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<p>Life isn&#39;t typically like the movies, but sometimes there&#39;s a genuine plot twist that changes everything. In that one moment, you just know that things will never be the same again. Looking back, we&#39;ve all had these kinds of moments, now people on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/sok6if/what_was_the_biggest_plot_twist_in_your_life/?sort=new">Reddit </a>are sharing theirs.</p><h1>What was the biggest plot twist in your life?</h1><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" onload="(__markFirstPostVisible || function(){})();" src="https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/renderTimingPixel.png" /></div></figure><p>1. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/QwertytheCoolOne/">QwertytheCoolOne</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>When my good friend told me &quot;if you had more confidence, you could get any bitch you wanted&quot;</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m now dating her</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>2. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Mimtein1kjiu/">Mimtein1kjiu</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I graduated law and got engaged to the girl I had been with through university. We both applied for the same graduate program and ended up working in the same office in Canberra.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Three months before our wedding I found out she was cheating on me with our mutual boss, and I broke it off with her. Long story short, it got really, really ugly and the two of us ended up in a very bitter court case over property.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Canberra is a pretty small city and the legal world is pretty bloody small there, too, and everywhere I went I bumped into my ex.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>It was beginning to seriously get me down (her too, as it transpired), and I applied for an Australian government overseas development job in Tuvalu, a pacific island with about 11,000 population.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>It&#39;s quite a prestigious job to get, with only two positions offered for a two-year contract on a rotating basis.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I was successful in the application and moved on-island to start my posting. To discover that my ex was the other successful applicant.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I spent the next two years sharing a tiny office on a tiny island with the person that I quite honestly loathe more than any other in the world.</p> </blockquote><p>3. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LusciousLennyStone/">LusciousLennyStone</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>At my mother&#39;s funeral, people were confused when I said that I was her oldest son. Turns out that after I left home, she <em>never</em> mentioned me to anyone (we parted under less than ideal circumstances).</p> </blockquote><p>4. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ratherghostly/">ratherghostly</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>turns out I have biological siblings that I did not know about my entire life.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>5. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Alien_3115/">Alien_3115</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Thinking I grew up in a loving happy household. Then parents divorced and I start to learn everything my childhood innocence missed.</p> </blockquote><p>6.<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Thediamondtmac2005/">Thediamondtmac2005</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>When I was a kid I didn&#39;t understand homosexuality. I would use it as an insult and claim gays were disgusting and plot twist, I&#39;m bi.</p> </blockquote><p>7. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/legit_muffins/">legit_muffins</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I knew for years I was hard of hearing, and after my wife and I moved into our new place she forced me to get my hearing checked.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Fast forward a few months and I have really bad hearing loss and get prescribed hearing aides.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>The plot twist was I had no idea how many sounds, no matter how small or insignificant, I wasn&#39;t hearing. It was super overwhelming at first but after my brain got used to everyday sounds my quality of life is much better.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Added bonus, I can stream music to my hearing aides, so it&#39;s like having air pods on all the time.</p> </blockquote><p>8. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/woodworkerdan/">woodworkerdan</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Years ago, I was laid off from the job opportunity that kickstarted my career, lost my studio workshop and side business, and saved the person who would become my girlfriend from suicide in the space of four weeks.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>It started a long and rewarding journey to help her transition, and for me to discover what principles are really important to me.</p> </blockquote><p>9. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/janus270/">janus270</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>That all the negative thoughts, criticism and overall shitty opinion of myself and what I imagined everyone else thought about me is actually just anxiety.</p> </blockquote><p>10. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LunarIncense/">LunarIncense</a>:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Went from being a far-right Internet extremist to being trans. Whoops</p> </blockquote><p>11. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/OptimusSublime/">OptimusSublime</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Born with pretty atrocious learning difficulties, had difficulties all through my childhood, failed and withdrew from of my first attempt at college after 1.5-2 years, did the community college route as a take 2, graduated with high honors, went to intense engineering school to finish my bachelors and graduated cum laude.</p> </blockquote><p>12. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/erikswifey/">erikswifey</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Everyone kept bringing up that since my cousin (m, doesn&#39;t want kids) and I were the only children in my father&#39;s family, the family name was gone for sure since I was a woman and would surely be taking a different last name when I married.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Joke&quot;s on them. My husband took my last name because it&#39;s way prettier. And now our two daughters have it. Let&#39;s see if they keep it</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>13. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/robosnake/">robosnake</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Becoming temporarily homeless made me a better father and improved my relationship with my daughter.</p> </blockquote><p>14. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/WhyAreYouGaye/">WhyAreYouGaye</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>The most beautiful woman I have ever seen bought me a beer and initiated a conversation with me. I&#39;d seen her around town but had no fantasies she&#39;d ever be receptive to my advances so I never made any.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>We had a fling and then my visa expired two weeks later and I haven&#39;t seen her since.</p> </blockquote><p>15. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/FungusTaint/">FungusTaint</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I found out my partner of several years was being unfaithful, so I left him and moved back in with my parents two states away.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>After a little over a month, I was able to get a job, a place to live, and an internship at a prominent foundation in the city.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Things were looking really hopeful until I realized I missed my menstrual cycle and was pregnant with his child. Life is a f*cked up mess sometimes.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

15 people share the 'plot twist' that changed their life.

Life isn&#39;t typically like the movies, but sometimes there&#39;s a genuine plot twist that changes everything. In that one moment, you just know that things will never be the same again. Looking back, we&#39;ve all had these kinds of moments, now people on Reddit are sharing theirs.What was the biggest plot twist in your life?1. QwertytheCoolOne: When my good friend told me &quot;if you had more confidence, you could get any bitch you wanted&quot;  I&#39;m now dating her 2. Mimtein1kjiu: I graduated law and got engaged to the girl I had been with through university. We both applied for the same graduate program and ended up working in the same office in Canberra.  Three months before our wedding I found out she was cheating on me with our mutual boss, and I broke it off with her. Long story short, it got really, really ugly and the two of us ended up in a very bitter court case over property.  Canberra is a pretty small city and the legal world is pretty bloody small there, too, and everywhere I went I bumped into my ex.  It was beginning to seriously get me down (her too, as it transpired), and I applied for an Australian government overseas development job in Tuvalu, a pacific island with about 11,000 population.  It&#39;s quite a prestigious job to get, with only two positions offered for a two-year contract on a rotating basis.  I was successful in the application and moved on-island to start my posting. To discover that my ex was the other successful applicant.  I spent the next two years sharing a tiny office on a tiny island with the person that I quite honestly loathe more than any other in the world. 3. LusciousLennyStone: At my mother&#39;s funeral, people were confused when I said that I was her oldest son. Turns out that after I left home, she never mentioned me to anyone (we parted under less than ideal circumstances). 4. ratherghostly: turns out I have biological siblings that I did not know about my entire life. 5. Alien_3115: Thinking I grew up in a loving happy household. Then parents divorced and I start to learn everything my childhood innocence missed. 6.Thediamondtmac2005: When I was a kid I didn&#39;t understand homosexuality. I would use it as an insult and claim gays were disgusting and plot twist, I&#39;m bi. 7. legit_muffins: I knew for years I was hard of hearing, and after my wife and I moved into our new place she forced me to get my hearing checked.  Fast forward a few months and I have really bad hearing loss and get prescribed hearing aides.  The plot twist was I had no idea how many sounds, no matter how small or insignificant, I wasn&#39;t hearing. It was super overwhelming at first but after my brain got used to everyday sounds my quality of life is much better.  Added bonus, I can stream music to my hearing aides, so it&#39;s like having air pods on all the time. 8. woodworkerdan: Years ago, I was laid off from the job opportunity that kickstarted my career, lost my studio workshop and side business, and saved the person who would become my girlfriend from suicide in the space of four weeks.  It started a long and rewarding journey to help her transition, and for me to discover what principles are really important to me. 9. janus270: That all the negative thoughts, criticism and overall shitty opinion of myself and what I imagined everyone else thought about me is actually just anxiety. 10. LunarIncense: Went from being a far-right Internet extremist to being trans. Whoops 11. OptimusSublime: Born with pretty atrocious learning difficulties, had difficulties all through my childhood, failed and withdrew from of my first attempt at college after 1.5-2 years, did the community college route as a take 2, graduated with high honors, went to intense engineering school to finish my bachelors and graduated cum laude. 12. erikswifey: Everyone kept bringing up that since my cousin (m, doesn&#39;t want kids) and I were the only children in my father&#39;s family, the family name was gone for sure since I was a woman and would surely be taking a different last name when I married.  Joke&quot;s on them. My husband took my last name because it&#39;s way prettier. And now our two daughters have it. Let&#39;s see if they keep it 13. robosnake: Becoming temporarily homeless made me a better father and improved my relationship with my daughter. 14. WhyAreYouGaye: The most beautiful woman I have ever seen bought me a beer and initiated a conversation with me. I&#39;d seen her around town but had no fantasies she&#39;d ever be receptive to my advances so I never made any.  We had a fling and then my visa expired two weeks later and I haven&#39;t seen her since. 15. FungusTaint: I found out my partner of several years was being unfaithful, so I left him and moved back in with my parents two states away.  After a little over a month, I was able to get a job, a place to live, and an internship at a prominent foundation in the city.  Things were looking really hopeful until I realized I missed my menstrual cycle and was pregnant with his child. Life is a f*cked up mess sometimes. 

Life isn&#39;t typically like the movies, but sometimes there&#39;s a genuine plot twist that changes everything. In that one moment, you just know that things will never be the same again. Looking back, we&#39;ve all had these kinds of...