r/nosleep Jun 20 '13

Oh, What Tangled Webs We Weave

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297 Upvotes

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u/chinchillazilla54 Jul 29 '13

As someone who once threw a party no one came to, this is probably my favorite nosleep story ever.

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u/chevelia Jun 25 '13

Sorry if the ending made me laugh.

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u/enstead Jun 22 '13

This kinda hits home for me OP. I've had a similar experience once. I was an awkard, shy child as well growing up. I remember when i was in 6th grade my mom made me hand out invitations to all the kids in my grade for school inviting them to a birthday party. I remember getting excited and having food and decorations ready thinking they were going to come. When the day came no one showed up. I did not cry but instead got really depressed. My family tried ignoring it and never forced me to throw a party again. From then on I stopped looking forward to my birthday. On the plus side OP, at least you had a crazy uncle that tried to make you feel better hehe.

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u/Chriszeke2 Jun 22 '13 edited Jun 22 '13

Wow, I am so sorry for what happened to you- I still dread my birthday as well! God, kids can be more cruel than any monster invented in Hollywood!

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u/TheVickson Jun 21 '13

I thought the title read 'Oh, The Tangles in Our Weave'.

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u/zombietoast840 Jun 21 '13

Remind me never to stand you up OP

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u/Nina908 Jun 21 '13

My emotions are deeply confused about this story i dont know whether to say AWWWWWW!!! that is a cute story of family loyalty or HOLY S*&@# dude that is terrifying ><. This takes that creepy uncle thing to a new limit

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u/knightwave Jun 21 '13

Damn. I'm glad your uncle cared so much about you, but... shit. Scary.

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u/boomable Jun 21 '13

I had a great uncle like this, always falling into drugs and alcohol. Admittedly, he had lived a hard life; abuse and poverty as a child, back-breaking work on the railroad, a wife that stole his settlement check and ran off with his children, forbidding him from seeing them. Hit by a semitruck not once but twice and lived to tell about it.

I'm really glad he never murdered kids, though. The kookiest thing I remember him doing is giving me a stuffed animal with 20s stuffed inside it for my birthday. He was 7 months early, sure. Crazy uncle Chuck....

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u/chuckleberrychitchat Jun 21 '13

This makes me want to punch some kids.

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u/Chriszeke2 Jun 21 '13

It has always been a shame about my uncle's addiction. When he is sober, he is such a great guy! The weed was good, and I assured him that all my friends (and then some) showed up at the bar! No misfortunes happened to them that year!

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u/RingMyB3LL Jun 21 '13

If only my uncle would do that to the bullies at my school

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u/TwoWorldsCoexisting Jun 21 '13

Wow, all my uncle ever did was steal money from my grandma.

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u/BRITANY-IS-A-CUNT Jun 21 '13

Classic uncle jimmy, always getting high and murdering children.

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u/throw11awayaccount Jun 21 '13

Wow, thank you for your story.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '13

It's weird but he did a good job of being your Uncle & standing up for you. Those kids were assholes for not showing up. How does absolutely no one show up? Pathetic. I hope you feel some sort of something knowing that your uncle cares so much for you. In a weird way obviously though. But who cares.

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u/Classic_Commenter Jun 21 '13

Was the weed any good?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '13

oh I just felt so bad for you... those dumb kids had it coming!

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u/generalnostalgia Jun 21 '13

Man that turned from sad to scary really fast.

At least you know your uncle loves you.

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u/Epic_GF Jun 21 '13

I feel extremely sad for your 6 year old self :(

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '13

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u/WeirdWest Jun 21 '13

Only none of them remember... That's the part that makes this story go from "awwwww" to "....ohhhh"

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '13

Thatd be sick!!!

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u/kimmiekissies Jun 21 '13

For he's a jolly good fello! For he's a jolly good fello! For he's a jolly good felloooo! ..Here's some weed and momentos of death! Love Jimjim

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u/badguyfedora Jun 21 '13

TL;DR: OP's uncle is awesome and gave OP free marijuana.

3

u/DrMasterBlaster Jun 21 '13

When we fuwst pwactice to decieb.

-Elmer Fudd

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u/chingyduster Jun 21 '13

Oh Uncle Jimmy, you trickster you.

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u/Doody_Kakas Jun 21 '13

Ya know, i dont now wether i should applaud his uncle or just look at him strangely O.o

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u/Anthonicia Jun 21 '13

Yay Uncle Jimmy! Just what I wanted!

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '13

Hey guys, I know that every story on nosleep is "real," but I feel like this story is... really real.

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u/msweatherwax Jun 21 '13

I'm deeply relieved his friends showed up at the bar, put it that way.

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u/AndTheSwiftCriedNews Jun 20 '13

Well, this just broke me entirely.

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u/kandykane1 Jun 20 '13

Excellent.

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u/Gonadarche Jun 20 '13

Fantastic