Life is full of disappointments, both large and small. That doesn’t mean that life itself is all misery—quite the opposite. But it’s important to recognize that pain, failure, and dashed expectations are unavoidable parts of being a human being. Learning how to deal with them becomes a necessity.
Reddit user u/Just_Surround_2108 recently went viral after urging the r/AskReddit community to share the biggest things they were disappointed by when they grew up. Similar to how a child might feel when they learn that Santa Claus is not real. You’ll find their honest opinions, touching on everything from work to relationships and beyond, as you scroll down.
Oh, and just for the record—we fully believe that Santa is real. Anyone who tells you otherwise is probably working for the Grinch.
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#1
Being a hard worker and good at your job doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll be rewarded for it.
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#2
Finding out that in the US it’s not really democrat vs republican, it’s the rich elites versus the rest of us.
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#3
If you’re intelligent, you have to be quiet because of people who are stupid.
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#4
Sometimes there is no justice.
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#5
That some friends were never really your friend.
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#6
When both your parents die. I am in my mid 50’s and had my mom pass on Mother’s Day ‘22. My Dad then was living with us from then, and eventually reached in-home hospice status with a sudden stage IV cancer diagnosis. He died in January of this year, and then I got laid off from my tech job and was unemployed for 10 months. Nothing takes the wonderment and positive outlook from the world than having to empty out your childhood home solo and throw everything you grew up with into a big dumpster and are left to wonder what our lives really mean.
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#7
Finding out the truth about Mother Teresa
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#8
HR is NOT on your side.
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#9
The money doesn’t trickle down. It never did
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#10
Finding out that someone you have looked up to and admired your entire life is actually a horrible person.
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#11
You never actually feel like the adult
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#12
Bullies don’t always get their comeuppance. In fact, sometimes they achieve great things. Even the presidency.
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#13
Learning that two people can love each other more than anything in this world and still not be a good fit for a long term relationship.
True and pure Love isn’t always enough
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#14
When you buy an 8-piece tupperware set, 4 of the pieces are lids.
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#15
That time period when your relationship switches and your parent looks to you for answers and advice, instead them being the one with all the answers.
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#16
Realizing organized religion is a bunch of nonsense
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#17
One dumb mistake and it could all be over.
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#18
The average salary does not go up equivalent to the inflation rate.
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#19
That the world doesn’t stop when someone you love and need dies.
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#20
When I was a kid I thought adults had everything figured out and couldn’t wait to grow up so I could be like them. HAH.
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#21
Recycling is, for the most part, a scam by corporations to move the physical and emotional weight of dealing with the harm their packaging causes off them and on to you.
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#22
Working full time and being too drained to chase your actual dream
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#23
Churches are businesses that collect tax free money and provide very few actual services with it.
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#24
Discovering that you can pay 1700.00/mth rent, but can’t get a 1500/month mortgage
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#25
$500 isn’t a lot of money
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#26
Finding out that your parents are people, too, with weaknesses or flaws that you were blind to when you were young.
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#27
For me it was realizing the high school mindset in people never ends see it in 60 yr olds in Facebook now
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#28
That going to college and getting a 9-5 wasn’t going to be the fun, creative, latte-filled experience rom coms would have you believe.
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#29
Finally owning a house, then realising you now have to go through the effort and expense of maintaining it.
It’s great you’ve got a house for 100k, now enjoy saving and spending at least half that to stop it crumbling, leaking or falling down over the next decades.
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#30
When you finish eating your dinner and there is no magical person to wash the dishes and you have to wash them yourself.
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#31
Christmas Bonuses almost NEVER exist. Worse fantasy than the clause…
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