TIFU by dressing up as a banana… for the wrong party

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So, my friend invited me to a party and told me it was a costume party. I was all in, super excited, and went all out. I showed up in a massive inflatable banana suit, feeling like a total champ. I even made it funnier by adding sound effects, every time I jumped, it went boing (I thought it was hilarious). I walked in with all the confidence in the world, expecting to see other ridiculous costumes… and then I realized something was off. People were dressed in suits and nice dresses, and there was fancy food everywhere. Turns out, it wasn’t a costume party at all. It was a formal family dinner celebrating his grandparents’ anniversary. To make it worse, I had to awkwardly shake his grandmother’s hand while looking like a walking piece of fruit. Needless to say, they didn’t invite me to stay after that. I don’t know what was worse,the fact that I ruined my friend’s family event or that I thought it would be cool to wear a banana costume in public. Anyone else ever completely ruin their dignity in under 10 seconds?

TL;DR: Dressed up as a banana for a “costume party” that turned out to be a formal family dinner. Ended up shaking grandma’s hand in a banana suit. Didn’t stay long

Comments

  1. ZaiberV Avatar

    I’m more interested in how the confusion happened at all.

  2. lucif3r_m0rningstar6 Avatar

    Boo , they’re boring . In your defense , who says costume party when it’s a formal event? I would’ve shown up thinking it’s Halloween themed .

  3. dead-dance Avatar

    A true FU & achieved life time embarrassment!

  4. 84brian Avatar

    Why did they tell you it was a costume party?

  5. D34th_gr1nd Avatar

    Must… Not… type… grandma banana joke….

  6. xqjegdne Avatar

    Either you misunderstood or looks like it was your friend who set you up. No one says “costume party” to refer to a formal dinner.

  7. FluffyThePoodle Avatar

    There’s ’fancy dress’ and there’s fancy dress

  8. TheRiddlerTHFC Avatar

    So they didn’t find it a-peel-ing?

  9. Lilkiska2 Avatar

    Where do you live? Did they say it was a “fancy dress” party which to you means costumes and to others (like Americans) means “dress up in extra nice clothes/suits/dresses)?