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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/throwawayelim on 2024-08-18 23:36:49+00:00.

My sister in law (husband’s sister) is getting married and has been very graciously including me in preparations even though I’m not in the bridal party. I went when she picked out her dress, and she invited me to her bridal shower which was just the bridal party, her mom and a couple close friends. I genuinely like my SiL but I’d never met any of her friends so I was a little nervous. At the shower her maid of honor was detailing what the pre-wedding festivities would involve and mentioned they would all be getting acrylics done the Saturday night before the wedding as sort of a spa party situation. I then quipped, “sounds like you’re in for a ‘Night of the Long Nails’!”. No laughs, just confusion. My SiL goes, “is that from something?” And I said, “I was making a joke, like ‘the Night of the Long Knives’.” Then a bridesmaid asked if that was from Game of Thrones or something which meant I then had to explain the 1934 purge of Hitler’s perceived enemies and political rivals. Which went over like a fart in fucking church. SiL moved things along conversationally but I felt super fucking awkward. Also that joke would have killed in my friend group of history nerds.

Tl;Dr I made a pun based on a Hitler reference at a bridal shower in front of strangers that bombed harder than the Luftwaffe.