15 People Who Went Home for a Quiet Visit but Got a Plot Twist Instead

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A trip to your hometown is almost always an event filled with mixed emotions. On one hand, there’s the joy of reuniting with loved ones and warm childhood memories. On the other, you might get into some weird story.

The heroes of this article could make a good collection of funny stories based on their trip. Some encountered antics from exes, while others couldn’t stop laughing at the unexpected “surprises” their parents had in store for them.

My parents and I live in different cities. Once, when I came to my hometown, I decided to meet my dad from work and go home with him. I dressed up all stylish and headed to meet him — I was about 20 years old.
I met him at the entrance, and we walked home arm in arm. After that, someone told my grandmother that her son-in-law was strolling around with some young girl. © Overheard / Ideer
My husband and I came to our hometown for the holidays. We were sitting in the kitchen with my mom, and she suddenly said, “Oliver, does Irene have any nice lingerie?” My husband almost choked. But she didn’t seem to notice and said, “I’ll show you something.”
She went to her room and returned with her tablet, showing her friend’s lingerie store. She said she wanted to buy me a Christmas gift from there, and wanted us to choose it together. I burst out in nervous laughter.
We laugh about it now, but when we bought a new car and drove to my parents’ house in the village and parked it in the yard, it wasn’t funny. Our goat, Maika, saw her reflection on the car’s side and went wild. She decided to immediately deal with the “intruder” and butted it!
The only untouched parts were the hood and roof. The rest was crookedly decorated with goat’s horns. © Overheard / Ideer

It so happened that my ex and my fiancé are from the same city. I’m from another city — that’s where I met them. Quite a lot of time has passed since my breakup with my ex, and I’ve already forgotten about his existence.
And then the moment came when I went with my beloved to his hometown to meet his parents. I posted a story with the geolocation. 5 minutes after publishing, my ex commented, “What are you doing here?” and I decided to joke and said that I came to visit him.
He started cursing, said I was silly, and that he had a girlfriend. To which I just sent him a photo of the ring against the background of my fiancé with the caption “chill out” and blocked him. The next day, he found me somehow and threw a fit in front of my fiancé. © Caramel / VK
My parents invited me to celebrate the New Year with them in the countryside. They described how they’d set the table and open mom’s preserves.
I traveled for 20 hours by train, flew another 3 hours, entered my old room — and froze in amazement! All my favorite things had disappeared, and instead of a bed, there were two chests — basically, a storeroom. When I asked where I would sleep, they replied, “On the couch.”
I returned to my hometown to visit my parents for the holidays. I invited them to the local cafe to celebrate my arrival.
We were examining the menu, when suddenly the waitress, closely scrutinizing me, said, “I know what to bring you.” I was taken aback, and she continued, “You were here 8 years ago, and you really liked the chicken in cream.” Now that’s service!

My parents are strict opponents of junk food: chips, sodas, and everything like that. They always forbade my younger sister and me from eating it.
And now that I’ve grown up, moved to a different city, I decided to surprise my family by showing up unannounced. I open the apartment door and see my junk food haters watching a movie, cuddling together. Meanwhile, they’re munching on chips and washing it all down with sodas.
A moment of silence. Then my mom says, “Well, you didn’t see anything, sit with us to watch the movie, you can have some chips. But not a word to your younger sister — you’ll ruin it.” © Not everyone will understand / VK
We were at a festival with the kids in my hometown. We stopped by a café for a snack, and I saw my ex sitting at the next table. He noticed me, walked over, and indignantly asked, “Are those your kids?” I automatically replied, “Well, why just mine? They’re my husband’s too.”
He was silent for a moment, then blurted out, “You’re married?” At that point, I started laughing. I’ve never had a more ridiculous conversation in my life.
By the way, we hadn’t seen each other for 5 years. Did he really think my life stopped after we broke up?
My friends and I went to my hometown for a motorcycle festival. One of my friends had a crush on a local girl I had known for many years. I introduced them. They met for the first time at the festival: she came there with her friend, and that’s when things got interesting.
Since my buddy is well-off and earns a good income, this mademoiselle started trying to “milk” him, “Order drinks for me and my friend, and also this and that.” At first, it was fine. But their audacity reached a point where they began demanding VIP accommodations and a table deposit equivalent to a month’s salary.
They behaved quite rudely. In the end, he brushed them off, but they didn’t like it and caused a scene. Everyone was in shock. © skif_hg

Haven’t seen my best childhood friend in over 5 years. She recently came to our hometown to visit family, and she found time to meet with me as well. We met early in the morning, strolled, chatted about life, goofed around, and by evening, it started to rain.
You won’t believe it, but we got so caught up in reminiscing about our childhood that we ended up knee-deep in a puddle! Jumping, shouting, laughing... It was as if we traveled back to our childhood for a moment where we used to splash around in puddles after the rain.
Passersby gave us disdainful looks, some women shouted something, and one old lady even called us crazy. But we didn’t care about anyone around — we were together for the first time in so long. An amazing day for which I’m grateful to my wonderful childhood friend. © Caramel / VK
I found out that dogs have an amazing memory. A few years ago, a puppy stayed with me for a couple of weeks before I gave it to my best friend, as I was moving to another country.
Recently I returned to my hometown to visit my parents, and my best friend invited me over. This “puppy,” now 5 times bigger than before, nearly knocked me off my feet upon seeing me. I was so startled I almost lost it. Turns out, this four-legged sweetheart remembers me and greets me like family. © Not everyone will understand / VK

I gave birth to my eldest daughter on December 24th, and the next day is always a holiday. I always enjoyed this fact, living in a big city and having the opportunity to celebrate in any place. But 5 years ago, we moved back to my hometown. Here, entertainment and cafes are scarce, and over the years, we’ve celebrated everywhere possible.
This time, on October 30th, I went to book a cafe that recently opened in our town. That’s more than 2 months in advance. They happily wrote me down in their notebook for December 24th. On that same date, I booked a children’s event and informed them of the time and date.
3 weeks later, the “director” calls me and claims that they have a company party planned for that date. But I booked first. They suggested I move my daughter’s celebration to another date.
Later I discovered from their social media that the company party hadn’t even been confirmed yet, they just liked my date. And in the end, they canceled on me. © violetta_m_17

I arrived for Christmas celebrations in my hometown and stayed with my sister. Now, with our combined efforts, her bathroom looks like a mad scientist’s lab. There are double layers of various masks, sprays, serums with vitamin C, and tears of an ex. It feels like we are at least planning a project to combat entropy using hyaluronic acid. So far, it seems to be working.
Meanwhile, our older brother takes only a backpack on trips, with a laptop, underwear, socks, and a men’s 10-in-1 shampoo. And despite that, he has no skin issues even at 40. © callmelia_model
It takes me 4 days by train to get to my hometown. 2 days have passed, I was having lunch in the dining car, and a guy sat next to me. He behaved very suspiciously, talking about weird things, yet he seemed very familiar.
The day after arriving home, someone knocked on my apartment door — it was that guy. He stood there holding a small, worn-out teddy bear. I instantly recognized the teddy bear, and with it, my “first” preschool love, who has become my current love. © Caramel / VK

Grew up with a dog in the same house for several years. But when I returned to Grandma’s after 2 years, the dog wouldn’t even let me into the yard. © Lena Sidorenko / Not everyone will understand / VK

It seems that the heroes of this article can stumble upon adventures anywhere. We believe that their trip to their hometown will be remembered for a long time.

Has it ever happened to you that the past unexpectedly decided to remind you of itself? We’re looking forward to your fascinating stories in the comments!

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