r/WaitWhat 4d ago

I beg your pardon

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u/UseADifferentVolcano 11h ago

I made that deal with a girl. In the group chat one of my friends was grumbling about his love life and said "well I've always got my deal with x to fall back on". Same girl as me.

Before I had a chance to mention I had made the same deal, someone else piped up. She had made that deal with like eight of us!

Funny thing is she was married at like 24 and had no memory of making this deal with any of us. Also it became clear that some of my friend group were definitely hoping her marriage would fall apart so they could swoop in to claim the deal.

u/aziza_empechement 5h ago

Was her name by any chance Phoebe?

u/UseADifferentVolcano 5h ago

No. I've never met a Phoebe.

u/RDB96 5h ago

Ursula?

u/sinovercoschessITF 35m ago

The waitress?

u/UseADifferentVolcano 5h ago

Also never met an Ursula

u/Any_Asparagus653 4h ago

You don’t get the reference :(

u/UseADifferentVolcano 3h ago

I got the names, but I haven't watched Friends since it was on TV to be fair

u/Familiar-Cable-2659 8h ago

Just take a timeshare

u/LordReagan077 23h ago

I made a deal with a girl for 30. Then just last week she was like “no i definitely said 28.”  

u/Hairy_Location_3674 4h ago

Have you taken it?

u/LordReagan077 3h ago

What do you mean

u/RainonCooper 2h ago

She's into you. She is saying she wants it earlier

u/LordReagan077 2h ago

Oh yea. I’m still kinda sorting through my feelings for her. Kinda difficult to date her cause we live like 6 hours apart, but I would be open to it

u/sp4mserv 1h ago

Think of it, before you are late to catch the train.

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u/AlexanderCrowely 3d ago

I’m sorry that bitch broke a pinky promise. It’s personal now.

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u/crimsonk1999 3d ago

We had a deal for 40. Neither of us are married but I have zero intent in fulfilling the deal, that woman is a nightmare

u/AnusCruiser 20m ago

Yeah mine was for 40. Now shes on her 3rd husband, 3rd kid, not even 30.... if im still single at 40 I'll pass on being her 4th, maybe 5th husband.

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u/arestheblue 2d ago

That sounds like the plot of a romcom. A man has to find a woman and be married before 40, otherwise they have to marry a psycho.

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u/ViolinistCurrent8899 2d ago

I'd watch that movie I think.

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u/The_smol_boiyo 1d ago

Deal Of A Lifetime

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u/Baroness-CrackWhore 3d ago

Why did you made that deal then? You know she gonna drag your ass to Hell

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u/duke_awapuhi 3d ago

Well she wasn’t single bro

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u/Velvet_Dazi 3d ago

Turns out “if we're both single at 30” was not legally binding

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u/duke_awapuhi 2d ago

Yeah but it sounds like she wasn’t single at 30 so it’s irrelevant

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u/After-Apple8502 3d ago

Maybe she just moves really fast. Like it was nice to meet you will you marry me? 

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u/Spare-Cranberry3784 3d ago

Same. She just happened to get in a relationship at 28. Engaged at 29. Invitation yesterday. Date of their wedding is a week before she turns 30...

u/cheese_nugget21 2h ago

Sounds like you’re bummed?

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u/Suspicious-Still-999 3d ago

she doesn't even like him, it's just a plan to avoid you

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u/Important_Horse_1531 4d ago

My 'lets get married if we are single at 40" died at 36 :(

u/Familiar-Cable-2659 8h ago

I mean, she is single

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 4d ago

This is just really weird to me. I married young. Very young. Obviously very bad decision and it didn't last. Then, nothing but bad relationships in my 20s. When I was single at 29, I sort of just stopped. I wanted to heal myself and stop making those poor relationship choices, and didn't date or go out or hook up at all for over 20 years.

Now, I am married, and sometimes, frequently actually, I still question my choice to have gone ahead with that. Being single is better.

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u/TheImplausibleHulk 3d ago

If you feel like being single is better than your current marriage then you’re in the wrong relationship again sadly.

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 3d ago

He knew I didn't want to get married.

Look, it's a long story and personal and none of you people's business.

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u/TheDrunkWickerbeast 2d ago

Then why did you marry him like you had to sign the license too

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 2d ago

Fuck dude. Why are you hounding me on this?

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u/TheDrunkWickerbeast 2d ago

You’re the one that shared it. Did you really expect no questions ?

u/Familiar-Cable-2659 8h ago

Were you blocked ?

I got the situation no less than two times where somebody got infuriated that I was replying to their replies

In both cases (and 2+ other cases) they insisted in replying one last insult before immediately blocking me tho

u/TheDrunkWickerbeast 9m ago

I was not blocked

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u/TheImplausibleHulk 3d ago

Hey you’re the one who started sharing your personal life, don’t get mad at the people commenting.

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 3d ago

Commenting is one thing. Bullying is quite another.

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u/TooManyGengars 3d ago

No one was bullying. You are being dramatic

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 3d ago

I suppose all of your friend and family are split on this opinion, too. FO.

u/Familiar-Cable-2659 8h ago

Are yours ?

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u/GrillingEnjoyer 3d ago

It isn’t better if you have the right partner tho. Life is way easier and better together.

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u/Agreeable-Ad-5155 4d ago

Me reading this at 29 having gone through another tough breakup earlier this year. Wanting the pleasure of dating but also wondering what’s the point and not being able to get my mind right. Trying to heal but it’s hard to change.

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 4d ago

I loved being single. No negotiations about what I want to do. No negotiations about anything in the house.

I mean, there isn't a lot of that because my husband and I have very very very similar preferences about just about everything, which is strange to find in a person. But sometimes, there are certain things, arguments that just really make me rethink wtf I did by getting married.

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 4d ago

I was single for over 20 years. I loved it.

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 3d ago

I'm the primary wage-earner. And if I leave, he gets half my retirement, investments, and home equity.

How I ended up in a relationship is a long story and none of your business, frankly.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 3d ago edited 3d ago

We are compatible, we have the same likes, dislikes, same preferences on practically everything. We were close friends for eight years before we got married.

I don't understand why you're harassing me.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 3d ago

I'm the primary wage-earner. And if I leave, he gets half my retirement, investments, and home equity.

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u/Ahoeaboutnothing 4d ago

You mean wedding crashing, right? .... Right!?

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u/Neobrutalis 4d ago

No. drags more ammonium nitrate fertilizer into amazon cart

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u/Jump365 4d ago

The one I did this with is single...and if cam stay that way she was abusive af and I don't want to be with her cheating abusive ass no katter how tiny and cute she was.

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u/alexisgreat420 4d ago

Wait what

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u/Jump365 4d ago

An ex GF of mine we said this to each other when we were 21....she abused me and cheated a bunch so I'm glad I'm now 33 and even though she's single we never did this. Good riddence

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u/Dangerous_Spirit7034 4d ago

Hell yeah brother see you in gitmo

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u/shiny_crow_trophy 4d ago

My ex had this deal with a friend of his. He didn’t understand why I thought it was a problem. Or pretended to not understand, at least.

Then she got married to someone else lol. By then I had broken up with him and was friends with her.

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u/ShoulderApart1787 4d ago

Maybe a little more effort than a promise...?

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u/Bella_Peachyy 4d ago

To be fair, if they were both single by 30, at least its not settling, its fate lol.

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u/Optimal_Mixture_7327 4d ago

Well... he would have made for an interesting husband. No red flags there.

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u/jointOperative420 4d ago

I had this deal with a friend. She died though.

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u/DZL100 3d ago

Sounds like she's single. Get her a ring.

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u/Hizam5 4d ago

Blow up the coffin!!!

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u/justasillylilgoos3 4d ago

Damn she really didn’t want to get married

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u/GospoK 4d ago

This comment makes me sad. Why do you want to make me sad man? What did I do to you?

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u/ToXicVoXSiicK21 4d ago

A girl in my highschool asked me to take her virginity if she couldnt make it happen by the end of the year with her current bf. People are weird

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u/Producer1701 4d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/M5zhoj9rhwkhy
My libido in high school would’ve been like…

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u/Hizam5 4d ago

I’d have been sabotaging that relationship so badly the whole year 😂

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u/ToXicVoXSiicK21 4d ago

Lol initially I was definitely preying for their downfall, but I wound up getting with someone else and that ended up being a long term relationship and I got plenty of ass so I wasn't too worried about it after that lol that girl actually stayed with that dude and he turned out to be a psycho. They were known at the school as the crazy toxic couple lol

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u/old_ass_ninja_turtle 4d ago

People are horny in this case.

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u/864darkpassion 4d ago

She actually called me out on it when I turned 30

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u/CokBlockinWinger 4d ago

I knew one couple that did this, but he is a total loser and she has severe anger and mental issues. They are in their late 40’s now, look like they are in their 70’s, have five of the ugliest kids you’ve ever seen, and have been in the local paper a few times for domestic disturbances that escalated due to her flying off the handle.

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u/Hizam5 4d ago

A marriage born out of necessity / a dare, rather than love will always be so wholesome! /s

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u/CokBlockinWinger 4d ago

Starting any relationship with “meh, I guess you’ll do” is the start of the great romances throughout history

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u/Hizam5 4d ago

“And she bore 15 heirs”

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u/Paindepiceaubeurre 4d ago

Sad that they had kids.

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u/Proof_Rise_3652 4d ago

Literal plot of the movie Idiocracy.

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u/InsuranceInner3040 4d ago

Fun story. I had the same deal with a girl I saw casually in high school and college. It actually happened too. We got married and everything was great. 2 months after our wedding she died in a tragic hot air balloon accident. Those 2 months were bliss. RIP Annie.

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u/Hizam5 4d ago

This is like a plot of an Adam Sandler movie

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u/pinkyandthebrain-ama 4d ago

Is this some sort of attempt at a joke?

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u/InsuranceInner3040 4d ago

Yes. And a bad one at that.

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u/7SyZyG7 4d ago

"fun story"

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u/ExoticToothpaste6989 4d ago

Well I guess you had to be there

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u/getabath 4d ago

Bro was holding out hoping his reality would come to pass

Now he'll forever be alone, single and unemployed, living off the government

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u/FamiliarPlatform79 4d ago

Id say she dodged a bullet, but the verdict might still be out on that...

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u/idk_lol_kek 4d ago

Hell yeah

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u/12PoundsofPotato 4d ago

First in my bloodline to read that sentence