19 Disturbing Secrets People Learned About Loved Ones

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“I was best friends with someone for seven years — we had literally been through it all together. I moved out of state with my now-husband, but she convinced us both to move back to be closer with her after about a year. We had no real ties to the state we had tried out, so we said screw it, let’s go back, she’s basically family. We were all so happy to be reunited; she was over almost every night for dinner; we all laughed and talked and had a blast. Best year of my life. Then slowly, she started trying to turn my husband and I against each other. Anytime we had an argument (like any couple does), she would text each of us about how right we were, trying to foster animosity between the two of us.”

“With me, she started talking about how she had a Plan B for ‘us’: If my husband and I couldn’t make it work, I could move in with her, and we’d live happy lives together. With my husband, she started talking about her infertility issues and how she wanted to have a kid just like him — she just needed a sperm donor. This all happened at around the same time, and my husband and I compared texts and figured it out.

She wanted to take his sperm and have a baby with me. When we confronted her about it, she refused to admit anything and started lashing out at both of us. It got to the point where she would show up unannounced, banging on the door, and demanding a place in our home. It was so terrifying and panic-inducing that we ended up having to move and change our phone numbers.

I guess it’s so disturbing because I had never had a friend like her, only to find out that she ‘cared about me’ in such an unhealthy and scary way.”

—lillylenore