August 1st, 2021
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TIFU by thinking I had to kiss my friend’s gf to unlock a door in an escape room
I went to an escape room two days ago. It was a double date: me and my gf and my best friend and his gf.
None of us had done an escape room, but we’re kinda geeks so we chose a medieval themed one. They brought us into this dungeon looking room and the “game master” explained all the rules and gave us a walkie talkie. My group had agreed prior that we didn’t want to use any hints, so right after the game started we put the walkie talkie in the corner of the room.
We were doing pretty good for the first 30 minutes, until we got to a clue that stumped us all. There was a door with no keypad and we had no idea what we were supposed to do to open it. After a couple of minutes, we all agreed to split up and look for clues we missed. When I walked by the walkie talkie, I got tempted and gave in: I walked behind a door we had unlocked, radioed in, and asked for a hint.
a super fuzzy voice came back: “a sacrifice is required: kiss your friend’s girlfriend. Also you have 20 minutes.”
I panicked, thinking we were going to lose, so I ran over to the other room and just planted one on my friends’ gfs’ lips. After a super awkward silence in which nothing happened, she slapped me. I tried to explain to her that the guy told me to kiss her, but then she got even more mad since I had used a hint. The others came to see what the commotion was and I just ran to the walkie talkie and asked him why he would say that. He, having seen what happened on the camera, radioed back with a much clearer voice:
“Bro, what the fuck. I said: a sacrifice is required. “K” is your free end, Squirrel friend.” I turned so red, realizing I had misheard what he had actually said, and also realizing that my girlfriend, who had entered our team name as “Squirrel Friends,” needed to press the “K” key on the typewriter she found.
We did end up escaping, but it was an awkward ride home.
TL;DR: Meant to escape a room, ended up escaping a friendship and a relationship
August 1st, 2021
247
Comments:
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not_a_lizard1010
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SunChipMalone
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LuciusDickusMaximus
Idk my other friend who loves escape rooms told me sometimes they have you do risky stuff like that
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SunChipMalone
Sorry dog you had a genius moment ig
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freecain
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LuciusDickusMaximus
The guy was clearly pretty stoned, sorry forgot to mention
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Paradise987
He may be stoned but you make the mistake
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LuciusDickusMaximus
I was also stoned
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ThreePointFiveYous
It seems like he knew that and deliberately messed with you. The "actual" sentence he "said" is so weirdly worded that he must have wanted to stir things up and so he came up with a sentence that sounds similar enough to kiss your friend's girlfriend.
I guess he was waiting for someone to name their team something like Squirrel Friends. I can just see his face when your gf said that's what you were gonna be called. He would be saying to himself "OMG TODAY IS THE DAY! THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY.... pls ask for a hint pls ask for a hint"
Imyurhuckleb3rry
What did your GF say about kissing her?
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LuciusDickusMaximus
We’re on a “break” rn if that tells you anything
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Imyurhuckleb3rry
Damn that sucks dude. Just learn from it and move on. Take my advice and don't keep calling and texting her. If you said you were sorry then it's in her court now. If she is for you then she will come around.
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smokintritips
Sounds like you will be escaping your relationship
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Old_Milk_
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J951fuck
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FragranceCandle
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memes04me
Well the walkie talkie was for the hints, as for the typewriter I have no clue.
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FragranceCandle
Yeah but you can easily use something else than a walkie talkie. We have a room set in 1932 and use an old telephone. Why even theme it if you’re not able to stick to it
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JankWizardPoker
So carrier pigeon for clues then?
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FragranceCandle
There are several options that are at least partly in theme. Like, you could use a small iPad or something, make it look like a medival scroll, glue it to a table, then have the game master send clues by text that’s customized to have the backroud and text look like old written paper.
You could have a speaker that would play medival music, and only let it be interrupted by the game master being in character of mabye a person playing an instrument or a person in the tavern or something like that.
There are so many options that are at least partly immersive, much more than a walkie talkie
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JankWizardPoker
I feel like my suggestion is better than any of yours frankly.
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FragranceCandle
Sure, but that isn’t doable. You have limited time in an escape room. The gamemaster would have to write down every clue, which sometimes has go be pretty long to help struggling groups, and then send in the pidgeon. The pidgeon would have to be trained, cared for, and then replaced once it died. It would also have to be disclosed before ordering a room, because of allergies, phobias, or just a general disdain for being shit on by a pidgeon
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JankWizardPoker
That or, say a $20 Walkie-talkie
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FragranceCandle
None of my suggestions are expensive at all, and raises the quality and immersion of the room.
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JankWizardPoker
iPad vs Walkie-Talkie, come on pal. If you’re in a “terrible marriage theme where one spouse can’t admit they’re wrong,” you’re spot on.
Admit it, the walkie was the way. Sign the confession and atone for your anti 462-467 MHz rhetoric.
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memes04me
Good point
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Sslayer777
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FortressOnAHill
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lugubrious_lug
I think it’s a Freudian shit…idk, though, never took the time to take any psychology classes
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Imyurhuckleb3rry
It's called a Freudian slip.
memes04me
Nah, it’s a Freudian shit.
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Imyurhuckleb3rry
No sir. You are incorrect.
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You’re so unfun m8
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memes04me
We’re reaching woooosh levels that shouldn’t even be possible.
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sshiverandshake
You're thinking of parapraxis (commonly known as 'Freudian Slips'), they generally refer to slips of the tongue though.
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orion-7
Luckily OP did not in fact, slip her the tongue
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ask-design-reddit
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bananagrabber83
If “k is” sounded even REMOTELY like ‘kiss’ then I might have a tiny, tiny chance of believing this happened.
Actually no, I still wouldn’t.
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lololololololemons
Oh my good lord, this is hilarious! I've done many escape rooms. Mostly in double dates & the thought of a misunderstanding like this happening on one of them is making me cackle. But also, hope you & the gal can figure it out.
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human_not_reptile
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LieutenantDan710
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subtract thumb touch longing encouraging start enjoy coordinated paltry offbeat
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license fall bright cheerful march tender point vast dinosaurs deliver
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Wannabeartist9974
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