Recently, u/unorthodox69 asked the good people of Ask Reddit, "what's a sad truth you've come to accept?" Here are some of the most heartbreaking and thought-provoking responses...
1. "You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped."
2. "Love can destroy your life just as much as it can brighten your life."
"You can go from waking up to the love of your life to waking up to the despair that they’re gone."
3. "Like a good third of adults are still essentially children in grown up bodies."
4. "The biggest pieces of shit will usually get away with it."
5. "You can love someone, but not like them."
6. "Friendships are like plants that have to be watered in order to stay alive. Sometimes we forget to water the plant or choose not to."
7. "Just because someone is family doesn't mean they have your best interest in heart."
8. "My 20s were wasted because I was too scared of making my family disappointed/angry with me. I did what they wanted and now I'm unhappy with my life."
9. "Hard work does not equal success."
10. "I botched it. The whole life thing."
11. "It's okay to be lonely, but if you are lonely and act like it, it can be one of the most potent social repellents."
12. "I'll most likely never own a house."
13. "The overwhelming majority of people you meet only care about what you can provide or do for them, and will have no problem with abandoning or upgrading from you once you can't provide those things for them anymore. Very few people on this world will like you for you."
14. "You can really only count on yourself. Sometimes the people you love and trust the most just aren't going to be there for you."
15. "I peaked in high school."
16. "The narcissists in your family will never give you the apology you deserve."
17. "I'm not special nor talented."
18. "Greed is the underlying cause of a lot of the world's suffering, as it allows people to justify doing horrible things."
19. "People don't love you the same way you love them."
20. "The success of your future relationships is usually decided years before you get into them, by your current actions."
21. "I blew college by picking a major I was interested in rather than one that made money and now I can never afford to fix that."
22. "There are separate sets of laws and consequences for those who are wealthy, to those who are not."
23. "Nothing in life, ever, is truly in your control. The only control you have is how you think and react to it."
24. "You never stop worrying about your kids, no matter how grown up they are."
