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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Happy-Draft-9147 on 2025-11-17 14:15:56+00:00.
TIFU by being a stubborn idiot about hot sauce
so my girlfriends family is from sichuan province in china. theyve been feeding me increasingly spicy food for like six months now. her mom always asks if its too spicy and i always say no because i dont want to look like a wimp
which like. i should have been honest because i have the spice tolerance of a toddler
anyway saturday we went to this hotpot place her family loves. her dad orders and i notice him smiling at me. should have been my first clue
the broth comes out and its literally red. like the color of a stop sign. i can smell it from across the table and my eyes are already watering
my girlfriend whispers "you dont have to eat it" but her whole family is watching and her little brother makes some comment about how white people cant handle real food
so obviously my dumb ass is like "nah im good" and i just start eating
first bite is fine. second bite is fine. by the fifth bite my mouth is on fire but im committed now
i drink like three glasses of water which i know makes it worse but i wasnt thinking. im sweating through my shirt. my girlfriends concerned but also trying not to laugh
her dad asks if i want the mild broth instead and i say no because im an idiot
twenty minutes in i excuse myself to the bathroom and throw up. come back and keep eating. throw up again. come back and keep eating.
my girlfriend is begging me to stop at this point but her family is being all impressed that im "toughing it out" so i keep going
we get home around 9pm and by 10pm im in serious trouble. cant stop throwing up. stomach feels like someones stabbing it. shaking. dizzy
girlfriend wants to take me to the hospital. i say no because im embarrassed. she calls her mom anyway
her mom talks to me for like two minutes and is like "get to the ER now"
turns out i gave myself gastritis. from hot sauce. had to get an IV and they gave me some medication. doctor said i "chemically burned my esophagus and stomach lining"
the nurse asked what i ate and when i told her she just stared at me and said "why would you do that"
i dont have a good answer
my girlfriends family feels terrible even though its 100% my fault. her mom keeps texting me apology messages with crying emojis. her dad sent me a care package with bland soup
my girlfriend wont let me live this down. she keeps calling me "the hotpot incident" like im a historical event
my stomach still hurts. im on this bland diet for two weeks. cant eat anything acidic or spicy. which sucks because i actually do like spicy food just not at the "chemically burn your internal organs" level
so yeah. dont be a stubborn moron about food you clearly cant handle. just admit you need the mild broth. your dignity is not worth gastritis
TL;DR: Tried to impress girlfriends chinese family by eating extremely spicy hotpot despite having no spice tolerance, kept eating after throwing up twice, ended up in the ER with gastritis and a chemically burned esophagus, now on bland diet for two weeks and will never live it down