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TIFU by almost ruining someone’s wedding.

I’m really bad at cutting to the chase and adding extraneous details, so I’ll make sure to add a TL;DR at the end.

My cousin (basically sister) has 3 kids, the youngest just turned 4. When I asked what to get her, I got a very sad story about a sparkly flamingo at a gas station, lots of disappointment involved. I was able to find it online, and was very excited to be able to reunite her with the beloved flamingo that got away.

This was a surprise party at a park on a lake, but at the last minute I got an update that the party was moved to the pavilion on the hill above the beach rather than the beach itself. It was really cold that day, so that made sense. I was having trouble with the battery in the key fob on my car, so I was running late and kind of frazzled.

Now, I love getting toys for both my son and my nieces and nephews, and I always come up with a fun way to give them. I had a 30 minute drive to the party to come up with an idea on how to give the flamingo. I decided I’d find a video with flamingo sounds on YouTube and blast it on my sound system and be like, “OH, MY GOD! IS THAT A FLAMINGO?!?!” and make a big deal of searching for the flamingo in my car with the kids.

So, I pulled up, shut off my car, hid the flamingo, then went to turn my car back on, and it wouldn’t start. Crap. Key fob was officially dead. I thought maybe I could use my cousin’s car though, so I went to find her in the group under the pavilion and I’m seeing lots of unfamiliar faces. Everyone also seemed strangely overdressed for a 4 y/o’s birthday party.

The wedding was just starting, guys. I misread the update. Turns out the pavilion got double-booked, and my cousin was like, “Ok, the wedding obviously gets priority over a small birthday party for a 4 y/o.” She moved the party to her house, which was also on the lake, so I didn’t have too far to walk.

Imagine if my car would have started though. I only turned it off because I was kind of frazzled and wasn’t thinking. I mean, they already seemed very unimpressed by just me showing up by mistake and the little disruption that caused. I fully intended on blasting a flamingo call and dramatically announcing that I think there’s a flamingo somewhere in my car as an entrance. Can you imagine a complete stranger interrupting your wedding like that? Thank god.

TL;DR, I almost interrupted a wedding with flamingo noises because I thought it was my niece’s birthday party.

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