My girlfriend (25F) invited me to her big family dinner and warned me in advance that her grandma is 93, hard of hearing, and loves asking people what’s in the food. She told me to just smile and repeat things if needed.
We were having lasagna and Grandma kept asking, “What’s this?” over and over again. Eventually, I tried to be funny and said jokingly, “Shut up and eat it, Grandma.”
The table. Went. Silent.
Apparently she’s not that hard of hearing.
And apparently “shut up” is a HUGE deal in their family. Her mom gasped. Her uncle choked on a breadstick. Grandma blinked and muttered, “Well I never,” and refused to eat another bite.
I apologized profusely but it was rough. My girlfriend didn’t talk to me the entire drive home.
TL;DR: Tried to make a sarcastic joke at dinner with my girlfriend’s family, told her grandma to “shut up and eat it,” and now I’m probably banned from all future family functions.
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What made you say that bro ☠️
even if she weren’t hard of hearing, how could this ever possibly be a good idea?
Ahahahaha.
(Fuck ’em)
fucked up good there buddy.
That’s awesome!
Never go into sarcasm with people you do not really know well. You’ll look awkward at best, totally dumb and agressive at worst.
Finally a TIFU. Thanks for letting us laughs at you OP
What a stupid thing to say. 💀 Next time, if there is one, take the advice you gave granny.
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YFU. I’d suggest what you can do to try to remedy this is finding out if Grandma and the family like chocolate or cookies and send them a box with an apology note.
Yes, TUFU. I don’t have anything else to offer you.
Yeah you fked up, that’s not even remotely funny. MAYBE with your own grandma if you know she can take a joke, but not someone else’s grandma that you’re meeting for the first time…
There’s not a joke, you just made fun of a person’s hearing disability. Did you think that the family was going to laugh with you?
I wish I were banned from my wife’s family functions…
It’s not the “shut up”, it’s the fucking respect for old people that went lost in the tiktok dances and social media language.
You just have to learn some education that you didn’t get at home, probably.
> and now I’m probably banned from all future family functions
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Yeah, you can remove the T. You def fuked up.
To your credit, i had a spectrum-leaning coworker who i had to tell 9 times in 3 minutes to not worry about something that literally didnt matter in the moment and i fucking flipped at her on the 10th i had to repeat myself. As soon as my supervisor and boss heard me i just immediately went to their office to explain and they agreed she needs to stop being a nuisance and asking questions constantly and understood when i apologized immediately as i walked in.
Its infuriating repeating the same thing constantly to someone when it makes literally no difference on it.
Dude, misplaced sarcasm is the fast route to ejection from a space. It is to be used amongst well established peeps only. It was tasteless to say that your lady’s grandmother. If I were your GF I would really wonder if you were bright enough to take out in public again.
Is her uncle OK?
Lol, I’d take that as a win to not have to do family dinners any more. Who doesn’t know what a lasagna is?
That’s hilarious. It’s their fault they can’t take a joke.
At this point, chalk it up to experience as a “what not to do in future” and let it go. It’s important to get to know people before using that level of sarcasm. People who already know you will understand your intentions, but that isn’t something you can count on with people you’re just meeting.
Bruh. Guess it’s as good of a time as any to learn that uh, that’s not a joke. Saying mean shit in a sarcastic manner is still mean shit. Maybe go find a real sense of humor, damn.
Wait, this was you meeting the grandma for the first time? Dude. In no scenario would that joke land upon your first meeting with a grandparent. Learn a lesson from this one.
Less banned from future events and more dumped in the near future, her family is gonna suggest she gets rid of him after disrespecting the old lady
If this is real, you’re an idiot.
Yes lol
This cracked me up. Thank you. 🙂
Your gf forewarned you she would do that and asked you to just repeat things back if necessary, and that was your answer. Why did you think that would be funny? This was literally the first time you met them. Yikes. Is your gf still wuth you?
Lmao, reminds me of when I jokingly said shut up to a gaggle of school kids having totally forgotten it’s basically considered a cussword at that age
You mean your ex girlfriends grandma
I get the joke but at a first meet it’s a bit risky.
And by a bit, I mean please don’t try it
Oh my god she’s 93 bro she’s not going to take a “sarcastic joke” from some kid, why did you say that??? I don’t think any of her family is going to give you a second chance and honestly if you were my boyfriend I’d probably dump you. Good luck lmao
I’ll definitely be needing an update in BORUpdates.
Did you Patrick Bateman “don’t just stare at it,eat it”.
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