Life can’t be constantly full of sunshine, daisies, rainbows, and cute cat pics. Life’s a very broad and varied thing and you can’t avoid a certain amount of sadness, pain, and awkward moments that later make you want to go live as a hermit in the woods.
The ‘Sad Cringe’ subreddit documents these exact moments. Moments that stay with you longer than your average meme because they’re all happy-go-lucky. They show the vulnerable (yet still at times funny) moments that we’ve all found ourselves in, one way or another.
Have a look through some of the saddest and most cringe moments below, upvote the ones that really made you pause for a bit, and once you’re done, check out our first article about r/sadcringe and the things that make you cringe until you get sad right here, dear Pandas.
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This Boyfriend, Who Tried
Oh Boy
I'm giggling out loud. There's something funny and sweet about being childish with a chatbot only to find out it's not a replicant but a real human. #peepeepoopoo-oopoopidoo
Ouch
What's the deal with liking someone's pic from a while ago? It could just mean they're nostalgic, not a stalker.
Since our last article about the ‘Sad Cringe’ subreddit, their community had continued to grow by leaps and bounds. So while they had 882k members in late August 2020, now, in early July 2021, they’re boasting a whopping million redditors who have joined their community. Odds are, this trend will continue.
The online group, founded in 2013, also celebrated its 8th year of operating on Reddit in mid-spring.
11yo Me After Winning A Trophy, Actively Being Bullied In The Background
Troy, Whose Life Isn't Quite Going As He Hoped
You guys make 20 year plans? You guys plan an event and put it in your calendar 5 years in advance? Like ..... how you do that? I have no idea what I am going to do tomorrow, I wouldn;t dream planing something 5 years from now.
Sheesh
According to the subreddit’s mods, r/sadcringe is “a place for awkward or embarrassing situations that also make you feel sad.” They also note that the ‘sad’ part is all about how we feel when we see a particular post, not about “calling someone out” for being sad. In other words, the focus is on how you feel, dear Pandas.
Previously, moderator Niceboihappy shared with Bored Panda that the number of followers the subreddit had rose since the start of the Covid pandemic. However, the moderator also noted that the community was growing in size and how close-knit it was either way.
Savage
42 Dollars...
That Feeling Is Contagious
One of my more toxic ex's asked me if I felt something for her. I told her I felt like I had dodged a bullet
According to mod Niceboyhappy, if we ever got an unexpected response, similar to the ones featured on the subreddit, we ought to be “confident, but not too confident.” According to them, “for an unexpected response, it is probably best to just own it and make light of it.”
Sheeeeesh, Just Say No
This (Not Actually) Best Friend
Ouchie
One Way Friendship
People have a hard time understanding that a gift should not come with obligations. I do t have an obligation to keep what people give me, if I don't like it, or if I don't have the space for it. I can appreciate the gesture even if I don't like, want, or need the gift.
Poor Dude...
No One Came To His Party
As a parent of two differently abled children I experienced this many many times over the years. My kids didn’t really have friends they had bullies growing up. In high school my son finally got friends he was so happy.. My daughter is having a graduation party in 10 days and invited many of her teacher friends. I am praying they all come like they said they would.
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Aww, how sad. I know it's not exactly the same but I had 1 friend show up to my 12th birthday, which was my next door neighbour. Was supposed to be a slumber party with 10 friends.
I know that this is a really sad thing, but I'm glad to see pics of this - it makes people who've never thrown a party because they were afraid of this happening feel a bit better. (i.e. me). It's pretty brave of the guy to have put this up and I'm glad of it.
How does it make you feel better? Honest question - I would just feel even worse because of the shared feeling of utter sadness. Luckily, it never ACTUALLY happened to me but it has been my greatest fear through a long part of my life that my friends don't really like me and are only pretending.
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I had 2 people show up to my 19th birthday party and both of them were the people I had invited out of social obligation. My supposed best friend cancelled about two hours after she was supposed to be there for a bull reason, another good friend 'forgot' and took an extra shift at work and a bunch of other people just didn't show up and didn't message me or anything. That was the last time I had an actual party.
I'm sorry to hear that. It happened to me as well. I hope you still celebrate your birthday in your own special way.
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For my grade 6 grad, my friend set up a slumber party for all the grade 6 girls, only me, and one other grade 6 came… Luckily, two grade 5’s offered to come late, and they did. We ended up eating tons of ice cream, chips, and cake while watching The Princess Bride
Attended a horrible convent school for three years and remember only one fun thing, our ''teacher'' (she was a nun who had been raped as a child and was considered unmarriageable) explaining her version of a parable use by Jesus. Rich guy invites all his friends to a party, buys amphorae of wine, has his wives bake bread and slaughter a calf, etc. But on the given day, no friends show up, sending servants with excuses instead. Unfazed, rich guy saunters over to the market square, invites all the down-and-outs he runs into and has a smashing party.
It's even harder when it happens to your child. Like a chunk of your own heart has been ripped out.
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That is so sad. Shame on everybody who didn't tell them they wouldn't come.
my mom would make beautiful invitations, buy a cake, make a bunch of food, fix bags of sweets, plan games for my birthdays... there would be two kids if I was lucky... I really hated my birthdays and pretty soon I started asking her to stop, when I turned 15 my mom wanted to throw the whole party but I refused. 20 years later she still hates me for not giving her the satisfaction of seeing me in a dress and all... she doesn't get it, till this day I hate to receive "happy birthdays" and hugs... I don't celebrate them, I'm getting older, isn't that enough?
I'm so sorry that happened to you, RDW. I'd come to your birthday party and help you celebrate!! Your mom sounds like she really loves you and cares for your happiness. I'd give up all the people who've shown up for my parties over the years for a mom like that.
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The day before I had made plans with my two "friends" to have brunch at my house the next day. I got up early and set the whole house up for a fancy tea-party type brunch. My husband even helped me cut little cucumber sandwiches. I made Belgian waffles, had champagne and orange juice the whole shebang...30 mins after they were supposed to arrive I called them and they said they were out eating brunch at a restaurant. So not only did they stand me up, they went out to brunch and didn't invite me. One of them apologized profusely and felt awful as she had thought I had canceled because the other "friend" told her that we weren't coming over to my house. One is still my friend and the other one I haven't a clue what's up with her nowadays and I honestly don't care.
The only thing I liked about being poor was my family couldn't afford birthday parties. I hated birthday parties. Loud, too much going on, and the grown ups are gonna force the other kids to include you which makes them hate you more. It was a relief when I stopped getting pity invites from parents of kids in my class.
Something like this happened to me twice: First time it was my own and I invited all my friends (let’s say 15 people) and only ONE came Second time it was my friends party and they were whispering behind my back for a whol month or two until they told me they did t invite me to a party I was SOOOO mad
I had an opposite thing at school in that a week or so before my b'day, where I was turning maybe 12, I had kids in my year I hardly knew rushing up to me and asking if they could come to my party. I had invited about 16 and some of them had told others, leading to very awkward moments of having to say no. I never saw myself as popular at all, so it was a weird day. Then many years later, depression entered my life and I became so isolated that I had many birthdays alone. Then many years later, I met someone, got better and since then people have attended my b'day again.
If this is during the pandemic, you have smart friends. Except they could have told you.
THIS is the reason why i never plan anything. I'm too afraid that this could happen. 💔💔I'm sorry for that person :(
Think you need new friends who will appreciate you. Trust me, they are out there looking for someone just like you.
He looks organized & thoughtful, too. Life will get better when you’re around more mature people.
Shame on the people who didn't have the honesty immediately upon being invited to say they weren't coming. Inexcusable to be a no-show without a polite excuse. The invitees were cruel and irresponsible. Such painful memories are never forgotten, even in adulthood.
I could not imagine how my child would feel at this I would be devastated and furious I would at the rudeness of the invited and dumped them from my social agenda for life. Disgusting people.
When I was a teenager this happened to my parents and later when my wife and I were in a new city this happened to us. How do you handle this, my wife was very frail and I did not know how to comfort her. Sad.
My bachelor party exactly. That was 1986 and just this morning (before seeing this) I thought of it. It still hurts.
People always promise to come and back out at the last minute. You are not alone, it happens all the time. ♥️
I planned out my 45th birthday - breakfast with four select friends, kite flying with 5 select friends, and dinner out with 5 select friends. None of the 14 showed up at any time. I dumped all of them.
Do people not as for RSVP/confirmation nowadays? Or do they confirm and no-show?
Well it is still daylight out.... I'm gonna choose to believe folks just hadn't shown up yet since it is so early.
Occasionally had unplanned parties because everyone's always just congregated around me. All of them begged me to throw a "real" party because they said I'd mine were the best when I'm not even trying and a "real" one would be "freaking amazing" & "crazy fun". Not. One. Single. Person. Showed. Next time they asked = flat out 🤬 NO, not even an unplanned one. If they'd just offered to help cover the money they'd cost me...
This is why I never celebrate my birthday. I can't stand the idea of asking people to go out and then no-one goes.
That still looks like daylight - who starts paryting at daylight expcept maybe people in Alaska or Iceland?
‘But Thanks’
The Fourth Boy
Unlucky Mate
Don't You Know About The Bird? Everybody's Talking About The Bird
F
Smooth Operator
The Truth Is Sad
I Have Never Felt More Sorry For Someone Ever
Yikes
Well That One Hurt
Christ
this once happened to me... there was one particular aunt who was pissing me off, like asking me to change my DP and stuff, so i took a screen shot, and instead of sharing it to one of my cousins i am really close with, shared it to the annoying aunt with the caption : can this annoying person keep her opinions to herself... to make the matter worse, her number was saved as annoying aunt. i dont think she commented on anything else in the family group 👽👽👽
This Guy Who Was Literally Just Trying To Do His Schoolwork
Bruh Moment
Friend Of Mine Didn't Get The Reaction He Hoped For
Friend Of Mine Sent Me This....
My Tinder Sad Cringe
Found For Sale At A Second Hand Store
No
I Mean Atleast He Is There
Facebook Never Disappoints
No One Showed Up To The Speeding Dating Event
This Was Painful To Read
Must’ve Wanted A Different Game
The Time My Grandpa Tried To Mail Willie Nelson A Cd He Recorded And It Got Returned. I Feel Bad For Him...
This is standard behavior for musicians. They can't open it without risking being sued at some point in the future if any element of a song they write is similar to something on one of these cds that people send them. So they have to return them unopened, and document that they did so.
This Channel That Always Asked Stuff Like This And Never Gets Positive Responses
Well questions like that tend to backfire. Everybody upvote this comment!!!! Starting my stopwatch
A Short Story
Everything Musk Go
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"People are rude for no reason, and it's somehow the other person's fault!"
I'm so offended by what you said, how you spelt it, the punctuation and also the font is disrespectful. Now I will call you every expletive under the sun. How dare you accidentally offend my perfectly reasonable expectations!!!! /s
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The problem is we have raised several generations of cruel, selfish, egotistical and arrogant snobs. And they think it is ok to "post their cruelty".
Ok, 17 and 35 - am I the only one distracted by the fact that they took a shot of their screen instead of a screenshot?
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Haha, major ouch! When you even fail at being cringey and sad... Can we give them fail of the week as a consolation price?
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Some heartbreaking stories here. Some humans are true scum. We can only root for karma.
In junior high, our class was getting paired up as the teacher called out names. The most ''popular" boy in my grade's name got called out and got my name attached to it. Soon as it got paired up, the WHOLE CLASS (including my so called bff and her group of friends) went "OHHHHH NOOOO!!!" Made me feel sooo bad!
Some of these, I highly question whether the person posting was bullied or if they were themselves, THE bully.
"People are rude for no reason, and it's somehow the other person's fault!"
I'm so offended by what you said, how you spelt it, the punctuation and also the font is disrespectful. Now I will call you every expletive under the sun. How dare you accidentally offend my perfectly reasonable expectations!!!! /s
Load More Replies... The problem is we have raised several generations of cruel, selfish, egotistical and arrogant snobs. And they think it is ok to "post their cruelty".
Ok, 17 and 35 - am I the only one distracted by the fact that they took a shot of their screen instead of a screenshot?
Note: this post originally had 46 images. It’s been shortened to the top 45 images based on user votes. #46 got a double whammy on this one.
Haha, major ouch! When you even fail at being cringey and sad... Can we give them fail of the week as a consolation price?
Load More Replies... Some heartbreaking stories here. Some humans are true scum. We can only root for karma.
In junior high, our class was getting paired up as the teacher called out names. The most ''popular" boy in my grade's name got called out and got my name attached to it. Soon as it got paired up, the WHOLE CLASS (including my so called bff and her group of friends) went "OHHHHH NOOOO!!!" Made me feel sooo bad!
Some of these, I highly question whether the person posting was bullied or if they were themselves, THE bully.
