" She got mad that I called her ridiculous , and things kinda intensify into a full - blown tilt that require my champion to unwrap us up . "
You know about the r/AmItheAssholesubreddit. It’s always full of messy, mind-boggling stories.
Well, I recently came acrossonewhere someone lashed out at a friend after losing a costume contest to a dog. I’ll let you read the full story yourself, and then we can discuss it down below:
“I am genuinely losing my mind here. So I love Halloween. I love making costumes and put a lot of effort into it. My friend hosted a big Halloween party at her place and said there would be a costume contest for whoever had the best Halloween costume under $50. Third and second place would win $25, and the first would win $50. So not a huge money prize, but enough to offset the price of the costume, and to me, it was more about the fun of the game. I wanted to win, so I pulled out all the stops and went as Zoro fromOne Pieceand only had to buy $40 worth of material.”
“When I got to the party, I saw other costumes. There were some fierce competitors, but honestly, I think I had the best costume. I thought maybe it was too obscure to people who don’t know anything about anime, and that might not go well, but it was a good costume.”
“When the winners were announced, I got second. This bummed me out kinda, but hey, I still did well, and again, if I had gone with something more ubiquitous, maybe people would’ve gotten it. However, the issue arose when they announced first place. In first place was a dog dressed like a pirate in one of those shitty Party City pirate costumes. So, if I had lost to another person, wouldn’t have cared. But I had a few drinks in me, and my inhibitions were lowered, AND IT WAS A FUCKING DOG. So I, out loud, asked the host, ‘Really? The dog won?’ And she said yes and was gushing about how cute he looked. I said that it was a dog, and it didn’t even have a say in what it was going as. I told her that this didn’t seem exactly fair.”
“She told me to lighten up and that it was supposed to be fun. I told her that it’s ridiculous she’s about to give the $50 prize to the owner for spending $20 on a cheap Walmart dog costume when me and whoever was in third place actually made our costumes. She got mad that I called her ridiculous, and things kinda escalated into a full-blown argument that required my friend to break us up. I was then kicked out of the party for embarrassing the host like that.”
“So I don’t think I’m the asshole because, like, obviously that’s not fair. If it was a dog costume contest, but having a bunch of people compete and lose to someone’s inbred bulldog is so fucking unfair. I think I was justified in saying what I said. People there said that I should’ve just taken the $25 and called it a day. AITA?”
OK, so people can usually vote four ways — YTA (you’re the A-hole), NTA (not the A-hole), ESH (everyone sucks here), or NAH (no A-hole here). This time, most of the votes were between YTA, NTA, and ESH.
Many said the OP (original poster) was in the wrong for acting out the way they did.
" YTA . I respect the work you put into your costume for the money you saved doing so . I also read that you were frustrate with the whole post , and the alcohol did n’t aid , but here ’s the affair : You lost to a Canis familiaris . Get over it . Your friend intelligibly likes dogs over masses , and regardless of what the dog was dressed as , it probably would have deliver the goods anyway . You recouped some of the money you spend . justify to your ally , the dog ’s owner , and anyone else you receive into an argument with . There will be other Halloween company in the future tense . Maybe just accept the invite for ace that are no PET allowed . "
— u / Nerdy_Scot
" YTA . How old are you to be THIS pissed off at coming 2d berth in a Halloween costume contest ? You ca n’t be 23 . Seriously , masses lose to toddlers , dogs , cats — even a industrial plant or two . It’s … seriously not a big deal unless you ’re attending an literal competitor , not some fun thing set up in someone ’s home . If you ca n’t influence your emotions , then you merit to be kicked out of every political party you attend . "
— u / Zestyclose_Truth9999
" YTA , and an entitled one for ruining a political party . If you desire a competition , go to a competition ; a theater party is not that . Also , uprise up . You are taking this path too in earnest . I would not invite you to any party ever again , to be honest . “—u / DevaOni
Others defended their anger and frustration.
" NTA . You most certainly should n’t have let thing escalate to the point of your admirer want to break up you and the host . And the master of ceremonies herself has every right hand to ask you to leave after that , obviously . However , everyone else here is spill about how it was just a bit of fun and that you should just get over it . But I think that ’s missing the period . A immediate payment reinforcement was offer , which is an incentive to spend more on a costume than you might have otherwise . So , for the top plunder to go to a frump feels like a copout . Hey , I jazz dogs , and I ’m sure this dog looked cute in its little pirate outfit . But it feels like a fundamental passing from what was proposed by the host , so I understand why you were disquieted with her . It ’s the principle of the affair . It ’s not the dog ’s break . It ’s not even the frank ’s owner ’s fault . The host could easily have give the top three place , and the accompany cash rewards , to her human Edgar Guest who had put extra drive and disbursal into their own costumes , which was surely the entire point of give birth the competition in the first place , and give way pirate ship - dog an ethical mention or something . It ’s bad physical body on her part as the host , tbh . "
— u / Transit_Hub
" I ’m gon na say NTA — it is kind of pathetic that people vote for the dog , tbh . “—u / SpiritedAwhale
" Fun is fun , but $ 50 is money . Dogs are cute . I love dogs . But a dog can not contend in a human contest . Would it be sightly to give up leopard to compete in Olympic track events ? I do n’t think so . “—u / ZealousWolverine
People also found both parties at fault.
" ESH . You , for obvious reasonableness , namely , gain a view . If you had just left it at , ' Really ? The weenie gain ground ? ' then I would have order NTA . And the host because , well , it was a contest with a immediate payment prize for the best costume , not the cutest costume , and the departure between the two is decidedly there . If it were a contest for the cutest costume , then there would be no grounds to quetch , but it was n’t . It was for the best , and I ’m sorry , but a depot - bought costume will never be full than a well - made , hand - made costume . If it was made by someone who should not be leave alone with scissors , then there is a high probability that a storehouse - bought costume would be near . "
— u / MatterWilling
" ESH . You for your tantrum — just swallow it and move on . The boniface for piss a contest and let a domestic dog win . Of of course , the dog win , but why even have the contest expect multitude to put elbow grease into draw a costume by following the contest rules if a domestic dog can go in . "
— atomic number 92 / ChickenFriedPenguin
" ESH — I actually understand a bit because it ’s shit to have a contest where people do actually put in some attempt just to have a wiener win , in the main because it ’s a dog . That said , life is unfair sometimes , and you have to recognize the fights you may win . It ’s deserving arguing against the ones you ca n’t where you have to accept , even if you do n’t like it . This was a definite fight you could never pull ahead . Now you reckon like an AH , and everyone is laugh at you because you get mad the dog bring home the bacon the competition , and you got drop out of the company . "
— u / Slumbermo
Note : Some submission have been gently edited for length and/or limpidity .
