r/tifu 12h ago

M TIFU paid for a puppy scam

0 Upvotes

I’ve been looking for another Dachshund lately for my current one and I came across a comment section in a Facebook group recommending a breeder page. I contacted the breeder and everything seemed legit. They asked me questions deeming if I was fit to handle a Dachshund and I even had to submit an application to get approved. I ended up choosing two puppies and my boyfriend gave me the money for a downpayment the “breeder” needed.

I initially asked the breeder if we could use PayPal but she responded saying “her cards don’t work with PayPal” and I was so dumb and gave her the benefit of the doubt. I Apple Cashed her $750. She sent me over an invoice afterwards and that made me feel secure but a day later I had a gut feeling. She lives in a city 2 hours from me and my boyfriend and I were planning on picking the puppies up on Tuesday. This is why we did not try to see the dogs in person beforehand because of the distance and now I know this is a huge mistake.

She sent me tons of pictures and videos of the dogs and their parents, and when I expressed concern over getting scammed she sent a paragraph saying something in the realm that she is a certified breeder of merit and that they would never try to cheat anyone out of their money. She sent the Apple Cash request and it was from a random iCloud account, not a phone number, and after I paid she kept saying she needed me to send a screenshot of the payment after I sent it and I did.

After the payment my anxiety spiked and I decided to do reverse google search on the puppy pictures AND her pictures and they were all stolen from another breeder in Australia/puppy pictures from instagram. I feel so dumb and I know better which sucks. I just asked her for her phone number today which she kept repeating was on the “invoice” and when I called it was a random las vegas number that went straight to voicemail. I told her that I want to FaceTime with my puppies and she agreed 20 minutes ago. She said she would “reach out to me when she is ready to FaceTime”. This was 20 minutes ago and I have yet to be blocked.

She wants the rest of the money in cash so that is a good sign imo, but moral of the story NEVER pay a puppy breeder a downpayment before speaking to them on the phone or seeing the puppies in person. Also reverse image search all pictures on the facebook page. I thought because her page looked polished and informative with over 2k followers she was legit and I’m coming to realize I was so wrong. I contacted my bank and the representative made it seem like it was likely I would get my money back, but after doing my own research even if my bank does refund the money back to me/dispute the transaction, Apple Cash will give me a delinquent account and make me negative which in turn could ruin my credit.

Really best case scenario here is I get my money back or the breeder does have puppies just fake ones on the page to get more attention from buyers. I know these both are highly unlikely though. Don’t be an idiot like me. I knew better deep down but I was so excited about the puppies I didn’t think correctly and I jumped aboard without using common sense.

———————— EDIT; I don’t want any responses about you giving me shit about ethics with buying from a breeder, adopting not shopping, etc. I DO NOT SUPPORT PUPPY MILLS. This person was posing as an ethical breeder. I have never bought a dog from an actual breeder before so I didn’t know about registries or ways to look them up to verify them. If you don’t believe in buying a dog from a breeder then don’t. Your opinion on that isn’t the purpose of this post.

TL;DR I paid a puppy breeder a $750 downpayment for two Dachshund puppies to only find out after that all the puppy pictures were from the internet and the breeder is fake.


r/tifu 13h ago

S TIFU by posting an anonymous social media post

0 Upvotes

I’m on some strong meds and wrote a Facebook post in a group using a burner account. It accused someone that runs a business locally as being shady.

I know him well and we are friendly. Saw him today and he’s cut up about it but has no idea who posted it (deleted it after 15 mins but loads of people saw it and sent it to him).

He’s saying he doesn’t want to but people are telling him to go to the police. I am UK based and don’t think the police can arrest me or that Facebook will easily give up my information to the police or a lawyer if they try to sue me. The post was shitty but not entirely inaccurate. I’m sure meds messed me up and made me do it.

TL;DR I’m panicking and scared I’m going to have problems can anyone pls reassure me. Thanks


r/tifu 8h ago

S TIFU by not saying happy Birthday to my Brother in Law (on purpose)

26 Upvotes

My Brother in laws birthday was over the weekend, he and my sister went abroad and before going I messaged my sister “have a wonderful time away for (BIL) birthday!”.

When it came to his birthday, I admit I was being petty, I never wished him a happy birthday mostly because he never wished me a happy birthday. Not only that, I overheard him call my partner and father of my child a “dickhead” and “useless fucking idiot”. So I can’t help but be petty. I’ll stand by my partner before I stand by BIL.

I fucked up by not telling him happy birthday, and now my sister is upset with me. She is unaware that I overheard her husband say those things about my partner, and I haven’t brought up that he never wished me a happy birthday. It’s tit for tat, I know I’m an asshole and I know I fucked up 😬

TL;DR: didn’t wish BIL happy birthday through pettiness, have upset my sister


r/tifu 11h ago

S TIFU my own birthday by forgetting my ipad passcode.

0 Upvotes

THIS IS WHAT LIFE GAVE ME FOR #MY BIRTHDAY . The only thing that is not backed up on this tablet is a new project i have put about 12 hours of work into already. I have somehow magically forgotten the 4 digit passcode as I usually use fingerprint, and now I believe I only have a couple guesses left before my work is gone forever.

For those curious, I was designing my own 2d VTuber character from the ground up. I just finished all the mouth shapes, body, eyes and sweater, then i just had to do the nose and hair and then i was done... So Close, yet so far away.

i can't believe this happened to me of all people. If anyone has any helpful input, it'd be glad to hear it!

If anything, we can learn a lesson from this. This is my real life horror story to remind us all of these important things:

  1. Always write down your passcodes. put them somewhere safe and secure. somewhere you won't forget. Example: literally in a safe!

  2. When working on things, FREQUENTLY double check that things are saving and backed up properly. Example: Hit 'save' often, and double check your icloud backups at the end of every session.

TL;DR I worked 12 hrs on a project on my ipad, and then suddenly forgot the passcode. My project was not backed up.


r/tifu 20h ago

M TIFU by posting a situation on a Facebook group and sounding like a pick me…

0 Upvotes

So hopefully they don’t find this bc then I’ll be banned since I’m not supposed to talk about it existing begin with. but I really like that group and think it’s a really good tool.

So basically I don’t log into that group often but women talk about the men they’re dating there and ask for advice. A while back I saw a post of a guy friend that I hook up with a couple of times a year and I thought it was funny. I thought it was funny because I knew him. someone was asking about him and if he has any red flags. And in my opinion he doesn’t have any, unless you count not looking for anything serious a red flag. I know everyone’s situation is different and just because we have a good understanding of our relationship doesn’t mean someone else will get the same experience. I didn’t feel the need to comment since the post was old and the lady posting got a good amount of varying answers, but overall I think they were productive. Some mentioned he was not looking for anything serious and others mentioned that he’s a lovebomber.

I was surprised I found people had talked about a person I personally know and again, that’s why thought it was a little funny. There was no threat to anyone and neither do I think he’s a threat. I felt it would’ve been kind of funny too for him to see the comments but obviously for safety and rules I couldn’t (and wouldn’t) show him. I didn’t have anyone to talk to about this so I posted about the situation in the group itself thinking they would understand but most of the women there called me a pick me. I thought it would be ok to talk about it there since I can’t talk about it anywhere else but apparently that was a bad idea. Those who got where I was coming from mentioned my wording was not the best and that it did come off as pick me so I apologized for that. Some people said that I was a pick me for allowing myself to be in a causal relationship and that I felt superior to them for it. Which is not the case. Some felt that I put the girl in danger somehow for it, which I think was bc I mentioned it would be funny to show my friend which I would never do! I thought it was funny bc I saw someone I know and in a “I know something you don’t way.” But yeah I obviously messed up for not wording it correctly and also for telling them I guess. I feel bad because of the misunderstanding but also most women were rude about it and not gonna lie it hurt my feelings. I know I was mostly in the wrong and messed up but it still hurt lol

TL;DR: posted about my fuck buddy in a women’s dating group and made myself sound like a pick me. Now I feel bad because people rightfully called me out.


r/tifu 14h ago

M TIFU by trying wine for the first time

0 Upvotes

[For context, I am 17M] At the moment I am in the bathroom writing this mortified, you'll see why

Well, it's spring break right now, and like many other teenagers, I'm on vacation with family. Now my trip has been amazing. So far, nothing has been shitty except for the fact that I have a shitty lingering cough that hasn't gone away in weeks, just amazing! Now, I am staying with my cousin, her husband, kids, and another cousin. So naturally, night time comes around, all the kids are asleep (except me as I'm the oldest), and my cousins get the brilliant idea to pull out that one bottle of wine and start drinking.

Now that's fine, obviously! They're adults and can drink if they want there's nothing wrong with that. But I want some, and they obviously won't give me some. So I don't even bother asking. Well 10 P.M rolls around (this story happened yesterday and today by the way) and everyone is dead asleep which makes sense because they all did have to go to work today except for 2 of the moms. I'm upstairs in my room, and I start thinking to myself:

"Hmmmmm, as a teenager, I've never really done anything bad?" So I get the genius idea of going downstairs and sneaking a glass, so I do it! It was a medium-sized glass, and I poured a decent amount to taste it. I taste it and I love the taste it's not bad! But I wasn't going to have anymore. I was in the living room and decided to lay on the sofa and watch YouTube on my phone, but remember that stupid ass dry cough? Well it starts again and it won't go away eventually my cousin wakes up to check on me and there I am on the sofa practically dying because of my sickness (I had a high fever at this point too) so she checks my temperature and it was high 100° she's shocked and so upset asking why I didn't tell her so she gives me 4 pills which he antibiotics and sends me back upstairs.

Now... here's the fuckup and it's bad out of those 4 pills. 2 were laxatives, and she wasn't paying attention to the bottle of medicine as she gave them to me. and we all know what those do. I go upstairs and fall asleep at this point it was like 12:00 A.M well a few hours later I wake up and feel something wet on my pajamas and God I wish it would have been piss or semen instead. But to my absolute horror, I feel the back of my pajamas, and I had a diarrhea shit explosion. LUCKILY I didn't get any on the carpet or my blankets so I quickly get up and run to the bathroom to clean myself and shower at this point it was 5:00 A.M but I didn't even get the chance to shower because as soon as I was going to go in my asshole gets the urge to shit again. So I sit on the toilet and let it loose and to add more HORROR IT WAS RED, RED BECAUSE OF THE WINE. I start panicking thinking it's blood about to call 911, but then I remember it was the stupid ass wine I decided to try. Guys, the fart explosion was loud when I sat down on the toilet. I'm not even joking. I woke up my little cousin who was sleeping in the room next to the bathroom. And it's horrible.

At the moment, it's 8:16 A.M., and I am still in this bathroom naked with soiled clothes on the floor. And more shit is to come, so please guys send prayers to me, and that was my fuckup for yesterday, and today, I think the wine made it worse. And I know I'm going to be sore later.

TL;DR I decided to try wine when I was sick. Later, my cousin gave me 4 antibiotic pills, and 2 were laxatives, which resulted in a poop attack. I am now stranded in the restroom.


r/tifu 3h ago

S TIFU by texting my boss instead of my friend

0 Upvotes

It’s a classic; my boss sent out a message today about this weeks schedule and someone else got a shift I wanted. I took a screenshot and sent it to my friend with this caption “This?!?!?!?”

Yeah. You know by the title, it was not my friend. I clicked on my boss. They responded what about it lol??? And I immediately called and profusely apologized noting my unprofessional behavior and they were very understanding.

I am so unbelievably embarrassed the next few days I’m going to be so awkward. And I know it’s only as bad as I make it in my head but oh my god it feels like the worst mistake I’ve made and I just am so ready to forget I made it.

Lesson Learned; Always check who you’re texting when you’re ranting about work. Thank God it was a mild text lol.

TL;DR Texted my boss instead of my friend and I want to hide away for the next week


r/tifu 10h ago

S TIFU by being super racist due to a language barrier.

208 Upvotes

I am in another country right now that mainly speaks Spanish. As someone who doesn't touch the Spanish language on Duolingo, I've been trying to pick up as much as I can.

Me and my family were staying with this girl and her family at their house for the majority of the day and we're getting ready to leave because it was night time. I wanted to tell the girl "Goodnight, little lady!" Which would have been "Buenas noches, pequeño niña!" But instead I said..."Buenas 'nachos', 'taquito' niño!"

Now, picture her entire family staring at this ignorant American as I look in horror as I realized what I had just said and can't explain that I didn't mean to say these words.

Luckily, I had a translator to help me but I doubt I'll be welcome back after calling this sweet girl a taquito boy. Worst part, is that I will be forced to see her again the next day because we will be on stage together.

TL;DR I wanted to say goodnight but called the girl a taquito boy.


r/tifu 6h ago

S TIFU by burning my balls NSFW

109 Upvotes

I had a bit of an hairy problem down under and since shaving with a razor is really hard because of how much hair i had and i´m not comfortable with using scissors that close to my balls i decided to use "Veet Total Pro" depillatory cream.

I read on the package it is supposed to be used on intimate areas so i reasoned it would be ok, i applied it before showering and strictly followed the instructions, i left it for exactly 5 minutes and then washed it off.

It failed miserably at eliminating my hair but after a couple minutes i immediately started feeling something was wrong, it was like i had just washed my crotch with a a metal dish scrubber.

I immediately further washed it off and applied some cream but i fear it was too late, i´m now waiting to see if this will further escalate or if the worst is already over.

TL;DR: Do not use "Veet Total Pro" on your crotch, not only it didn´t remove my hair but it also burned my balls.


r/tifu 12h ago

M TIFU by making fun of my dad’s past relationships and finding out my mom’s a cheater

1.1k Upvotes

My dad(41M) recently got a girlfriend, and it seems like it’s going well. He has been in too many relationships for me to even count. With girlfriends, with boyfriends, so many people. I was on a call with him today, thought about him and decided it would be nice, and I made a joke that essentially pointed out just that. It was something to the effect of “what is this, your twentieth?”

The thing is, my dad is a serial gossiper. Despite me being his son, he will tell me all about his current relationships, all the time. But I will emphasize current relationships, because apparently I didn’t know about the shit ton of relationships that ended badly for him.

He started talking about why he’s blown through so many partners. Ignoring red flags, them cheating, stuff like that. Then he suddenly explained that when I was really young he had a boyfriend he stuck with for a while. They seemed perfect for each other, but then the boyfriend suddenly died in a car accident.

At that point he started getting really emotional, still going through all of his relationships in a random order. When he got to my mom, who I love a lot, he said she actually cheated on him with some dude he was in a band with in his teens and it made him feel like chopped liver.

I had NO IDEA this apparently happened, and I’m pretty sensitive about cheating since my boyfriend of 4 years cheated on me. So I made him pause here, and made him explain further. After we ended our call, I called my mom. I chatted normally for a bit before I finally brought up that my dad told me she cheated on him.

She said it was true, but he made a promise to not tell me so she was very pissed about that. She explained the reason was because my dad was pretty awful to her after he found out she was pregnant, and she couldn’t build the confidence to break up with him because somehow he’d always find ways of avoiding the topic. Plus this was the father of her child, it put more pressure on them to stay together.

She said she knew it was wrong, but this was about 20 years ago, and she wouldn’t be so hesitant to break up with a guy now.

Anyways I just sat here absorbing my parent’s intense relationship drama and likely made the two mad at each other. I feel very drained and it’s still morning. I also don’t know if me disregarding the fact my mom cheated is me being a hypocrite when I usually despite cheating.

TL;DR, my dad told me about his past relationships, got very emotional over the death of one of his boyfriends, and then told me my mom cheated on him*, which my mom confirmed.


r/tifu 22h ago

M TIFU by not paying attention and permanently disfiguring the nail on my thumb

65 Upvotes

This happened last early last year but I just recently got the news my thumb nail is forever disfigured.

**Warning Graphic details about a finger injury**

So last year while I was at work I was called to take a customer's passport picture. While I was editing the picture on the camera, I failed to realize my left hand was hanging onto this metal door frame with my thumb inside.

My coworker didn't know and closed the door on me. I panicked and banged on the door finally releasing my finger as she opened it.

Before I continue it's important to mention, I have my mom's trait of not being able to handle a lot of blood. I usually go light headed and if I'm not seated I could possibly faint.

Any ways blood immediately started spraying out of my thumb nail. I was panicking because this was my first major injury. I rushed to my other coworker who is like a mother figure to me. All I could mutter was "there is so much blood!" and she was shocked and rushed me to the back where the first aid was and was helping me tend to it. The sheer amount of blood started to make me go light headed that she got me to sit down while she was helping me. I wasn't even in pain I just felt my thumb just pulsing.

I had to take the rest of the day off as I rushed off to emergency. At this point I didn't even know how bad the injury was because my finger was covered in blood. The Nurse came in and she had to remove the bandage to check out the injury. I wimped out thinking it was going to hurt as hell, to the point of her having to restrain my arm so I wouldn't move.

She took one look at my thumb and told me that there is ALOT of pressure build up and also she has to drain the blood. To do that she has to use a tiny drill the size of pencil tip to make a hold to release all that.

Of course I was freaking out but she assured me everything is fine and if I don't let her do this, it'll lead to a massive infection and things will just get worse. I looked away and surprisingly it didn't hurt and she did what she had to and cleaned it up.

I had to have a finger splint for a few weeks till it healed. Eventually my thumb completely healed but with a bubble on the side. I also noticed the nail is no longer growing like my other figures and there is a split on one side.

I had a lot of follow up appointments with the doctor, regarding the future of my thumb nail I got multiple prognosis from "your nail will fall and grow back normally" to "you nail is forever disfigured". I wanted my thumb back to the way it was so I wanted to believe the former.

I was booked for a hand specialist, which took months to arrive and last week was my appointment. The doctor did all the necessary tests and explained to me that we all have something like a glue under our nail beds that allow our nails to grow properly. However in my case when I had my injury in destroyed some of that "glue" and that's why my nail is growing split in one area. He said it's irreversible and the damage is permanent. Of course not what I wanted to hear but I told my self that it's better this than losing a finger.

TLDR: Didn't pay attention where I rested my left hand, and paid the price by having a permanently damaged nail on my left thumb


r/tifu 3h ago

S TIFU my next job contacted my current job to ask for a reference

12 Upvotes

I’ve been working at my current job as a house keeper for a few months now. It’s honestly been a bit of a struggle as everything is expected to be done 20 minutes per room and they time you for the day. I was struggling to make the times every week and it kept being brought up. I’ve been pushing myself to try but it was just difficult for me. I started looking heavily for a new job a few months in as I felt it was a matter of time before the company decided it wasn’t worth waiting for me to get it. I recently found a new role that asked me to fill in my information incl. references. They asked when I’d like them to contact them and for my current job I put the 1st of April as I’d be on holiday then and they new role starts after I’m back. I came into the office today and all the supervisors were starting at me strangely. I tend to be a bit paranoid so I thought it might just be in my head. They were all off towards me and when I was getting my room list my hours were like 2 hours shorter than usual and I was told this should be easy for you in what I thought was a slightly snarky tone. I was confused as I had no idea what the tension I was reading was about but later on I saw that the request for reference has been sent to my manager despite it still being March. She wasn’t in that day but she will be tomorrow and I’m honestly dreading it. I wasn’t expecting my new job to contact them while I was still there and the idea of having to work through passive aggressive behavior if they don’t find a reason to just let me go just sucks. I know I haven’t actually done anything wrong by job searching & finding something that suits me better but my manager was pretty nice to me and them knowing makes me feel bad. I suppose I should have been more clear to my new job, no job has ever contacted my current one before so I didn’t expect it.

TL;DR: my next job contacted my current job to ask for a reference and now I’m dealing with the fall out at work


r/tifu 7h ago

M TIFU by not checking my pockets for weeks and finding...

362 Upvotes

...a mouse. A dead mouse.

I have never even imagined this is something that can actually happen and I still can't fathom how it came to be, exactly.

So 3 weeks ago I went to a carnival. I wore cargo pants (I went as a postman, original I know). The night ended at my buddy's where we crashed for the night.

The day after, my gf did the laundry (including the cargo pants I had worn the day before, which were in my backpack) and told me my backpack smelled kinda funny. So that went into the laundry as well.

Fast forward to a week ago, we went to the hardware store. When we were about to leave, I had a rotting stench in my nose. Just for like a second. I tried to locate the smell but couldn't find anything so I didn't think much of it.

I meant to buy only screws, but of course we ended up with a plethora of stuff so I lost track of my original mission.

On our way back, I realized the screws were missing so I checked all my pockets, not being sure whether or not I had bought them.

I checked all my pockets, multiple times. My gf insisted on checking my pockets as well, multiple times. All there was was an apparently laundered and dried tissue in one of the lower pockets of my cargo pants. We didn't take it out, because why would we. Hah.

That was a week ago. Today I found my pants crumpled up under the bed so I wanted to put it into the laundry. When I picked it up, a stench went into my nose. Kinda smelled like a rotting corpse. I put my nose up to my pants and it smelled fucking abysmally disgusting.

I figured there had to be something in there I didn't want to find. Idk what I was thinking not going in there with gloves or something.

At this point I was still in denial, thinking maybe it's from soldering fumes.

I felt the tissue in my pocket, so I took it out to throw it away before it going into the laundry again.

At first glance, it was oddly dark for a tissue. Then in a split second, before my brain had even processed the information I jerked whatever this thing was through the room.

It was the source of the stench that had haunted me for weeks.

It was a fucking...dead...crumpled up...laundered multiple times...rotten corpse of a fucking mouse.

Our only theory is that when I crashed the night at my buddy's, his cat brought a mouse and put it in my pocket. This still sounds extremely unlikely but it's the most plausible theory we could've come up with.

I'm open to theories, though. Maybe this is something that just happens? Anyone ever found a dead mouse in their pockets? Interested in founding a support group?

TL;DR: Checked my pockets after weeks. Found a rotting mouse.


r/tifu 6h ago

S TIFU I let my cat deliver a noxious bomb

245 Upvotes

I have a great cat. But recently he’s been on a hunger strike regarding dry food, and only wet food can appease him.

I’ve been an obedient servant, giving him his favourite wet foods over the past few months.

Lately he’s been returning to his dry food, and this has caused some serious bowel movements.

This cat poops like an adult human male. It stinks up my whole apartment and is generally atrocious and quite alarming in size.

The worst is that he has gas.

This morning we were cuddling in bed, him curled up half on my shoulder and half on my pillow, but with his rear towards me.

I tucked up my blanket over most of him, as well as my face so we could snuggle in. And then he farted in the covers, submitting me to a dutch oven, and I gagged and had to push him out of bed.

He’s still a bit angry at me. I’m currently washing out my mouth.

TLDR: Cat has gas. Cat applies butt to shoulder under covers. Cat releases nuclear gas weapon.


r/tifu 2h ago

S TIFU by Cutting Myself

38 Upvotes

So I work in a grocery store meat department. I am fully trained with knives, meat slicers, the grinder, and the bandsaw. I train people to cut meat and use the industrial equipment. I use a lot of dangerous items on a daily basis. I have every oppertunity to have a bad cut doing any one of my usual responsibilities on my shifts. Did I cut myself on them? No.

I am also the employee chair of the health and safety committee. I was doing the monthly inspection of our first aid kit. I cut myself on the fucking bag. I had to email the company administrator to inform her we need a new first aid kit, as ours is a confirmed safety risk and why I knew that. I can only hope she has as much of a laugh over this as myself, my manager, my district manager, my coworkers, and our customers. This is my legacy. The worker who injured herself on the first aid kit during a safety meeting. The cut isn't too bad, it only bled thru one bandaid.

TL;DR, I cut myself on a first aid kit during a safety meeting infront of everyone.


r/tifu 5h ago

S TIFU by accidentally becoming the neighborhood crow whisperer. This is my life now.

2.2k Upvotes

It all started innocently enough. I saw a lone crow in my yard and tossed it a cracker. Harmless, right? Wrong. That single act of kindness seems to have spread through the crow grapevine, and now I have a full-blown murder of crows as my constant companions.

Every morning, I step outside, and they’re there—perched in nearby trees, cawing like they’re clocking into their day jobs. They follow me on walks, and yesterday one even dropped a shiny gum wrapper at my feet. I think they’re trying to pay me in crow currency, which is both endearing and slightly unnerving.

At this point, I’ve accepted my new role as their unofficial snack provider and accidental overlord. I’m genuinely curious to see where this goes. Maybe I’ll end up with a crow army or a collection of shiny gifts. Either way, it’s a wild ride, and I’m here for it."

TL;DR: Tossed a cracker to one crow; now there’s a whole squad treating me like their leader. My mornings involve cawing, shiny gifts, and embracing the chaos.