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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/judashpeters on 2025-12-23 21:47:00+00:00.
This was today, a couple of hours ago, at a Target.
Walking in the aisles of Target, a woman was approaching from the other direction and I noticed she had a dog on her person, she was carrying a little bag on her chest and the dog was in it.
Except it wasn't a dog, or anything other than a bag, and so I'm staring and then realizing I'm just looking at this woman's chest area, so I turn my head forward quickly.
Then, my mind says, "hey why did I think it was a dog?" And so my inquizative brain makes my head turn to look again, but as I'm doing that I'm realizing the woman clearly sees my head turn back and look at her chest area.
(At this point though, I was able to realize she's wearing a bag on her front, in the center, it's how I've always seen people carry their little dogs, so now I realize why my brain thought it was a dog at first.)
I think I noticed the woman even give me a look, I can't be sure. But anyway, I now am in full control and move my head forward but when I realize I've done something stupid I audibly say "Oh no!"
I then stopped, because I thought it would be a great idea to turn around and say "I was looking at your chest because I thought it was a dog!" But, I'm with my 15 yr old daughter and realized that this would embarrass her. But now I'm stopped and slightly turned, and I think I see the woman looking at me wondering what's up, but... Because I don't want to embarrass my kid, I just continue walking.
I still think I should have explained myself, and hope I didn't creep that woman out.
TL;DR: I thought I looked at a woman's dog but there wasn't a dog so I was just staring at her chest for a while.