TIFU by not knowing what wrapping paper should look like.

Submitted by Waldo233 t3_zubmqq in tifu

So I (M22) am home for Christmas, being the procrastinator I always am I found myself with no presents wrapped the day before Christmas. I decided to finally just get it done this morning while everyone else was in town getting last minute Christmas bits.

A couple of days ago I spotted a load of wrapping paper in our garage, so I got everything I needed and wrapped all my presents. I've never been any good at wrapping presents and this wrapping paper was quite thick. So the whole process took me longer than I was happy with but it was finally done.

I then bring all the presents down and put them under the tree, all happy. About an hour later my (M29) brother is looking to wrap presents himself so I give him all the wrapping stuff I had been using. He comes back 10 minutes later looking very confused and asking if what I gave him was wrapping paper.

Upon seeing this my Mum laughed and said no it was in fact wallpaper and had a little laugh at him. That quickly ended when I tell her that I already had wrapped my presents using that "wrapping paper" . This of course resulted in everyone having a good laugh at me, now I can always have lugh at myself so that I didn't care about. The fuck up though is that apparently this was expensive wallpaper, so now I have to pay my Mum back. So I have to spend more money for wrapping present I have already purchased for everyone, so my Christmas expenses have just gone up drastically.

I wish it ended there, my brother decided it was funny enough to put on twitter and apparently it's taken off. Based on most of the replies as well most people think it was a mistake made by a child. It'll take a while for me to live this one down

tldr: Wrapped presents in expensive wallpaper thinking it was wrapping paper, now I have to pay it back.

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96windsorgti t1_j1i2np5 wrote

How gaudy or plain is this wallpaper? My wrapping paper is either a solid or a very gaudy seasonal print, somthing that I would not want on my walls on Dec 27th.

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bowlofjello t1_j1ibrvl wrote

I’m always surprised people never ask before using something at someone else’s house.

“Hey mom can I use the wrapping paper in the garage?”

“Oh that’s not wrapping paper. That’s wallpaper. The wrapping paper is in the closet.”

“Oh okay thanks!”

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Waldo233 OP t1_j1id4vc wrote

It's wrapping paper in the home I grew up in, I didn't think it warranted a discussion to use it.

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bowlofjello t1_j1ie3mv wrote

I mean every time I am home and need to ask for wrapping paper I ask my mom even tho I grew up in the house.

It’s no longer my house and things change or I am unaware something was being saved for something special.

If it is not 100% yours always ask. Regardless of it being a coworker, friend, sibling, stranger, or parent.

It’s respectful.

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vrenak t1_j1iwub4 wrote

Wrapping paper for xmas usually have xmassy colours and/or motifs, wall paper usually doesn't, and did you never retrieve at your home growing up before?

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AgentDouble1 t1_j1jur91 wrote

If you look at the tweet it does look like a pretty tame but still Christmas-like paper.

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vrenak t1_j1jv5lf wrote

Tweet wasn't posted when I asked though...

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AgentDouble1 t1_j1jvdpp wrote

My comment wasn’t aggressive, I’m just saying you can look at the tweet and see the paper.

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midnightrain6 t1_j1iwu30 wrote

Saw it on twitter, it was an ugly wallpaper so you did your mom a favor haha.

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itsfreakinc t1_j1iz5r3 wrote

Very festive- I’ve seen it on Twitter and all the comments are saying it looks better as wrapping paper than it would on the walls

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laughingonafastcamel t1_j1ixt97 wrote

Are you the brother who used the €70 wallpaper?!

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Waldo233 OP t1_j1j4bwh wrote

I am ya, we have been watching it go up throughout the day. I thought I'd try and capitalise on it a bit if possible.

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laughingonafastcamel t1_j1j7xq2 wrote

Think you did the right thing tbh, made lovely wrapping paper but would cause me a migraine having that on the walls. Now you need to top it off and go and open one of the Christmas day drinks...

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marie_malicious t1_j1jlhy4 wrote

Tbh, I think it looks better as wrapping paper anyway. I think it would've looked odd on a wall

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JacksonD22 t1_j1kbh7t wrote

Lmaoooo the fact you were able to wrap them up is impressive. I would love to see the pictures of the presents you wrapped 🤣🤣

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censorized t1_j1lul1x wrote

Hay, at least the com0any is sending you a free roll. Merry Christmas!

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SurrealGirl t1_j1ju1sv wrote

It's really not that unusual I've known people to do that in a pinch.

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ZurcRegor t1_j1l60oa wrote

Lmao...Merry Christmas! 😄

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Maeghuanwen t1_j1luywh wrote

Pro tip: just buy seasonal gift bags… they’re reusable and you save yourself the hassle…

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tech_munkey t1_j1lzr68 wrote

Looks like the maker of the wallpaper has offered to replace it for free in the tweet. You get to keep your money and your shame.

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