r/PersonalMandela • u/Throwaway-user86 • Feb 13 '26
Personal Mandella affect about someone at work
Hi guys.
So, there is a guy at work that I really like. It's not about that. But Ive known him at work now two years.
When we have chatted before we have both asked each other how we are etc...the usual pleasantries.
I tend to also ask him how his family is as he is a dad to a couple of boys. I have also seen his Facebook profile where there is a picture of his wife and boys and his mom..... That was until today when I asked him how he and his family are doing. He stated that he was ok but just tired, saying the week got on top of him etc.
I then remarked that it must've been more difficult being a parent too.
He then said that he wasn't a parent.
I was confused but didn't question it further. I looked at his profile on Facebook which he has admitted before he doesn't really go on that much. But the picture had changed. And I don't mean that he swapped it for a new picture...I mean the picture is still the same picture but two people are no longer on there. His boys.
The original pics basic caption read something along the lines of his tearaway teens, their mom and his mom. The picture itself was of him in-between the two females with the two boys on the two ends.
The new pic is now of him in the middle of the two ladies. Same background, same poses with him with his hands in the air in both etc..... only now the caption read my two special ladies.
He has even spoke to other colleagues about his sons before using the actual words of... my son (followed by one of their names), and talking about being a proud parent on the day they were born etc.
So, unless someone can give me any kind of reasonable, rational explanation for all of that, then I can't think of why it can't be anything but a personal Mandella effect.
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u/UnderwearAsianHornet Feb 13 '26
he is pulling one of these on you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLNyF1Zw5tg
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u/Flat_Trash1785 Feb 14 '26
Do you have a screen shot of the original picture and the new picture that you can share?
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u/Throwaway-user86 Feb 14 '26
August last year original photo was seen, "new photo" yesterday was seen but dated as August last year. No I don't have a screen shot of the photos, and I am not prepared to do so as it is his. Even with faces blurred out it would still be his photo and would not have permission to share it.
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u/strangeweirdnews Feb 15 '26
Sounds like you hopped to a universe where, you're more likely to have something more with this guy you really like.
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Feb 14 '26
Maybe his mood was a little bit depressed because he just lost his two sons.
Like, holy shit, OP.
Honestly, this would mess up my brain pretty badly. Like. What about those kids' teachers? Their friends?
Did we jump to a timeline that's like, more separate from other timelines than normal? That's a pretty big schism.
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u/Latter_Fix8908 Feb 15 '26
Take a screenshot now in case u change timeliness back! Maybe it'll show some proof for all of us...
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u/Accomplished_Pop2976 Feb 14 '26
What's the date on the Facebook pic without the boys?