This troper and his friends refer to this as the "Tantalus Curse", in reference to the Greek mythological figure doomed to an IronicHell of being within reach of food and drink, but never being able to partake. Unfortunately, this trope has struck our lives far more often than should have if karma did indeed exist.

This happened pretty tragically with a good friend of mine and a very beautiful girl, beautiful person that we both loved. She was in a car accident that left her completely mangled, and after a year of surgeries and physical therapies she appeared to have bounced back completely, out of pain, physically fit and beautifully vibrant again. Then suddenly died of a brain clot left by a prior surgery. Yeah, that hit me almost as hard as it did the guy, it took us quite a while to get over it.

This seems to happen quite frequently to this troper, in terms of romantic relationships. He's only had two real relationships in the span of 10 years, and every girl he tries to ask out either shoots him down, or gives him the "doesn't feel like dating right now," sometimes less than a week after a date.

This troper feels your pain. I have two examples of this.

So, there's this girl who's a total ShrinkingViolet that I'm friends with. We talk alot, and I really like her. So, I decided to ask her out. I told her she had some time to think about it, and she took that time. Before she gave the final verdict, she asked for my E-Mail address, we chatted on IM to know more about each other, and during class (it was a computer class, FYI) I saw her Googling tips on how to start a good relationship. You think Cupid was finally gonna ThrowTheDogABone, right? To quote Lex Luthor, WRONG!!!!! About a week of making me think we were official, she told me she wasn't ready for a relationship.

The last one happened around the time for Prom. Now, I asked this girl if she wanted to go with me. Naturally..... She said no. She was going with a friend who was dateless, and I understood. But that's not the worst part. Once prom night actually comes, her date doesn't even show up. So, I asked her if she at least wanted to share a song together. That's when, with a smug SlasherSmile, shakes her head and just walks off. I take it simply telling the person they were ugly wasn't in style anymore?

This troper was dueling a friend and was getting stomped, badly. I finally came up with a good strategy (I had Junk Synchron and Junk Warrior in my hand and a monster with enough stars to summon it on the field, plus a Magic Card that would allow Junk Warrior to destroy the (very powerful) monster he had on the field). I summoned Junk Warrior...and the guy triggered Bottomless Trap Hole. The duel didn't end well.