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TIFU by mocking my bfs mother.

We’re at a family party celebrating grandads birthday, people eating and chatting and playing games in every room of the house. I was pretty excited to be there as I love his family’s humor and they were all very welcoming to me. Except his mom.

Frankly, the moms in my life never loved me anyways as I am a bit of a delinquent, so I just did my best to stay polite around her. Unfortunately, my house manners are pretty rough around the edges despite my efforts.

I finished my food and took my paper plate into the kitchen where boyfriend’s mom and aunts were chatting, but I couldn’t find the trash can. The conversation goes like this:

Me- Does anyone know where the trash can is?

Mom- the what?

Me- the trash can?

Mom- the what?

Me- …the trash can?

Mom- umm…

Me- say it with me slowly, traaasssshh caaannnnnnn

Her face goes so dark before reminding me she’s partially fucking deaf and I fucking forgot. I thought I was just making a silly joke about a misunderstanding

The aunts around her open mouth GASPED when I pulled such an attitude and I could see them hiding their laughs as mom was clearly not amused. Jaws on the floor all around.

Once I realized what I did, I too gasped and apologized VERY profusely before skittering out of the room like a roach under a lamp. She took it very hard.

I ended up finding a random room in the house to go cry in because I was so fucking embarrassed. her husband came in later to tell me while it was incredibly rude of me, she’s definitely taking it personally because of her preexisting feelings towards me and everyone else thought it was kinda funny.

Some were trying to make me feel better about the situation, and I agree that a grown adult shouldn’t feel so offended by the word vomit of a teenager, especially when it was clearly a genuine mistake. But ultimately I think it was an important lesson doled out before I made a real ass of myself as an adult. THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK. EVEN WHEN YOURE JUST TRYING TO BE FUNNY.

This actually happened like a decade ago but someone posted a similar story and it reminded me of my time living with a foot for a tongue as a teenager lol.

TLDR: forgot that I was talking to someone who is partially deaf and made fun of her for not hearing me

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