I once ordered a fabulous pink, fluffy jacket online. But when it arrived in the package, I found something that looked like a worn-out sweatshirt. That was the last time I ordered from a fast-fashion site. Yet, it taught me something about life: you have to manage your expectations, because life will not hesitate to slap you in the face and even splash some water on you before that for more effect.
Some people may have similar experiences to mine, others get more than what they were expecting. Nevertheless, this time Bored Panda has prepared you a collection of submissions from the “Expectations Vs. Reality” subreddit that are more about funny and unexpected results that prove it’s always best to underpromise and overdeliver.
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#1 The Brief My 8 Year Old Niece Gave Me For Her Birthday Cake And The Finished Cake
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#2 Won A Free Pet Portrait
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#3 L M F A O
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#4 What I Wanted vs. What I Got :(
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#5 Reference Pics vs. The Result
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#6 Made A Unicorn Cake For My Little Cousin
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#7 The Tattoo I Asked For vs. The Tattoo I Got
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#8 The Cake I Saw V. The Cake I Made!
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#9 The Omelette I Wanted To Make vs. My Actual Omelette
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#10 Ordered A Birthday Cake And Received Slop
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#11 Had My Students Design Nails And Gave The Papers To My Nail Tech
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#12 I Was Pleasantly Surprised! Today’s My Birthday! 🎉
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#13 Mom Ordered A Coat For Almost $60
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#14 My 4yo Requested A Cake Shaped Like A Pineapple For His Birthday
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#15 It Puffed Up A Bit More But Still Misshapen And Sooooooo Low To The Ground
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#16 Tattoo Stencil vs. Reality. No They Didn’t Own Up
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#17 The Caticorn-Cake
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#18 Figurines For My Mini Museum
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#19 New Tattoo…
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#20 Capybara Ice Cream
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#21 Beet-Pickled Deviled Eggs
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#22 Shirt I Ordered vs. What I Got
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#23 I Asked For A Sugar Photo Bday Cake. I Got A Horrible Hand Drawing Instead
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#24 The Cake I Ordered vs. What I Got
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#25 My Dad Was So Excited To Give This To Me
Once I saw the sticker image on the box I knew what was about to be seen.
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#26 My Mom‘S Birthday Cake
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#27 Halloween Treat Looks Like A Bad Trick
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#28 How Did I Do??
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#29 It Happened. My Mom Got Duped By AI When She Ordered Our Christmas Presents
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#30 My Sister Made Me A Replica Of Britney’s Denim Dress For My 40th “Y2k Prom” Birthday Party!
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#31 The Phone Case I Ordered vs. The One I Got
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#32 Little Caesars Crazy Bread
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#33 Friend Asked For A Last Minute Red Velvet Brownie Tower
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#34 Spongebob Cake
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#35 Rainbow Trout Manicure!
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#36 Banana For Scale
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#37 What I Asked For vs. What I Got
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#38 Shafted
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#39 Pug In A Mug
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#40 Friend Ordered This Lamp Online
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#41 Walmart Cupcake Bouquet
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#42 Ordered “Premium Fried Onion Rings” For 5€
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#43 Menu Photo vs. What I Got
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#44 What I Paid For vs. What I Got
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#45 Cake I Ordered For vs. Cake I Got
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#46 Ordered Rainbow Pastry..look What I Got 🥀
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#47 Wal-Mart Wins Again
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#48 Was Looking For A Charcuterie Board On Etsy And Found This
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#49 What I Asked For vs. What I Got
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#50 Birthday Cake
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#51 Another Classic “What I Ordered vs. What I Got”!
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#52 Latex Thigh Highs Ordered But Got What Seems Like The Case For Sleeping Bags
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#53 This Was My Nail Tech’s First Time Trying This Style
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#54 My Son’s Homemade Stencil Sprinkle Cake
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#55 Cake For My Kid’s Science Themed Bday
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#56 My Boyfriend Got Me A Box Of Chocolates For Valentine’s Day And I Was Expecting The Inside To Have The Classic Layout
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#57 I’m Utterly Shook 😲
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#58 Wedding Ring From Etsy
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#59 My Derpy Derpy Cake
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#60 $65 Dollars For A Cake That Looks Nothing Like The Advertisement, Tasted Like Drywall And Arrived 2 Days Late
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#61 Say Goodbye To Breakable Clips?
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#62 Anniversary Cake Gone Awesome
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#63 Before Steaming: Cute As Can Be. After Steaming: Total Betrayal
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#64 Wolfcut vs. Whatever They Understood In The Hair Salon
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#65 Carvel Bunny Ice Cream Cake
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#66 Barbie Dreamfest….. More Like Barbie Fyre Fest
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#67 Ordered For My Friend’s Birthday
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#68 Our Local Animal Shelter Had A “Pet Roulette” For The Month Of March, Where You Can Send In A Picture Of Your Pet And One Of Their Staff Will Draw It For You. Only Catch Is That Some Of Their Staff Is A Lot Better Artists Than Others
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#69 Expectation vs. Reality, Paint By Number Edition
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#70 Kinder Happy Hippo Is Surprisingly Happy
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#71 What I Ordered vs. What I Received
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#72 Prom Dress
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#73 Pistachio Milkshake Deception
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#74 What I Ordered vs. What I Got 🫡
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#75 I’m Actually Quite Happy With This One
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#76 This Is My Usual Baker. She Has Always Been Amazing
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#77 Didnt Think My Daughter’s Purchase Would Turn Out Even More Ridiculous
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#78 Birthday Cake
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#79 Expected A Hideous Plastic Mess But Got A Rather Nice Product Instead
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#80 I Took Up Crocheting!
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#81 The Best Thing I Ever Bought
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#82 I Traveled 11 Hours On A Beautiful Winter Day And Really Wanted To Recreate This Pretty Photo I Saw On Reddit
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#83 What I Asked For vs. What I Got
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#84 Mirror Cake
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#85 Doodoo-Colored Lipstick
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#86 My Friend Was Embarrassed Gifting Me That Bathbomb
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#87 Reference Picture vs. What I Got
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#88 Cake I Ordered For My 50th Birthday
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#89 Fried Chicken Ice Cream
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#90 The Lamb Cake I Envisioned vs. What I Created
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#91 What I Thought I Could Do vs. What I Managed To Do
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#92 Mom’s Friend Who Has A Bakery Claimed She Could Get The Cake To Look Exactly Like The Picture
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#93 What I Asked For vs. What I Got
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#94 Ordered A Country Apple Birthday Cake
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#95 I Just Wanted To Have A Nice Smoothie Bowl For Breakfast 😔
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#96 Bestie Got Me This For My Birthday
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#97 They Made It Look So Good On The Cover
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#98 So Disappointed
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#99 Cake I Ordered, What I Got
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#100 I Am A Silver Fox!
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#101 I Knew It Was Gonna Be Bad But I Just Wanted To Know How Bad 😂
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#102 The Qualities Of Sweethearts Has Gone Downhill. What Is This Slop ?
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#103 Slug Nails
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#104 Mega Starmie Cosplay Disappointment
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#105 My Mom Tried To Bake
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#106 My BF Complains That The Image In The Menu Tricked Him Into Consuming Too Many Calories
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#107 Throwback To Me Trying To Make My Stepson A Superman Birthday Cake…🤣
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#108 The Underbed Play Space Beneath This Bed From Wayfair
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