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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/angelabirkin on 2025-05-14 21:59:51+00:00.

So this happened yesterday. I (18F) was walking through campus on my way to class when I saw a guy smiling and waving in my direction. I didn’t recognize him, but I panicked - maybe we had a class together? Maybe I forgot his name? I smiled big, waved back, really enthusiastically.

Turns out… he was waving at the girl walking right behind me.

I realized it mid-wave, but instead of just pretending I was fixing my hair or something normal, I committed. I walked up to him and said,

“Hey! How’s it going?”

He looked confused as hell and went,

“…Do I know you?”

So I panicked again and said,

“Oh sorry, I thought you were someone else”

and then speed-walked away… past both of them… and tripped on the sidewalk.

Still thinking about it.

TL;DR: I waved at a guy who wasn’t waving at me, tried to play it cool, made it worse, and ended up humiliating myself in front of two strangers.