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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/tapepepper569 on 2026-02-17 07:08:04+00:00.
I’m still sort of hysterically laughing off and on; it’s been quite a wild couple hours. So I’m a college student, and at the beginning of last year I really wanted to find a strong Christian community and good church to go to. (Lesser motive, I wanted to be around Christian guys too in case something would happen to bloom).
And I end up finding this really nice organization that has a good church with a *lot* of college students. Like, very focused on college ministry. And so I start going, and it’s really nice, but then I start noticing some red flags. I keep thinking it’s fine, and anyways the food and fellowship are really good. It’s not a dealbreaker or anything really serious seeming.
So I just keep trucking along for a good chunk of the year, getting closer with everyone. (Not going into a whole lot of detail about the red flags or the system itself just because it’s pretty distinctive/privacy reasons).
But then my family comes to visit me, and obviously I took them to church yesterday. It’s a “normal” service and all seems well. Everyone is welcoming, etc etc.
Then today my sister and mom inform me that they did some research because they got weird vibes and it is actually a cult. Like, has a whole subreddit and articles culty cult.
So now I have to leave and deal with whatever this is about and just kinda work through the feelings, plus the fact that I kinda wasted months of my life. And through it all; I am still as single as ever.
TLDR: I wanted a boyfriend so bad I almost drank the Kool-Aid