11

I had a friend in college who was a math genius. Passed his actuarial exams as a sophomore. He called me a couple years later and offered me a job as his partner laundering money. Told me I would get a 50% cut. He made $250,000.00 in a year, whereas I made $30,000.

Sometimes I wish I didn't have morals.

-superclay

12

Was out for my nightly walk and was strolling right through the Boston Public Gardens in front of the Four Seasons hotel. Well, I found a wallet with well over $1,000 and multiple credit cards.

Being a broke college student, for a brief moment, this looked like a gold mine. In the end, I decided to bring it into the hotel and leave it at the front desk.

Not sure how the guy found me honestly, but later that week he sent me a very nice thank you text message. I felt good about that one.

-rileypoole1234

13

I used to be a slot machine attendant in a casino. I was the person who would hand pay jackpots that were above $250. One time, a guy who had just won $150,000 made me a tempting offer.

He told me he wanted to give me $10,000 as a tip.

Unfortunately, the casino that I worked at was owned by the government, and I was not allowed to take tips. It was so difficult to decline. $10,000 was more than I made in three months at that time.

-Tigerlily1510

14

I had just joined the Marine Corps and had finished boot camp. I was flying from Minnesota back to California for combat training, with a layover in Phoenix.

It was the year the Super Bowl was there, and the Patriots were playing. My flight out of Phoenix got delayed, but they set it up so I could leave my bags at the USO and they'd call me right before boarding so I could go check stuff out around the airport.

These smoking hot women from New England overheard that.

Their flight back to New England was cancelled and they had a hotel room. So the three of us went back there. They were both blonde, and about 20 years old.

We started fooling around. I'm kissing both of them, beginning to take our clothes off, when my damn phone rings. It's the USO telling me I have about 15 minutes because the flight is already boarding. I had to leave. I was on official orders and would have been in deep crap for missing my flight. I never got any contact information and never saw them again.

But they will forever be remembered.

-flanjan

15

I've been divorced about 3 months. About 2 months after filing and moving out on my own, my ex asked if I wanted to join her and our 2-year-old for a walk.

I didn't want to get divorced initially but once I moved out I realized I was horribly unhappy and too afraid to admit it.

We walked 6 miles with the baby talking about nothing in particular when she suddenly asked if I wanted to share any of my thoughts or feelings on the divorce since it wasn't too late to retract the filing.

I spent months begging her to reconsider divorce before I moved out, so I didn't feel like I had anything else that needed to be said for the 5th time. She was upset I didn't spill my guts. I was over it and no longer entertaining her in her mind garbage. Later on she told me she regretted the divorce and wanted to be a family again.

I had waited to hear that for months. But I'd moved on. I already checked out of that part of my life. So I said no. And I had to relive the reality that I'll never live with my only kid full time. It's still a punch to the gut, but the only reason I wanted to go back was for my kid. And I knew I'd be walking in to a life of misery all over again as far as marriage went.

To be honest, that pill is still lodged in my throat every day. And as hard as it is to do the exchanges with my kid and have to say goodbye for a few days at a time (50/50 custody), I couldn't see myself being that miserable guy I became over the course of that marriage again.

Saying no to an important aspect of my happiness (living with my kid) to improve my life as a whole, was the hardest no I ever had to muster up. But in the long run, I would probably have ended up making the kid miserable too.

-StarchyIrishman

16

Committing suicide. It really seemed like the right thing to do at the time, and would have been so easy. Standing up to myself took a lot of willpower, and still takes a conscious effort. Every day since then feels like a step in the right direction. Being able to experience the future first-hand is something I would never want to give up willingly.

17

An attractive woman friend of mine got really drunk and was hanging all over me. Kissed my cheek a few times and even licked my beard once.

Some guy came over and asked if he could buy her a drink; I told him to screw off and called him a scumbag and told her that we were leaving.

I don't know if she even remembers it, but I took her home, made sure she drank some water and got to bed. Then I left. That took a lot of willpower, especially since I never get laid.

But it was the right thing to do.

-Baggabones88