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TIFU by finding out old office gossip about my girlfriend at her work party

Last night i went to my girlfriend's work drinks and ended up hearing something i really did not need to hear there.

She works at a marketing company. i barely know her coworkers and i also knew that her ex used to come to some of these events before they broke up. that matters.

things were fine at first.then one of her coworkers, leon, who was already pretty drunk, started talking to me near the bar like he knew me. i figured he was just being friendly.

then he looked at another guy and said something like crazy you came back after that whole dan thing.

i asked, what dan thing?

he immediately froze and asked my name. turns out he thought i was my girlfriend’s ex, not me.

what he was talking about was old office gossip from the end of her last relationship. apparently some people thought she was being a little too flirty with dan from analytics at after work drinks. according to everyone, nothing actually happened. leon just mashed together old gossip and drunken stupidity and dumped it on the worst possible person.

my girlfriend walked up right as i asked about dan, so from her point of view it looked awful instantly. she pulled me outside and started explaining that it was just old rumor garbage and she never mentioned it because nothing happened and she thought it was dead and embarrassing.

i actually believed her. the problem is i got awkward and tried to joke instead of shutting up.

i said i was mostly confused why i was hearing the full dan lore from a guy who could barely stand up.

that did not go over well.

she thought i was making her sound shady even if i said i believed her. we stayed a little longer so it wouldn’t look like a huge scene, then went home in total silence.

this morning leon sent a long apology saying he mixed me up with her ex and should’ve kept his mouth shut.

TL;DR: my girlfriend's drunk coworker mistook me for her ex and brought up old office gossip about her and another guy and i made the whole thing worse by joiking at the worst possible time

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