You never know what will set someone off. Some people are powder kegs, just waiting to ignite.
And some people—toddlers especially—lack the emotional regulation or coping skills to deal with day to day life. It's often funny when it's a 2-year-old—less so with a 22-year-old.
We probably all have a story of a time someone got angry at us and we could only scratch our heads and wonder what just happened.
Reddit user MidnightMoonSecret asked:
"What’s the most ridiculous reason someone got mad at you?"
Read All The Print
"My parents asked me to sign a contract. I'm 37."
"I said I won't sign before I know what I'm getting myself into. It was around 30 pages, and I wasn't really given time to read it."
"They got angry."
"They refused to tell me what it's about, which is why I refused to sign it."
"Happened twice, first time about 5 years ago and second time about 3 years ago."
~ hajima_reddit
Softer Setting
"I had a coworker get upset with me when I put something down on a table in front of her."
"She said she thought I put it down 'too hard' and that it hurt her feelings."
~ goodgirljuice
"OMG, I had the same thing happen!"
"She complained to my boss that I 'set down her paperwork too rudely' and my boss tried to talk to me about it."
"I just started laughing hysterically and ignored it."
~ TheYarnGoblin
Uninvited
"My husband and I went on a 5th-year anniversary trip."
"TWO people were mad at us for not inviting them. His brother was one of them."
"Those same two people were mad because we went on our honeymoon and didn't invite them."
~ SunflowerPrincesxoX
Moved On
"Ex cheated on me, we broke up, and then he got mad like five months later when I started dating someone else."
"Still scratching my head over that one."
~ Particular-Natural12
"Bruh, my dad pulled the same sh*t when he and my mother got divorced."
"They both found someone else to call their sweetheart, but apparently, it was wrong when my mom tried to find love."
~ ResponsibleCandle829
"This happened to my brother. Divorced for 12 years."
"Ex-wife in long term relationship about to get married when my brother—who was single for that whole time—announced he is seeing someone."
"His ex-wife completely lost her sh*t. Tried to turn his kids against him, spread lies, and tried to break up my brother's new relationship."
"She is also the one who left my brother and initiated the divorce."
~ Milled_Oats
(Justifiably) Childish
"My son, as a toddler, once got mad at me because his right foot wasn't his left foot. Kid had a full on tantrum."
~ ServantofShemhazai
"My niece got angry that someone ate the last cookies. It was her who ate them."
~ Aced4remakes
"My toddler granddaughter had an enraged, tearful meltdown because she gave my dog one of her crackers, and the dog didn't say thank you."
~ GiGiLafoo
"My niece drew a picture of the cat and then had a meltdown because '*cat's name* didn't like her drawing'."
~ kenikigenikai
Not Psychic
"My ex was upset that I liked other people BEFORE I liked her."
"Like, before I knew she even existed."
~ Sea_Scholar_2826
"My brother's most recent ex got upset that he had been kissed on the forehead by our mother before she ever kissed him."
~ sansywastakenagain
"OMG, my ex blew up on me cause he snooped deep into my Facebook messenger while I was in the shower and discovered I had been flirting with another guy... 4 years before we were even together."
"Apparently, that's cheating. Probably the most ridiculous argument I've ever had with a sober adult."
"As a shock to absolutely no one, it turned out he was actually cheating on me."
~ GODDAMNU_BERNICE
Let It Go!
"My mother convinced me to give her new hairdresser a try because she was just starting out and needed customers. She scratched my ears with her comb a few times and I asked her to please be careful."
"I even apologized for my elf ears—they stick out. She got huffy, so I decided I never wanted to see this person again, paid, tipped, and left."
"Ten years later, yes, TEN YEARS LATER, I somehow came up in conversation—my mother was still seeing her—and the hairdresser brought up how upset she was at me for not 'letting it go' because she was just starting out, and I should have been more forgiving."
"She then asked if I managed to marry rich and then bragged about how she recently lost $30k in the stock market and 'didn’t even care'. She then asked, 'Can your daughter say that about herself?'."
"All because I asked her to please stop scraping her comb over my ears! Ten years ago!"
~ *untpunt2000
Cheating Is OK, Finding Out Isn't
"My wife cheated on me. I found out and decided to work on our relationship instead of confronting her about it."
"It worked. We were happy. Except for 9ne thing. It was killing me keeping the secret that I knew. And listening to her lie about it all the time."
"So I finally told her that I knew. And I wanted there to be no secrets."
"She left me for 'violating her privacy'. Who cares about violating the sanctity of our marriage right?? Said stuff like, 'As of this moment, I'm done. And YOU did this!! I want you to know we are over and YOU did it!'."
"She was having dirty conversations in front of my security cameras that I had used to catch her in a lie before."
"I ended up checking her phone to see how long it had been going on. A little less than a year."
"We were together for 12 years, five kids, a house."
~ mrgoodnight2
"A boyfriend cheated on me once and I found out—among other ways—by reading his diary because I had strong suspicions but no proof, and he always denied everything.
"I asked a male friend for advice, and he said 'Well, *you* Violated His Privacy by reading his diary', as if it was a wrong that cancelled out my boyfriend's wrong or something."
"Turned out later that my friend was also a cheater."
~ hotsaucerer
Not A Von Trapp
"My toddler had a full meltdown because I said she couldn’t wear the curtains to the YMCA."
"After twenty minutes of drying her tears and trying to explain curtains are only clothes for windows, she calmly asked if she could wear the other curtain."
"There were more tears. Mostly my own."
~ Tough_Stomach815
No Fight Left
"Ex cheated on me, so I said, 'welp, we're obviously done then. I'll pack my stuff and be out in a day or so'."
"She then got mad at me because I didn't want to stay and 'fight for her'."
~ DOUG_UNFUNNY
Home Dentistry
"My oldest threw a fit when she was five because she hadn’t lost a tooth yet,x and her friends had.
"She really got pissed when I wouldn’t knock one out for her."
~ Such-Patience-5111
"My mom found my brother smacking his face on the sidewalk."
"It turned out it was because he was jealous the other kids got to put their names on the tooth fairy board and he didn’t cuz he was a late bloomer and hadn’t lost any teeth yet."
"He was so mad she stopped him bashing his face on concrete."
~ natsugrayerza
Gesundheit!
"Someone got mad at me because I accidentally sneezed while they were telling a joke."
"They thought I was interrupting them on purpose and refused to talk to me for the rest of the day... not even joking."
~ cyberslick1888
Toddlers...
"My daughter dunked her hand into my iced coffee cup then was upset at me because her fingers were wet and cold."
~ Snorezore
"My oldest once had a fit because I gave them the red spoon instead of the blue fork. We were having soup."
"Toddlers are a wild ride."
~ ServantofShemhazai
OOO
"I made friends at work with the woman everyone kind of avoided. She wasn’t cheerful, outgoing, or friendly, so no one really bothered to talk to her."
"As an autistic woman, I've been accused of the same most of my life. So I asked if I could sit with her in the break room for lunch one day, and it became a regular occurrence."
"We enjoyed talking to each other and referred to each other as friends."
"We weren't a public-facing office, so the dress code was basically cover your bits and nothing obscene (nothing sexually suggestive and no profanity). Most people wore t-shirts and jeans or shorts in the summer."
"One day I wore a commemorative shirt from a wačipi (Indigenous American powwow) I attended. My friend asked what the shirt meant, so I explained what it was."
"She asked if I was Native and I said I was. She got mad because I never told her I was Native."
"She never spoke to me again."
"It was disappointing, but not the first or last time something like that happened."
~ LakotaGrl
Taken For A Ride
"My favorite was when my oldest was a toddler. It was fall and around here you never knew what the temp would be from minute to minute."
"We were at the park and it started getting chilly. I said we just had to walk home and get coats and we could come right back."
"Cue full on meltdown. I pick him up and throw him over my shoulder and put my arm across his knees so he can't kick me in the face and start walking home."
"This happens to be at the same time all the parents are at the bus stop.
The funny part is that he can't say the words 'slides' correctly."
"So all the way home in front of every parent in the neighborhood, he is screaming at the top of his lungs, 'I want to ride the studs,' which sounds exactly like 'sl*ts'."
"Anyway, we did not go back to the park that day."
~ Dull-Geologist-8204
What ridiculous reason did someone get mad at you?