Today I Fucked Up

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/throwawayjustsayhay on 2025-07-02 23:30:45+00:00.

TIFU by trying to brush a crumb off my co-workers face

I (25f) tried to brush a crumb off my (27m) co-workers face. I am kinda new to this job and we have to wear masks at work so I’ve never seen this co-workers full face before. Our supervisor planned a going away party for someone so all of us had to be at this restaurant to participate in the celebration. It was at one of those nice restaurants that’s kinda dim inside and they serve you fresh bread while you wait. So everyone is eating bread making crumbs and small talk and since I’m the newer person I’m just doing my best to be friendly and not a statue or on my phone. My second mistake. My first one was showing up to this on my off hours I should’ve lied and said I was sick or my car broke literally anything but no I just had to go be sociable. Anyways I start talking to a co-worker that is the alternative shift for the same thing I do and he’s pretty laidback. And I don’t know what got into me if it was the fact that my most recent social interactions have been with family and friends or how I typically have a “mom vibe” but I told this man “hey you got some crumbs on your face…” (he tries to brush them off nothing) “ it’s still there..do you want me to get it?” He’s says yes. YALL. I go to pick the big crumb off like this 🤏 but last second I decide to go for a sweeping hand motion instead. AND THANK GOD BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A CRUMB BUT A MOLE!! COULD YOU IMAGINE. I 🤏 OOPS SORRY GOT YOUR MOLE!! I THOUGHT I WAS A CRUMB BUT IT WAS YOUR MOLE AND I PULLED IT OFF. Which I definitely would have attempted if I didn’t try to brush it off last second. I would have turned to dust and blown away infinity war style. Anyway he simply goes “didja get it?” “Yup sure did.” Luckily only one other person saw this lil event unfold but I’m not sure if she knew the full extent of my fuck up. Anyways yall I went to hide in the bathroom until the food showed up. Thank goodness he’s alternate shift I can not face this guy again. I feel like he knows I thought his mole was a crumb.

TL;DR: Was at a work dinner. Thought my coworkers mole was a bread crumb and went to brush it off. Was not a crumb in fact there were no crumbs. Went to hide in bathroom till food came.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/tek9cb on 2025-07-02 15:54:36+00:00.

I had been going to a local dentist for years, and was getting increasingly dissatisfied with the level of care. Like, having to return multiple times for incorrectly done fillings, having to fight to get the excess compound removed from between my teeth and from where it was impacting my bite, temperature sensitivity that only appeared after fillings were done, etc. And on top of all that, they stopped accepting my insurance.

So when I moved, I was more than happy to switch dentists and got a great recommendation from a coworker. New dentist uncovers just how badly the old one screwed me.

There was some other stuff, but the worst example was a filling drilled deeper than it should have been and the cavity not adequately cleaned out before the compound was applied, which was causing the temperature sensitivity I had been complaining about. She drilled the old filling out, took some photos of the nastiness under the filling, cleaned me up and refilled, but said long term solution was unfortunately going to be a root canal.

I say unfortunate because it kills the tooth and makes it very prone to cracking or worse down the line, and I'm pretty young to need one (31). She was very open about the risks but still said it was the best option and got the paperwork going for a pre-authorization while I made up my mind.

Skip forward about 5 months of just putting up with the temperature sensitivity as my new normal. Suddenly about a week and a half ago, temperature sensitivity upgrades to constant pain. I start slamming advil, and a tube of orajel is my best friend. It doesn't get better for long enough that I call the dentist and make an emergency appointment, but between calling and actually seeing the doctor, my cheek starts looking suspiciously puffy.

Sure enough, root canal is now critical and I've got an infection. The words "drain" and "abscess" were used.

Well. I was 31 years old when I found out that having an infection makes local anaesthetic less effective.... The area being more acidic than normal messes with the function, apparently. Dentist didn't want to wait for the infection to clear before operating because I was in so much pain.

Topical benzocaine and 3 shots of lidocaine latter, I could still feel a lot of the drilling going on. The feeling of the nerve getting cleaned out is probably the worst pain I've ever experienced in my life. My legs were shaking the whole time and my cheek swelled up to the size of a tennis ball after. It's still (slightly less) swollen two days later and I'm on mega antibiotics for another week.

So yeah, when the insurance company actually agrees with your dentist that something is medically necessary, you should probably just do it.

TL;DR: I needed a root canal but didn't want one, ended up really really needing it 5 months later and having to get it basically without anesthesia :(

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Mysterious_Buy7255 on 2025-07-02 18:37:20+00:00.

I (23F) live with two roommates and we share laundry duties. I've been trying to be more eco friendly lately so I bought these wool dryer balls instead of using dryer sheets. They're supposed to reduce drying time and make clothes softer naturally.

My roommate Chloe had a load of dark clothes in the washer so I moved them to the dryer and added my wool balls like usual. Didn't think anything of it until she comes storming out of her room asking what I did to her favorite black dress.

Turns out one of the wool balls had some white fuzz on it from previous loads. Her black dress now has these white fuzzy spots all over it that won't come off. It was this expensive dress she got for job interviews and now it's ruined. She's starting her job hunt next week and she's freaking out.

I tried everything to fix it. Lint roller, tape, even looked up YouTube videos. Nothing works. The dress is basically unwearable now. Chloe is being pretty cool about it but I know she's upset. She paid like $150 for that dress.

I offered to pay for a replacement but she says they don't make that style anymore.

TL;DR: Used wool dryer balls to be eco friendly, accidentally covered roommate's expensive interview dress with white fuzz, now she can't wear it for job hunting.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Positive_Seaweed532 on 2025-07-02 18:13:00+00:00.

My girlfriend Emma (22F) and I (24M) have been dating for 6 months. Her parents invited me over for dinner last Sunday and I really wanted to make a good impression. Emma warned me her dad is super into food and cooking, like he watches cooking shows religiously.

I thought I'd be clever and offer to make dessert. Found this fancy chocolate soufflé recipe online and practiced once. It turned out okay so I figured I could nail it again. Big mistake.

Sunday comes and I'm in their kitchen trying to make this soufflé. Everything that could go wrong did. I forgot to separate the eggs properly, the chocolate seized up, and when I finally got it in the oven it deflated completely. The kitchen looked like a war zone with chocolate everywhere.

Her dad comes in and sees me frantically trying to salvage this disaster. He doesn't say anything mean but I can see him trying not to laugh. Emma's mom keeps offering to help which makes it worse. We ended up ordering ice cream from DoorDash for dessert.

Emma says it's fine and her parents liked me anyway, but I know her dad thinks I'm an idiot who can't even follow a recipe.

TL;DR: Tried to impress girlfriend's foodie parents by making fancy dessert, created kitchen disaster instead and had to order DoorDash ice cream.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Murky_Geologist_7402 on 2025-07-02 16:18:31+00:00.

Today was my first day at a new job. I showed up extra early suited up and ready to make a great impression. The parking lot was pretty full, but I managed to squeeze into a tight spot. As I was reversing to adjust I hit the car that was behind me.

I’d clipped the bumper. It didn’t look too bad but still pretty obvious. I took a deep breath, left a note with my info and headed inside trying to pretend I wasn’t already sweating through my shirt. Guess who walks into the office 15 minutes later holding my note? The guy who had just introduced himself as my boss. The same guy who’s supposed to mentor me. To his credit, he laughed it off and said, “well at least you didn’t ghost it.” But I could feel the second hand cringe from everyone who overheard us talking. Day one and I already fucked up. I know this shit sounds fake as fuck, but it literally happened today like I just don't know what are the odds of shit like this happening

TL;DR: I reversed my car into my boss's car on the first day of the job

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Wambo_Jambo on 2025-07-02 15:54:53+00:00.

I'll preface this by saying I have a lot of microphones because I am a stickler for sound quality. I used to do voice over work, so I have a professional grade mic, in addition to my laptop mic and a headset mic. It's a lot to keep track of, as I have now learned from experience.

I work in IT and work from home frequently. My friends got me into a new game recently and I stay in the discord chat to listen in on what they have going on and chime in occasionally. It makes working from home less isolating.

So, I am having a teams meeting and have to occasionally chime in with some questions about some software we adopted. In my infinite wisdom, I placed my headset on the arm of my swivel mic, not realizing that my headset had the discord chat still going and all my mics became unmuted when I unmuted myself on teams.

I am chatting away, talking about form fields when I get a teams message from a co-worker, "Lol, you're not muted, bro."

I think to myself, "No shit, Sherlock. I'm talking."

I get another message from another coworker, "Sir, what herbs you got?"

I am wrapping up, and am confused. Everyone on the call is now asking questions like, "What is that? What kind of herbs are they talking about? That cannabis?". Then I see that I have been muted by the meeting organizer. As the realization dawns on me, I look over and do, in fact, hear the distant conversation of my friends in my headset, which is in an oh-so-close proximity to my mic.

I ask my coworker in chat, "What did they say? What the hell did they say?"

"Hahah, I couldn't hear it all, but I did enjoy the part where he asked 'What kind of herbs you got for me, daddy?'"

Dead inside. My bosses, owners of the company, on the call. Staring blankly at the screen. Have more meetings today with the bosses.

TL;DR : Incidentally let my discord friends in on a work meeting, calling each other daddy and talking about herbs. Head honchos all present.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Lazylavender53 on 2025-07-01 22:20:11+00:00.

As the title said I (16F) accidently poisoned my mom's plants. So I am someone who LOVES plants. After my Grandma died i have used them as a way to cope. I personally have at least 70ish plants that I have either bought from online or from stores. My mom treats me like our households plant expert and gotten herself into gardening as well but she is growing more edible foods, lemon seedlings, some type of pepper, tomatoe starters a friend gave her and a 1 year old avocado plant. I have helped her out with this and I as well as her are happy to see this plants. We keep them indoors and my mom was planning on putting them outside on a vertical garden she just brought. The problem is that I don't grow edible plants. I grow houseplants that are meant to look pretty. So I have been using a product that you sprinkle over the soil and it kills gnats or any bug living in there. That's what I thought I failed to understand is that this product works by being absorbed into the plant so that if a pest attacks it the plant can kill it on its own. And I have already mixed it I to the soil and even sprinkled some on the top of the soil due to increased number of gnats. Only after seeing a tiktok about how one shouldn't use this on edible plants did I do research (I could have SWORN that I did already research it any Google told me it was fine to use.) Did i see how i truly fucked up. So to people who still don't know why i fucked up if we eat it it will most likely kill us if not fuck us up somehow... Im an asshole and im going to buy my mom new plants and somehow tell her that the old ones died or something. If my mom magically has reddit or this story comes up this is for her: Mom I'm sorry I fucked up badly and I'll fix it i swear. Hell I'll use the money in my piggy bank to get you more of whatever you want.

TL;DR: I but a product commonly used for houseplants (meant to look pretty) on my mom's edible plants. The product works by absorbing into the plant to help it with pest I could have sworn I researched this already but I guess I didn't. Now I feel like shit and I'm planning on buying my mom new plants and somehow going to lie about here old ones dying. And if mom is reading this or hears this, im sorry I fucked up and I'll fix it with my own money.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Ok-Pomegranate8772 on 2025-07-02 03:17:42+00:00.

The other day, I went to Bath & Body Works with my boyfriend's mom. We went specifically so she could check out their Semi-Annual Sale. We were walking around the store, smelling candles and soaps, and generally having a good time. This was one of the first times I've hung out with just his mom without my boyfriend in tow. Towards the end, she asked if there was anything I wanted. I asked if she was sure, because I didn't want to take advantage of her. She said yes, so I looked around again. I found a candle I liked, and thought it was a part of their $11 candle sale, as the sign was next to the candle. We checked out and went back to their place with no issues. That is, until I got home and facetimed my boyfriend before I went to bed. He laughed and said that I had 'expensive taste'. I asked him what he meant, and he said that his mother had said that because of the candle I picked out. I was thoroughly confused, so I asked him to explain further. He said that his mother told him the candle I picked out had rung up for full price; almost $30. I turned bright red, and asked him if he was being serious. I was MORTIFIED. I began apologizing profusely, telling him that if I had known it wasn't actually a part of their sale, I would not have even picked up that candle. He was laughing his ass off as I begged him to tell his mom I was unaware of the price. He did, and I'm planning to buy her a gift card to make up for it.

TL;DR: Thought I was having my boyfriend's mom buy me a candle on sale, turned out to be 30$

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Mysterious-Fruit-870 on 2025-07-02 01:08:05+00:00.

So at the start of the year, I felt super unproductive and ADHD had my brain all over the place. So I bought the Refine Days time blocking planner to try to get productive again. Every morning I sit down, open the planner, and map out my day by making a to do list and giving each task a dedicated time in my schedule. It has been working amazingly and I am much more productive than I used to be.

But after doing this routine for a few weeks, I noticed something else … I’d always have to poop right after. I figured it was just excitement to get things done or the coffee kicking in. But now it’s become a thing. I finish planning, and boom! My stomach’s like, “It’s go time.”

What’s worse is that on weekends, I don’t use the planner, and I don’t poop. I just walk around feeling bloated and sluggish like I missed a meeting with my digestive system. But on Monday? Planner’s open and the floodgates are back.

It’s gotten to the point where i don’t even get to write down all my tasks in the planner and my gut start shifting. I’ve unintentionally trained myself like a dog. A very organized, slightly constipated dog.

Tldr: I used a planner to fix my productivity. Accidentally fixed my bowel schedule too. Now I can’t poop without planning .

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/DrawingCold1309 on 2025-06-30 14:29:38+00:00.

This is my first post on Reddit so bear with me.

So my grandparents are in town visiting from across the country, and we heard there was a brand new Mexican restaurant opening nearby that was supposed to have live mariachi music. Naturally, we figured it’d be a fun night out and brought the whole family.

We walk in and the place is insanely loud—like full-on fiesta chaos. The mariachi band is doing their thing just a few feet from our table, and it’s basically a sonic assault. As we were sitting down I discreetly asked the hostess if there was any chance they could turn it down a little bit because grandma has sensitive ears. (She doesn’t and loves live music) She says she’ll do her best and manages to get the band to tone it down a notch (bless her), but it’s still loud.

Here’s where I fucked up: the staff, being amazing, comes over to check in with my grandma—the one I claimed had sensitive ears—and she, totally unaware of what I said, just goes, “Oh no, I’m fine! I love live music!”

Cue manager #1 coming over five minutes later to let us know they’re seating a large party next to us, and it’ll probably be even louder, but different loud where people are talking. My grandma, still confused and clearly vibing, goes, “Yes, of course, we don’t mind!” The manager looks puzzled and gently says, “Well, I just wasn’t sure because of your, uh… sensitive ears?” My grandma’s like, “What? Oh no, it’s great!”

They must’ve just thought she was being polite because next thing we know, they reroute the big party to the other side of the restaurant, and the waitress swings by again to double check if the music’s too much. Again, my grandma—clueless to my little lie—is like, “Nope, I’m loving this!” I already feel so guilty for lying about this, and having the amazing restaurant staff try to accommodate her.

Eventually the mariachi band packs up… but then enters band #2. I don’t know what kind of sound system they brought, but it was like being front row at a Metallica concert in a cement box. My Apple Watch literally popped up with a hearing warning—it was over 90 decibels. I also wanna say I think this band did good. It was just way too loud for the size of this building with the equipment they had they should’ve been outside. I have a video, I will link it below. I shortened it so it is just the band because I want to keep my family private.

At this point, no one can hear anything. My brother was two chairs away from me screaming and I had no idea. The manager runs over again, clearly mortified, apologizing for the volume. Grandma? “Oh I love it!” I’m dying inside.

A poor busboy even tried to tell my boyfriend that the band wasn’t permanent—it was just for the grand opening—but he couldn’t hear him. So the guy turns to me. It took him THREE tries for me to make out, “It’s just for tonight…”

So yeah. I lied about my grandma’s ears… and an entire restaurant staff desperately tried to cater to a woman who is completely unbothered and absolutely thriving in the middle of a Mexican rave.

TL;DR: Lied and said my grandma had sensitive ears so the restaurant would lower their live music. She then repeatedly told the staff how much she loved it, confusing everyone and making them bend over backwards for nothing. Then a new band came in and nearly ruptured our eardrums, but grandma was still having the time of her life.

I can’t figure out how to link a video, any advice?

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Alternative_Cause186 on 2025-07-01 18:48:43+00:00.

The other day I made broccoli salad. The kind with raw broccoli, cheese, bacon, etc. I used one big crown of broccoli. It filled a big Tupperware container.

On Sunday, I ate half of it for lunch. I had been outside all morning and it was so good and refreshing. “This is the perfect summer lunch,” I thought.

Yesterday I ate some more for lunch. Again, it was just so good. I ate it straight from the container, so happy that I had thought to make this delicious lunch.

Last night, I had broccoli orzo with dinner.

Today…I am fighting for my life in the bathroom. I’m so bloated, I look 6 months pregnant. Earlier, I was sure my entire digestive tract was going to burst out of my body.

I eat a pretty high fiber diet, so I didn’t even think twice about eating that much broccoli.

But now? Idk if I ever want to eat it again.

TL;DR I got overzealous with broccoli and my digestive system is getting it’s revenge.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/No_Talk_2113 on 2025-07-01 16:45:08+00:00.

About two weeks ago or so I was being way too crazy with my card like I was ordering so many stuff online left and right (pretty much tiktok shop only) and decided to physically set aside my rent money so I wouldn’t accidentally spend it. I put it somewhere in my apartment thinking I was being super responsible.

The problem is that I now have zero clue where I put it. I’ve literally torn apart drawers, checked coat pockets, looked under my bed, flipped couch cushions and I just cant find them. I’m freaking out like my landlord messaged me since today's the 1st and he usually gives me the opportunity to pay it anywhere between the 1st and the 5th so I pretty much have like 4 days to find them otherwise I'm fucked.

TL;DR: I put my rent money aside and now I can't find them

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/iammelanieleo1 on 2025-07-01 10:30:34+00:00.

Got invited to kind of a “summer hangout/Pool party/ day drinking stuff” and showed up in a bikini, a cute fishnet top with a silk scarf, sunglasses, and my Jacquemus bag feeling iconic and was like in the mood to go to a festival or something. Everyone else wore linen shirts and chill shorts. Total startup energy. I barely knew anyone and so I didn’t even walk in. Saw the crowd from a distance, realized I looked like a cringe music video extra, panicked and left. Now I regret it, because it could’ve been a great chance to meet new people. Wish I’d stayed and owned it, but I kind of panicked and left. What makes it worse is that the person who invited me is actually kinda cute. Super Great. Now I’m the “unfriendly girl who ghosted the barbecue.”

TL;DR: Misread the vibe, dressed completely wrong in a full Coachella-like outfit, bailed before even saying hi, and now I feel dumb.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/fitam7 on 2025-07-01 11:43:15+00:00.

So I (23F) recently started seeing a new therapist and we’ve been doing this exercise where I text her how I’m feeling in the moment, unfiltered, instead of bottling it up. I save her number as “Dr. C” in my phone.

My boyfriend’s name? Christian.

Take a wild guess what happened next.

I had just gotten out of a rough meeting at work, was PMS-ing, and had a complete breakdown in the parking lot. I sent a long, ugly message that said:

“I feel like nobody really likes me, they just tolerate me. Even Christian. I love him but sometimes I think he’s still with me because it’s easier than breaking up. I feel broken and small and exhausting to love.”

I hit send. Realized two seconds later: wrong Christian. Yeah, I texted my boyfriend that I think he’s only with me out of convenience. He called. I ignored it. He showed up at my apartment an hour later and just said, “We need to talk.”

I cried. He cried. He said it hurt, but he was glad I told him the truth.

We’re okay now. But holy shit, that was the worst 45 minutes of my life.

TL;DR: Texted my boyfriend a depressing, vulnerable message meant for my therapist. Accidentally trauma-dumped on him. Almost lost him in the process.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/SpongeJake on 2025-06-30 18:33:14+00:00.

This happened sometime late in 2024.

My kitty doesn’t like it when I’m in meetings. He figures I’m sitting down so I’m not doing anything therefore it’s time to play.

So whenever the earbuds go in and there’s a face on the monitor that’s his cue to start yowling at me and attacking my feet. (Claws are always sheathed)

Here’s the thing though: when I indulge him and start playing we follow a rule: if he successfully attacks me I have to howl - just to show him he’s the victor and that his hunting skills are top notch.

Got the idea from watching a lioness fake a death roar when her cub “attacked and killed her” while in stealth mode. So I started doing the same.

So one day we were all in a meeting. The host was droning on and on about something - I have no idea what it was. But I wasn’t due to speak and the topic looked like it was going to take a while. The little furry brute began to yowl so I thought it was probably a good time to rough house with him - get all that play energy out of his system.

So I chased him out of the room and then stared at him till he decided to chase me back. I ran back to the living room and he leapt at my leg, grabbing it with both paws and giving a small love bite.

I did my thing and howled in “pain.”

The Teams droning stopped. Someone giggled. I think I muttered something about “kitty attacked me” or something. Totally forgot to go on mute before the playing started.

(Since I don’t have a video of this kind of play I’ll instead provide a link in the comments to a video of the little guy and I bonding. )

TL;dr: Forgot to mute my mic when playing with the cat. Hijinks ensue

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Whole-Worker9005 on 2025-06-30 12:06:24+00:00.

I’ve been lifting for around 5 years now. I went from 93kg down to 73kg at my leanest, and I wouldn’t say I know about weight training more than everyone but I’ve always tried to stay updated with proper lifting techniques and nutrition.

But last year, I started a super demanding job that took all my time and focus. I was only lifting twice a week, didn’t do any cardio, drank a lot, ate whatever I wanted — and now I’m back up to 88kg and probably lost about 30% of my strength (but I don’t look as fat as 5 years ago that’s magic of weight training)

This year though, things settle down, so now I’ve got more time. I just joined a new gym and I’m lifting almost every day again. If you lift, you know modern strength training focuses a lot on range of motion and training muscles at a stretched position. So I’ve been doing that — slow negatives, not too heavy, full ROM.

There’s this older dude at the gym, probably around 45, lean and strong for his size. I guess I look like a big chubby guy trying to lose weight, so maybe he assumed I was new. While I was lifting, he came over and told me not to stretch the muscles too much or I’d get injured, because I was “just starting out.” 🫠

My brain just froze. I wanted to say I was training based on science, but didn’t think he’d get it. And I didn’t want to come off like some cocky kid who won’t listen to elders. So I nodded, said thanks, and finished the set doing half-reps. He gave me a thumbs up like “good job, you’ll get better soon” and I was dying inside.

I’m not even that weak anymore, just out of shape. I ended up waiting for him to leave and then came back to redo everything with full ROM. I think I need to switch gyms.

TL;DR: TIFU by not telling the experienced dude at the gym that I’m not completely new and was doing full range of motion on purpose. Now I’m sneaking in proper form behind his back.

Edit: i’m not really going to switch gym i just said it as a joke

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Financial_Yellow_972 on 2025-07-01 01:14:25+00:00.

This happened yesterday and I'm still mortified. There's this girl at work Emma who's always been really nice to me, bringing me coffee sometimes and asking about my weekend plans. I'm not great at reading social cues but I thought maybe she was interested.

Yesterday she asked if I wanted to grab drinks after work and I got excited thinking it was finally happening. I spent the whole day psyching myself up and even bought new cologne on my lunch break. When we got to the bar I tried to make it clear it was a date by paying for everything and making what I thought was romantic conversation.

Turns out she just wanted to talk about work stuff and get advice about a project we're both on. When I tried to hold her hand she looked confused and asked what I was doing. I had to explain that I thought this was a date and she got this horrified look on her face.

She quickly clarified that she has a boyfriend and was just being friendly. I felt like such an idiot and apologized like ten times. The worst part is she said she talks about her boyfriend all the time at work but I honestly never noticed because I was too busy thinking she liked me.

Now work is super awkward and I don't know how to act normal around her. I keep replaying all our interactions and realizing how wrong I was about everything. I feel so embarrassed and stupid

TL;DR I assumed my coworker was hitting on me and it turned out I was just stupid for thinking that and she has a boyfriend

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/LongAd4250 on 2025-07-01 01:08:13+00:00.

I work at a small marketing company and there's this guy Tom (30sM) who constantly takes credit for other people's ideas. Last week he literally presented my entire campaign concept as his own in front of our boss and I was fuming but didn't say anything in the moment.

Then yesterday in our team meeting he did it again with this project I'd been working on for weeks. Something just snapped and I interrupted him and said "Actually Tom, that was my idea from the presentation I gave you last Tuesday." The whole room went silent and our boss looked super uncomfortable.

Tom got all flustered and tried to backtrack saying we had collaborated on it but I was so angry I kept going and basically called him out for always doing this. Now everyone is acting weird around me and my manager wants to talk to me tomorrow about "professional communication."

My work friend says I should have handled it privately but honestly I'm sick of being walked over. Tom has been getting promotions while I do the actual work. But now I'm worried I looked unprofessional and maybe ruined my chances for advancement. My boyfriend thinks I finally stood up for myself but my sister says I probably just made myself look petty and vindictive.

I don't regret calling him out but maybe the way I did it was wrong? I just couldn't sit there and watch him steal my work again. Now I'm scared I'm going to get in trouble for creating drama.

TL;DR: Called out coworker for stealing my ideas in front of everyone, now worried I ruined my professional reputation

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/spook17_ on 2025-07-01 01:06:00+00:00.

TL;DR at the bottom.

I thought I was the smart one for not falling for a bank scam. Turns out my money still got taken anyways.

About an hour ago, I got a call while I was on the toilet from what appeared to be my bank from an unverified, unrecognized number. I say unrecognized as I got a call from my bank not too long ago and it was a different number. I had seen that there have been bank fraud calls going around and I thought I was the "victim" of one. I answer the phone, and a lady instantly starts saying how she got off the phone with my mother and that there's suspected fraud on my account pertaining to some crypto website.

Instantly, I noticed something was wrong; normally when my bank calls, they identify that they're speaking with me by asking security questions, and THEN go on to explain the issue. So this threw me for a loop and I instantly assumed it was a scam. So, regrettably, I started going off on her. I started demanding her to provide details about myself and my mom if she really does have my account pulled up. She says one moment and stammers, leading me to believe she didn't even have my account pulled up initially and struggled to find my name, which set off another alarm internally. At this point, I recognized it as a scam. I check my account, and low and behold, no money has been moved. Thus, I promptly called her an asshole and to fuck off and I hung up.

My mom texts me about five minutes later asking why did I hang up on that lady, and that there was suspected fraud on my account. This threw me for a loop, and I explained that I thought it was a scam call and outlined the reasons above. I then check my banking app and that's when I see ALL of my money has been transferred to a random account.

My heart sank. I profusely apologized to my mother and then called my bank back and explained the situation. After about thirty minutes, the bank filed a dispute and is now working on getting my funds back. The kicker here is that I have bills due in three days. And they said the earliest I would either get my funds or some sort of credit would be ten business days. I don't get paid until the 11th. I'm already a broke college student. I barely have enough food to last ten days, and maybe enough gas to get me to and from work.

I'm fucked. All because I assumed I was being scammed. I feel like such an idiot and an asshole.

TL;DR I hung up on my banks fraud prevention like an asshole thinking it was a scam. This led to the fraud being approved and all of my money being stolen.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/always_the_quiet1s on 2025-06-30 16:42:45+00:00.

I (38 F) went away for the weekend with my husband (38M), his brother and sister in law. We had been out together and my husband and I came home first.

We were just getting a few things sorted for dinner and I was in a playful mood. I got to teasing my husband a little bit. Flashing him. Telling him about something I thought about a woman we'd met earlier in the day. Just fun and playful. No harm done!

Unfortunately, we hadn't heard his brother and his brother's wife coming in and so they suddenly appeared in the door offering help with my husband pitching a pretty obvious tent. We tried to act normal and my husband shuffled over to behind the island pretty quick but I could see him going red. I don't know if either of them noticed. My SIL slightly stuttered but that could be me overthinking.

I was relieved it wasn't at a worse time! But my husband was pretty embarrassed.

TL;DR: I gave my husband a boner in his trousers just before his brother and sister in law walked in.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Adventurous_King_900 on 2025-06-30 15:50:59+00:00.

I went out with a couple friends this Saturday and I had a few drinks so I wasn’t planning on driving home. One of them who seemed totally sober offered to drive and I agreed.

He wasn't drunk btw, he's just shit at driving, but I thought since the distance isn't far (literally 3 miles and the road is fully straight) nothing would happen. Well me and my 2 friends (3 in total) got in the car and he literally hit the car behind us when reversing out of the parking. At the beginning I freaked the fuck out, but then I went out and saw that the damage wasn't a lot, but just enough to leave a dent. He was extremely sorry and he offered to pay, but I said I'll cover it. We’re still all cool, but man lesson learned the hard way lol

TL;DR: gave my friend my car to drive and he crashed it

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Optimal-Weekend5065 on 2025-06-30 14:55:30+00:00.

As embarrassing as the situation is for me it’s also pretty funny so I thought you all might enjoy laughing at my dumb arse.

TIFU by getting completely nude in front of a group of men. I move around a lot for work and have been staying at a new place this week, it’s great for hiking and there’s a waterfall practically on my doorstep. So everyday this week I have gone for a hike in the mountains followed by a wild swim to cool down. I have not seen a single person on my outings since I came here.

Today I went for a longer hike than usual so was pretty tired by the time I got to my usual swimming spot. I ate my sandwich and sat resting in the sun for about an hour before going for a dip to cool down. I then sunbathed for another 30ish minutes to dry off. All in all I’d been living my best mermaid life for about 3 hours and had still seen no one.

Usually when I change out of my wet swimming gear I do the usual awkward dance under the towel to preserve modesty should anyone stumble across me. Well not today. Today I was confident that I was clearly the only person ever to have found my perfect swimming hole so decided to ditch the towel and go full commando, tits out, bum out, freedom for all while I change.

I was enjoying feeling the sun on my pasty white behind when out of the corner of my eye I saw something blue and orange moving through the trees above me.

A group of 5-7 men in full wetsuits, life jackets and crash helmets were walking through along the top of the ridge directly above me. They were all shuffling along at an awkward angle with their backs half towards me as I grabbed my towel and tried to shove dry clothes over a still damp body - this was not an easy thing to accomplish while balancing on a rock.

It was clear they had seen me and were trying to preserve what little modesty I had left by walking along with their backs to me.

I got dressed, packed up my gear and they went on by to a spot further down to start cliff jumping. I thought this would be the end of our embarrassing interaction but I was wrong.

Turns out one of the men lives a few doors down from me and was coming back from the excursion as I was in my front garden. I didn’t recognise him as they were too far away from me and I was more focused on my state of affairs than I was on their faces but he recognised me and came over to say hi.

He asked if it was me at the falls today and I say it was whilst turning bright red. He said he thought he recognised me as he had seen me going back and forth this week but hadn’t had a chance to introduce himself. He also said none of them saw anything as they all turned away when they realised I was there - I don’t believe him for a second but appreciated the lie. It turns out he works for an outdoor adventure club and takes tourists to different outdoor activity places including the local waterfall to swim and cliff jump.

TL;DR: TIFU by getting naked whilst changing out of my wet swim gear in front of a group of tourists who definitely all saw my butt and probably some boob. Also one of them is my new neighbour.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/CheesecakeHuman5298 on 2025-06-30 12:52:41+00:00.

So I (28M) work from home. I use wireless earbuds to take calls because I hate sitting still. I like to pace around while talking, clean the kitchen, or chase my cat out of forbidden zones.

Yesterday we had a big Teams call. Cameras off. One of those "Quarterly Strategy Syncs" that basically translates to a 40-minute word salad from upper management and 10 minutes of questions no one wants to ask.

I had my earbuds in. I thought I was muted.

Mid-call, I start cleaning. Talking to my cat. “What the hell are you doing, Gremlin? No, you can’t eat plastic. You tiny moron.” Then I fart. Loud. Like cartoon-sound-effect loud. I chuckle and go, “Jesus, that was bold of me.”

That’s when I hear my manager, mid-sentence, pause. Then another colleague goes, “Uhh… is someone not muted?”

I look down at my screen. Nope. I was the audio host. Everyone heard everything. I died. Instant respawn. Left the call. Took a fake bathroom break.

Later, my boss messages me: “Great energy today.”

Kill me.

TL;DR: Forgot I was the host of a Teams meeting, paced around farting and roasting my cat. Everyone heard. I will never be safe again.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Alikona_05 on 2025-06-30 06:37:50+00:00.

I fucked up today (technically yesterday now but within the last 24hrs) and it had a cascading effect.

I’m going back to school to complete my degree. I work full time and try to take at least 8 credits a semester. This summer there was a class I needed available, it’s online so perfect.

The class schedule is honestly pretty easy… watch a daily lecture, homework/reading/quiz that’s due every Sunday. Every 2 weeks we have an exam that’s open from Friday - Sunday at midnight.

Trouble is I’m a terrible procrastinator. Adding to this fact is that I had an operation earlier this month that I’m still recovering from it. I didn’t feel ready for the exam this morning so I spent more time studying… then I went to a dog rescue event and while we were there a freak storm hit my town and knocked out power for almost everyone. The city utilities didn’t expect to have our power back on until 11:30 so I was freaking out.

I had the brilliant idea of going to Walmart in the area of town that still had power, I was fully prepared to take this exam in the Subway.

Traffic was bad because of all of the traffic lights being unpowered. I didn’t even make it a mile from my house and I get rear ended. I honestly don’t think she braked at all she hit me so hard… which propelled me into a big truck that was stopped in front of me.

Truck has a tiny ding in his bumper, my car has damage do the front and rear… the girl who hit me had ALL her airbags go off.

The truck guy was chill, the girl was hysterical. Turns out she’s a stripper, kids were home all alone (she tried to leave but her car wouldn’t start), is uninsured and the car wasn’t registered. It didn’t even have plates on it. FML.

In an even bigger panic I emailed my professor my outlandish story hoping he’d give me some leniency…. This is now the 2nd time I’ve emailed him about possibly missing an exam (our 1st exam was the day after my surgery and I spent 9hrs in the ER).

At about 9:30 the power came back on. Now I simultaneously feel like an ass for basically guilt tripping my professor when I ended up not even needing to and having to pay to get my car fixed (and probably a premium increase)…, all because I procrastinated taking my exam…

TL;DR I have alot going on in my life right now. Procrastinated taking an exam, freak storm knocked our power, tried to drive to a public place with free WiFi to take it but got rear ended and sandwiched between 2 cars by a stripper that isn’t insured and driving an unregistered/licensed car. Bunch of damage to my car. All for nothing because the power came back on at 9:30.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Double_Algae_6126 on 2025-06-30 04:23:48+00:00.

Obligatory the actual fuck up didn't happen today, but I've just realized it now.

A year or so ago I was chatting with this girl off the apps, things were going well and had been constantly talking after an amazing first date. Unfortunately both our schedules got busy and things sort of fizzled out.

Was randomly thinking about her and was looking back through our convo, mostly memes, a few pics back and forth, etc. Except there was one day she was telling me about visiting her friend who had a new dog and how cute it was and sends me a video with the puppy in her lap.

At the time I was like wow cute puppy (which in my defense it was) and completely and utterly failed to notice that she had very purposefully and obviously zoomed past the dog in her lap to share a pretty incredible close up up skirt. There is no way it wasn't on purpose and I have no fucking clue how I missed it until I just rewatched a year later.

Anyway ladies this is your daily reminder that if a man misses your signal, he's probably just fucking stupid.

TL;DR: Cute puppy made me miss a great kitty.