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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/lendergle on 2026-03-20 12:30:57+00:00.

tl;dr: I set my outbound message to "fax_machine_sounds.wmv" and instead of discouraging robocallers, I attracted robofaxers, eventually turning my voicemail in-box into a sort of craigslist missed-connections page for fax machines. TIFU.

Oblig, not "today." This was back 10 years or so, maybe a little longer.

At the time, I had been the target of every insurance offer, auto-repair offer, "states are sitting on millions of dormant savings accounts" scams, and every other robocall variant under the sun. Do not call registries did nothing. If anything, they seemed like a source of numbers for the robocalls to spam. To put it bluntly, it was getting tedious. I basically hit the "reject" button every time my phone rang unless it was from someone in my contacts or around a time I was expecting a call.

Then I got this genius idea: I'll just change my voicemail's outbound message from "Hello, you've reached /u/lendergle. Please leave a message after the beep" to the sound of a fax machine answering. Maybe then, the robocallers would hear the bzzzttwheeebeedingbeeding! and think "oh, that's a fax machine" and update their database to never call me again.

That was a mistake. Fax machines weren't much of a "thing" by then, but apparently there were still companies that sold lists of fax numbers to businesses that did things like send take-out menus, ironic offers for toner services, and the like. And one day, someone gave them MY number (I assume).

From that point forward, my voicemail in-box became full of messages consistently sounding like the mating call of the robofax machine. And they were persistent. Failure to make the connection only resulted in additional attempts. My voicemail was filled to capacity ~~within a day~~ rapidly (sorry- I embellished a bit), and I ended up spending more time deleting fax connection spam than I had deleting cold caller spam. And as a side effect, whenever I accidentally answered one of the calls, I would immediately get ear-fucked by what sounded like of a pod of dolphins on a three-week meth bender. I couldn't do anything about it- it's not like I could download the voicemails and send them through a program to reveal what would have been faxed to me- there was no actual fax machine on my end. It was just a sound effect I downloaded from a sketchy website somewhere.

I let it go for several months, thinking maybe it just took time for all the bots to update their "don't call" lists. But it never happened. So I went back to a regular outbound message. I haven't been called by a fax machine in years, but that's probably because they're not used all that much anymore so there's no ROI in trying to spam faxes these days.

It's a TIFU, so attempts to call me an idiot for coming up with such a crazy idea will fall on deaf(ened) ears. If I had actually been clever, this post would never have been written. So yes, I TIFU'd.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/kandosii_ner_vod on 2026-03-20 05:23:25+00:00.

Obligatory the FU was a few weeks ago, but I just found out today.

I'm trying to be more proactive with my health, so last month I finally scheduled an annual physical (which, as preventative care, is free, but if you mention any issues, it becomes a diagnostic appointment, and they bill it as a regular visit. I go in planning to be very careful about this.)

The nurse asks why I'm there; I say just the annual physical. The doctor asks why I'm there; I say just the annual physical. She asks if anything's been bothering me, and, careful not to trigger the genie clause, I say cheerfully, "I'm saving all that for a regular office visit; I don't want to get hit with a bill!" I then add that I want to be sure to get bloodwork done, since they skipped it last time and I usually come up anemic.

When she asks if I'm looking for anything else specifically, I mention that I want to check electrolytes, since I've been dizzy ever since taking up running, and are those included in the default bloodwork panel? She confirms that they are. She then recommends testing magnesium and thyroid levels as well, suggesting those might be another culprit (oops! it's diagnostic now). And this is the real FU: I don't double-check if those tests are also part of the physical's available panels, thinking at this point I've made it clear that I don't want anything extra, and she would mention it if these tests didn't count, right? right??

I get the blood work. I go home. And today I get a bill for $430 after insurance: $25 for the diagnostic visit, and the rest for the extra bloodwork. fml

Tl;DR: Failed at the final hurdle to specify that I only wanted the annual physical tests in my annual physical appointment. Got hit with a big bill.

ETA this was not my regular doctor

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Intelligent-Seat4696 on 2026-03-19 23:55:29+00:00.

(F22) Technically happened less than a week ago but I was reminded of it again today at work and I felt myself physically recoil from the embarrassment.

New resident evil game dropped and it was my intro into the franchise. I was already kind of aware of the RE story but this was my first time playing an RE game. I was totally blown away! Thoughtful story with amazing graphics. Big video game nerd so I was hooked instantly. Saw Leon Kennedy in the game and lost my shit. Holy DILF yall. My eyes were blessed.

Anyway, I got a little too comfortable at work and started gushing about him to my older male coworker (who is also into video games) because I had been bottling my excitement and just wanted to talk to someone about it. My coworker seemed chill about it but once I realized what I was doing, I clammed up instantly. It was so embarrassing when I realized I might have overstepped.

Today I pre-ordered a collectible statue of the Requiem gun and wanted to tell him about it. I was said "hey so you know about resident evil right?" and he just said "yeah yeah Leon kennedy is super hot" like I was going to bring it up again and I was MORTIFIED. He thought me telling him about the collectible was cool but the fact that he instantly jumped to me gushing over a video game character makes me want to die inside.

Nothing will probably come of this but it's still so embarassing and cringey for me. Maybe I'm just overthinking this but idk. Hope they don't think I'm some kind of weirdo 🫠

TLDR: I told my coworker I thought Leon kennedy was super hot during work and he brought it up again later and now I want to shrivel up and die

EDIT:

After reading some comments I wanted to clarify a bit! I'm not so embarrassed about liking Leon but more that I may have made my coworker uncomfortable by talking about it in the first place. I've known him for about a year and he's pretty chill and thinking about it now I'm pretty sure he was just teasing and being silly. This is probably a fairly normal interaction but it sent my brain into overdrive because I thought I wasn't acting appropriately (and I get embarrassed easily anyway oof) so yeah! Also glad to see so many Leon lovers in the comments ❤️ I think I'll check out some of the other RE games too once I finish Requiem! (Also fixed some typos)

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/fmintar1 on 2026-03-19 22:59:21+00:00.

This just happened this afternoon. I (36M) work from home today & realized that the temperature has dropped significantly. Going downstairs, I realized that the thermostat isn't functioning properly and there's a blinking sign that says "REPLACE BATTERY".

I have not replaced any thermostat's batteries before, but I did saw a video before on how to replace thermostat's battery. Thought that it's way too simple, I just go ahead & do it. I took off the thermostat from the mount, replaced the batteries, and put it back on the mount, then I realized that the screen is blank. I tried to look for the on switch at the thermostat everywhere and I couldn't find it. Turns out, there's none.

I contacted one of my friend who's a handyman and he said to check the breaker. It was fine. I checked the pilot of the furnace, it was on too. The gas switch is also on, so there's nothing wrong with the furnace. Moreover, even though the screen is blank, when I toggle the switch from "AUTO" to "ON", it started blowing normal outside temperature air, not heated. Some also recommended to wait for 10-15 minutes after battery installation, that doesn't work either. Running out of luck, I contacted a technician and turns out, it's worse than I thought.

Basically, what he told me was, when I removed the thermostat, I accidentally short wired the circuit and fried the circuit board for the furnace. He told me that I'm supposed to turn off the circuit first before dismounting the thermostat, but I skipped that step. Moreover, we found out that the furnace has been there since 2007, so it's also due for a replacement & replacing parts would not be worth in the long run, so I agreed on the total unit replacement.

It ended up costing me $5,700 (not including tax), just because I didn't cut the circuit first & had to sleep in the cold for one night because there's no space heater.

TL;DR: I accidentally short circuited the board of my furnace just because I was too hasty in replacing the batteries off my thermostat & had to pay dearly.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/ChancePiccolo1109 on 2026-03-19 18:37:40+00:00.

A friend brought homemade chili to a small hangout and warned everyone, multiple times, that it was “pretty spicy.”

Now, I like spicy food. Or at least I thought I did. So when everyone else took cautious little spoonfuls, I decided to prove something to absolutely no one and filled my bowl like it was a normal meal.

First bite: fine.

Second bite: okay, noticeable.

Third bite: mistake.

It hit me all at once. Not just heat, full body betrayal. My ears got hot, my eyes started watering, and my nose decided it was time to participate in the situation.

I tried to play it cool, nodding like “yeah this is good,” while internally negotiating with whatever higher power handles poor decisions.

Someone asked, “You okay?” and I said, “Yeah, it’s not that bad,” right before my voice cracked and I started sweating like I was in a sauna.

I didn’t want to waste food or admit defeat, so I kept eating.

I finished the bowl.

I should not have finished the bowl.

The next hour was me sitting very still, drinking milk like it was medicine, and questioning my entire personality.

TL;DR: Ignored warnings about spicy food, ate a full bowl out of pride, suffered the consequences physically and emotionally.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Affectionate_Art1357 on 2026-03-19 18:14:42+00:00.

This started as one of those random self-improvement moments.

I was at my desk and suddenly became hyper-aware that I sit like a shrimp. Back curved, neck forward, shoulders doing whatever they want. So I thought, okay, I’m going to fix this. Right now. New me.

I straightened up. Shoulders back, chest out, core engaged. I even Googled “correct sitting posture” and tried to match the diagram like I was being graded.

At first it felt great. Like I had unlocked some kind of adult achievement.

Then my brain decided that if I relaxed even slightly, I’d immediately revert back to being a shrimp forever. So I didn’t relax.

For three hours.

I sat there rigid like a museum mannequin. Didn’t lean back, didn’t shift, didn’t even reach for my water properly because that would break “form.” My coworker asked if I was okay because I hadn’t moved in a while and I said, through clenched abs, “I’m fixing my posture.”

Eventually I stood up and my entire body locked up. My back cramped, my legs felt like I’d been bracing for impact, and I had to walk like I’d just aged 40 years in one motion.

Turns out posture is something you adjust… not something you brute force like you’re trying to win a staring contest with your own spine.

TL;DR: Tried to fix my posture and instead sat like a statue for hours until my body revolted.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Suchisthe007life on 2026-03-19 14:39:23+00:00.

For the past few months I’ve been having issues with post operative rejuvenation of my knee - I had knee surgery that saw my quad muscles atrophy, and now I have weakness in the knee (yay). It had got to the point where I started getting pain in the hips and feet, because I had completely altered my existence to try combat the weakness, and it had overworked everything else.

Cool story, but not the fuck up.

Six weeks in to my physio sessions I brought up with the physiotherapist an “interesting fact” I had noticed, and wondered if it could be causing all my issues (physical (lower leg) only), and pointed out that when I go for walks / runs the muscle on the outside of my leg sometimes get really lumpy, hard, hot, and sore; and I posited, lead to my shin splints (feeling pretty clever at this point).

The physiotherapist looked at me confused, “what little muscle lumps do you mean”;

I proudly pointed to what I now know is a lump in the middle of peroneal tendon: “yeah, these little muscles I have on both legs”;

Physiotherapist now confused and looking at both sides, “these are absolutely NOT normal! How long has this been happening”…

Now I’m confused “30 odd years; my entire life. When they flair up, I get shin splints to the point I can’t walk, and need to sit down for a few hours; you know, just a bit of pain”.

Physio now very intrigued, and pointing to another part of my leg (that I now know is where “shin splints” exist) “you have debilitating pain through here?”.

Now I’m confused, “No, shin splints, my entire front of my leg. It just feels like my leg is on fire, and someone has a knife running up and down my shin bone. I also get pins and needles through my feet, so I just try stretch it out”.

A few tests later I was sent for ultrasound scanning, and was informed that it appears I have a non malignant growth (assumed), and potentially serious nerve damage on both legs… I’m now waiting for a specialist to work out what the next steps are.

TLDR; (42 m) who has been experiencing debilitating pain in my shin bone for my entire adult life (intermittent episodes, and only from walking / running)… maybe this post will help someone.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/ThrowAway44228800 on 2026-03-19 00:39:30+00:00.

In high school I had gotten really close with a teacher in a mentor-type way. We kept in contact after high school and she's more like a family member now than anything. Throughout high school, she said she was always available to talk if I needed, and I really appreciated it.

I was also having a rough time safety-wise in high school and ended up with PTSD from a whole lot of different things, but I didn't know that that was my issue and I didn't know what to do about it. I just knew I was super stressed and scared and had nightmares a lot.

Sometimes--not frequently, but a plural amount of times--I woke up from these nightmares and realized I had wet the bed. Which I cleaned up quickly and hid from my family because I knew they'd probably shame me for it and I didn't want that happening. I was already super embarrassed because this was my senior year, I was a legal adult! I could drive! I could vote! These were not issues I was 'supposed' to be having!

I felt I needed to ask somebody for help but again I was too ashamed of it to outright ask. I was, and continue to be, very socially awkward and unaware, so what I thought was subtle was not subtle whatsoever. Regardless, I did what I thought was the best course of action: I went to my teacher and asked if she had ever had a 'bodily reaction' to a nightmare.

She looked at me very curiously and said yes, sometimes that type of thing can happen, do you want to talk about it more? No, I said. You're going to think I'm a baby. You'll never take me seriously again. I'm embarrassed about it.

She asked what part of it I was finding so challenging and I said how waking up was uncomfortable, plus I had to hide it from my parents so I had taken to setting alarms throughout the night so that I could deal with it before they noticed.

I thought I was being super subtle about it. I remember she was very kind and said that all sorts of reactions are normal, bodies are weird, but if I was worried I should go to a doctor, and regardless she'd always think of me as an adult. I was happy about this. I also thought I did a great job keeping my secret a secret.

Then today my friend and I discussed how kids sometimes think they're doing a great job lying or hiding something but are actually being super obvious, and this entire memory came back to me all at once. I told my friend and she fell over laughing because she said "It was so obvious what you were talking about, you should've just said it because she definitely knew."

On the one hand I am embarrassed that she knew because I was trying my best to be slick, but on the other hand I think that's what makes it funny. Although I do regret even having this conversation with my friend because otherwise I could keep living in blissful ignorance of my lack of subtlety.

TL;DR: I told my friend about a conversation where I thought I was being subtle but actually obviously admitted to my high school teacher that I wet the bed several times.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/MrBloodyKiller on 2026-03-18 19:56:49+00:00.

So this happened when I was in 10th grade, which I know is very late for this but still. In my family we were prohibited from drinking coffee, like at all. We weren't Mormon or anything, but my mom had a huge coffee addiction and thought that if we started we would also have or something, idk.

Anyways, one day I found her secretly hidden coffee that was already grinded. And the next time I had an exam and was pulling an all-nighter I got the coffee, poured hot water and made it next to an open window to make sure my mom wouldn't smell it. I drank the entire thing and was left with the coffee grounds which I thought were part of the coffee and I had to drink it. It tasted disgusting, but I knew that coffee tasted really bitter, so I thought that that was the bitter part. And all through out that year I would do my nighttime secret ritual when I had an exam or had to stay up late for any reason and all those times I would drink the coffee grounds even though they tasted absolutely horrible and would make me wanting to throw up.

About a year later my mom was in the kitchen making her morning coffee and I saw that she didn't drink the coffee grounds, so I asked her why. That's when I found out that coffee grounds aren't part of the beverage. Still have no idea how I managed to drink them for an entire year, lol.

TL;DR: I thought coffee grounds were part of the beverage and drank them dor an entire year.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/engineeringpoet on 2026-03-18 19:10:05+00:00.

My toddler likes to listen to music on his CD player before bed, and he recently asked for a specific genre of music. I got a CD from our local library for him to listen to. Well, he LOVES it and it is what he listens to EVERY NIGHT. I went to the band website to see if I could buy the CD before we have to return it to the library, and they only sell their new CDs. So now he loves this CD that I know I’ll have to return soon and I have to find one on a resell page to buy our own.

Libraries are amazing resources but just be prepared to have to buy your own version or have a hard conversation/tantrum in the future 🥴

TL;DR TIFU by using a library CD in toddler’s bedtime routine and now I have to pay $$ to buy one used since the band doesn’t produce them anymore

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/jsher736 on 2026-03-18 16:52:47+00:00.

obligatory "this didn't happen today"

So I'm an amusement park kind of guy but most of my friends either actively dislike them or don't like them enough to pay to go and like sit in traffic. I had this coworker (30sF. at the time I was 35m) who I wasn't like friends friends with but definitely pre-friends and one day we're talking and she mentions she also likes amusement parks. So I say we should go sometime to which she says "great? can I bring my boyfriend?" (in retrospect i think she didn't realize I WASN'T asking her on a date, parks are just less boring when you're with a friend) so I say "sure sounds great" and we make plans to meet at the park.

here's where the FU happens. she's cool and all but her boyfriend? that dude was AWESOME. 5 minutes in him and I are getting along like a house on fire, turns out we have a lot of similar interests and we're just having a great time the way 2 dudes can immediately.

So we're hanging out at the wave pool and we're trying to include her but honestly the two of us had more in common than either one of us did with her and she's giving the terse "it's fine" and so eventually he's like "look you're upset and if I can I want to fix it so can you tell me what's wrong?" and she screams "I've just spent the past 5 hours with my boyfriend and apparently his FUCKING SOULMATE!"

and here's where I really double down on the FU, she said that and I laughed. Which made Steve laugh. which made her (and him) leave.

Yeah work was a tad awkward with her until I got transferred 3 months later (very normal in my job).

She and Steve broke up about a month after my transfer. which I know because I'm still in touch with him and he actually couch crashed with us (my now wife and i) for a few weeks last year when he was waiting on his apt to be ready

tldr: coworker thought I was asking her on a date so brought her bf on a hang out. her bf and I ended up getting along better than they did which led in part to them breaking up

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Sheetascastle on 2026-03-17 20:32:21+00:00.

Obligatory-it wasn't today, it was last week and I just remembered my husband said it would make a good TIFU post. So here I am.

I teach about nature in a park and I take nature things off site to programs. If you ever had someone show up to a classroom with furs, skulls, plant specimens and random animal stories, they probably do a similar job.

A local library requested a program for their adults with special needs and dementia "coffee hour". So I did my thing with a bunch of pictures, a box full of furs, bones, and nature scent boxes. I walk around the table showing things, having people feel stuff and then offer to have them smell "prairie grass" and bergamot and "wood smoke".

One of the participants had degenerative vision and they are legally blind but can sometimes see color, shape, or movement. So I was trying to incorporate descriptions of images and colors and saying where I was placing things to make it helpful for them.

I open the scent box and tell them I can set it in their hand to hold to their nose. and they say, "oh no, I can smell it from here" which was mostly impressive to me. Then I'm doing more scents and they say the same. And as I pack up to leave I feel a cough so I lift my arm to cough into my elbow. At which point i feel that distinct "I forgot deodorant" sweat in my armpit. And I'm a postpartum nursing mom so it is ... not a pretty smell.

So tldr: spent an hour encouraging a blind person to smell things while I stood there next to them wearing no deodorant.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Nearby-Front4967 on 2026-03-18 07:23:17+00:00.

Hi reddit, throwaway account, today I fucked up by realizing that I have fallen in love with my best friend of 10 years. I realized this today while we were out on the town, at a restaurant. So for context, I (28f) met him (30m) at a job we worked together in our teenage years in fast food. We hit it off and started seeing each other every day up until about a year ago. We went to the gym frequently together, we swam often together, and we share a lot of common interests. Here's where I fucked up. I realized when we stopped hanging out every day that, my mouth to god's ears, I have an attachment to him unmatched by anything I've ever dealt with. Today I realized that he is the most adorable and lovable guy I've ever met. The consequence though, comes in this form: he has had a girlfriend for the same time we've been friends. He frequently complains about her and always tells me about how he wants to leave her but can't because she apparently "saved him from homelessness as a teenager". This mostly tracks, but also he could have just lived with his parents but didn't want to. Anyways, so they are considering moving to another city soon and I honestly just don't know what to do and I'm very scared because I have never been one to fall in love with anyone. Reddit, I fucked up.

TL;DR - TIFU by falling in love with my best friend of 10 years, but he has a girlfriend and now he's probably moving away.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/dancingonsaturnrings on 2026-03-17 21:38:08+00:00.

Refreshing, delicious orange jewels of a fruit piled on display at the store. Wow. Two dollars. Maybe three dollars. Who could resist such temptations? I pick up a bag, a singular bag because I do know restraint. This is a treat. Let alone my bag can barely carry anything.

Braving winds and cold to return home, I finally sit with my hoard, rejoicing. I tear into the netted bag and devour one, excellent fruit. The sharp citrus flavor bursts on the tongue, sweet, scrumptious. Another mandarin, because I can and because I want to. A third mandarin....the doubt starts settling in. Should I have this one? I've had tummy aches before when eating fruit with reckless abandon. Is three a crowd when talking about oranges?

I peel and eat the third mandarin. From here on out, I lose count of how many I have eaten. I have tunnel vision, there is only mandarins. I am eating with a greed one could call biblically persecuted, and I am willingly blind to the consequences hurtling my way. I am at least 1% orange now. Everything is citrus scented. I cease. I am full of mandarins. I do not need more.

I lay in bed, accepting solemnly that I most likely will regret this. I sleep soundly, carried by the kind of calm that can only preceed a storm. Everything is dark. I'm cozy and warm. The fog of dreams blurs reality... pain.....something hurts. I shift. It still hurts. I alternate between being asleep and thinking *this hurts*. I am roused awake by my disapproving bowels coiling themselves into excruciating knots. I drag myself to the bathroom, knowing immediately I am paying the price for my unwise choices. What happens in there shall be unspoken. Regret. Painful, painful regret. Is this moment ungodly or is this divine retribution? The rest of the morning is spent curled up in a ball, clutching a heating pad, making sounds only a beast could as the digestive feast tears its way through my body.

In conclusion, perhaps reconsider the orange [also applicable outside of fruits].

TL;DR: tifu by eating a questionable amount of mandarins and being woken up by the consequences of my own actions

Bonus: you can play classical music while you do breathing techniques, which helps with the pain and also makes the situation significantly more ridiculous

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Suitable_cataclysm on 2026-03-18 02:19:45+00:00.

I texted my SIL asking for bday gift ideas for my 7yo nephew. She texted back "skeletons, Minecraft, capybaras". Simple enough! Capybaras being fluffy giant adorable rodents

Later than week I was out with my sister and she asked me what I had heard and apparently I verbally said "skeletons, Minecraft, chupacabra". Chupacabra being a cryptid reptile/alien/ dog creature.

Didn't notice my mistake.

This past weekend was the bday party and my nephew opens up a plushie chupacabra and starts giggling wildly and goes WHAT IS THIS?!

After some quick conversation with SIL, my brother and my sister, I realized what I did. They both start with C and my brain filled in the rest on the way to my mouth. I was mortified!

I called my nephew in and explained that we had a whisper down the lane issue, and that his mom said capybara, but I accidentally said chupacabra. Nephew goes "I don't care, this thing is SICK" he loves it. My family had a good laugh over it and crisis averted but man I'm not going to live this down.

It's probably worth noting that his obsession in past years has been Godzilla and Minecraft creepers so no one thought to question him wanting cryptid toys.

TL;DR SIL said to get capybara merch for nephews birthday and I accidentally told people to get chupacabra merch

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/InterestingClick9407 on 2026-03-17 23:15:26+00:00.

My best friend was having a destination wedding in Greece. I wanted to look and feel my best so I booked a haircut and bikini wax for the week before. By the time the wax appointment rolled around I had started my period. I didn't want to cancel the appointment due to limited availability for this specific salon. So I just put in a tampon and hoped the worker wouldn't say anything. I mean, what would she say? To take it out and free bleed all over her table? Probably not. The worker was pretty young and the appointment was going fine until about halfway through the appointment the string of my tampon must've gotten caught in the wax. And with that horrible rip it pulled it out. I was mortified as I saw it dangling off the wax strip. The worker was visibly embarrassed and I was as red as a tomato. She apologized and asked me if I wanted to stop the appointment. I said it was fine and told her to continue since we were almost done and I was not going to leave with half a wax and I wouldn't have the strength to face her again. I finished the appointment and left. I don't think I can ever go back there again lol.

TL;DR : My bikini wax pulled out my tampon

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Spirited-Height-9533 on 2026-03-17 22:47:00+00:00.

For some prior context, I (17f) have an older brother (18m) that loves me to the ends of the earth, and loves to spoil me with treats, outings and video games. And I have a beloved mother (42f) who had to take care of us as a single mother, with the help of my grandparents, ever since I was two.

Today at dinner, we were talking about what life at college might be for me, and just as I was about to mention what I want the apartment to look like, my mom kind of interrupts me and says that if I get accepted into a specific college in the country I plan to go to, my government provided student salary will be twice the amount as my brothers, because it's a prestigious university.

And I half-jokingly say "oh so I get to spoil [brothers name]!", since I wanna give back what he's given me all these years.

My mom suddenly got really serious and said, "no dear, even if you make more money than him you can't *spoil* him" (this is because we're middle eastern, and it's frowned upon for a woman to be 'spoiling' a man, regardless of relations)

My uncle then said "why not? It's her money, she can do as she likes with it", which made my mom say "no, I don't want her to get used to paying for others and end up getting used and relied on too much"

And my uncle kept insisting that she shouldn't tell me what to do with my 'adult' money, and my mom kept saying "she's not an adult yet, I need to instill these values into her so that she doesn't end up like me"

And the conversation just got worse and worse, with my mom tearing up and openly admitting to everyone how much pressure she's under and how many people rely on her and her money and the mental toll it took on her throughout her life, and how divorcing my dad made her 'too much of a hero', and at this point she's crying and wiping her tears.

it turns into a yelling match, but my grandma finally intervened, and got them to stop.

I just felt awful about the whole thing, all I meant was that I was going to treat my brother to a few things, and my mom knew what I meant too. She just wanted to make sure I didn't end up like her, she wanted me to be a princess forever, because she never got the chance.

I wish I never said such a stupid thing, I know how sensitive my mom is about people relying on me, and she's so afraid of me being used like she was (and still is). And my uncle just never got the message, I love him but he can be such an instigator, every conversation we have with him ends up tense and controversial.

TLDR; I joked about spoiling my brother, and when my mom said she didn't want people to rely on me financially, it turned into a huge emotional argument between my uncle and mother, causing her to cry.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/DaddyPlaysGuitar on 2026-03-17 21:59:25+00:00.

This actually happened in the 00s. I was 15, me and a friend went to the shopping mall. We randomly decided to buy a hamster each and proceeded to go watch Pirates of the Caribbean 3. The cardboard boxes we got the hamsters in were not designed to last a 3 hour movie and halfway through the picture they had chewed a huge hole and the white one escaped. Miraculously it wasn't opening night and the room wasn't full. I saw a white blur on the floor going towards the back and I managed to follow, jumping through empty seats and finally cornering the creature. I caught it and walked back to my seat while the fucker bit me continuously. I put him back in the box and the Box under my shirt. When I came home my favorite shirt had a hole not unlike the one in Iron Man's chest...

TL;DR hamster do not indeed belong in movie theaters

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Echo-Forge on 2026-03-17 21:12:26+00:00.

so there is a guy at work. lets call him K

K says "circling back" constantly in every meeting. sometimes twice in the same sentence. "so just circling back on that, before we circle back to the main point." i started noticing it maybe 4 months ago and now i cannot unhear it. it has ruined meetings for me entirely

so as a joke, purely for my own amusement, I vibe coded a mini wabi app in 10 mins. every time K says "circling back" i tap the screen. It tracks daily counts, shows me a weekly graph, gives me a personal best notification

I showed two colleagues

mistake

they immediately wanted to use it too, i shared the link. Not a big deal right

within two days there were 9 of us silently tapping our phones every time K spoke. we have a group chat now. someone made a weekly leaderboard for highest count. someone else added a feature request for "to be honest" because apparently kate from finance says it 11 times a meeting and felt left out

Recently K said "circling back" 23 times in a 56 minute sync

we nearly lost it,, someone had to fake a coughing fit

the problem is i now look forward to meetings like genuinely. i check the group chat during calls. we celebrate new personal bests. K said "circling back" at 9:07am yesterday and i got three notifications within seconds

i built an app to cope with an annoying habit and accidentally made meetings the best part of my workday

K will never know.I feel both terrible and completely at peace with this

Would love to add screenshots but seems like this sub doesn’t allow that

TL;DR: Built an app-to count how many times my coworker says “circling back” in meeting and now while office uses it and it became a hot topic

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/ImMiraVela on 2026-03-17 17:26:05+00:00.

Hey!! So, it's me again. I have an update on the most embarrasing moment of my life.

So, I recently asked a girl I like out, right. Stupid me got so embarrased about it, I ran away before she could answer. I wanted to disappear, but thanks to all your support and encouragement, we finally talked properly.

She actually ended up reaching out to me first. But since I had her personal socmed account blocked from mine right (because I tried to get over her before I asked her out and forgot about it), she reached out to me through her work account. She was really confused because 1. she didn't know i was into women (I'm a bi, but i dress feminine) 2. I put her in an awkward situation in public (there wasn't a lot of people who could've overheard us, but that was still awkward and that was on me so i apologized for this as well) 3. why couldn't she find my socials through her personal account (😭)

So I officially apologized for all the trouble I did and she actually laughed (not in a mean way). I also told her I had a crush on her for a while now and had a sudden burst of confidence that time. She said she was glad I did, otherwise, she would've just admired me from afar because she never thought i was gay. She said she liked me for a while now too and always tried to make our paths cross just to see me. I was like OH MY GOD!!

Anyway, she asked me again if I can add her on her personal socials and I did. I also explained that I blocked her there before because I was trying to move on from her. She found it cute, I don't know why. I found it cringy.

Anyway, we had our first date last weekend. It was super awkward lol. Like we talked a lot on chats and stuff. We even call each other at night sometimes and we talk nonstop. But when we had our first physical date, we barely spoke any words. When we were having coffee, she had a pastry with it right. So, I tried to reach for her hand and I kid you not, it was right next to her food, so she quickly moved the food away. It was like those memes and I didn't know there are some people who really did that. Like I had my own food 😭, I wouldn't take hers. We were both shocked at what she did and she immediately apologized. She said she just had brothers growing up and she moved on instinct lol. I wouldn't know because I only have a sister.

I guess it was her turn to be awkward now. Maybe we'll make this into a routine now lol. We laughed about it though and then we finally held hands 😊👉👈

Anyway, thank you so much for all your support and encouragement. I was ready to be eaten by the ground but your comments really uplifted me (and a lot of them made me laugh too lol).

TL;DR: My crush and I finally went on a official date after the awkward and embarrasing encounter I had when I first asked her out

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Sweet-Salamander8696 on 2026-03-17 05:19:26+00:00.

This happened today and I'm still physically nauseous thinking about it.

So I was on my lunch break sitting in my car, and my girlfriend texted me asking what I wanted for dinner. I sent her a voice memo because I was eating and didnt want to type. Pretty normal stuff.

Except I also had a text chain open with my manager about a project timeline. And apparently my brain decided to just not pay attention to which conversation I was in.

The voice memo I sent was something like "babe I literally dont care lets just do whatever, I've been dealing with the dumbest stuff all day and I just want to come home and not think about anything work related for the rest of the night" and then I think I called my coworker Dan annoying. Not in a mean way just in a "Dan asked me the same question three times today" kind of way.

I didn't realize I sent it to my boss until like 20 minutes later when she replied with just "..."

Three dots. Thats it. No follow up. No "we need to talk." Just three dots.

I sent a wall of text apologizing and she just said "I understand, we all have those days" which somehow made it worse because now she thinks I'm miserable at work when really I was just being dramatic because im tired.

I have a 1:1 with her tomorrow morning and I have genuinely considered calling in sick. Dan if you're reading this you are a little annoying but I still like you.

TL;DR: Sent my boss a voice memo complaining about work and calling my coworker annoying. It was meant for my girlfriend. Boss replied with "..." and now I have a 1:1 with her tomorrow morning.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Mischa987 on 2026-03-16 23:07:25+00:00.

When I was 10 or 12 or something, the skin between my toes started cracking in the shower if I bent my toes too far forward, or sometimes when I was washing between my toes. My skin has always been sensitive and tends to get dry, so I just assumed it was really dry, put some lotion on it, and forgot about it. This happened many times, sometimes more frequently than others, but when I commented on it, my mom didn't make a big deal out of it, so I didn't either. As the years went by, I figured this was just my life. My skin is dry, things crack, hurts a little bit, I'm an adult, it's not a big deal, suck it up and put some lotion on it.

Fast forward to a couple months ago. One of my toes itched *really* badly, and was a little bit purple. It swelled up, but didn't look that bad, and I figured, since it's kind of a pain to get an appointment with my doctor short notice (they only do same/next day appointments by phone, and only in the mornings, when I'm busy or working), I'd just see how it went. Really, it kind of looked and behaved like chilblains, which would check out since the house is pretty cold, I never wear socks, and I'm so used to it that I don't perceive the cold, and that would go away in a few weeks if I babied it.

So I wore socks for a month, the swelling went down, the itching went away. But then the skin on that toe started peeling a bit. It didn't really look bad, so I put some lotion on it and again chose to play the waiting game.

Coincidentally, while doomscrolling, I was recommended on Reddit a post of someone whose toe webbing cracked just like mine. Everyone in the comments was saying it was athlete's foot. And I thought, "It can't possibly be athlete's foot. I wash my feet. I don't go barefoot outside. I've had this for ages. All of the pictures online of athlete's foot look absolutely horrible and totally different from the minor cracks between my toes."

But the idea lingered in my mind. I looked it up, you can just buy Lamisil cream at the store. It's not that expensive. It's not that expensive if it means this will never happen again. So I bought some, totally thinking I was wasting my time. I religiously put it on my dawgs every evening. I dried in-between my toes after I showered, even though I thought it was pointless and would just dry on its own. It honestly looked worse after I started. The skin between my toes peeled where it had cracked before. . . . But it wasn't cracking that week.

I can't really prove whether it was or wasn't athlete's foot, because I can't test whatever it was between my toes, but the skin between my toes hasn't cracked since.

I don't know if I'm helping anyone here by saying this, but it's not normal for the skin between your toes to crack, and it's not useless to dry between your toes after you shower.

TL;DR: I had athlete's foot for 15 years and just thought it was dry/sensitive skin.

Edit: Why is this my most popular post? 😭

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/hmmmmokaaaay on 2026-03-16 18:47:19+00:00.

This was just this past weekend. There is a girl (27f) I’ve (36m) been dating for about 2 months. We slept together on the first date and the relationship started very sexual, but eventually turned a bit romantic.

We were drinking with friends and playing Never have i ever, and it came up in a room full of mostly her friends that i have a secret talent. I’m not excessively large or flexible, but was gifted with the talent of being able to suck my own dick. The reaction to this was rather mixed, as it normally is, but my date actually was really into it. She whispered that she was jealous i was holding out and she wants to see.

I’ve never done it for anyone. It’s not the most flattering position, and yeah, i mean, it’s sucking a dick. So we go back to my place and we’re kissing and she tells me she wants to see. So I get in position and show her and she straight up starts laughing a little. I ask if she can help me with it, and she kind of does but then says “i can’t” and keeps kind of just laughing, so i stop. The vibe is totally killed, we stop booking up and start watching a movie and about an hour in she tells me she has to work early and called an uber. I haven’t spoken with her since

tl;dr - I sucked my cock in front of my date and gave her the ick

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/AddictedNihilist on 2026-03-16 16:33:18+00:00.

TIFU by being a horny idiot.

A random girl messaged me on instagram, I saw we had two mutuals and even thought I knew her for a second. We texted for like an hour or something and I am pretty sure you can guess where this is going.

She sent me some explicit pics that looked rather genuine. I guess they weren't. I sent some back, because I am a horny fool. After she wanted me to do somethings that I was not willing to do, she threatened me and told me she was gonna send screenshots and everything else to mutual female friends and family on Insta. I've heard about things like this happening before and the best thing is not to panic and just block her. I reported her, but still I should have known better. At the very least I have no colleagues added on Insta, that's a silver lining I guess.

Keep your dick in your pants guys don't be like me.

TL;DR TIFU by being a horny, gullible idiot.

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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/fun8parties on 2026-03-16 00:18:56+00:00.

TL;DR: Today I added to my prestigious list of travel related fuck ups. Here's a list of all fuck ups to mark my legacy.

I wish the fuck ups also added to some loyalty points - atleast that would've helped me recoup some of the cost. Here's the list in reverse chronological order -

1. Booked flight from the wrong airport. Casually proceeded to the right airport, only to be called out at the airport entry
2. Was waiting at the wrong departure gate and hence missed my flight
3. Left my laptop at office - realised at security check
4. Misinterpreted revised rules related to pre-boarding COVID screening. Ended up missing my flight because I did not have a negative certificate
5. Booked hotel on the wrong dates for my pre-wedding bash with buddies
6. Thought that I lost my passport at the hotel (in a foreign country). Went back, did not find anything. Came back to Airport to try my luck with security - but found the passport in my back pocket. Lost 60 Euros in the cab back & forth. Lost remaining 40 Euros in the security tray.
7. Boarded the train in the wrong direction. Realized after 3 stations, panicked immediately, and got off at a rural station where not a lot of trains stop for me to go in the right direction. Fortunately, stuck only for 3 hours

Conclusion - Its a new fuck up everytime. Let's see what's next & when.