Kate Hackett
Okay, okay: let’s set this up for you.
TO START, the title of u/Alice-is-at-it‘s post on AITA belies a certain, uh, clearly no, you are not the asshole feeling. She asked, “AITA for still being annoyed at my friends when they tricked me into doing an obstacle race topless and they didn’t?”
NTA, right? Obviously. WRONG.
They voted EVERYONE SUCKS?! WHAT? HOW?
Let’s find out how. OP split with a rough ex and wanted to have some fun for vacation. But…
Earlier in the year I split up with controlling ex. Friends were supportive and we booked a girls holiday for 6 of us. I wanted to cut lose and have some fun and we agreed on a ‘no holds barred, what goes on tour stays on tour’ holiday. It was (mainly) great.
They did a mud run together on this vacation. And everyone agreed to do it topless– for fun!
Apart from this – the source of conflict: We all agreed to do a mud/ cold water obstacle race (not an international brand, no corporate website luckily). For a bit of added thrill we all agreed to do it topless. Organisers were ok with it. We did have to sign photo waivers (everyone does)but knew we’d be muddy so unrecognisable and names wouldn’t be on. Also strength in numbers.
OP went through the run first and caused a great deal of excitement. Her friends followed… not so topless. OP was alone.
I went first, and yes there were a lot of photos and cheers. Friends followed one by one. It was only after they all started finishing, I saw they’d kept their tops on! I was the only one that day!
INCLUDING for the team photos. Yikes. Poor OP.
For the team pic (after the ice bath so mud had washed off) I wanted to get my top but the lockers were far away and I stupidly agreed. So of 6 of us in the pic, only me exposed!
Her friends thought it was funny, but OP failed to see the humor in being the odd man out.
I was a bit upset, they thought it was hilarious and kept sharing pics on group chat (only us on this). They said I was happy to do it and wasn’t coerced and I’d been involved in other wind ups on the others. True but this felt a bit worse.
OP has found no pics of the day and everything seems fine; she’s a bit sore, but it’s nothing horrible.
The feeling wore off and the holiday was still great. I was a bit more bothered in the cold light of day when I got home but although it bothered me a bit, I got over it. I did try googling pics and only found them several pages in, no names or anything.
Until someone in the group shared the team pic with Santa hats on everyone except OP, who got an elf hat. OP was annoyed all over again.
One of group has just recirculated the team pic having photoshopped Santa hats on them an elf hat on me, and a cheeky Christmas message and I got a bit upset again and we had a row. They said it had been a bit of fun I fully agreed to at the time and i was making a big deal of it because it hadn’t been shared beyond the group. I don’t believe it has TBF.
We’re all big Redditors so have agreed I will post this and we will accept the judgment.
Ahhh, here we are: OP admits to previously pranking the rest of the group – but to a lesser extent.
Edit: I’ve been called out in some comments and want to be fully honest. I did prank the others a bit first and I did also circulate pics of the topless but they didn’t really mind and I think what they did was worse.
OP also clarifies that she didn’t bull or prank anyone but did (along with the entire group) post a few lightly nude pictures. She also details the prank she and some others pulled on a friend.
Edit 2: I promised my friends to be honest and I will(1st edit)The responses changed since first edit. I wasn’t trying to mislead but maybe I wasn’t clear. We all agreed no posts outside our group chat and we’ve always stuck to that. I personally didn’t bully or prank anyone but did (as did everyone) post semi-nudes of us.
I was accused of not giving details of pranks: An example of a prank: C was sunbathing topless and fell asleep and we (yes, me too) took away her bag and clothes, so she had to go back to the room like that. She was embarrassed, but no photos. It wasn’t all down to me though. I’ll provide other details in comments if required.
Final edit – I ran through mud and ice water with my bits out!
I don’t get it. I don’t get any of this. I don’t think anyone is showing photos without consent and yeah, it’s kind of shitty that her friends pulled that kind of prank.
Here we go: the logic.
