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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Playful_Eye_6147 on 2026-01-06 11:12:46+00:00.
My adult son lives in Australia, I live in the UK. There's other family out there and this specific year, I couldn't get out there for Christmas. He spends Christmas with the other family and we will facetime to open presents etc. my son was 18 at the time.
This particular year, I'd bought him some lovely new clothes - grey, stone wash jeans, a hoodie and some trainers. I was pleased with my purchases and convinced he'd like what I had bought him.
Man alive, had I f*cked up.
My son opens his jeans, which he likes. He then opens the hoodie. A completely appalled looks comes over him; he looks at me through the camera (I'm all smiling and excited) and asks, 'mum, why would you buy me this?!' I'm confused and just reply, 'I thought you'd like it? It goes with the jeans, it's a nice outfit together...'. My son just looks at the hoodie for a moment and I'm completely baffled. To note, I could give my son a grain of sand and he'd appreciate it. He's never acted spoiled or anything, he's a wonderful person.
What I haven't mentioned is that the said hoodie had faces all over it. The hoodie was in different shades of grey and, more importantly, was anime.
My son picks up his phone and proceeds to message, which comes through to me instantly.
The images were Hentai, a word I did not know. Whilst I had my son young and I was in my 30s at the time of this event, and my son was 18, I was still too old to know anything about anime in general.
My son simply wrote, 'this is anime porn'.
He sees my horror over the screen and he starts laughing. Clearly, he thought I was young enough and 'with it' enough to know what the hell I was buying. Knowing him, I know he wouldn't have really thought I'd do this deliberately - he was simply initially mortified at opening this in front of a group of people, namely family.
I don't blush easily, it takes a lot. I can safely say this is the most red I have ever turned. I was mortified and as much as love my son, I wanted to end the call right then. I didn't, I had to to sit through the most painful 30 seconds of 'what happens next here?!'
Thankfully, my son thought it was the funniest thing in the world and began immediately messaging every single one of his friends. Everyone was laughing, I wanted to cry with overwhelm, but I was so relieved it was seen as it was - a typical f*ck up that I make.
There's actually a photo from around the previous year, with my son wearing the same design t-shirt but under a shirt. The photo shows him giving a sneak peak of said t-shirt, and now I understand. He couldn't have worn that openly.
I'm known for being clumsy and dopey and making very innocent mistakes. This is one of those things that has gone down in history as one of those things I do.
Safe to say, I know send my son gift card to purchase his own clothes..
TLDR: Today, I fked up by buying my son a Hentai hoodie for Christmas