greenmangostudio

I (23 NB) was at the QuikTrip with my fiancee (22 NB) and our friend (27 F). I noticed there was a metal divider up by the hot drinks station, indicating that some of the nozzles were being cleaned. One of the nozzles being hot chocolate. I made a joke/comment aloud to my fiance that, "You just can't get hot chocolate no matter what QuikTrip you got to" or something like that. It was funny because previous times we'd been to different QuikTrips in our area looking (or not) for hot chocolate, that side of the drink bar was always closed. But the joke was short lived when an employee overheard me. He came over not but 10 seconds after the joke left my mouth and announced that there was in fact hot chocolate available, already moving to take down the "cleaning in progress" sign. I didn't actually want any hot chocolate. That's not what I came to the gas station for. I was just making an observational joke. But the damage had already been done, and I wo...

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 ...

I screwed up so bad. I have always struggled with emotional regulation. I have several anxiety conditions and I’m neurodivergent. I tried to warn my (now ex) bf that I’m crazy since the very beginning more than a year ago but he would always correct me and tell me not to say that about myself. He would insist I’m “unique”… well I’m pretty sure he would agree I’m crazy now. Technically it was a few days ago but still super fresh. Anyway TIFU by ruining my amazing relationship with my handsome, caring, understanding partner. I wanted to urgently stop and help a lost dog and we both lost our patience. He had a lot more tolerance than i did for the mutually raised voices and I screamed for him to get out and when he refused I saw red and assaulted him with water. I’m so ashamed. He said I’d regret it and I immediately did. I’ve wept and felt so stupid and lonely. I was raging on adrenaline and pride. It was absurd and I deserve this. Ugh. He rightfully won’t speak to me. Is there any w...

I’m still processing this and just had to tell someone. About an hour ago, I was travelling from London to Birmingham when my cousin, who’s currently staying at my place, called me. I didn't think much of it since he usually calls for random, tiny things, so I figured I’d just call him back once I got home. Looking back now, I should have just picked up the call. Now, just a heads-up: my cousin isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed (he’d be the first to admit it), but this really takes the cake. When I finally called him back, he looked pale. So I asked him, “What’s wrong?” He then explained that he was trying to do an at-home blood test for some routine health checks. I was still confused and asked, “Okay, but why were you calling me?” He then told me that he couldn't get enough blood from his finger because his hands were cold. Instead of just warming them up, he decided to ask ChatGPT which part of the body has the most blood flow. After ChatGPT explained the most blood...

This still randomly pops into my head and makes me feel like a complete asshole. I’m at Walmart with my wife, just shopping, and this girl walks up to me all excited like she knows me. Smiling, asking if I remember her, all that. And I’m standing there like… I have absolutely no idea who this is. I tried to play it off, talked to her for a minute, but nothing clicked. Not even a little. I basically just faked my way through the whole interaction and went on with my day. Later on, I’m telling my mom about it, like “yeah some girl came up to me acting like she knew me,” and she’s like… you don’t remember her? Turns out she was the daughter of my mom’s friend/coworker, and they literally lived with us for a couple years when we were younger. We were close in age too, so it’s not like we barely crossed paths—I saw her all the time back then. And I just completely blanked on her in public like she was a total stranger. Every now and then I think about it and feel like a huge jerk. L...

I was trying to send something to my girlfriend and somehow sent it to my family group chat instead. I don’t even know how I messed it up that badly, I think I just clicked too fast without checking. I realized it instantly and tried to delete it, but it had already been seen by a few people. You know that moment where your stomach just drops? Yeah… that. What makes it worse is that no one has said anything in the chat since. No messages, no reactions, nothing. It’s just been completely silent like it never happened, which somehow feels even more uncomfortable. Now I’m just sitting here overthinking every possible reaction they might be having and dreading tomorrow. I genuinely don’t know how I’m supposed to face them in the morning. TL;DR: Sent the wrong photo to my family group chat instead of my girlfriend. Now I have to face them tomorrow.