57 Times People Laughed Without Context And Immediately Regretted It

I used to have lunch with this guy I worked with. We became really good friends. All of a sudden he stopped coming to my office. I asked him why and he told me it was "Because I think you have a crush on me and you make me very uncomfortable". I am also a Guy who is 12 years younger then him. He is very ugly and has cerebralpalsy. I laughed then I realized he was serious. He has an extremely jealous wife who put all these weird thoughts in his head. As soon as I realized he wasn't joking I said "Do you realize how ugly you are?". I was in shock and it just came out. I felt really bad.

One of my most uptight friends is a reiki healer. When she first told me, I burst into a fit of laughter. I thought she was making fun of herself....she was serious.

Met with a custom wedding ring maker. He asked what my budget was and started at $20k. If I had a drink I would have spit all over him. Felt bad that I laughed in his face. He was totally serious. My budget was $2k.

Edit: My highest comment by a longshot is about laughing in someone's face. Meh, could be worse.
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Last year when a couple of veterinary students, myself included, were having lunch.

I lose track of a conversation while on my phone and only heard the back end where a friend started listing symptoms.

Jokingly, I suggested they test the dog for Addison's disease. She was talking about her moms chemo side effects.

When I first met my best friend at uni she showed me a picture of her brother. I laughed really hard at the picture and said "why is he pulling such a silly face?!" - "Ummm he's got Down's Syndrome." *cringe*.

Ok. So I was at my best friends high school Grad party at his house, and he invited some of his other friends not from our school to come too. I always goofed around in high school and today felt like any other day.

This kid, who was nicknamed 'Beateys' and I were getting along fine when I noticed some type of string hanging from his waistbelt. I couldn't really make out what it was so I assumed it was a tag to his clothes or something similar. Being an immature, unaware high schooler, I thought nothing of the context of where we were, or thinking anything would be inappropriate for me to crack a remark or joke. I took his string and started tugging on it and even asked 'Lol what is this, your stupid inflatable pants?"

He looked down and didnt give the reaction I was hoping & he turned & said "No, j*****s, it's actually my insulin pump." Which is where I found out his name wasn't Beateys, it was 'Betes. Y'know, short for Diabetes.

A girl that wanted to become our new flatmate, when asked what her hobbies were: "I enjoy sleeping". I laughed. She didn't.

At college orientation, my group was told that we were going to see an improv show later in the day. When we got there, it was one of those acting troupes that does shows about alcohol poisoning and date r**e and stuff like that. We all kind of tried to politely laugh through the show because we felt bad that it wasn't funny (or even well done) and we were under the pretense that it was comedy. We totally got yelled at, but at least one guy pointed out that we were just trying to be nice to a group that we were told were comedians.

My brothers girlfriend, when she realized that Cubans came from Cuba, and Haitians come from Haiti and so on and so forth.

This one is embarrassing. I'm so sorry. I was talking to a friend who was a car dealer (high end cars) and a woman came into the showroom, nearly in tears. He asked if he could help her, and she said she had just come from (other high end car dealer) to buy a new car and they told her to come back with her husband. I laughed out loud and they both looked at me in horror. I had no idea this was a thing: It was 2012, not 1940, for cryin' out loud. (Even in 1940, it would have been rude, and poor business practice, BTW) He immediately treated her like a customer, and sold her a great car.

My cousin dated a girl named Fear... I laughed and she got pissed. Whoops.

When a girl told me she accidentally used the wrong spell (witchcraft) and k****d a cow.

I was a preteen at bible camp and one of the leaders was sharing the story of his upbringing. It got real intense and he ended that intense part of the story with "And now my brother is an alcoholic!" His tone and the timing was rather comedic and I thought he was doing that to break some tension and without thinking anything else of it, I let out a huge, organic "HA!". Everyone turned to look at me. I tried to fake a coughing fit to play it off. Don't think it was very convincing.

Watching HBO - the national TV premiere of some movie made by universal pictures - pre-torrenting in my family - no one had seen this movie yet. Universal pictures logo appears (cue universal writing over lovely image of the earth)

Sis: I've seen this movie before.

Mum and I: mild laughter, thinking that's not a bad joke

Sis: no really I'm sure I've seen this before.
Mum and I: hysterical laughter.

At an eating disorder clinic in the weekly meeting the staff told us that the neighbours had complained that their cats were vomiting - they thought we were feeding them or something. I was snickering because it sounded to me like they thought we were contagious.

I was chatting with a friend in his car, waiting around, when he tells me he has to do laundry. Small talk, you know? He adds "I've been meaning to do it for 2 weeks! I haven't had clean clothes since. Even underwear!". I start smiling, because who would share that? BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! He follows by stating "I just turn my boxers like, upside down"

Now I start really laughing, and he keeps going and asks me "you've never done that??" with a concerned look.

I just said nope and lit a cigarette, staring away...

Bonus: his car was absolutely filthy, wrappings everwhere, soda cans, and a half finished sandwich from a few days prior. Should have seen it coming.

Ex-wife and I had been fighting for many months. I'd been sleeping on the couch. But I was staying there for the sake of the kids. One day she came home and she sits me down at the kitchen table and tells me the bad news, "You have to move out. I have a boyfriend now, and he's kind of jealous. He doesn't like the idea of you living here with me." I actually burst out laughing at the irony.

Wasn't laughing too hard, though, when I had to pack up my things and kiss my kids goodbye. They saw my bags by the door and said, "When are you coming back, daddy?" They were legit terrified they would never see me again. All I could say was, "I'll see you soon..." At that point I didn't even know where I was going to live.

Choose your partner wisely. Take all the time in the world to get to know them. Avoid this experience if you can.

"Good morning ma'am. We've just arrested your husband for statutory r**e. Did you know your husband was having an affair with one of his female students?"

Yeah, it wasn't a joke.

A girl invited me to her dorm room once. I assumed she just wanted to hang out. Then she asked me if I wanted to have s*x and I laughed, thinking it was a joke. Nope, she was serious.

Note: I laughed because I'd been crushing on her for a bit, but didn't think I actually had a chance with her.

"We just got a call that the church messed up and the wedding isn't at 11 am anymore..."

Two days before my sister in laws wedding. I started hysterical laughing. "Can you imagine?!"

I didn't need to imagine because the family was living it.