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* {{Website/Reddit}} has at least [[https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/10cx3h3/my_family_wants_to_reconnect_after_6_years/ two]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/165o5rh/my_stepdad_turned_my_family_against_me_new_update/ stories]] by people who were framed by a relative for adultery and banished from the family, despite proclaiming innocence. Then the relative confessed to the deed while drunk, and now the family wants them back...

** Marinette and Luka's investigation into why people are approaching ''them specifically'' also leads them to speak with [[WeUsedToBeFriends Alya]] and [[EntitledToHaveYou Adrien]]. Marinette isn't particularly thrilled about having to deal with either of them, as neither is willing to ''take a hint'' and accept she wants nothing to do with them. Even the fact that she [[spoiler:helped Ladybug strip Adrien of the Black Cat Ring]] doesn't change Adrien's [[UnrequitedLoveSwitcharoo desire to hook up with her]].

* ''Fanfic/AndrogyninjasADropOfPoison'': After Sasuke humiliates Sakura in front of their whole class by declaring she'll never be anything more than glorified CannonFodder, Ino realizes that they broke off their friendship for [[AllForNothing no good reason at all]]. However, she's reluctant to make the first move; in fact, when Shikamaru suggests that she [[StatingTheSimpleSolution let Sakura know how she feels]], Ino loudly denies wanting to reconcile with her, sabotaging their strained relationship further. This culminates in the two both hitting their [[RageBreakingPoint Rage-Breaking Points]] during their preliminary match in the Chuunin Exams; afterwards, Ino attempts to defend her behavior only for Sakura to point out how she DidntThinkThisThrough.
-->'''Ino:''' I was trying to get you to ''look at me''.\\
'''Sakura:''' I'm looking at you. Now what?
* ''Fanfic/BuildYourselfUpDontLetThemBreakYouDown'': Izuku's old teacher Aoki realizes that he and the entire staff of Aldera Middle School have placed themselves in this position. After spending years [[FantasticAbleism demeaning Izuku for being Quirkless and enabling his bullies to run roughshod over him]], they're now completely dependent upon him choosing to TurnTheOtherCheek. Otherwise, [[SwordOfDamocles one word from him could trigger a massive investigation that could ruin the whole school]].

* ''Fanfic/ADragonInShiningArmour'': Craniamon finds himself in this position when he has to return to his hometown Caer Ygg, which he left on bad terms after [[CallingTheOldManOut an argument with his father]].
* In ''Fanfic/{{Everqueen}}'', with the established attitude of the Eldar toward humans, it is to be expected Isha's efforts to seek refuge with the Emperor are met with much skepticism.

* In ''[[Fanfic/QueensOfMewniSpinoffs Future of Mewni]]'', the school of Elfendor did nothing about Luminosa being assaulted, due to the culprit being [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections being the son of a high-ranking member]]. After she leaves, the number of assaults on campus rises, the culprits emboldened by the lack of punishment. Luminosa then [[StartMyOwn founds Mewniford]], and people stop sending their children to Elfendor. The school sends her a letter begging for help, which she ignores.

* A common plot in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' post-Chameleon [[AccusationFic salt fics]] is Marinette's classmates breaking off their friendships with her due to [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]]. Upon realizing their mistake (usually due to Lila [[LiarRevealed being exposed]] as a ManipulativeBitch, losing all the things that Marinette used to do for them as their "Everyday Ladybug", or learning that Marinette ''is'' Ladybug), [[FairWeatherFoe they attempt to get back into her good graces]], only to be rebuffed.
** This is notably {{Averted|Trope}} in ''[[Fanfic/BridgesBurned Bridges Burned (Mama Always Told Me That I Should Play Nice. But She Never Met You)]]''. As Marinette reveals the [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover incredible amount]] of celebrities she knows, having them [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections use their connections]] to hook up others with incredible once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, Alya, Nino, and her other ''former'' friends refuse to even ''consider'' trying to make amends with her. They console themselves with the belief that ''Lila's'' [[CelebrityLie supposed connections]] are even bigger and better than hers, blissfully unaware that she was lying about everything.
** Seen with a twist in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30374208 He Can Only Blame Himself]]'': After dating for a few years, Adrien cheats on Marinette with Lila after the latter convinces him that Marinette has [[CareerVersusMan put her career first]]. Gabriel then twists the knife by firing Marinette, when it was his [[BadBoss overworking her]] that triggered Adrien's infidelity in the first place. When news of the breakup goes viral, Gabriel angrily orders his son to "fix things" by reconciling with his ex-girlfriend. Rather than making his appeal to her ''directly'', however, Adrien calls his cousin Felix -- Marinette has started working for his aunt Amilie, and Adrien decides that's a safer angle to tackle. This only serves to underscore how little he respects his ex, and Felix forces him to confront how he's let his relationships with ''their'' side of the family degrade as well, right up until he decided he needed something from them.
** ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'':
*** Gabriel attempts to do this with Audrey after he's exposed as Hawkmoth and arrested, upon realizing that she's positioned herself to take control of Agreste Fashion. He tries appealing to her by citing their long-term friendship, only for Audrey to remind him of how he manipulated and akumatized her into Style Queen.
*** The above [[PlotParallel runs parallel]] to Adrien attempting to convince Marinette to help him "fix everything" by making another appeal based on their friendship. Adrien had previously let said "friendship" rot by [[BetrayalByInaction refusing to help deal with Lila]], insisting that Marinette was [[BecauseYouCanCope strong enough to handle the bullying alone]] even when she told him how much she was suffering. [[LikeFatherLikeSon Much like his father]], Adrien treats their "friendship" as a convenient card he can play to get what ''he'' wants out of their relationship [[AllTakeAndNoGive without doing anything in return]], only to be turned down.
*** Alya, Nino, and most of Marinette's former classmates also fall into this category. After repeatedly ditching and ignoring Marinette, having [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taken their "Everyday Ladybug" completely for granted]], they learn that she actually ''is'' Ladybug when she and her TrueCompanions bring down Hawkmoth. Naturally, they're eager to buddy back up with their former friend, only for her to call them out on being [[FairWeatherFriend Fair-Weather Friends]] and make clear that they're not going back to their former AllTakeAndNoGive dynamic. Only a couple of them [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone recognize where they went wrong]] and make efforts to atone; the rest remain {{Entitled Bastard}}s whose efforts to "get her back" [[NotHelpingYourCase only serve to isolate them further]].
** ''Fanfic/LadyBugOut'': Alya's relationships with Ladybug and Marinette fall apart when she uses the Ladyblog to spread TabloidMelodrama about the superheroine, with Marinette "helping" her alter ego [[StartMyOwn set up her own blog]] to counter Alya's BlatantLies. Alya [[NeverMyFault refuses to admit]] how she is responsible for said relationships falling apart, even after it becomes clear that Marinette was [[CassandraTruth telling the truth]] when she warned her about Lila. Instead, she insists that it's on Marinette to cross the brunt bridge by apologizing to ''her'', only to find that Marinette isn't interested in placating her.
** ''[[Fanfic/ALadysScout A Lady's Scout (and the Salt Within Her Soul)]]'': As rumors spread that Marinette might be secretly working with Ladybug, helping her select candidates to become temporary heroes, many of her classmates start cozying back up to her in hopes that she'll hook them back up with "their" Miraculouses. This backfires, as the ones who get the most annoyingly ''overt'' in their efforts to curry favor are the next ones to receive symbolic "parting gifts" signaling that they'll never be chosen as heroes again.
** ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'': While Marinette is more than happy to get away from her long-time bully Chloé, [[MisplacedKindergartenTeacher Mme Bustier]] repeatedly attempts to ''force'' her former student back across that bridge, trying to [[GotVolunteered 'volunteer' her]] to tutor Chloé and otherwise make them spend more time together. All because Chloé wants more access to her favorite victim, and Bustier [[SelectiveObliviousness refuses to see]] the reality of the situation, insisting that she never noticed any problems ''before''.
** ''Fanfic/MarinettesWeekOff'': In the sequel, Alya declares that Marinette's [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass supposed bullying]] of Lila is utterly ''[[ThisIsUnforgivable unforgivable]]'' and that she NEVER wants to be friends with her again... right before they see Marinette walking down the red carpet at a movie premiere. Alya immediately switches tracks and starts calling Marinette her "bestie" again, making no effort to hide how she's only interested in leeching off of her newfound success.
** The ''[[Fanfic/MiraculousLadybugSaltShots Miraculous Ladybug Salt-Shot]] A Price to Pay'' has Adrien attempting this after betraying Marinette. While he initially assumed that [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy reality being rewritten]] in the course of granting his father's Wish would ensure that nobody knew what they'd done, said Wish is granted in such a way so that everybody knows Gabriel Agreste [[BalancingDeathsBooks killed Tom Dupain-Cheng]] in a car accident, then [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribed his way]] to a "victory" in court, leaving him ConvictedByPublicOpinion instead. What's more, Marinette ''also'' [[RippleEffectProofMemory remembers the original reality]], so she's fully aware of the scope of his betrayal beyond just [[PunishedForSympathy defending his father's flagrant disregard for the law]]. PlayedWith in that that Adrien is so [[EntitledBastard grossly entitled]] that he takes Marinette's support completely for granted, acting as though ''she's'' the one in the wrong for not accepting his BackhandedApology and helping him "fix everything".
** In ''[[Fanfic/RaiseYourselvesUp Raise Yourselves Up (We're Done)]]'', Miss Bustier bars Marinette and Chloé from joining their class trip, spurring them to [[StartMyOwn start the World Travellers' Club]] so they can make their own arrangements. After discovering just how much she [[DidntThinkThisThrough overlooked]] when it came to their plans to visit New York, Bustier and Adrien attempt to convince the pair to let the class tag along on ''their'' trip. Both girls spell out for them and the rest of the class that even if they ''were'' willing to bring them along after how they mistreated them, that doesn't change how they failed to [[NeverFilledOutOfficialPaperwork do any of the paperwork necessary]] for ''any'' kind of trip outside Paris, and it's far too late to get that all sorted out ''now''.
** ''Fanfic/{{The Wolves in the Woods|MiraculousLadybug}}'':
*** After it's revealed during Ms. Bustier's trial that Marinette was [[CassandraTruth telling the truth]] about [[LiarRevealed Lila]], Alya becomes hellbent on reclaiming her as her bestie...despite the fact that she spearheaded the efforts that forced Marinette to transfer to another school in the first place. Alya absolutely [[NeverMyFault refuses to acknowledge]] that she played any part in torching their friendship, even after it's revealed that [[spoiler:she'd known the whole time that Lila was lying and intentionally exploited the situation to try and [[TallPoppySyndrome destroy Marinette's self-confidence]] and force her to remain entirely dependent upon Alya's "support"]].
*** Adrien's efforts to "repair" his ruined relationship with Marinette are similarly stymied by his continued insistence upon BlamingTheVictim, to the point that he's ''outraged'' when Luka berates him for never apologizing for his BetrayalByInaction and declares that "Well, if she hadn't tried to expose Lila like that, then this wouldn't have happened!"

* In ''Fanfic/AThousandAnswers'', Dio ends up becoming a vampire earlier than canon due to [[PointOfDivergence having the Stone Mask fall on him during his and Jonathan's fight]], and since he hadn't yet desired that kind of power, he ''hates'' being a vampire. Unfortunately, the only two people equipped to help him are Erina Pendleton (whom he gave his infamous ForcefulKiss to earlier) and Jonathan Joestar (who started fighting him specifically to avenge Erina's honor). He's not happy with this arrangement but sucks it up as best he can.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''/''VideoGame/BioShock'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Vision}}'', our AntiHero, Siren, due to a mix of TraumaCongaLine, FishOutOfWater, and just not being all that nice to begin with, says some rather hurtful things to another character who was just being nice to her. As she walks away, she has a small MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment but doesn't go back to apologize. Guess who she ends up at the mercy of later?
* ''Fanfic/WhatYouKneadNaruto'': Sakura broke off her friendship with Ino after realizing they were both interested in pursuing Sasuke romantically. However, after Sasuke recklessly endangers her life during the bell test, Sakura gets over her crush on him and decides to reach back out to her estranged friend, hoping to repair their relationship.

* Seen with a twist in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30374208 He Can Only Blame Himself]]'': After dating for a few years, Adrien cheats on Marinette with Lila after the latter convinces him that Marinette has [[CareerVersusMan put her career first]]. Gabriel then twists the knife by firing Marinette, when it was his [[BadBoss overworking her]] that triggered Adrien's infidelity in the first place. When news of the breakup goes viral, Gabriel angrily orders his son to "fix things" by reconciling with his ex-girlfriend. Rather than making his appeal to her ''directly'', however, Adrien calls his cousin Felix -- Marinette has started working for his aunt Amilie, and Adrien decides that's a safer angle to tackle. This only serves to underscore how little he respects his ex, and Felix forces him to confront how he's let his relationships with ''their'' side of the family degrade as well, right up until he decided he needed something from them.

** The ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' Salt-Shot ''[[Fanfic/MiraculousLadybugSaltShots A Price to Pay]]'' has Adrien attempting this after betraying Marinette. While he initially assumed that [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy reality being rewritten]] in the course of granting his father's Wish would ensure that nobody knew what they'd done, said Wish is granted in such a way so that everybody knows Gabriel Agreste [[BalancingDeathsBooks killed Tom Dupain-Cheng]] in a car accident, then [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribed his way]] to a "victory" in court, leaving him ConvictedByPublicOpinion instead. What's more, Marinette ''also'' [[RippleEffectProofMemory remembers the original reality]], so she's fully aware of the scope of his betrayal beyond just [[PunishedForSympathy defending his father's flagrant disregard for the law]]. PlayedWith in that that Adrien is so [[EntitledBastard grossly entitled]] that he takes Marinette's support completely for granted, acting as though ''she's'' the one in the wrong for not accepting his BackhandedApology and helping him "fix everything".

** ''[[Fanfic/ALadysScout A Lady's Scout (and the Salt Within Her Soul]]'': As rumors spread that Marinette might be secretly working with Ladybug, helping her select candidates to become temporary heroes, many of her classmates start cozying back up to her in hopes that she'll hook them back up with "their" Miraculouses. This backfires, as the ones who get the most annoyingly ''overt'' in their efforts to curry favor are the next ones to receive symbolic "parting gifts" signaling that they'll never be chosen as heroes again.

** The ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' Salt-Shot ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44607043/chapters/121613383 A Price to Pay]]'' has Adrien attempting this after betraying Marinette. While he initially assumed that [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy reality being rewritten]] in the course of granting his father's Wish would ensure that nobody knew what they'd done, said Wish is granted in such a way so that everybody knows Gabriel Agreste [[BalancingDeathsBooks killed Tom Dupain-Cheng]] in a car accident, then [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribed his way]] to a "victory" in court, leaving him ConvictedByPublicOpinion instead. What's more, Marinette ''also'' [[RippleEffectProofMemory remembers the original reality]], so she's fully aware of the scope of his betrayal beyond just [[PunishedForSympathy defending his father's flagrant disregard for the law]]. PlayedWith in that that Adrien is so [[EntitledBastard grossly entitled]] that he takes Marinette's support completely for granted, acting as though ''she's'' the one in the wrong for not accepting his BackhandedApology and helping him "fix everything".

** In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS1E25CroakAndPunishment Croak & Punishment]]", [[Characters/AmphibiaAnneBoonchuy Anne Boonchuy]] and Sprig try to search for a missing Blue Moon Shell, with [[GoodCopBadCop Anne as the "good cop", and Sprig as the bad cop"]]. However, Sprig takes his role a bit too seriously, yelling at various suspects and [[InterrogationByVandalism destroying their property]]. When his behavior ends up provoking Gunther, a Southern Tusk Frog, into HulkingOut, he and Anne try to find someplace to hide, but nobody is willing to protect them on account of how Sprig treated them.

** In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E36TrueColors True Colors]]", [[Characters/AmphibiaSashaWaybright Sasha Waybright]] betrays Anne (again) and helps Grime overthrow King Andrias, causing a furious Anne to decide she's done with Sasha's manipulative behaviour and break off their friendship for good. Moments later, Sasha and Grime uncover Andrias' true nature as a MultiversalConqueror, and with Anne and the others already working to restore him to the throne, they have no choice but to go back and try and explain why this is a bad idea. Having just burnt all her bridges, however, nobody listens to Sasha; she and Grime are defeated and Andrias is successfully restored to his throne. [[FromBadToWorse Things go downhill very quickly from there]], and Anne (realising Sasha was right about Andrias and has reformed for real this time) eventually does patch things up with her.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': At the end of Season 1, to save Eda, [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLilithClawthorne Lilith Clawthorne]] has to turn to Luz and King for help. Luz at first isn't interested, since Lilith is the one who captured Eda in the first place and used her as a hostage, but is willing to work with Lilith once Lilith explains why she cursed Eda and returns Owlbert. Even during their truce, Luz admits she doesn't like the lady's style.

Wait, what's that? You have a class with that ex? The jerk is your mentor's kid? You aren't moving or transferring after all? You left your wallet in their freezer when you were stealing the ice cream sandwich, and leaving a "[[PoopingWhereYouShouldnt surprise]] on the boss's desk?

Wait, what's that? You have a class with that ex? The jerk is your mentor's kid? You aren't moving or transferring after all? That terminal illness diagnosis was [[FileMixup a mix-up at the clinic?]] You left your wallet in their freezer when you were stealing the ice cream sandwich?

Compare NotSoFinalConfession, WeMeetAgain, WeWillMeetAgain, WhereItAllBegan, MyGodWhatHaveIDone, TheExitIsThatWay, WhosLaughingNow, FairWeatherFoe, and TakeThisJobAndShoveIt. A character who suffers from KarmicShunning may do this, either out of [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorse]] or [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk convenience]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In "[[Recap/AmericanDadS6E9RapturesDelight Rapture's Delight]]", Stan blames Francine for them not getting chosen to ascend into Heaven when the rapture occurs, and he abandons her when a man approaches him claiming to be Jesus Christ and that he can get him into Heaven. When the so-called messiah turns out to be a bum who wants oral sex from him, an embarrassed Stan tries to save face, but not only does Francine reject him and move out, but she also reveals that she's entered a relationship with the ''real'' Jesus.

** In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS1E25CroakAndPunishment Croak & Punishment]]", Anne and Sprig try to search for a missing Blue Moon Shell, with [[GoodCopBadCop Anne as the "good cop", and Sprig as the bad cop"]]. However, Sprig takes his role a bit too seriously, yelling at various suspects and [[InterrogationByVandalism destroying their property]]. When his behavior ends up provoking Gunther, a Southern Tusk Frog, into HulkingOut, he and Anne try to find someplace to hide, but nobody is willing to protect them on account of how Sprig treated them.

** In "True Colors", Sasha betrays Anne (again) and helps Grime overthrow King Andrias, causing a furious Anne to decide she's done with Sasha's manipulative behaviour and break off their friendship for good. Moments later, Sasha and Grime uncover Andrias' true nature as a MultiversalConqueror, and with Anne and the others already working to restore him to the throne, they have no choice but to go back and try and explain why this is a bad idea. Having just burnt all her bridges, however, nobody listens to Sasha; she and Grime are defeated and Andrias is successfully restored to his throne. [[FromBadToWorse Things go downhill very quickly from there]], and Anne (realising Sasha was right about Andrias and has reformed for real this time) eventually does patch things up with her.

** In the episode "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E08TheTelescope The Telescope]]" [=BoJack=] visits his former friend Herb Kazzaz when the latter is suffering from cancer, and whom [=BoJack=] left hanging when Herb was fired from ''Horsin' Around'' on account of a controversy over him being homosexual. [=BoJack=] wants to squash his beef before Herb is six feet under. At first, things seem to go well (apart from Herb chronically making jokes about how [=BoJack=] threw him under the bus), but when [=BoJack=] feels the need to apologize, Herb gives him one hell of a ReasonYouSuckSpeech about how [=BoJack=] abandoning him when he needed a friend most was plain [[ThisIsUnforgivable inexcusable]] and the horse then leaves his former friend with the bridge between them burnt forever.
** This happens again in the season 3 episode "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E11ThatsTooMuchMan That's Too Much, Man!]]" when [=BoJack=] and Sarah-Lynn going on a drunk bender and making amends with the people they've wronged, only to actually worsen things.
** Per WordOfGod, a character utilizing the show's once-per-season PrecisionFStrike is meant to represent that character's bridge with [=BoJack=] being burned for good. Although Todd uses it in season 3, he and [=BoJack=] do eventully reconcile and regain their friendship, albeit never coming as close as they once were.

** Happens in the episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E16AprilInQuahog April in Quahog]]", when Peter blurts out that he doesn't care for his children the moment before the world is supposed to end... only for said warning to be revealed as an April Fool's prank from the Quahog news team. Peter spends the rest of the episode trying to make it up to the kids.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsForgottenFriendship'', Sunset Shimmer returns to Equestria and has to seek the counsel of Princess Celestia. This was after [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil Sunset turned into a cruel and manipulative]] AlphaBitch under Celestia's watch. However, Sunset's undergone enough CharacterDevelopment after her HeelFaceTurn to genuinely apologize to Celestia, and the apology is accepted.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': At the end of Season 1, to save Eda, Lilith has to turn to Luz and King for help. Luz at first isn't interested, since Lilith is the one who captured Eda in the first place and used her as a hostage, but is willing to work with Lilith once Lilith explains why she cursed Eda and returns Owlbert. Even during their truce, Luz admits she doesn't like the lady's style.

** In a {{Flashback}} episode, Homer, upon quitting his nuclear plant job, plays Burns' head like a bongo in front of all the other employees and then throws Burns at a barrel of toxic waste. (Although [[PayEvilUntoEvil one has to wonder if "acting like a jerk" can even apply to anything being done to Burns]].) [[LiteralMetaphor He LITERALLY burns a bridge he drives over on his way out.]] He eventually has to take the job back after [[spoiler:impregnating Marge with Maggie]]. Of course, since this is [[EvilIsPetty Burns]] we're talking about here, he makes Homer [[LiteralMetaphor literally come "crawling back", via through a narrow tunnel]], to get his old job back, so that Burns would also literally be looking down on Homer once emerged. To further humiliate him, Burns has Smithers put a big mandatory plaque in Homer's office saying "Don't forget, you're here forever". [[spoiler:Luckily, Homer is able to cover the plaque with pictures of Maggie and change the message to "[[SignsOfDisrepair Do it for her]]".]]

* In ''Fanfic/AThousandAnswers'', Dio ends up becoming a vampire earlier than canon due to [[ForWantOfANail having the Stone Mask fall on him during his and Jonathan's fight]], and since he hadn't yet desired that kind of power, he ''hates'' being a vampire. Unfortunately, the only two people equipped to help him are Erina Pendleton (whom he gave his infamous ForcefulKiss to earlier) and Jonathan Joestar (who started fighting him specifically to avenge Erina's honor). He's not happy with this arrangement but sucks it up as best he can.

Time to let them know what you really think of them! Tell the ex-girlfriend off, insult the constant jerk, rob the old neighbor, leave a [[PoopingWhereYouShouldnt ''surprise'']] on the boss's desk, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking jack their last ice cream sandwich]], whatever fits! They deserve it, and you're never going to have to live through the repercussions anyway.

May overlap with OffTheTable, when the other party refuses to allow the bridge to be rebuilt. Similar to AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp.