How I ruined a childhood friendship horribly

[Benjamillion]

During the time of 1990-1994 I was stuck with only two video game consoles, an NES and Sega Genesis. My parents had this deal where my siblings and I were only allowed to have two video game consoles in our home, one for the living room, and one for my bedroom. I had a couple of friends that moved into my neighborhood, one of which owning a Super Nintendo. One summer I'd asked him if he wanted to join me on a walk in the woods, completely without our parents' consent, but eventually we were found out, causing his parents to see me as some kind of bad influence.

Because of this I was never allowed to set foot inside of their home. Honestly I felt like I was in that situation with Bart not having a Bonestorm game console, feeling envious of not being able to play the games that he had, so one day while he and his parents were gone, I was bold enough to sneak into their house to play the games on the Super Nintendo, ranging from games such as Mega Man X, Super Mario All-Stars and even Super Mario RPG. One problem arose though when I couldn't figure out how to turn off the television, as it had knobs to turn it off, but I went into a panic when their next door neighbor saw me. I hid in the bedroom closet, but I was found out, and they moved away shortly after. It's hard to forget these days, because it was one of my first friends that I lost from my own fault. Did you guys have a relatable story?

 

[Kamako]

I made friends with someone I otherwise wouldn't have just to play the first Guitar Hero. Once we'd completed the game we stopped hanging out as often. I was much less considerate back then. I still see him occasionally, and enjoy catching up and hearing how's he getting on.

 

[Karnik 2.0: reboot]

My parents had this deal where my siblings and I were only allowed to have two video game consoles in our home

Welp, if we're talking about the early nineties, two is even too many. ?

One summer I'd asked him if he wanted to join me on a walk in the woods

Did you go mushroom hunting?

causing his parents to see me as some kind of bad influence.

For so little? Exaggerated!

I was bold enough to sneak into their house to play the games on the Super Nintendo

Bravo! This is what a tormenting and insatiable desire pushes you to do! ?

I hid in the bedroom closet, but I was found out

Wtf? Could it be that they mistook you for his lover? ?

they moved away shortly after.

I really don't think that's why they moved. ??‍

it was one of my first friends that I lost from my own fault.

Nah, Nah, don't worry, no sane person will find any fault in this, just trifles.?

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

One thing I don't understand how did you sneak into their house? Do they not lock the doors when they leave?

Damn such memory would be sour indeed.

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

During the time of 1990-1994 I was stuck with only two video game consoles, an NES and Sega Genesis. My parents had this deal where my siblings and I were only allowed to have two video game consoles in our home, one for the living room, and one for my bedroom. I had a couple of friends that moved into my neighborhood, one of which owning a Super Nintendo. One summer I'd asked him if he wanted to join me on a walk in the woods, completely without our parents' consent, but eventually we were found out, causing his parents to see me as some kind of bad influence.

Because of this I was never allowed to set foot inside of their home. Honestly I felt like I was in that situation with Bart not having a Bonestorm game console, feeling envious of not being able to play the games that he had, so one day while he and his parents were gone, I was bold enough to sneak into their house to play the games on the Super Nintendo, ranging from games such as Mega Man X, Super Mario All-Stars and even Super Mario RPG. One problem arose though when I couldn't figure out how to turn off the television, as it had knobs to turn it off, but I went into a panic when their next door neighbor saw me. I hid in the bedroom closet, but I was found out, and they moved away shortly after. It's hard to forget these days, because it was one of my first friends that I lost from my own fault. Did you guys have a relatable story?

Wow, this story sounds insane did they really move out of their home because you snuck into their house? And they treated you like a criminal because you were a kid doing kid things? Yikes.

 

[MasterEn]

One thing I don't understand how did you sneak into their house? Do they not lock the doors when they leave?

Damn such memory would be sour indeed.

1990's. people were more relaxed back then. the further you go back, the more weirdly indifferent to some stuff that they were. kids could go all over the place from the 70's and earlier; no supervision, just be home before sunset. don't talk to strangers, don't spend all of your pocket money at once, just normal rules to follow. it's not like nowadays were people can get arrested for taking their kids to a local park.

 

[Benjamillion]

Did you go mushroom hunting?

Nah, but we were close to coming home with poison oak

For so little? Exaggerated!

That's how I saw it. I never really saw it as fair if he could be with me in my house, but not vice versa.

Bravo! This is what a tormenting and insatiable desire pushes you to do! ?

I never saw it as that way, but I did go to confession years later about it for having guilt.

Wtf? Could it be that they mistook you for his lover? ?

We were kids.

I really don't think that's why they moved. ??‍

Then they had a pretty short time staying in the neighborhood, for whatever reason.

Nah, Nah, don't worry, no sane person will find any fault in this, just trifles.?

Well I did live in a pretty ghetto area of the state that I grew up in. You could get judged before even being known.

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

1990's. people were more relaxed back then. the further you go back, the more weirdly indifferent to some stuff that they were. kids could go all over the place from the 70's and earlier; no supervision, just be home before sunset. don't talk to strangers, don't spend all of your pocket money at once, just normal rules to follow. it's not like nowadays were people can get arrested for taking their kids to a local park.

Yes, that was very common. I grew up with a single mom and she would ask me to leave the house and play with the neighborhood kids. Well the neighborhood kids were a bunch of asshats who would climb fences, throw rocks at cars, do random vandalism for no reason. I would much rather stay home and play video games. Eventually my mom figured it was a losing battle and let me be.

 

[Benjamillion]

One thing I don't understand how did you sneak into their house? Do they not lock the doors when they leave?

Damn such memory would be sour indeed.

They just simply forgot to lock the back door. They even had the house windows slightly open. Their back door was also facing where the woods were in the neighborhood, so it was also a view where the neighbors wouldn't really know that you were there. The only way their next door neighbor knew was because the blinds were up.

 

[MasterEn]

Yes, that was very common. I grew up with a single mom and she would ask me to leave the house and play with the neighborhood kids. Well the neighborhood kids were a bunch of asshats who would climb fences, throw rocks at cars, do random vandalism for no reason. I would much rather stay home and play video games. Eventually my mom figured it was a losing battle and let me be.

yeah, that does seem to be rather common these days. i'm certain that my mom would have preferred that i went out and hung out with other kids, but she seems glad to an extent that i stayed at home and played video games and watch tv. i guess that she heard about this kind of stuff happening and was glad that i wasn't participating in it.

 

[Benjamillion]

I had a stepdad who was pretty gruff about seeing me inside the house all day, so I was outside by sundown. I lived in a culdesac with a few friends, but when they were all out somewhere on weekends, that's how I started going out into the woods, because there was practically nothing to do in the neighborhood.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

They just simply forgot to lock the back door. They even had the house windows slightly open. Their back door was also facing where the woods were in the neighborhood, so it was also a view where the neighbors wouldn't really know that you were there. The only way their next door neighbor knew was because the blinds were up.

Bad luck I guess

I was playing outside nearly everyday from 1-8 grade I see that playing outside and making friends like that will never make you feel like missing out if you stayed nome and all you did was game but I think it depends on how good the kids you went outside with.

 

[Benjamillion]

Yeah, I pretty much lived with a stepdad who constantly bought expensive electronics and garage tools, leaving the family broke for the remainder of the month, while the parents of my friends held onto their money wisely and went out to places often. I suppose that exploring places where I shouldn't had its own fun. I even managed to walk some yards away from the entrance of my neighborhood to find a trailer park that I didn't even know was nearby.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I once lost a friend because I tried to steal something from his house... I was seven, but that's no excuse.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

1990's. people were more relaxed back then. the further you go back, the more weirdly indifferent to some stuff that they were. kids could go all over the place from the 70's and earlier; no supervision, just be home before sunset. don't talk to strangers, don't spend all of your pocket money at once, just normal rules to follow. it's not like nowadays were people can get arrested for taking their kids to a local park.

At least here I still see kids playing football and hanging out on their own

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

At least here I still see kids playing football and hanging out on their own

Same here.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

I didn't ruin this friendship, he did
I was in summer camp (like 13 years old) and I was talking to someone I interacted with on the daily on how I was stuck on this one gym in Pokemon White. He was like "yo, I can help you with that. Just give me until tomorrow to help you." My gullible ass trusted him, and then the next day I asked for the game back. He looked flabbergasted like he didn't expect me to ask, but gave it to me. I was excited to see what the 8th gym really looked like when the darkness wasn't fucking my depth perception up. I opened it and saw that my save file was gone and that it was an earlier point in the game. I was pissed as hell, doubly so cause a mutual friend had just traded me an Elective that's now gone to the ether. Never spoke to that guy again and couldn't look that mutual friend in the eye and tell him that his Level 77 Elective he lent me was deleted forever. 10 years later and I still hold the grudge ngl. Got incredibly stingy with everything I owned after that incident.

 

[MasterEn]

I didn't ruin this friendship, he did
I was in summer camp (like 13 years old) and I was talking to someone I interacted with on the daily on how I was stuck on this one gym in Pokemon White. He was like "yo, I can help you with that. Just give me until tomorrow to help you." My gullible ass trusted him, and then the next day I asked for the game back. He looked flabbergasted like he didn't expect me to ask, but gave it to me. I was excited to see what the 8th gym really looked like when the darkness wasn't fucking my depth perception up. I opened it and saw that my save file was gone and that it was an earlier point in the game. I was pissed as hell, doubly so cause a mutual friend had just traded me an Elective that's now gone to the ether. Never spoke to that guy again and couldn't look that mutual friend in the eye and tell him that his Level 77 Elective he lent me was deleted forever. 10 years later and I still hold the grudge ngl. Got incredibly stingy with everything I owned after that incident.

your "friend" should have told you his plan, or just give you the info on a index card, sticky note or a napkin. sounds more like he wanted to play the game and lied about "helping".
did you ever get back to the gym that you were stuck at?

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

your "friend" should have told you his plan, or just give you the info on a index card, sticky note or a napkin. sounds more like he wanted to play the game and lied about "helping".
did you ever get back to the gym that you were stuck at?

Yeah, and I got through it so easily that I'm starting to think I must've played in the dark or something cause it was easy that time around

 

[MasterEn]

Yeah, and I got through it so easily that I'm starting to think I must've played in the dark or something cause it was easy that time around

it's possible. i was playing through the ruby remake and i noticed that if i tilted the 3ds, i could still see the cave layout in this one cave that requires flash, so i did that until i made it through.

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

One summer I'd asked him if he wanted to join me on a walk in the woods, completely without our parents' consent, but eventually we were found out, causing his parents to see me as some kind of bad influence.

OH NO! WALKING IN THE WOODS!

We can't have that.

Fresh air? Bad!
Seeing nature? Bad!
Exercise? Bad!
Other humans!?! BAD!!! BAD!!! BAD!!!
*Obviously I'm being sarcastic.

When i was a kid and those in the 50's, kids ran around and hung out with other kids all the time, you were given simple rules of being home when the time came, you got your chores done (if any) and they didn't want to babysit you when they were busy, often times there wasn't that much to do at home and toys were wooden blocks and very little in the way of electronics.

In fact everyone was so active, that it was recommended to have 8,000 calories a day! Run, jump, skip, gymnastics, swim, work out, karate, play fighting, wrestling, biking, swings, soccer, football, basketball, baseball, races, selling lemonade on the corner of the supermarket...

 

[Prism_Red]

Huh, I experienced 2 sides of extremities when I was a brat, mum is very overprotective, while dad encouraged throwing me out into the wilds and would laugh if I got into accident or something.

Never ruined a friendship tho, I still keep in touch regularly with my childhood friend for 25+ years (since kindergarten), and most of their parents are nice people, some are bit eccentric tho.

 

[AkiraSO4]

I used to have a friend who got mad salty with me whenever we played that JoJo fighting game on the PS1. Dumbass didn't know how to block the Road Roller super, which is actually telegraphed AF and has recovery for days, but oh well.

Oh yeah, the same guy would get even saltier because of a certain super move Guile had in SVC Chaos. It would even become a running joke of being the super that ends friendships. ?

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

A long time ago I was trying to troll a friend and turned off his gameboy while he was leveling up his Pokemons. He got super mad and didn't talk to me for a week. We made up though and I learned an important lesson. Don't fuck with another man's Pokemans.

 

[HextarVigar]

I don't have friends, I have business partners.