Do you know what Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars, Iago from Shakespeare’s Othello, Lord Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish from Game of Thrones, and, for example, Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs have in common? That’s right, they all once pretended to be the nicest people to gain others’ trust, but then inevitably revealed their true colors.
Such characters are usually called “wolves in sheep’s clothing” in folklore – but in fact, we can encounter such people in everyday life. No, of course, they don’t shoot lightning from their fingers or eat people for lunch – but that doesn’t make them any less unpleasant or scary. So today’s collection of stories, made for you by Bored Panda, is dedicated to just such kind of folks.
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#1
My exMIL was super nice to me even after her son and I split. She supported me living with them, going back to high school and being a part time waitress to pay for diapers and such. She stayed home and looked after baby. Then one day came home and she said “the adoption’s in progress!” Like just expecting me to be super happy she wanted my baby as her own! I moved out, got on welfare until I finished high school and spent the next 7 years fighting her for custody. Her son was a minor figure in the court battles.
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#2
I kinda have a story for this. I was working on a team doing tech work on devices. We all sat in the same general area, but due to seating constraints, my desk was off to the side away from the others.
We get a new guy on the team and he is the friendliest guy ever. He’s so polite. He even stopped me in a hallway and randomly gave me money to use at the snack machine we were standing by.
End of the day, he leaves and the team is talking about the new guy. Im like “oh he’s great right?” Everyone looks at me like I’ve grown a second head.
Apparently he was a huge POS, refusing to do work and even stealing food from coworkers literally on his first day. He was the son of some big shot salesperson up the corporate ladder, and I guess he mistook me for a boss because of my seating arrangement. He was sucking up to me while being a POS to everyone else. He was fired the same day he was hired. Who knows if sucking up to the correct person would’ve helped.
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#3
It was my friend. She was there for me after a bad breakup—always checking in, always so “supportive.” I thought she genuinely cared. But over time, I realized she thrived on my pain. She’d subtly put me down, isolate me from others, make me feel like I couldn’t trust anyone but her.
By the time I saw it, I felt completely alone. She wasn’t a friend. She just liked having control over someone weaker.
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#4
My brother, kind of. He’s been good to me for the most part. We collaborated a lot when we were younger. I edited all of his papers from undergrad to law school.
But I always knew he was a wolf. I just didn’t know he’d do it to me. While in the doldrums of my career, I was working for my dad. My pay was based on the profits of the store I entirely ran with some residuals from some other parts of the business; none of this was written in a formal contract, but rather several informal agreements based on trust. One year I nearly made more than $100k. I told my brother this, thinking he’d be happy for me.
Noooope. He was upset I was going to make more than him. So he called my dad and convinced him that if he continued with my “sweetheart deal”, dad could be sued by my other siblings, so I got a massive paycut. This is of course nonsense. The only person who could sue dad was now me for breach of contract, as the agreements were firm enough for a courtroom.
My dad told me about the call from my brother but I asked my brother and he lied and said that dad was confused.
I decided to quit and started looking for a new job. Told my brother this and he sent an email to try to convince me to stay, arguing it was beneficial for me, but somehow I was able to see that he was just trying to protect his inheritance, as I was supposed to be running the store after dad retired, for the benefit of all the family.
The final straw was when I asked him for patent advice a few months later and he gave the one piece of advice a lawyer would never give: “file it on your own **and don’t hire a lawyer**.” He’s been blocked since. That was about 2 years ago and I have no intention of changing anything.
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#5
My biological older half brother I had never met before played victim and freeloaded a whole Vegas trip off of me and my family (not his). He had this dorky clumsy helpless energy to him that was warm but also pitiable so people would help him out and spot him for a lot of things. He was the type to show up to a dinner or something with no money, sit there and sadly say “oh I don’t need anything I got food in my bag back in the room” until someone offered to pay for his sushi.
I confronted him about these antics one night after noticing a pattern and his whole demeanor just disappeared and what was left was this cold, sinister look like I just saw the mask slip. He flatly stated he had no idea what I was talking about before jumping right back into his cheery expression. Never felt so creeped out by a person. We ended up getting into a fight the next day and I kicked him out and told him never talk to me again, I don’t care if we share a deadbeat father, you are nothing and no one to me but a parasite.
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#6
Men who wanna “help” a young lady.. only to manipulate her and make her dependent on him.
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#7
“Anna” was the leader of a Christian group I volunteered with as a college student. She was extremely happy all the time to a point where it began to feel forced. One morning I was supposed to volunteer packaging meals at a food pantry, I woke up sick and called off. A couple hours later, she emails me in all caps calling me things like “SELFISH… UNRELIABLE… UNABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH WORK”. Multiple paragraphs. Mind you I didn’t want to package food while sick. Also it was for volunteer hours not “work” so there was no issue with calling off. Anna calls me in privately to her office “hear my explanation why I couldn’t make it”. In – person she was super nice again and pretended like that wasn’t her sending the unhinged email. The meeting went fine but I avoided her from then on out.
Months later, she was fired for a series of issues but mostly allegedly having an affair with one of her student volunteers the same age as her kids.
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#8
I was dating this Japanese international student who moved here by herself at 15 to attend private school (I met her when she was 20)…Her dad was super polite and liked to get on the phone with me and do his best to speak to me in English, to thank me for bringing her to my family’s home for holiday meals etc. Really sweet guy. He even hosted my friend at his vacation property when he found out I had a friend traveling through Japan. My friend said “He’s covered in tattoos and rolls with an entourage of very polite but dangerous looking guys. He’s a Yakuza boss.” My girlfriend never directly confirmed that he was Yakuza because she said she didn’t know about his business but she mentioned he had tattoos and that he always traveled with an entourage.
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#9
My ex-wife used me having cancer and epilepsy to manipulate me. Thankfully I divorced that oxygen thief. I’ve remarried and both of us are very happy.
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#10
Dated a guy who preached on the street during the day and and beat me at night lol.
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#11
Catholic school, sister Clementine, was a real piece of work. Sister Regina at the next school was cut from the same cloth. Let’s just say those brides of Christ hadn’t learned much from his teaching. Yet they were the ones in charge of teaching a bunch of vulnerable children.
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#12
Several childhood bullies. Thought they were ok until they attacked me. I learned hard lessons. .
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#13
He learned everything about me then proceeded to make me out to be crazy when in reality, he was cyber bullying me, stalking me, and doing other horrific things to me. It took me being off social media for a while and moving for him to finally leave me alone. I never knew someone like him existed outside of lifetime movies. He caused me to nearly take my own life because I was so terrified of him. Now, when I see or am near anyone who has even the smallest red flag, I am instantly on guard. Years of therapy have helped me. But, I’m just grateful to be out of that situation.
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#14
When I was 9, a new boy moved into our street. He was kind, shared sweets, and always wanted to hang out. I thought I’d made a real friend
But behind my back, he told others my secrets things I’d trusted him with
That’s when I learned
Not everyone who smiles at you means well
Some people aren’t friends They’re just good at pretending.
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#15
This old guy that I used to know he told me he was a guitarist and played for a lot of big bands. Tried to make a move on me come to find out he can’t even play….
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#16
I see them all the time. It’s kind of wrong to call them an wolf though. Wolves have a sense of duty and care towards their pack.
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#17
A teacher in high school. Nice at first until one day, he got mad and punished me for not listening to him. The next day before class, he sat next to me and told me I should hang out with him and be dropped off at his house. I ignored him. A year later, I was walking to my next class, and he was going the other way. For some reason, his face was purplish red, and he looked enraged. I ignored him again, but in my peripheral vision, I saw him staring at me, his head turning as I passed him. Never saw him again and hope not to.
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#18
Currently experiencing this one. I’ve recently reconnected with my childhood best friend after not speaking for a couple of years, due to a spat we had when we were 16.
He has a different best friend now, as do I, and he wants us to be friends. I’ve spent the past couple of months getting to know her, going full-out friendship mode, because I genuinely wanted to be her friend. I really thought she liked me, she’s always smiley and kind when we hang out, only to find out that she’s been talking about me behind my back to all of my friends and making fun of me :(.
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#19
Somewhat amusingly- a long time friend who spent too much time around a manipulative sociopath and she became EXACTLY the same.
I was busy with my own life & once she started acting like…a wolf in sheep’s clothing….I helped her move out of my place and quit dealing with her.
In hindsight, I almost felt sorry for her but I had been very very kind and patient so I’m glad she f-ed off into the sunset.
Some nice times, but hey, all good things come to an end.
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#20
My family members. I grew up and realized how out of pocket they really are and decided to keep my distance.
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