u/RainCandid8621

this happened like a week ago
i came home pretty tired after work and went up to my floor in my apartment building. everything looked normal so i walked to “my” door and tried to unlock it.
the key wouldn’t go in.
i tried again.
still nothing.
i’m standing there thinking “did my landlord change the lock or something??”
then the door suddenly opens from the inside.
a guy i have never seen in my life is standing there looking at me like i’m about to rob him.
turns out i accidentally went to the floor above mine and was trying to unlock someone else’s apartment for like 30 seconds.
i just stood there for a second and said
“uh… wrong floor”
then walked away like that somehow explained everything.
every time i see that guy in the building we both pretend we don’t know each other.

TL;DR: tried to unlock what i thought was my apartment. it was someone else’s door and the guy was inside watching me struggle with the lock.

this actually happened a few days ago
i’ve had pretty bad eyesight since i was a kid but it never really caused serious problems. until this time.

i was walking my dog in the park, just a normal walk, nothing special. it was a really nice day and the sun was shining super bright. we’d been walking around for maybe 30 minutes.
then i saw what looked like my wife walking across the park with a couple grocery bags.
of course, like a good husband, i waved at her and started walking over to help carry the bags since i was already heading home anyway.

so the whole time i’m smiling and waving like an idiot. i get closer i start realizing something feels… off.

as turns out it wasn’t my wife.

just some random woman who looked confused why some guy with a dog was happily waving and walking toward her. when i finally got close enough to see clearly i just said something like
“sorry… i thought you were my wife”
it was one of those painfully awkward moments where neither of us knew what to say for a second. then i just turned around and walked away pretending nothing happened.

TL;DR: bad eyesight made me think a random woman in the park was my wife so i happily waved and walked over to help her carry groceries. it was not my wife.