This Viral Thread Has People Pointing Out The Biggest ‘Traps’ In Life That Many Fall Into, And Here Are 30 Of Them

About 5 years ago our friends borrowed £26k to pay for their daughters wedding. The newlyweds divorced after 9 months. The loan still isn't paid off

Backyard wedding with buffet, everyone was happy. Disappointed we didn't smash cake into each others face, we agreed beforehand it was a no go.

Any wedding generally, unless you are religious and it has some kind of religious significance for you. Otherwise it’s a total waste of money and resources, you can live contently with someone you love without needing a legal contract and threat of divorce. Love is nothing to do with contracts or deterrents.

Nope.

Total waste of money. You're better off saving it for the divorce

There is only one person you should compare to - yourself. If today''s "yourself" made even very small progress as compared to yesterday''s "yourself", that's a reason to rejoice

Please, don't do this . You are worthy of great things.

It depends. There is healthy comparison. That's what's done in group therapy. You see that others are just like you. That they have struggles. That they have burdens and that it's possible to overcome them at least to a degree. But it becomes unhealthy if it's combined with unreasonable standards or the perception of standards that don't really exist

Nothing wrong with being a bit jealous, that can be motivating, but OP is right on comparisons.

Nop, save it, save all you can, some Times life " sodomizes " you with a condom made of 30 grit sandpaper, believe me, i know....

actually your goal should be to get to the end of the month with money left over. That means you are living within your means. This gives you wiggle room if life wants to throw curve balls at your or if you want to do extra things like vacations!

It doesn't? Could have fooled me.

This is the hardest lesson for me to learn. I'm still trying to learn it.

I do this :)

When it comes to life-changing things like a marriage, I'd rather have nothing than something that's just "meh, good enough". While the post is kinda true, I'd also say that too many people settle for the mediocre and spend their life unhappy.

I love my imperfect house. It's not what I had wanted, but I got me the peace of mind and feeling of being safe that I needed so much

I'm learning to stop waiting until "perfect" happens to be happy with my life. It's not all good all the time but I'm learning to stop and look around and see how beautiful it already is. Takes time but I try to document it in some way when I do it so I can look back and smile.

this is a pretty fine line to walk

Yeah, just settle for some average-looking, humourless guy with a great interest in football. Or a manipulative, overbearing charmer. Done and dusted!

Challenge accepted.

Parrots showing their belly :)) Like this little spoiled floof. Whatever he did, he gets away with it if he goes belly up :)))) just because I adore him parrot-639...1da2e7.jpg

That's my three cats to a tee.

lmfao the first two were so deep and made me really think and then I read this one and forgot what the whole thread was about for a second. It all makes sense again now lol

And hedgie and turtle tummies!

princess bride FTW!

Have fun storming the castle.

you speak the truth!

The Pricess Bride movie is a trap. One I will luckily never escape

No one else thought of that? Inconceivable!

YOU deserve better!! You are worthy of so much more than the so is putting you through. Take care of yourself.

Easier said than done. Sometimes other things are equally prioritized and have to be seen to the end before committing to freedom.

*Eyeballs my purring cat...... I know he's evil....but he's sooooooo cute!!!

That can be hard to do . Especially, if there are unresolved issues, because of abandonment, death , and other things. It is freeing to let go of the things you are holding on to , emotionally, physically.

Holding on to resentments, for me, is very, very bad. Someone once told me: "Harboring a resentment is like drinking poison in order to kill the other person".

I saw my dog, who I loved, get run over a few years back, and I think of him from time to time. It still makes me sad.

Issues that have been resolved can be put in the past. Unresolved issues will forever remain in the present.

I've never understood folks who are defined by their glory years. High School, sorority, a tragedy or success from 15 years ago, their powerful daddy. Grow! Change! Accept the here and now.

Guilty. I'm the first person to tell people to appreciate what their body can do, rather than how it looks. But struggle to apply that to myself.

If you wouldn’t say it to or about someone else, then don’t say it to yourself.

Being mean make people ugly

God, I'm trying so hard. I keep projecting my own insecurities on how others perceive me. Like I've gained weight, so I'm afraid my husband probably thinks I've gotten lazy or uncaring about trying anymore. I just don't want to live my life counting calories every day and making up a treat with a walk/run every time.

"Don't bother keeping up appearances, no one's looking at you" - some older fellow whose name I can't remember

I use to be like that, until the day that life .... Well look at my prévious 30 grit sandpaper condom coment....

Yup

One of the reasons I keep social media use to a very bare minimum. It feels nice to not give a c**p about other people's vacations, fancy meals, or expensive clothing.