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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/TAredditor89 on 2026-04-02 21:02:08+00:00.

Didn't happen today, but its something I can't stop thinking about.

I was at Olive Garden with my wife, son, and a lot of her extended family from her dad's side. We were all having lunch together, and a bunch of our kids were being loud and obnoxious, and very obviously making things difficult for the waiter. Combined with serving a large party of probably 20 people, waiting this table was not a position to be envious of. I think it was one of my wife's cousins that said something along the lines of "I'd hate to be waiting this table right now" and I awkwardly pitched in "Omg, I'd shoot myself"

That was the faux pas that has me wanting to die/never see any of those family members again...

The reason we were all gathered at Olive Garden was we were attending my wife's dad's funeral that morning. He had committed suicide by shooting himself.

I absolutely wanted to crawl under the table as soon as the words left my mouth. I felt a wash of panic come over me, and I avoided eye contact with everyone for pretty much the rest of the day. The moment still haunts me.

TL;DR: Wife's father shot himself, and after attending his funeral while at lunch, I told her family that "I'd shoot myself" as an expression trying to make conversation about the unfortunate situation the waiter was in.