Lemmy users, who is the worst person you've ever known?

Striker@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 65 points –

Regale us with tales of awful exes, terrible siblings, toxic Co workers and other nefarious characters you've encountered along the way in this journey we call life.

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I'd have to give it to my father in law. I don't care how he treats me, he's an unemployed loser living in a falling-down house his mommy gave him and his opinions on many things aren't valid.

No, the issue is how he treats my wife. Yes, his own daughter. He's your standard Deadbeat Dad™ who never paid any child support, never helped his kids in any way, and in fact blames his children, and their mother, for everything bad in his life. When my wife, along with our five year old kid and myself were flooded out of our house at 2am, we were blamed for the flood. As in, "You two literally caused the flood and I'm going to sue you for it".

That's his favorite thing, hes gonna sue. For realz this time. Whatever percived slight he has, hes going to lawyer up and take everything someone has. Hasn't had any successful court dates yet.

This year it got easier for my wife, according to her. She went to see him on fathers day, and he was having his man-period or something and was pissy about the flood and everything else he coukd think of, and he just tells her to get out of his life. Which after 35 years of mental and physical abuse, my wife was happy to do. It took a week before he tried to call her to demand something or other, and she blocked him. I felt bad for her, but she says not to - her life is easier now.

You can't pick your family, but you can decide whom you spend your time with. She did the right thing and I'm happy she sees the value in that already.

Her new year's resolution was basically "Stop helping people" which sounds bad unless you know the details, where it's more "stop setting herself on fire to keep people warm". Many of her family members are just rapacious sucking maws of need and will never be happy as long as my wife has something they want.