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A man took in his childhood friend to help him get a job and get back on his feet

Weeks later, he discovered the friend had lied repeatedly, broken house rules, and bad-mouthed him online

Unsure what else to do, he bought him a bus ticket home — and now wonders if he was wrong

A man turned to the Reddit community for advice following a difficult situation with a longtime friend he once tried to help.

He explained in a post that years ago, when he was 22 and his friend was “23–24,” the friend came to stay with him with a simple plan: “get him a job where I worked and get him on his feet and we split the rent.”

The poster said his friend arrived with almost no money, so he stepped in to help. “Being the friend I am with low expectations of him at first helped him out a l

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