20+ People Shared When And How They Found Out Their Friends Were Fake

When a Reddit user asked people to reveal when and how they found out that friends they thought were real were actually “fake”, an avalanche of stories poured in. Apparently, many friendships that seem sincere aren’t as real as they seem, and the worst part is that a lot of time can pass before you discover that the person you’ve been calling a friend for a long time is an enemy. In this thread, people decided to tell the situations they faced and the lessons they learned from these discoveries.

O awesome.club separated 21 stories in which people explain what a fake friend usually says and does and how to deal with this situation.

I took care of her children and everything was going well. We went out together, we organized movie nights, we talked, everything was normal. The moment she didn’t need a nanny anymore, I was kicked out of her life. No explanation, not even a text message. Some people act like they’re her best friend until they don’t need you anymore. Bad luck for them. @Idgiethreadgoode86/Reddit

I was invited to the bachelorette party of one of the friends in a group. During the party I discovered that she was the only person not invited to the wedding. I was invited to the farewell party to help share the expenses. @littled311/Reddit

Gradually I realized that I was only called upon to help solve problems: rides to the airport, help with carrying furniture, helping with moving. Any social event was always canceled at the last minute or people were 45 minutes late and left 10 minutes later. Thought they were always busy but no. @gelatinous_p***/Reddit

I traded in my truck for a smaller, greener vehicle. Now that I can no longer move furniture, help move, help dispose of garbage, etc., the communication has simply disappeared. @mandox1/Reddit

A friend stopped responding to my messages shortly after we graduated from college. In fact, this happened the same week we graduated. I think I was basically a classmate he kept around to help with his studies. @ts1985/Reddit

I worked as a mechanic. It’s amazing how many people claimed to be my friend just because they needed me to fix things for them. @T***T***M***/Reddit

I went to get my Xbox 360 that I had borrowed from a friend and our entire group of friends were there. They’d spent the entire day playing games and eating pizza, but I hadn’t been invited. I ended up being responsible for ruining everyone’s fun. I took my Xbox and never spoke to anyone in the group again. @zenchemin/Reddit

I wouldn’t say I have fake friends, but I’m definitely the peripheral friend. Most of the time, if there aren’t tickets or enough space in the car for everyone, I always stay out. It doesn’t bother me too much, but I wish they would be more considerate when it comes to commenting on the things they do together. “Remember when we went to see X? Wasn’t it fun?” No, because I wasn’t invited. When that happens, the situation gets a little strange, but in general they say: “If there was a spare ticket or space in the car, we would have invited you”. @Moeb***90/Reddit

I’ve known my best friend for 10 years. She called on my wedding day to say she couldn’t come because she was so upset about her recent divorce. Turns out she just went out with a guy. It made me see that all our friendship was fake. @pudgywombat/Reddit

I realized my friends were fake when my phone was stolen and I lost all their numbers. Mine stayed the same, but I never talked to them again. @maddallena/Reddit

My group of friends made plans to meet and I went to the salon to get ready. Some friends had to give up and another friend made an excuse that he couldn’t. I tried to convince him to go with me, but he basically decided to cancel the group date. It was my birthday. @TeaTreeTreatly/Reddit

Whenever we were going to do something, something came up, and that “something” was hanging out with other mutual “friends”. @Ashii_nix/Reddit

I realized that I was always the only one calling. I decided to stop and my “friends” disappeared. @JohnnyJayce/Reddit

When you’re trying to open up and share a genuine conversation about something that’s going on in your life and people just want to tell jokes and party. It made me realize how shallow many “friendships” really are. @BrotherOfTheOrder/Reddit

As soon as high school ended, I heard a lot of stories they made up about me. @gelirocks247/Reddit

When I “fell asleep” while we were camping and heard them say a lot of things about me. @appleavocado/Reddit

I was recently turned away from a party where my friends took a bus out of town. The “friend” who threw the party said he didn’t invite me because “there wasn’t enough room on the bus”. @Churchofbabyyoda/Reddit

I realized that my friends were fake when I got divorced and I only had 2 thousand reais. It was the hardest period of my life; I eliminated everyone who only came to me for my generosity, obviously because I was well off. I started over and today I only have two good friends. @allens969/Reddit

They walked past me while I was crying and pretended I didn’t exist. @tayusuki/Reddit

They abandoned me when I was going through a tough time, after years of listening to their stories and supporting them. When I really needed support, they just disappeared. It was at that moment that I realized that my high school friends never matured. Luckily, he had other friends, but not a large group of girls like this one. However, I can say that all the friends I know support me and won’t judge me if I’m not always happy, something I would never do. @LizFrance/Reddit

Have you ever been through a situation like this? Have you ever had a friend who wasn’t everything you imagined? Tell your story in the comments.