People Who Faced a Plot Twist Bigger Than Fiction

Not everything in life turns out the way we want it to. Something odd, embarrassing, or totally unexpected might utterly upend your plans just when you think you have it all worked out. People in this collection describe experiences that left them feeling as though they were in a movie, astonished or shocked. These short stories demonstrate how ordinary days can suddenly become unexpected.

Story 1:

My coworker begged me to watch her dog for five days. Easy. Chill golden retriever. We became besties.

Day three, I come home, and he’s gone. Door locked, no signs of struggle. I cried in the hallway. Like, full sobbing, assuming I just ruined this woman’s life.

Turns out her ex-boyfriend, who she hadn’t spoken to in six months, had a key. He missed the dog. Thought it’d be “a nice surprise.” She broke down, apologizing. I aged six years in one evening.

Story 2:

I bought one of those DNA kits during a holiday sale. Was hoping to find out if I had Viking roots or something cool.

Instead, I got matched with a half-brother. Then another.

Then three more. I called my mom, panicking. She went d3ad silent.

Turns out my dad had a kid in a past relationship—then another. Then two more.
He never told anyone. Not even her. It wasn’t a secret life. It was more like… a whole secret miniseries. Now I have a WhatsApp group full of people who share my nose and favorite ice cream.

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Story 4:

My niece had back pain for a couple of months. One time she visited us for lunch. She had horrible back pain and stomach pain and was crying in bed from the pain.

Once we took her to the hospital, she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. She was way more surprised than us. © ZeoBorlis / Reddit

Story 5:

When I was in high school, two girls from my high school, with similar names, had dated the same two guys and switched. This was already scandalous in our small high school. Here comes the twist.

Come to find out, the two guys, football players, were in a relationship behind their backs. So in both relationships, the girls were being che:ated on by their boyfriends with their ex-boyfriends. I still think they don’t know, but there’s a good chance they are not together anymore. © 1pptouch / Reddit