Have you ever known a family member, friend, co-worker or aquaintance who changed for the worse? I guess what I am trying to say, is someone you once knew who was down to earth and success or "fame" made them arrogant or cold?

Yes, I know someone who changed quick, a cousin of mine started to play pro-football and the women and money changed him quick, he kinda forgot about family. But he came back to his senses when he was dropped from the team.

Too many to mention, I'm sorry to say. :(

Not really, thankfully. :)

Too many to mention, I'm sorry to say. :(
Same for me too, Monika, unfortunately.

Oh God, yes....

I met this girl at a job and when I found out that she was from my home state, I struck up a conversation. Neither of us really liked working there and on our days off we would to the movies or dinner or something. Then a few years later we were still friends. I did the gift table at her wedding and so forth. She, her husband, my husband and I would go out all the time.

I don't think this was a gradual thing but over time she became such a B---H. She would actually tell my husband and I that we were fat and every time my husband and I mentioned that we were going to go somewhere or do something, she and her husband insulted us for it.

Neither she nor her husband worked (yeah, I don't get that one either!:confused: ) and they criticized us for that, too.

What should have been the last straw was one night we were eating dinner. I had told her that my husband and I had made plans to go to NYC so that I could meet some of the actors/actresses on "One Life to Live". I was MAJORLY excited about it, and told her husband about it. His response was (and I kid you not...) "Yeah, I heard about that and that is the gay-est thing I've ever heard in my life." Unfortunately, my husband didn't hear him say it, but OMG, I was literally almost in tears. I was livid!:mad: :crying: :angryfire Later that week, I mentioned it to my friend and she responded VIA Instant messaging by appologizing but then adding LOL. Well, everyone who's anyone knows that LOL means "Laugh Out Loud" which usually means that something is hilarious or else they are joking (That's what I use it for, anyway). So I told her that I didn't accept the appology.

Eventually things got worse and worse between us, and one day to my horror, she left this crappy message on my cell phone "breaking up" with me. :cuss:
It upset me to no end (especially because I happened to check the message at work;;; bad thing to do...), and to this day I wish I would have been the one to let her have it.:cuss:

Then again, I am kind of glad I didn't do anything because I might be regretting it. Of course, I think it's easier to appologize for saying something then it is to try to go back and say something hurtful to someone.
Don't get me wrong, I am not usually like this, but this woman is the worst! I am always afraid that I will run into her somewhere! Hopefully she and her loser husband will move far FAR away!

Andrea

PS: Can ya tell I'm still bitter about it!?:mad:

a few years ago i dated the sweetest person in the world. he'd always had a reputation for being sophisticated, formal, intelligent, classy, and polite to everyone. he loved me and gave me anything i would ask for. we stayed friends after we broke up, but from around september of last year to april of this year, i had to take what i would describe as emotional beatings from him every day. i was caught in a vicious cycle because due to his constant suicide threats and usage of my concern for him as a weapon, i was scared that if i didn't give him the attention he wanted, he would do something to himself out of spite. the more i gave him what he wanted, the worse he treated me, knowing i wouldn't leave him. usually when people treat me so badly i antagonize them and throw them out of my life, but i cared about him too much to risk causing him to hurt himself more than he already had, although i made two different suicide attempts in fits of rage to punish him and show him how he'd made me feel. eventually i got the courage to confront him about everything, during which he kept stating he was going to kill himself by slitting his wrists in a clear attempt to make me continue worrying, but he pretty much stopped all of it after that. that's not the end of the story with him but that's about all that's relevant to the subject at hand, so i won't add any unnecessary garbage. :wave:

Unfortunately, too many to mention. :(

I've known many myself unfortunately. Somebody who was downright cool, got a job as a reporter and totally became arrogant and cold. I would name names, but that might cause an international incident. :lol: