TIFU by confessing my feelings to the wrong twin.

(tifu = today i f***ed up. this actually happened a couple days ago, and i still want to curl up and disappear.)

so i’ve (25m) had a crush on this girl for over a year. let’s call her anna. she’s funny, smart, kind of chaotic in a cute way — and, most importantly, has an identical twin, mary.

i met them both at a mutual friend’s party last year. at first, i couldn’t really tell them apart. but anna had this tiny scar on her wrist from when she fell off a bike as a kid, and over time i learned to recognize her laugh, her expressions, her vibe. so i thought i had it down.

anyway. fast forward to last weekend. i’m at this chill house gathering, and anna (or so i thought) is there. we talk for a bit, and i feel like the universe is giving me the green light. i’ve waited so long, so i finally say it.

i say:

“hey, i know this might be out of nowhere … but i really like you. like, a lot. and i’ve felt this way for a while now. you make everything better when you’re around.”

she stares at me. silent. then she smiles and says:

“i’m mary.”

my soul left my body.

i froze, stammered something like “oh my god i’m so sorry,” and she just laughed, like REALLY laughed. then she said:

“It’s okay. i already knew. i just wanted to hear what you’d say.”

then she winked.

i still don’t know if that means she told anna or not. i haven’t spoken to either of them since. i’m seriously considering joining a monastery.

tl;dr:
confessed to my crush at a party. turns out it was her identical twin. she knew the whole time and let me suffer anyway.