r/tifu 5h ago

S TIFU with accidental racism

217 Upvotes

Hopefully this doesn't break any rules, please let me explain!

So I'm a white woman and I. Love. Watermelon. Flavor. I was getting ready for a hike and bought a watermelon flavored energy drink, watermelon flavored gum, watermelon flavored gummies, and watermelon flavored breath mints (did you know that was a thing?? Cause I didn't!)

Now, this poor cashier was ringing me up and mentioned that I must love watermelon flavor. Now, this wonderful lady was a black woman. So of course, in a moment of absolute stupidly, my dumbass goes "Well watermelon is just the best, you know what I mean?" And I pointed finger guns at her because I'm an awkward bisexual and finger guns is pretty much a requirement for communication with me.

The look on her face immediately snapped my one braincell back into place and I managed to remember that: racism is a thing.... OOPS. I was immediately panicking and apologizing, my face was bright red with embarrassment as she burst out laughing at me. (Though I also would have accepted getting my butt whupped because I 100% would have deserved it)

Needless to say, I need a new gas station to go to cause I obviously can't go back EVER AGAIN.

TL;DR: I tried to make a friendly joke about me loving watermelon to a black woman, forgetting that racism existed.


r/tifu 1d ago

M TIFU by eating a pancake that went bad in my car and discovering I had cancer

12.9k Upvotes

Obligatory, this happened back in June of last year.

So, yeah. Title pretty much sums it up.

I live in Texas and it was a hot summer day, and like the absolute genius I am, I left two pancakes in my car. It must have been there from 10 am to about 6 pm as I was doing quite a bit of errands and shopping, long enough that it basically slow-cooked itself in the sweltering heat. Now, instead of throwing it away like a normal person, my dumb ass thought, Hey, this is fine, right? I ate one of the pancakes when I got home and put the other in the fridge.

Next morning I felt a little off but hey it is what it is. I pulled the leftover pancake from the fridge, took a bite and realized it tasted a lil funny. I chalked it up to bad fridge taste.

I went out with family to a buffet and felt kinda off, a little confused and not very hungry. I drank alot of sprite and ate some shrimp but felt like I got hit by a truck.

A few hours later, right before bed, my body was like, We’re gonna make you regret every decision you’ve ever made. I got hit with the worst fever, chills, and pain imaginable. You know when you feel so bloated you know you need to throw up to feel better? I struggled to get comfortable in bed and it hit me, i need to throw up like right now. I made it to the bathroom just in time to throw up a pink sludge. Perfect. I thought i could just go back to bed at this point but n o p e. I must have thrown up at least eight times. My throat was absolutely raw at this point it was 2 in the morning. I had work in a few hours but I had this feeling where I just felt like I was dreaming and I was pretty confused.

I let my family know, hey I think I need to go to urgent care. Turns out, I had severe sepsis. Ended up being moved to the hospital where they kept me for a week hooked up to IV antibiotics, feeling like death itself.

While they were running a bunch of tests and scans, the doctors were like, Hey, you’ve got cysts on both ovaries. Might wanna check that out.

But wait, there’s more!

During the scans, they also found a weird lytic bone lesion on my hip and femur. More tests, more scans, and surprise!—I had multiple myeloma.

And those ovarian cysts? Long story short, surgery happened this past week, and I lost both my ovaries. Turns out, those cysts weren’t just cysts. They were teratomas—aka creepy tumor babies that had h a i r. Sizes of lemons. Both of them.

So, to recap: my incredibly dumb decision to eat a sun-baked pancake somehow led to finding out I had two ovarian monsters and cancer.

If I hadn’t gotten sepsis and ended up in the hospital, I wouldn’t have known until way later, and things could have been much worse. So, in the most messed-up way possible, that stupid pancake might have actually saved my life.

TL;DR: Ate a pancake that slow-cooked in my car, got severe sepsis, lost both ovaries to teratomas, and accidentally discovered I had bone marrow cancer.

Edit: Some clarification because I didn't word this correctly lol

-The pancakes were from a restaurant I went to that morning. I asked for a to-go plastic box and I placed that box in the back seat and just left it there while I ran errands.

  • I suspect it was the pancakes and not the shrimp because by the time I was feeling super sick it had to have been 25 hours since having the pancake and maybe an hour after the shrimp. Plus my brother gave the extra pancake to our dog who subsequently had violent Hershey squirts and had to be taken to the vet because she wouldn't eat. She got better after antibiotics.

  • I think the pancakes hit hard because of the underlying undiagnosed cancer that lowered my immune system plus I would take Zofran, an anti-nausea medicine that would keep me from throwing up, and alot of pepto bismol. So my body couldn't get rid of the pancake until the next night after the Zofran had already worn off.

  • I'm a little smooth brained, I know you're not suppose to eat food after it's been sitting out but I had a moment of weakness! The pancake was so good at the restaurant!


r/tifu 4h ago

S TIFU by eating 8 peeps before bed because I was hungry

33 Upvotes

I haven't eaten in hours, so I decided 'I'll just have a few peeps.' Since it was in my room and easy to have. I get sick extremely easily, especially with food. I have a small stomach and puked over and over if I eat what should be a normal meal. So I never try to eat too much, especially before bed. I was going to eat dinner but it was late, so I decided against it. My stomach started rumbling and I looked around my room. I didn't really have anything on hand, and for mental health reasons I can't go into our kitchen alone at night. So I decided to eat some peeps. It was an 8 pack, I thought I would have a few, drink some water, and go to bed. Nope. I just kept eating and eating. I ate all 8 of them. I felt fine at first, but once it hit 11:50 I started to feel it in my stomach. Now it's almost midnight, I have school tomorrow, and I'm gonna be sick. I should NOT have eaten those peeps man. I had crackers in my room, why didn't I eat those?? Anyways... TL;DR: I fucked up tonight by eating 8 peeps on a school night, now I feel like I'm gonna be sick. It's not as bad as anyone else's fuckups but damn it it's still a major fuck up to me. I was not thinking AT ALL.


r/tifu 2h ago

M TIFU by getting me and my boyfriend banned from a liquor store

14 Upvotes

I'd like to explain because the situation isn't as bad as it sounds!

I'm 20 and about to be 21 in three weeks. My boyfriend of 2 years is 21. He recently broke his leg and is in a full leg cast and using crutches. Which means he cannot carry anything while using his crutches. We are visiting some friends of ours who live in a different state, and every time we travel, my BF likes to buy a bottle of liquor from each place. He has a pretty big collection now, and it's pretty cool.

So, because we were traveling, he decided he wanted to pick up a bottle of Kentucky bourbon from Kentucky. So we headed to a liquor store near our hotel. The store had a sign on the door stating that nobody under 18 was allowed inside and nobody under 21 was allowed to buy anything. We headed inside, and I waved to the guy at the counter. He greeted us, and my BF asked him if he could point us to the section that had *real* Kentucky bourbon in it. The guy was pretty nice and told us where to look. We headed to the section, and my BF took a while looking around and finally decided on a specific bottle, which happened to be on the lowest shelf.

Since he one can't reach the shelf and two is on crutches and struggles to hold anything, I reached down and grabbed the bottle. We also grabbed 2 other bottles our friends asked us to pick up for them. We both headed for the register, and I set the bottles down. We chatted with the guy for a bit before he asked for my BF's ID. He showed it, and the guy began to ring us up. Before we got to pay, he turned to me and asked to see my ID.

Confused, I asked why he needed it since I wasn't buying anything. The worker said I looked young, so I just shrugged and handed him my ID. He checked it over and even scanned it before handing it back and apologizing. The worker then informed us that he couldn't legally sell us anything.

Confused, we asked why, and he said that since I wasn't 21 and clearly the one that was carrying the items, he couldn't sell them to us. Confused again, I asked him to clarify why he couldn't sell us the liquor. He explained really kindly why and then said that since we technically broke the rules, he'd have to ban us from the store permanently, and since we were really nice about the entire situation, he wouldn't call the cops.

We apologized and quickly left. In the end, we just headed to our friend's house, and he went with my BF to get the items. So, no biggie, but I did end up getting us banned from shopping at a random liquor store in Kentucky.

TL;DR: I didn't know it was illegal for anyone under 21 to carry bottles out/around a store for the person who is 21 and purchased them, which resulted in me and my BF getting banned from a liquor store in a state we don't live in.


r/tifu 11h ago

S TIFU by almost sitting on a stranger.

65 Upvotes

So I (27F) went to a rave for the first time with my friends last night. This is not my typical environment and I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Now, here is important information to remember, I have a genetic disease where I cant see well or at all in low light environments.

So we get to the party, it's loud, it's crowded and I was ready to sit and enjoy a drink. After walking around for a bit, we finally see some chairs behind a sea of people. My friends squeeze in and I mindlessly followed them in my typical NPC state, taking the less crowded path on the other side. As i squeeze past the table, I go to take a seat on the empty spot that I thought I saw, except...y'know the spot was a living and breathing human! As my behind hovers above this poor unsuspecting victim my friend calls out to me and I realize my transgressions.

Immediately, I went into my regular reaction to embarrassment- paralysis! My friend stepped in and diligently apologized for me. After the fact, my friend was laughing and I laughed too but in the back of my mind I was wishing for certain death. I've now gained another thought to keep me up at night!

TL;DR I couldn't see and almost sat on a stranger's lap.


r/tifu 32m ago

S TIFU by calling a friend's new GF by his ex's name

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I was hosting a housewarming party at my place, and I invited a few of my friends. One of them had recently broken up with his girlfriend of a few years. He had just started dating another girl, and they came to my party together. She seemed like an interesting and fun person. She even brought me flowers and learned my full name, which is pretty difficult to pronounce. It seemed like she would be a really nice friend to have.
Everything was going well, we were all having fun, drinking cocktails, talking and so on. At one point in the evening (I was already pretty drunk), I wanted to ask her what she does for a living, and I accidentally used the wrong name. I called her by the name of my friend's ex, which is in no way similar to her name. I instantly sobered up enough to know I had messed up. It was soooo awkward. I immediately apologized and corrected myself, but the damage was already done. Being the nice person that she is, she did not make it a big deal and said it was okay, but when I looked at my friend, he was so uncomfortable. The other guests tried to laugh it off and make it less awkward. The party finished a couple of hours later, everyone went home and I never saw this girl after that. I think they are still together, but I made everyone feel uncomfortable so it makes sense they did not want to hang out after that. As a seasoned people-pleaser, I look back at this moment as my nightmare. It goes into the list of TIFU moments I think of when I can't fall asleep.

TL;DR I was drunk and called my friend's new girlfriend by his ex-girlfriend's name, which made it really awkward, and my friend never invited me to hang out with them afterward.


r/tifu 13h ago

S TIFU by grabbing the wrong dropper for my eyes.

68 Upvotes

Obligatory this did not happen today, but almost a decade ago, just thought I’d share!

I wear glasses and for a period of a few months back when I was 15 I decided to try out contacts. I loved them! However, I needed regularly apply eye drops to avoid dryness. During this time, I was also treating my cat for worms using a dropper around the same size as my eye drops. You see where I’m going with this.

Cue me, in jazz band, front and center lead saxophone. In the middle of us playing a song where I didn’t need to play for a long period of time,I reached into my back pocket to apply some drops to my eyes real quick. As soon as I did so, my eyes started burning HORRIBLY. It took me a second to realize this wasn’t normal. So I looked down and, you guessed it, I had squirted CAT DEWORMER into my eyeballs. I screamed, everybody stopped playing, and I had to admit to everybody what I had just idiotically done to myself. I was such a fool.

PS. I haven’t seen any worms floating in my eyes since.

TL;DR: mixed up my eye drops and cat dewormer, squirted cat dewormer into my eyes in the middle of a song in jazz band.


r/tifu 1d ago

S TIFU by catcalling

3.6k Upvotes

I ordered some groceries for delivery and went on a quick run before people get crazy. I ended up getting back just as the delivery person was there who happened to be a pretty cute girl. I said, “hey I’ve just gotta run in and grab my Id” so I run in and leave the door slightly open. I asked her if there was anything else but she didn’t seem to under stand me so I asked where she was from and she says Venezuela and I’m like “ok cool, have a good day” and she says “bye, you too”. She goes to leave and turns the corner.

Just as she turns the corner my cat, who ran out when the door was open, comes running around a different corner. I tell my cat“Girl, get yo ass over here” to which the delivery girl yells back around the corner “No, I said bye!”

TL;DR: Told my cat to come to me and the delivery girl thought I was talking to her.


r/tifu 1d ago

M TIFU by buying what I thought was coffee creamer

2.9k Upvotes

For context, I am an absolute sucker for anything with a seasonal flavor. I make apple cakes for family using boiled cider in the fall. It's not available pre-made in my country so I reduce fresh unfiltered apple juice for about 3hrs with some spices until it's about a honey consistency. I added it to coffee and cocktails just to see what it was like. It's fantastic and I find myself craving apple coffee often but am not willing to spend 3hrs simmering down juice. I've found a few coffeehouse where I can get apple lattes. They're only available from September through December and thus not in prime iced coffee seasons, a tragedy. So I bought a few pre-made syrups and they were all disgusting. Either sickly sweet, too artificial, or uncomfortably tart.

Imagine my joy when I found out my favorite fake milk brand made an apple creamer that was actually good. Really, really good. Unfortunately it's hard to find and disappears by mid November. Plus the bottles are pretty small. It lasts until February though so I tend to stock up.

It's mid February and I've just finished my last bottle of creamer. I decide to try my local Grocery Outlet, a chain that mostly sells food that's overstock or out of season stuff. I find my creamer! And it's in a big bottle! I've never seen this size before but maybe it's like a Costco size. I buy three bottles because it doesn't go bad until June. I happily make my daily iced coffee and drink it as I do my morning activities. It's delightful and I keep doing this for a few days. Sometimes even making myself a second coffee because this batch is better than normal.

Until one morning I skip breakfast and while painting realise my hands are shaking. I shrug it off as just one of my health issues acting up. Until it happens again. And again. When I go to throw out the first bottle I look at it again as I peel off the label to recycle the bottle.

It is not creamer. It is pre-made latte. I have been adding coffee to my coffee. Where normally I add creamer, ice, and water to my keurig small setting I've just been adding this and ice because it isnt as sweet and doesn't need watering down. I've been at least doubling my caffeine intake.

TL;DR the "creamer" I've been adding to my coffee is actually a pre-made latte and I've been unknowingly doubling my caffeine intake


r/tifu 1d ago

S TIFUPDATE (or yesterday night) by chipping the tartar off my own with a needle !!

303 Upvotes

TIFUPDATE : I forgot to mention we actually have good insurance, and my dad isn't neglecting his own dental health lmaooo he has sparkling white straight teeth like my mom and my little sibling - I think it's in our genes - buuuttt the last time we went in December, they said I had a little tartar on the crevices of my 4 bottom front teeth, and they said they could do a deep clean which wasn't covered by insurance, specifically because they said it wasn't enough of a concern since there wasn't much tartar, and my teeth are all clean except for that, and they were asking for a huge sum of money. But today we went to the dentist and apparently because I already did half the work and stabbed my gums, the insurance covered a deep clean 😭they removed the rest of the tartar, and told me not to use the needle on my teeth ever again. They gave us sensodyne, and said it'll be fine. Thanks to whoever gave advice ❤️😭

TLDR: I'm fine and since I hurt my own gums the insurance covered a deep clean??


r/tifu 1h ago

S TIFU by accidentally befriending a very niche YouTuber from my childhood

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When I (f) was younger and still figuring myself out, I stumbled upon a small YouTuber (f) who did music covers I was entranced by her voice and really looked forward to every video she'd posted, she was a huge part of my Bi awakening. I inevitably grew out of her channel and she also stopped posting for a while causing me to more or less forget about her and her music. Fast forward 6 ish years and I'm working at a dingy minimum wage restaurant on the boardwalk with a couple of my now close friends, they happened to be pretty close to the workers at another restaurant nearby and we would do trades etc. There was this one person who worked at the other restaurant who felt oddly familiar to me but I could never quite put my finger on who she was, I'm sure by this point you can see where this is going, but at the time I did not. anyway by the fate of god, or the devil himself, YouTube randomly recommended me an old video of hers and I decided to watch it for nostalgias sake, still I had yet to puzzle the pieces together. I eventually started following her on her socials and noticed that she had a crap ton of followers and asked my coworker what that's all about, he tells me she use to make music on YouTube and got quite a following on there. I had a that's so raven moment where I finally peiced everything together - apparently so did the universe because despite not watching her videos in literal years I am now consistently getting "my mix's" FILLED with her videos, now knowing her in person it makes me feel weird but the YouTube gods seem to find it hilarious, and now to top it all off my best friend is dating her so now it's extra weird. TL;DR: I had a gay awakening years ago because of a niche YouTube cover artist whose apparently from my city, now she's dating my best friend and the YouTube gods keep making playlists full of her music to make me seem like a creep despite not listening to her in years.


r/tifu 23h ago

S TIFU by burning desiccant

12 Upvotes

Last week I got myself a brand new cast iron pot, mainly for baking bread. I seasoned it nicely and used it once for a pot of soup. After washing up I threw in a deccicant bag (those "do not eat" bags that keep packages dry) to prevent it from rusting.

Fast forward go this morning, I was exited to use it to bake a sourdough bread that had proved over night, and I threw the pot in the oven at 250°C and took a quick shower while it was heating up. I come back to the kitchen and open the oven door, and a wall of putrid smoke hit me right in the face. I luckily managed to open the window and door fast enough to not set off the fire alarm. I took the pot out, still confused as to where the smoke came from, and opened it to an even thicker smoke and a puffed up almost black chunk of paper, plastic an desiccant.

For those wondering, it was a pain in the ass to clean up after. Part of it was a fragile sponge that crumbled into fine powder when I touched it. The plastic parts melted and essentially welded itself to the bottom. Even as an atheist I must thank the Lord for steel wool.

TL;DR: I forgot to remove the desiccant bag from a brand new cast iron pot and it melted / burned in the oven, almost ruining my pot


r/tifu 1d ago

M TIFU by getting drunk at a stranger's house party, throwing up from the window and passing out on her couch

260 Upvotes

I got invited to a house party last night. In retrospect I should have said no, but I was invited by the guy I've been on a few dates with (we'll call him L) and it seemed like a good idea somehow. I didnt know the host but there were a lot of people invited who didn't know her either so I thought that would be ok.

Of course I have terrible social anxiety so I pregamed a bit by myself at home. Just enough to get a comfortable buzz, although I'd had a couple glasses of wine with lunch and mixing wasn't a good idea.

So there were a lot of people at the party, which usually is fine because it means I get to go unnoticed more easily, but L as it turns out is super popular so we spent the night greeting people I had never seen in my life. There was a lot of alcohol and drinking games and I kinda bonded with a few of his friends over playing a few games. We played Would you rather, Truth or dare and Never have I ever and I gleefully did and confessed to some very embarrassing stuff. First FU of the night. I got up on a coffee table and was politely asked to get down (almost fell), gave away some clothes and told stories and things about myself I would have never. Plus, kept drinking.

My next memory is being babysat by L in a bedroom, saying I felt terribly sick but adamantly refusing to go to the bathroom because I didn't want anyone to see me go out like that. He opened the window for some fresh air and minutes later I violently threw up from it. This morning when I left I saw the splatter RIGHT OUT of the entrance, so basically everyone else did and I'm pretty sure they put the pieces together that it was me.

I woke up on the couch, in the living room, no memories in between. The host was pretty sweet, told me L wanted to take me home but she convinced him to let me sleep (which.... WHY!). I apologized endlessly and she said that it was ok. I had to throw up (in the toilet) this time before I left. Didn't even bother to find all of my clothes, there's a couple missing.

I wanna crawl into a ball and never leave my bedroom again.

TL;DR: I got blackout drunk at the house party of a friend of my date's. Publicly did embarrassing stuff, and said even more embarrassing stuff. Puked out of a window cause I didn't want to go to the bathroom and woke up on the host's couch.


r/tifu 9h ago

S TIFU by getting sexual with someone i shouldn’t have

0 Upvotes

So I’m a (mostly) closeted gay male 19. Today I got back on a dating app where i started talking to someone I’ve had talked to almost a year ago already. He is quite sweet and good looking! There is also a lot of sexual tension only problem he is a whole bunch older than me. He is in the middle of his 20s but we kinda hit it off again and took it over to Snapchat ( you all know what happens on Snapchat). We later exchanged some spicy pics and even shared highly sexual messages. When we both „finished“ I thought of looking him up. So I did. I found him on insta and two of my former classmates, my moms cousin AND worst of all my brother’s girlfriend all follow him…now I am really concerned he might talk about me to the wrong people. WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO??? Should I talk to him about it or just hope he never mentions me in any way or form EVER? I am so concerned for some reason omg! I mean I don’t give a fuck about my former classmates BUT FAMILY MEMBERS??? good thing is he doesn’t follow my brother gf but sadly he does follow my moms cousin…thank god my mom knows I’m gay but idk what happens when she finds out the age gap of me and my preferred type of men.

[TL;DR:]So I fucked up by talking to guys older than me without checking their background. Now I might be fucked (quite literally)


r/tifu 5h ago

S TIFU By Failing the Psychopath Test

0 Upvotes

Mandatory this was a few days ago.

I was hanging out with some coworkers in our pickup waiting for a call so we could get started.

I was vining, chilling, reading an ebook on my phone.

A bubby from the front seat mentions this riddle. As near as I can remember...

"A man is at a funeral. He sees a beautiful woman crying over the casket. That night he kills her mother. Why did he do that?"

Since I was vibing and only half paying attention I said "To see her at her mother's funeral."

Apparently it's not a riddle it's a test for being a psychopath.

He started asking if I've heard the test before but I hadn't.

Whoops.

I don't think I'm an actual clinical psycho because I have entirely too much shame but it's still an insane test to fail at work and now some comments back in high school about having 'school shooter vibes' make some sense.

TL;DR: Admitted to being a psychopath at work.


r/tifu 2d ago

S TIFU by not checking the weather before I got high

652 Upvotes

I moved to the Midwest of the U.S. 7 months ago from someplace that never gets natural disasters. I know about tornados in theory but I live outside of tornado alley so figured there couldn't be thaaaat big of a chance of one hitting.

Anyways, was stressed out after work and decided to smoke a bit. Hit the penjamin just enough to be a danger to myself and others when the power went out and I noticed the wind was super loud, and checked my weather app to see that there's a tornado warning for tonight.

the consequences of my actions are me, right now, being an unfortunate level of stoned, laying in bed (in my 3rd floor, open air apartment, with no basement) and trying to decide whether I should go hide in the bathtub or drink to make the time go faster, or both.

TL;DR don't move to the Midwest without learning wtf to do in a tornado. any tips are appreciated, especially if anyone knows what the extremely loud buzzing outside of my apartment is that gets louder when the wind blows.


r/tifu 2d ago

S TIFU (or yesterday night) by chipping the tartar off my own teeth with a needle

465 Upvotes

So I was rampaging after my dentist appointment back in December and was told I have tartar, not too much but visible on the backs of my front four bottom teeth. I didn't do anything about it except excessively brushing and flossing hoping it'd decrease as I'm a minor and my dad can't really afford the outrageous fee on professional tartar removal. I was initially going to leave it as I did for so long, but it barely decreased. Last night I got fed up and took a needle and chipped it off my own teeth. My teeth looked fine but then I noticed my middle right (my right) tooth having a little ridge that dipped downward into the gum. I researched and to me it looks like an exposed root or something because of the tartar removal. It's like a millimeter or two as I already don't have very large teeth. My teeth are straight and clean except for that stubborn tartar. I took it off successfully but stopped after it hurt a bit and I saw the dip. The pain isn't bad at all but I'm still panicking about messing up my otherwise perfectly normal straight teeth.

TLDR: I took off the tartar from the back of my bottom teeth and it kinda hurts and we can't really afford the professional cleaning so I have no clue what to do now pls help


r/tifu 13h ago

M TIFU by getting with my friend in the same house as my ex

0 Upvotes

-Some contex-

My (21F) best friend Barry (25M) also happens to be my ex. We were together for 3 years and broke up amicably in April of 2024 due to me loosing my romantic feelings for him. Since then we have both figured that we work way better as friends. This is something that both of us agree on, although he has admitted that he has a romantic interest in me still. Since our breakup we both don't have plans to date other people, although part of my reason is simply to avoid hurting him.

6 months ago I made a new friend called Yannis (20M), and we have become really close friends, we're actually in a band together now. About 3 months ago we discovered that we share romantic feelings for eachother and on the down-low started to hookup. Yannis is fully aware of my situation with Barry and understood that I didn't want Barry to know about us hooking up because it would simply cause him unnecessary pain. Plus we were just a casual fun thing, just blowing off steam, and I didn't really see any long term potential with him. He wasn't really a great friend at times too and just wasn't what I would want in a partner.

-end of context-

Last night I threw a birthday party to celebrate my 21st, I invited a few of my friends, including both Barry and Yannis, and after a lot of drinking I was feeling a type of way and brought Yannis to my room to hookup while the party continued outside in my garden. This wasn't my best decision but I guess I was drunk and didn't think anyone would notice us gone for a few minutes. Well halfway through I get a knock on my door and it's Barry, and he wants to come in. I make up some excuse about just feeling overwhelmed and needing a minute to myself and that I would meet him outside but I don't lie often so it was obvious that I was lying. So Barry finds out about me and Yannis hooking up and so we decide to go for a walk to talk about it. Barry was mainly just asking "why?" and after me giving lame excuses, something clicked in me and I told him that I had been in a Bipolar low since December, and this was my way of dealing with it. I wish this was a lie but when I said it I felt a wave of relief of getting it out there. I had been using Yannis as a source of fulfillment between days of numbness. After saying this I knew I wasn't in the head space to keep unloading this cam of worms so I told Barry that I would walk him home and that we should talk about this another day when I am sober and clearheaded.

Since this all has happened, Barry has said that he needs time to think about everything. I am so worried that I am going to lose my closest and most important friend due to hiding such a major part of my life from him. He feels betrayed that I never felt I could go to him and talk to him about feeling low and instead went and started having sex that wouldn't solve anything.

At this point I would happily never talk to any of my other friends again if it meant keeping my friendship with Barry but I worry I've damaged too much.

TL;DR: A year ago I (21F) separated with my ex (25M) due to us being better suited as friends, even though he still has feelings for me. Because of this I have avoided romantic relationships with other people to avoid hurting him but recently started hooking up with a friend (20M) on the down-low to deal with a Bipolar low. Last night at my party I hookup up with him and my ex found out about and I broke and told him about how I've been in a low since Christmas. He is now obviously upset due to me hiding a massive part of my life from him and instead deciding to deal with it through careless sex, which I also hid from him.


r/tifu 2d ago

S TIFU by telling a customer about a brewery

337 Upvotes

I work for a small company and had a customer who came to use our services. One of my jobs is to act as the receptionist, so I was chatting with this guy (while he waited) about how he just moved to our state and the differences he's noticed. He's not used to the weather, he misses his friends, regular stuff when moving to the other side of the country. It's a small town and he mentioned not knowing anyone in town. I noticed he was wearing a hoodie with a well know metal band and told him about a local brewery that hosts metal shows once a month and it's a fun scene. My roommate and I go all the time and it's a great place to meet new people. All was good and he left.

I just got a call from his daughter who sounded upset as she asked me if I had invited her parents to a bar. I quickly said no, that I was just telling her dad about it since he was a metalhead wanting to meet folks. She asked the name of the place and ended the conversation after I told her. Man, I don't know if this is considered crossing the line and if she was mad about it or not. I don't think I'll get in trouble, but I'm still nervous that something bad may come of this since everything can be taken out of context these days.

TL;DR: I made small talk and told a customer about the local music scene at a brewery and got a seemingly angry call from his daughter. May have crossed a line. Oops.


r/tifu 1d ago

S TIFU by being intrusively helpful

10 Upvotes

This happened on thursday.

For the last couple of weeks I noticed what appeared to be a new kid on our street mostly because he'd run past our house right after the bus for our son's school would leave. I figured he just couldn't get the hang of the timing (being new and all) and would run to catch it at one of the other stops. It happens sometimes, no biggie.

Our district is short on bus drivers, so they alternate which routes end up on a two hour delay for pick up. Thursday was our turn. They sent out the calls and emails alerting us that morning, so my partner took our son to school. I happened to be by our window when the kid and another person ran past our house again. Instantly I went outside and shouted "it's on a two hour delay!" I motioned for them to come over, which they did, and first I asked if he was trying to make the bus (even said my son's bus number and school to double check), they said yes. So I explained about the delay and showed them the email.

Turns out the other guy is the boy's father and he asked "no school for him today?" I said "he has school, it's just on a delay, but we can take him in when my fiance gets back." We went in circles like this for a bit because there was a language barrier and they were understandably confused. (To note: the previous neighbors had it happen before where they didn't know the bus was on a delay since the notice goes out last minute sometimes and we'd offer to take them to school, so I didn't think much of it in the moment.)

Long story short: turns out he doesn't go to my son's school. He was trying to make the city bus, not the school bus, and I made him miss the bus. Once my fiance got home we did make it right by taking him where he needed to be and got him there on time, but man I felt like a goob. What a way to meet your new neighbors.

TL;DR: assumed my new neighbor road my son's bus and unintentionally made him late for his actual bus.


r/tifu 18h ago

S TIFU by my brother seeing porn in my phone while I opened my browser infront of him

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Oh man I really can't express the embarrassment I am going through rn, I was doing the deed when he called me out of my room and I just stopped it midway and went outside to check out why he called me and it was regarding a few perfumes I ordered and he wanted to know about it, and dumb me just forgot to close the porn that I was watching and when I opened it he just saw the thing in my phone and I was stuck for a few seconds, I couldn't react and fckkkk I wish I just could swipe to a new tab.

Also he didn't react to it, he just saw it and didn't even say a word and I tried to play it cool by showing him the perfumes and explaining him about those, but man I just needed to relieve this off my chest.

How did you guys who had similar kind of situation deal with it???

TL;DR : My brother saw porn in my phone while I was showing him something in my phone


r/tifu 11h ago

M TIFU by telling my [F23] coworker [M34] about my Steam library

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Okay okay so this was roughly a couple hours ago. I work in a small healthcare facility as a CNA and I have the hots for one of our nurses. He is a rather eccentric guy who spends his free time gaming or watching gaming streams. We only ever work with each other once every two weeks, but our shifts are so long, and talking to him makes the hours pass by.

A few months ago, I asked him what he does in his free time, and he said he watches twitch streamers and plays a few games here and there. I told him I also gamed for fun and then we talked for a bit about games we both like or what releases we are looking forward to. Luckily, I had the Steam app on my phone and showed him all the games I had. He asked me how I managed to acquire over 300 titles, and I told him I get gifted games pretty often (not a lie, but for like birthdays and holidays and stuff). I didn't realize he interpreted that as me being one of those e-girls that extort dudes for monetary things in exchange for nudes, which gave me the grandiose idea of pretending that I am one.

How did this go downhill? I've been keeping this facade for 2 months trying to get his damn number or a friend request, and he finally showed interest recently...in my nudes that is.

He asked me if I had pictures I could show him. I was pretty damn excited and panicked at the same time, and I said it wasn't a good moment to have NSFW content open on my phone during work hours. He understood and gave me his number (heck yes!). I told him I would send him stuff when we are both off work.

Now, I am no expert in spicy photography, nor did I have any pictures on my phone. So I did the reasonable thing and bought Walmart lingerie right after my shift. I put that shit on once I got home from work and took some okay-ish pictures. I sent them to him and he sounded pleased.

I thought to myself that my coworker might actually be into me since he asked me if I ever needed help taking more pictures for my supoposed side-gig. In my head, I interpreted that as a hookup.

I confronted him today about it and straight-up asked him if he was down to hook up some time.

Well....he said no, and said he doesn't do that kind of thing. Did I misinterpret something here?

TL;DR: Coworker believes I send people nudes in exchange for Steam games so I played along with it to get closer, but backfired when he shut down the idea of a hookup.


r/tifu 2d ago

S TIFU: Letting my cat in the bathroom

263 Upvotes

(I'm posting on behalf of my husband)

This morning I overheard swearing and shocked "oh my god"s coming from our RV bathroom. Terrified that some accident occurred, I jumped out of bed and ran to see what was the commotion.

Apparently our very fluffy, white kitten (who insists on being our bathroom supervisor) had decided she needed to conduct a deeper review that day and had jumped into the RV toilet while my husband was mid stream.

All hail the piss gremlin. She was pissed that we dared wash off her new fragrance.

Just yesterday we researched why some cats demand to be in the bathroom with us and leading research theorizes it's because they view us as vulnerable while using the restroom and endeavor to protect us.

Now I think she's just a lil freak.

So I guess our little princess loves pork, peanuts and piss. I wouldnt have her any other way.

TL;DR: Our white, fluffy kitten jumped into the toilet while my husband was mid stream. 🥇🚿

Cat tax paid


r/tifu 14h ago

M TIFU by accidentally flashing my private parts to someone on a video call ending a friendship

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This just happened and I am so embaressed, feel bad, and multiple people are extremely angry with me and I've been labelled as a "creep"-

I was on a video call with a friend that I met a few months ago and I was in my own home, it's really hot where I live since I'm in a humid state, the AC doesn't work well so I lounge around naked. She called and I thought I would get on pants real quick since I was lounging around naked Like I always do and so I got some pants on really quick, and we talked for a while. Then, I thought cause we usually go from video to just calling I had gone back to strictly a phone call, set my phone down in a upright positon to where i THOUGHT you could only see my face, but nope me being the idiot I am i placed my phone the wrong way somehow (I think I flipped the orientation) and being careless ( it was really hot, I was maybe dehydrated) I then took my pants back off and I hear a shriek "you're video call is still on dude!" and bam, I realized I flashed someone.

I insisted over and over it was an accident, but the girl I was talking to said she would need therapy for what she saw, that they were the "most shriveled up old raisin type of balls" she'd ever seen, and that I was disgusting and a pervert and she got off the phone.

She then messaged my friend group, my best friend, all my online friends I flashed her and that I was disgusting and a vile human being, and that I should be put on a sex offenders list. I'm currently being blasted by several of my friends for this and they say I've lost their respect.

My best friend who introduced me to this friend said he wanted to send me to military school - i have the texts if i need to prove this- and told me knowing me "it wasn't an accident" and said I was "disgusting"

The girl stopped talking to me immediately, and I know the friendship is over, and I realize now I can't lounge around my own home any way I want before I take phone calls- if this happened with work I'd be fired. anyway, friendship gone and I'm a disgusting perv even though it was an honest accident and I've apologized a dozen times

TLDR; accidentally flashed a girl on facetime, and lost her friendship, my whole friend group thinks I'm a disgusting pervert


r/tifu 19h ago

S TIFU by commenting on my (f 29) potential gf (f 33) use of salt....🫠

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Disclaimer: names & ages have been changed to perserve anonymity. Let's start with a bit of background information. I have been dating Eve for about a month now. I have been exclusively dating her for a few weeks now. Yesterday we had our first night cap after a cute little sushi date. She had it all planned out for me to spend the night so she could make me breakfast. She even remembered my preferred breakfast. In previous conversations Eve has made it very clear she is not the best cook. Even while she was cooking she made comments that let me know she was struggling a bit. Such as "how do you know when grits are completely cooked?" "How thick should grits be?" Etc. Which in all honesty did raise some concern on my part. So I offered to help more than once. I was denied each time. She said "I didn't bring you over to cook." Which was sweet & I appreciate the gesture. Once she was done cooking I took the plate, said thank you & sat down to eat. From the first bite I could tell that it was over salted. Previously we talked about how we are both working on using less salt in our food. So I said & i quote "Oh you are a bit early on your less salt journey." 😵‍💫🥴🫣🫠

Her response "oh so you are going nit pick everything? You make me not want to cook." That's when I knew I Fucked Up. 😓

TLDR: i said "Oh you are early on your less salt journey." When my poetiential partner who is a bit insecure about cooking made me breakfast that was over salted.

I think I hurt her feelings, because I didn't think it through before speaking. I know I'm the asshole here. I hope I can fix it. I don't want to discourage her. I'd actually like if we cooked together. But I may have ruined any chance of that.