thought I used to be going to should shove my skinny arm by the letterbox and get bitten by the canines, I heard bark in an try and attain it. I apologized and so they stated it was fantastic. I haven’t any concept how they received into their home, however I actually was simply attempting to assist. © circus-witch / Reddit

Story 14: 

A buddy advised I go to a dancing class. So I went there together with her sister. After a couple of month, I relaxed and stopped being shy. I observed that I started to dance higher. And at one lesson even the instructor praised me — I was so completely satisfied!

Apparently, I was too completely satisfied. Towards the tip of the category I felt a horrible ache in my decrease again, I couldn’t even stroll dwelling. Turned out I had a hernia recurrence. After the operation, I needed to spend a couple of weeks mendacity down. So, I went dancing, however spent a lot of cash on the operation. © Ward 6 / VK

Story 15: 

My husband gave me a bathe gel for my birthday. I didn’t present it to him, however I received actually offended, as a result of we had no cash issues. I checked that his firm was okay, and we had sufficient cash in our checking account so that he may purchase me at least a bunch of flowers.

I regarded carefully at the gel, and he knew that I hated that perfume. I ended up crying and poured the gel down the bathroom. My husband got here dwelling completely satisfied and stated, “Did you discover it?”
Seems he’d put the ring in the bottle cap. He wished to shock me. So, he needed to retrieve it from the bathroom himself. © Overheard / Ideer