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TIFU by trying to comfort my friend

This happened about 5 or 6 months ago, so it did not happen today but I think it’s time I tell someone.

To set the scene, I am hanging out with my friend we will call Chuck. Chuck is a big jokester so this also plays into this story. He had received a text message in his family group chat of a photo his grandmother at the bottom of the stairs and a follow up message from his cousin saying “grandmas going to the hospital.” Upon getting this message he also had just remembered he needed to log into a website to complete some work required of him by his employers. Chuck isn’t very tech savvy and expresses this quite often with his apparent hatred of technology, so he started this work on his phone when he remembered he has a whole iPad in his bedroom that would make the process easier. He hops up from the couch, disappears into the bedroom, and emerges seconds later stating “I always forget that I have this thing, but I hate using it because of technology. I’m not good at it and I feel stupid trying to use it.”

This is where the fuck up happens.

He plops back down on the couch and threw his head in his hands and said “I just feel so stupid.” I thought he was playing around and joking about the technology, so I put a hand on his back and turn to him and say “it’s okay you big stupid baby bitch”. (Btw this talk is nothing new this is how we speak to each other and it’s all in good fun) After half a second of defeating silence he goes straight into saying “why would they send a picture of grandma on the floor to the group chat?” This is where my smile faded faster than a barracuda attacks its prey. I sat back and said nothing else because of how deeply embarrassed I felt. After several minutes he was able to compose himself and reverted back to his goofy self.

His grandma ended up getting surgery and surviving and is doing well! He did not blame me for what I said as he even said himself he “plays too much”. I think I’m just going to keep my mouth shut now whenever someone complains about multiple things since I may not understand they might be talking about one thing when I’m thinking of the other.

TL;DR I called my friend a big dumb baby bitch when he was crying about his grandma, and I thought he was talking about something else.

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