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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/haikus-r-us on 2026-03-13 23:11:12+00:00.
This happened in the late 90’s and is one of those things that may not even be possible today as practically no one has landlines anymore.
My high school bedroom had no windows, and I had a glow in the dark analog clock with no numbers.
My routine at the time was to give my girlfriend a call every morning at around 7:00am. (Stupid puppy love type sexy calls) land line for both of us.
So I woke up, the glowing hands were at what looked like 7:00 so I called my girlfriend. Her dad picked up and cussed me out and hung up.
Blearily, I turned my light on to realize that my clock was upside down. It’s wasn’t 7:00am, it was 1:30am.
Oops.
So, her dad never believed my explanations, never really talked to me anymore after that. My girlfriend didn’t even find it funny. She was pissed at me too. It was a freakin accident!
TLDR: My glow in the dark analog clock with no numbers was upside down, causing me to call my girlfriend at 1:30am instead of 7am for morning sexy time phone sex. Her dad picked up.
Edit-it is absolutely insane how many people here don’t understand what an analog clock is.