TIFU by trying to impress my crush with hot sauce

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I (22M) have a huge crush on this girl from work. She’s funny, gorgeous, and casually mentioned last week that she loves spicy food. Naturally, my dumbass decided this was my opportunity to shine.

So today, I brought in some Carolina Reaper hot sauce I ordered online. Dumb move #1. During lunch, I offered her a dab on a chip. She tried it, said “That’s pretty hot,” and then looked at me.

Ego inflated, I said “Pfft, that’s nothing,” and dumped a quarter of the bottle on my sandwich to flex. Dumb move #2.

Thirty seconds in, I lost vision. Sweat poured down my neck. I hiccuped. My body straight-up rejected the sandwich. I tried to power through, then full-on vomited into my trash bin… in front of her.

She patted my back and said, “You didn’t have to almost die to impress me.”

I have never felt more emasculated and flattered at the same time.

TL;DR: Tried to impress crush with world’s hottest hot sauce. Ended up vomiting in front of her.

Comments

  1. somerandomguy1984 Avatar

    Look at the bright side… she admits you did, in fact, impress her.

  2. HowToNoah Avatar

    Sounds like she likes you dude. One time I puked up 4 pork fajitas out of my apartment window infront of a bunch of girls. You never really live those moments down.

  3. DiTrastevere Avatar

    This’ll make a great wedding toast. 

  4. JinxfromStateFarm Avatar

    at least she was nice about it 😭

  5. focalac Avatar

    Have you tried just asking her out?

    I dunno, back in my day we’d just get drunk, go out clubbing and whoever you woke up next to was your girlfriend for a bit.

  6. Vegalink Avatar

    As they say in Wayne’s World:

    Garth Algar: Uhm, Wayne? What do you do if every time you see this one incredible woman, you think you’re gonna hurl?

    Wayne Campbell: I say hurl. If you blow chunks and she comes back, she’s yours. But if you spew and she bolts, then it was never meant to be.

  7. pumse1337 Avatar

    Grats to your new girlfriend

  8. AsparagusOverall8454 Avatar

    That is…hilarious.

    Carolina reaper is ridiculous hot. Some more than others but it’s pretty hot.

  9. MonochromeDinosaur Avatar

    Ah to be young and do stupid shit to impress girls.

    I could talk about all the stupid things I’ve done to impress girls no matter how embarrassing they were in the moment they’re all fond memories.

    Just laugh about it and enjoy life.

  10. crusty54 Avatar

    Sounds like it worked.

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  12. Boomer_kin Avatar

    Another ai bot. They are getting good though

  13. Charming-Pop7520 Avatar

    Nothing impresses a woman like confidence, commitment… and mild internal combustion

  14. Tryn2Contribute Avatar

    That’s pretty funny!

  15. ShyLimely Avatar

    Hey ngl I’d rather have it unfold this way. That’s funny as shit, and also it seems like she doesn’t find you absolutely fucking disgusting for this, so you have a chance.

  16. eeke1 Avatar

    Well at least she knows you’re interested and didn’t outright reject you.

    Hot sauce training arc time

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  18. EmbarrassedEmu469 Avatar

    She was there for you after you did something stupid. That’s a very good sign.

  19. SmokyMetal060 Avatar

    On the bright side, she seems to like you. If you ask her out and don’t immediately throw up, she’ll be impressed by your relative composure.

  20. Birkin07 Avatar

    Nothing impresses women more than a man eating hot sauce.

    Everything I just typed is false. What is wrong with you?

  21. noonesperfect16 Avatar

    That’s hilarious! I am a hot sauce enjoyer. I love some reaper hot sauce. I have ghost pepper and a bunch of others as well. The trick is to know what you can handle. There is a fine line between enjoying the flavor and heat and ruining your meal or even your day. There are very few people in this world whose body would not reject that much Reaper hot sauce. Even as often as I use it, it would wreck me. I probably wouldn’t vomit, but I would definitely have a bad case of volcano shits very soon after eating it. I know from experience after eating a ghost pepper burger while on vacation that was smothered in ghost pepper sauce. Easily the spiciest food I’ve ever eaten and the owner of the place said I was one of the only people he’s ever had completely finish one. Within an hour I was in immense pain on a toilet. My wife and kids still bring it up.

  22. damnshamemyname Avatar

    How exactly were you flattered?

  23. fuzynutznut Avatar

    But you got the girl right?

  24. DeluxeB Avatar

    What are you in middle school? This is something a middle schooler would do lol

  25. Better_North3957 Avatar

    Here I can make you feel better. In highschool I was talking to my crush in class when my retainer fell out of my mouth and onto the floor. Smiling, she picked it up with her bare hands and said “here is your retainer” out loud. That was 16 years ago and I still randomly think about it and cringe.

  26. blackop Avatar

    Oh the stupidity of youth. It got us all man. Just remember you can find something in common with someone without having to go to extremes to prove it. Be yourself and if they can accept that person your road from there on out gets a lot easier.

  27. loveforthetrip Avatar

    You are a fool but perhaps she likes fools.

  28. MyFrampton Avatar

    At least you got the dumbass part right.

  29. feeltheFX Avatar

    Stop with the games. Don’t try to be something you’re not. Just be yourself and ask her out.

  30. Fat_Head_Carl Avatar

    That is totally a 22 year old guy thing to do.

    Don’t give up, she doesn’t hate you. Just didn’t do anything nuts in her presence anymore

  31. AmPotat07 Avatar

    Nah dude. She probably likes you even more after that.

    Sure, from your perspective, it was embarassing, from her’s you’re hilarious.

    Next time tho, don’t try to flex if you cant actually pull it off.

  32. Art_Vanduley Avatar

    I knew she was the one when she caught my vomit in the popcorn bowl and then while I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth she disposed of it cleaned the bowl and made more popcorn for us to finish the movie and never said a word outside of making sure I was ok on my way to the bathroom.

  33. beardedantihero Avatar

    Reminded me of the time I was having drinks with a girl and smoked weed to impress her. I can’t mix. Went outside to vomit in her trash bin. She came outside behind me and was like oh your puking. I thought we were going outside to make out. Oh well I’ve got mouthwash inside.

  34. Tinderboxed Avatar

    All she meant was she likes Mexican food.

  35. Cubanitto Avatar

    Yeah that was not well calculated.

  36. Raztax Avatar

    I’ve never understood why some people think it is impressing anyone to shove spicy food into your mouth.