15 Stories That Went in a Completely Different Direction

A well-crafted plot twist can captivate us in the most amazing ways. Those unforeseen turns leave us surprised and often have us questioning what we thought we knew. So we’ve put together a list of 15 stories with twists so insane you might need to read them twice.

1.

• I was 19 and casually seeing a girl. Then one day I found a lump while I was taking a shower. Went to the doctor, and it turned out that it was cancer and that they would have to remove it. Oh, and I would have to have at least 2 rounds of the most intensive chemo out there. Realizing that this was something that I might not survive, I ended things with the girl I was seeing. She found out what was going on though and insisted that she be with me through it all. She came to every single chemo session and helped me through recovery. Fast-forward 6 years, and we are happily married with 2 kids and our 3rd on the way. © HypnoticGremlin / Reddit

2.

• My best friend and I grew up together. My parents got a divorce when I was younger and we both lived our lives. Fast-forward to our late twenties, his “father” had passed away from cancer, and he wanted to find out some information about his DNA and medical risks. He went through Ancestory.com and swabbed his cheek. His linked to my cousin. My cousin called my sister and was asking why this random person all of a sudden says that we are related. We called my father and asked him what is going on? He admits that 30 years ago he had an affair with my friend’s Mom, and he had no idea that this friend was actually his son. © monstergoro87 / Reddit

3.

• After experiencing the loss of three children to miscarriage and facing infertility, my wife and I began the adoption process. Just days after we sent all the final paperwork to China, we discovered that my wife was also pregnant with twins. Now, I have three 11-year-olds who are just seven weeks apart in age. RoboNinjaPirate / Reddit

4.

• I went traveling with my girlfriend of four years, met an amazing person, and we all became best friends and traveled together for four months. We even got matching tattoos as a souvenir of our amazing time. My girlfriend cheated on me with that person we had become best friends with every night during the last week... while I was in the same room, asleep. I found out by fixing her broken phone, and the messages started coming through. © TexAg_18 / Reddit

5.

• My sister’s boyfriend decided that he wanted to do more with his architecture skills, so he gave his two-weeks notice and moved to Haiti to help rebuild after the earthquake. They stayed together. He had bad phone service, so they mostly kept in touch through emails. He would send her long emails with photos and stories of what they were doing. This went on for a couple of months. One off-handed tip from a co-worker and a week of sleuthing later, and it turns out he never went to Haiti. He moved to Seattle to be with his fiancée and partner of 9 years. © HouP***p / Reddit

6.

• Met my bio dad when I was 23. After a couple of years, he invited myself and my toddler son to come live with him, as I was struggling financially. His wife at the time suggested a paternity test. 6 weeks later, the results came back that he wasn’t the dad. She kicked me out. I was homeless, dropped my son off with his father and explained everything. The father of my son claimed abandonment and got full custody. 2 weeks after that, bio dad’s wife flipped out and admitted to swabbing her own cheek and sending it under my name for the paternity test. We’ve since retested and he’s my father. © Lunatyc84 / Reddit

7.

• I was contacted in July to take a DNA test to see if I was the father of a 2-year-old in Norway. I am in the US. 99.9996% match in August, best plot twist of my life. © lowbloodsugarmner / Reddit

8.

• I got laid off from a company I had worked at for over 20 years. I went in for my exit interview and the HR lady said, ’Dwayne, from a site 3 states away, wants to hire you.’ I said, ’I’m not moving that far.’ She said, ’You can just work from home.’ Now, where I was working was a 130-mile round trip commute. I got laid off and ended up with a commute that was from my bedroom to my den. Kept doing it for over 4 more years. © whytho37 / Reddit

9.

• When I was 19 I attended the wedding of a friend I had feelings for. I clearly remember thinking, “what a shame. He could do so much better.” 12 years later, he’s my husband now.
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10.

• When I finished secondary school at 15, I had such poor grades that I wasn’t selected by any high school I applied to. I had no plan for my life. Then my parents noticed that a local vocational school/college was starting to experiment with combining college and high school, but I got in just by signing the paper. It took four years, but after that, I went to a University of Applied Sciences, and here I am now: a product development engineer working for a big company, planning power plants. WM_ / Reddit

11.

• My Dad goes to the eye doctor because he is seeing double. He explains his symptoms to the doctor. The doctor picks up a medical book on eye problems. He finds the kind of symptoms my Dad is describing. In the book, there is a whole medical page explaining what he is experiencing and a picture of a kid from the 1960s. My Dad looks at the picture and says, ’Doc, that’s me!’ It turns out my Dad had this eye problem when he was a kid, and it was so rare that they took his picture, and slapped him in a book of rare eye problems. He doesn’t remember much about taking the picture, but he did manage to get a copy of it to take home. © whytho37 / Reddit

12.

• I was sitting in the yard with my 18-month-old daughter watching her play in the kiddie pool. I heard the phone ring, ran inside to answer it, and it was a call from our adoption agency. They told me that a baby boy had just been born. His biological mom didn’t make an adoption plan, but knew she couldn’t take care of him. He was in the NICU and had a heart defect that would require surgery. They asked if we would like to adopt. We didn’t know much. We had no information on prenatal care and didn’t know how serious his heart condition was, other than that he would need at least one surgery to correct it. For some reason, we still said yes. He is now a totally healthy 12-year-old boy. He is a bright kid and is a 3 sport athlete. He fits into our family perfectly, and I couldn’t imagine life without him, but I did not expect that summer day to change our lives forever.
  © Unknown author / Reddit

13.

• At the DMV waiting to take my driver’s test. Me: Mom...why does my social security card have a different last name on it??? Mom: ... Me: Mom..? Moments Later. DMV lady: Why does his social security card have a different last name on it? We can’t let him have a permit until you get this fixed. Why’s it different?? Mom: Without ever looking at me ...um...because before today he didn’t know he was adopted. © Unknown author / Reddit

14.

• In 2007, I decided on a whim to go to university since everyone I knew was doing it and I figured it couldn’t hurt to have a degree. In 2016, I started as a lecturer at the same university, teaching the same course I graduated in. © kutuup1989 / Reddit

15.

• My Mom (55 at the time) asked me to visit her while she had surgery to remove an ovarian cyst. It was an outpatient procedure and asked me to drop her off and take her home a couple of hours later. The plot twist came when the doctor explained that it was stage 4 cancer, and she probably had 6 months to live. Life is fleeting. Enjoy every second that you can. © B_Eazy86 / Reddit

This proves that you never know when life is going to throw you a curveball. Expect the unexpected. But this is just the beginning, if you enjoyed these 15 stories, fasten your seatbelt and get ready for the ride.