People can’t work out if this texting gaffe is utterly cringeworthy or just totally misguided
This was found on the Reddit thread, Ooops Didn’t Mean To, and the story goes that this person had intended to text a friend about asking their crush out, but accidentally texted the crush instead.
And for the most part people thought it was incredibly cringeworthy (most people assumed it was a guy).
Like these people commenting on Reddit.
‘Ugh i can feel it in my spine’ (notunclejosh)
‘It’s a physical pain’ (heebiepjeebie)
‘Ueghhhgh abort abort abort abort’ (YaBwoy)
‘Sound the alarm! We’re heading straight at the largest iceberg of awkwardness I’ve ever seen! Right full rudder! Dive! Dive! Dive!’ (StealthShitSexKitten)
‘I cringed to the point where my chin and my neck joined together’ (Howtogetawaywithlife)
Some people had more sympathy for him than others.
‘“Accidental text on purpose” – fantastic episode of Curb from last season’ (MrTurkle)
‘This was definitely an accidental text on purpose! Lol’ (yeperdoodles)
‘What drives a man to think this is a good strategy? Literally just send “Hey {x name} want to grab dinner this Friday?” Then what will be will be… whatever she responds you still have your pride. This is just going to be another cringy memory to keep you up at night.’ (iniOn)
‘I think it’s probably stemming from fear of rejection. Can’t be rejected if you don’t actually ask her out right?’ (scoops)
‘But he did at the end, getting the worst of both worlds and also increasing the chances of rejection’ (buttsaladsandwich)
We’re with this person.
‘It’s a shit strategy, but I can understand it. I’ve been an awkward teen pumped on hormones, madly crushing on girls while being shy AF. In those moments, you’re not thinking straight. This is the most important question in your life. You build it up, imagine how life’s gonna be, plan different outs when she says no. It’s easy to look back and say that was cringy and didn’t make sense. But in that moment, your emotions take over and by somehow not asking a question directly you think the rejection won’t hurt as much. After realising she didn’t accept or reject, he had to double down to get an answer. At that point he knows it’s already awkward so might as well be direct.
In short, emotions took over rationality. Hopefully this is a learning teen though.’ (TheMusiken)
