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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Hollowbody57 on 2026-04-06 16:48:11+00:00.
As I was leaving for work today, I noticed one of my neighbors (who I hadn't met before) walking up to the building. She was wearing gym clothes, carrying a gym bag, and was walking kind of stiff legged, so I assumed she had just come back from the gym. "Morning," I said. "Rough leg day?"
She stopped, looked at me with an odd expression on her face, and said, "What did you say?"
"Leg day?" I said uncertainly, gesturing vaguely at her legs and gym bag, feeling like I may have somehow stepped in it.
"No, I was born with cerebral palsy," she replied.
After stumbling through an apology, she just kind of laughed it off and said, "That's ok, I do work out, though!"
"That's awesome!" I said, probably a little too enthusiastically. "Well, have a good one!" and promptly got the fuck out of there.
TL;DR - I made a joke about leg day to a girl who was walking funny, only to find out she had cerebral palsy.