Trusting Fido Might’ve Saved Her Life
“I have a Pomeranian. I adopted him right before I turned 20 and was still in college. I raised him from a puppy and had a great time socializing him. He seriously loved every single person that came through my house. It has never taken him more than a second to warm up to anyone. So about a year and a half after I adopted him, I was 21 and he was approaching 2, I brought a boy over to the house after going on a few dates. I had seen nothing wrong with the guy and actually really started to like him.
From the second he walked through the door, my dog did not like him. He was very standoffish, which I thought was incredibly weird. Seriously, my dog had never met a stranger he didn’t like until this guy. I called him over and he wanted nothing to do with this guy. He didn’t growl at him or anything but he very obviously didn’t like him. For that reason alone the alarm bells in my head started going off. After he was there about an hour, I made up some terrible excuse for him to leave and thankfully he did. When he left, my dog immediately went back to normal.
I felt so weird about the situation that I did some google searching on the guy and found out he was a registered offender and I found an article about him online. Apparently, he had been caught in an online sting trying to hook up with a 12/13-year-old. He was a bit older than me at the time so this was like a 24/25-year-old trying to sleep with a child. I am SO grateful I listened to my dog and kicked the guy out. He even drove through my neighborhood a few times after. I had blocked him on all social media and my phone. But that was all to ever come of it.
Trust your dogs, people!”
She Sensed Something Off About Her Snapchat Story
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“Last winter I was trying to pass time in a boring university lecture by flipping through Snapchat ‘stories.’ I saw the ‘story’ of a girl I went to high school with for one year but hadn’t spoken to in probably three or more years. It was just a black background with a single peace emoji. I thought it was weird but kept flipping through other ‘stories.’ I couldn’t get away from the feeling that something was definitely, definitely wrong. I ended up messaging her a bit and chatting with her and she was definitely in a crisis. A few weeks later she told me that she tried taking her own life that night, and after my conversation with her, she went to the ER and was now (weeks later) doing much better and getting help. I can’t even explain why I knew something was off. I was on Facebook chat with my roommate and asked her what she thought and she told me it was probably nothing, just an inside joke or end to a snap story that didn’t upload properly or something. I was like yeah, you’re probably right, and logically, that is what would make the most sense… But still, I somehow couldn’t get over the feeling that things weren’t right. I could just FEEL it. I’m very glad I listened to my gut.”
Her Mom Could Foresee The Future
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“My mom experiences a lot of ‘foreshadowing’ or ‘foretelling the future’ moments. One time my aunt came over for Christmas with her children and husband. They drove back home after New Years and headed back to Idaho. My mom woke up, terrified, in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. She thought of her sister, prayed until she cried, and called her immediately because of a gut feeling. My aunt told her that they just got into an accident, the SUV flipped, and landed towards a hill from the side of the road due to a blizzard and slippery highway. The kids were crying but thank God everyone was okay. My mom thought it was strange and so did our family. Also recently, another aunt died from colon cancer and my mom woke up feeling she passed away. Check her family’s Facebook and found out she passed away.
My mom has had gut feelings with my sister’s relationships in high school. They all led to heartbreaks. Just recently she told me she had a gut feeling about my friend that likes to hang around my sister. She told me he’s the man who’s going to marry my sister. Not sure how that will turn out but he’s a good guy.”
Not Listening To Her Gut Landed Her In The Worst Job Possible
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“I started a new job and despite the fact I’d been looking for a job for a while, I just had a weird feeling about it. They’d just told me I had the job (it was just waitressing for a casino, nothing fancy) and I had this weird feeling like I shouldn’t do it. I can’t explain why because the casino itself wasn’t dodgy or anything, it was a normal chain casino that my flatmate worked at. But I had this strong feeling that it was a mistake. I needed the job though, so I took it.
It was the worst mistake of my life. The place was a living nightmare for waitresses (and waiters, for that matter). Most casino patrons are blind wasted and upset because they’re losing, and they take it out on whoever’s serving them drinks. I was harassed multiple times every night, groped a few times a week, screamed at by guys with drinking problems constantly. It was a big floor, so I was always running around taking things back and forth (often to people who ordered, then freaking moved tables so I had to run everywhere trying to find them), and because we were always understaffed due to high turnover, I usually didn’t get any breaks. I’d never had any issues with my weight before or any issues surrounding food in general, but that place made my self-esteem and my mood drop so low I’d developed an eating disorder within months that saw me become so underweight you could see my ribs. I took to trying to hurt myself to try and get a day off work, and I still have a massive burn scar on my hand from where I shoved it into the permanently-hot oven we kept cooking pizzas. Eventually, I got fired for sobbing in the toilets after a customer screamed at me because there was ham in his ham sandwich. Thank God. I don’t ignore my gut feelings anymore.”
She Couldn’t Change Her Brother’s Path, But She Could Save Her Husband
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“I had a gut feeling my brother had a drinking problem and was on the verge of getting arrested because I was pretty sure he was driving while drinking sometimes. I told my mom about it while she was on vacation with my dad. Sure enough, there was a bad incident at home. He ended up getting arrested about four months later. He is actually now in jail for his second and third arrest charge within 10 years. Thankfully he is sober now – he went through rehab prior to sentencing.
Another was just in December. My husband was having issues after a colonoscopy. I couldn’t tell exactly what was going on but knew it wasn’t good and kept pushing him to go to the doctors. He refused even though he was in too much pain to work. After about a week, I finally had to call an ambulance because he passed out after having a shaking fit from the pain. I told the ER doctor everything and four hours later he tried sending my husband home because his results were fine. I told him absolutely not and that he must admit him to see a GI doctor. They admitted him but the doctor wasn’t a specialist and again, tried sending him home. I said absolutely not. Through a series of really serendipitous events, a GI doctor arrived 30 minutes later, right as my husband was being discharged because he wanted to go home (I tried fighting him on it). Turns out my husband had C Diff caused by antibiotics and the colonoscopy. If he waited any longer to see a GI doctor, he would have needed surgery. He is still having complications from this.”
She Learned Listening To Her Gut Helps Everything Fall Into Place
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“I had a vivid dream I had a UTI. The next day all the symptoms started.
When my ex asked me formally if I wanted to be exclusive, my first reaction was no. I talked myself out of saying no because I liked him and I honestly had no bad reason not to date him. It was just a weird gut reaction. I should have listened.
The second time that happened with another guy, I listened to myself and immediately said no. Again, the guy was nice and nothing was wrong, but I learned to trust my gut.
When I met my fiancé, I wasn’t looking for a relationship and I thought the date would be a one-time thing but when I met him I swear to god I saw his aura. I had never experienced that before. There was just something he radiated at that moment and I knew I should pursue the relationship. In full disclosure, it wasn’t love at first sight. It took me a few months to fall in love. It was just something about him, his soul or whatever.
I also really believe in listening to the universe as hippie as that sounds. When everything starts crashing down around me, I know it’s because I wasn’t listening and now instead of giving me a nudge to make different choices, the universe is forcing me too/making the choice for me. When I do listen, it feels like everything just falls into place and works out easily.”
All Signs Pointed To Cheating
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“I had a gut feeling that my boyfriend had slept with my former best friend. My relationship with both of them ended around the same time and we had a lot of friends in common, so I kinda stepped out of the group. He and I got back together three months later and her and I tried to be friendly. The first time I saw them in a room together, my gut just knew they’d slept together. In reality, it was probably my brain picking up on ALL these subtle signals.
More obvious signs: they seemed comfortable touching one another, she looked at him a lot, she seemed really eager before he walked into the room, he teased her more often than I remembered. So, maybe for those of us who experienced ‘gut feelings’ about cheaters and liars, we’re really just picking up on cues. For everyone else, I have no other explanation…”
There Were More To These Dreams Than They Thought
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“When my mom dreams about someone, something always happens to them. More bad than good. I call it a superpower. And now it’s being passed onto me. It’s happened three times already:
- I had a dream of my favorite Youtuber being cheated on by his girlfriend. Later that day he tweeted that she cheated on him. TWO COMPLETE STRANGERS TO ME, BUT SOMEHOW I SAW THIS IN MY DREAM.
- While having a dream that my dad went to work and forget his phone, I was woken up by the front door being opened. I went to go check and it was my dad who had to drive back from work because he forgot his phone.
- For a month straight, every night I would have a dream involving my brother. Never had dreams with him in them before and also rarely remember my dreams. So it was weird that I remembered these every single morning when I woke up and they all had my brother in them. Then in the middle of the night, while I was having a dream about him, he texted me. It felt like a goodbye text. It scared the living daylights out of me. The next day he came over during a mental break down, going through a quarter-life crisis. He’s all good now and in a much better mindset. Now I no longer have dreams involving him.”
Her Mom Was So Sure Her New Friend Was A Keeper
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“I know if someone’s a good person to have in your life or not after one meeting. My mom almost won’t let anyone in her life, or in our family unless they’ve met me and I feel comfortable with them. She was giving Bible studies (Mom’s hardcore Christian) to a woman one time, and they’d started bonding. We (Mom and I) ended up giving her a ride to church one day and that was the first time I’d met this woman… I felt something in my gut, and I didn’t want anything to do with this woman. We gave her a ride to church, to her home, etc. On the ride home, after we dropped her off, Mom asked me how I liked her. I said I didn’t and I thought Mom should hand the Bible studies off to the pastor or his wife. Mom refused and she was very adamant about it. I told her she always trusts my gut and she said she knew, but she thought it was off this time. Fast forward a few months later, this woman was asking for a ‘friendly hand’ from everyone in the church.
Turns out, she’d gotten a few thousand dollars from every sweet old lady before going to my mom and asking her for money. Mom is very suspicious of giving ANYONE money. She gave this woman a Walmart gift card since she said she needed money for groceries. The woman was very angry with my mom. Turns out she was on some illegal substances and had a habit of going through every church in the city and pulling this routine to buy smack with, but we didn’t know that until our pastor finally called the pastor at her last church. Mom ceased contact right then and sent me 20 bucks.”
The Moment She Stepped Outside She Was On High Alert
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“Walking to my boyfriend’s house one night, I could tell something was off. The second I set out it was like my head wouldn’t stop pivoting, like I had to make sure that no one could sneak up on me. It was a cold night and I didn’t have any gloves but I refused to put my hands in my pockets, in case I needed to fight someone off. I was walking quickly, but I felt like I was in fight or flight mode before anything even happened, although I had walked through that area a thousand times before, it was a fairly busy area, and well lit. It was like electricity was crackling through my body for no apparent reason.
A scraggly old dude, who was obviously high, started following me, invited me for a drink, and tried to grab me when I said no – but I was already running. I ended up in an all-out sprint to get to the main street, where I grabbed some ladies, told them I was being followed, and they walked me to a nearby police car.
If I hadn’t been so switched on that night, I don’t know what would have happened. I found out a while later that there had been an assault in the same area not long before.”
If Only She’d Never Told Him Yes
“Not long into dating my ex, we went on a summer hike near a large river delta. Less than five minutes on the trail, we came across a water moccasin snake (poisonous). We were both a little freaked out but decided to press on. Just a few minutes later, another water moccasin slithered across the trail right in front of us. We both agreed to continue, but said if we saw a third snake we would turn back to the car.
Not even two minutes later, we found an enormous water moccasin on the trail, so we left. The whole time, I had a strong feeling that these snakes were a sign regarding my relationship. I can’t explain it, but it felt like a metaphor for our future together. In hindsight, the first ‘snake’ was him losing a great job because he refused to quit smoking pot while at work, which inevitably led to him losing his apartment. Then, a few weeks after this hike I got a message on Facebook late at night while I was out of town from a woman claiming to be his girlfriend.
She was 8 months pregnant with his child and wanted to know if he was cheating on her with me. I stupidly accepted his fake apology and believed him when he told me he was not with her but simply supporting her through the pregnancy, so I stayed with him. The final ‘snake’ was months after the kid was born, when he went away for a family vacation. I found pictures of his baby mama and him enjoying themselves at a cabin from that trip. He didn’t even have the guts to answer my calls after that, so I (FINALLY) broke up with him over text. Dear lord, I still shudder at how I ever gave him more chances. I learned a lot from that relationship- namely to trust my intuition when my gut is telling me to get the heck out.”
It Was The Man From Her Dreams
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“I had a dream once that this guy broke into our house and started stabbing my husband repeatedly. He was skinny, wore a hoodie under his jacket, had dark hair, sharp nose and had a weird green light around him. I woke up in a panic, about 3 am, and talked it over with my husband. I have really bad anxiety and horrible nightmares that he helps me through. Well, we decided to head out for a midnight drive. A guy started trying to flag us down, but before my husband could stop, I started shouting, ‘That’s him, don’t stop! DRIVE!’ It was the same guy from my dream and was standing under a yard light that had a green tint to it. We sped back home and locked our doors.”
A Mother’s Intuition Never Lies
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“I had a textbook healthy pregnancy with my son. I’d never been pregnant before, but had no fears about labor. Something in my head kept saying, ‘You’re going to have a c-section and it’s going to be okay.’ I couldn’t explain it, nothing was ever wrong at my ob appointments and I’d never had unexplained sureness like that. I even turned down free Lamaze classes because I just felt something telling me I didn’t need them. The day my water broke, it became clear that the placenta was prematurely tearing away from my uterus- my son was losing oxygen, and I was losing blood, FAST. My ob rushed me into emergency surgery and saved my boy’s life (and mine). He’s two now, super cool, totally healthy, and I have a newfound respect for my intuition.”