14 Facepalm Times Our Expectations Crashed Into Reality
Curiosities
12/14/2018

Woody Allen once said, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” This joke really suits today’s article. Our reality likes to make edits when it comes to our plans and dreams: for example, you may want to enjoy some incredibly tasty ice cream or take a cool vacation photo, but destiny has its own plans.
Bright Side has found the most painful examples of expectations vs reality.
The holidays are coming...and going away.
Almost nailed it.
When a cook is an abstract artist:
Find 10 differences.
When dreams don’t come true:
Did they even try?
She definitely tried!
Something went wrong.
“We’re poor sheep...”
Almost identical
A positive cake
Thank you, it was awful!
Marketing be like:
90% of items bought online
Have you ever been in situations like these? Tell us in the comments!
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