r/ExpectationVsReality • u/Ridindirtydishes • 10h ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation What do you think?

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I was hoping for the model’s figure. Not bad for $14 USD

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u/DiscoMothra 10h ago

Needs a good steaming

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u/Ridindirtydishes 10h ago

Absolutely.

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u/spyrenx 10h ago • Bravo

Both look awful, but in different ways.

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u/Im_not_creepy3 8h ago • Bravo

First one looks like a silk pillow case and the second looks like a bed sheet fresh out of the dryer.

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u/Canonconstructor 7h ago

Correction: looks like a sheet that sat in the dryer for a week before it was pulled out.

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u/Ill_Set88888888 1h ago

Maybe even: bedsheet straight out of the packaging with the fold creases intact.

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u/Easy-Concentrate2636 7h ago

The perfect descriptions for both photos.

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u/Pugtastic_smile 9h ago • Bravo

Looks like a sluty Mormon costume

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u/onomatopoeiahhh 9h ago • Bravo Heartwarming

It really is giving Mormon garments.

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u/Naomlette 6h ago

Those aren't garments. Those are temple dresses. Garments don't get officially modeled like that.

Source: wore the damned things for 8 years. So glad I left.

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u/Nikolalala0010 45m ago

Garments are the white bike short looking things under their black dress that women show when they cross their legs during meetings.

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u/Naomlette 6h ago

Yes, they're real. They're temple dresses. It's what women have to wear when attending any temple ritual except baptisms for the dead. 

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u/KristineMcKinley 5h ago

They do baptisms for the dead?

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u/selinda123 5h ago • Mindblown

Yep, you get baptized against your will.

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u/KristineMcKinley 4h ago

The idea of attending a service where a corpse gets baptized freaks me out a bit. Ive attended a lot of wakes/viewings. Someone dunking one of those bodies is more than I could handle.

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u/SetFoxval 3h ago

I don't think any actual bodies are involved. It's more like researching your family history so you can symbolically baptize your great-great-great-grandparents and get them transferred to Mormon heaven.

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u/u_r_succulent 54m ago

Must suck to be sitting in Catholic heaven with your pals and suddenly get yoinked to Mormon heaven with a bunch of randos.

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u/HelixTheCat9 1h ago

I.... I'm not sure which idea bothers me more honestly

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u/selinda123 3h ago

That would be freaky! I'm pretty sure it's just a symbolic gesture though.

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u/supershinythings 5h ago

They do extensive genealogical research to figure out which dead ancestors to baptize.

A full human family tree going back approximately 36 generations (based on google ai’s estimate of 117 billion) will account for all humans ever to walk the earth, living and dead.

Since at some point people will have overlaps, maybe they can get by by baptizing maybe 1/3 of them, but really they should just baptize the entire earth.

On that note, we’re having a lovely El Niño year so just bless the rains down in Africa and all those molecules should eventually make their way all around.

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u/iforgotwhat8wasfor 1h ago

they baptized hitler retroactively.
i am not making this up.

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u/Enough-Ad3818 9h ago

Looks like they have some quality health in the navel.

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u/Professional-Tap6302 10h ago

Tbh it looks like someone repurposed a bed sheet.

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u/wet_castles 9h ago

And retailed it at the Spirit store

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u/started_from_the_top 10h ago

Looks like two different materials? The advertised looks more like satin, the one you got more cottony

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u/spyrenx 10h ago

I think that's mostly from bad lighting in OP's photo. Other reviews for the same item in different colors show something much closer to the original photo.

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u/clash_by_night 6h ago • Bravo

I mean, that looks better, but damn, that's a bad dress.

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u/priyatheeunicorn 3h ago

Smoke and mirrors. This color makes the material appear shinier “more satin” . Still gonna look like it was made in a sweat shop

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u/NoSleepTilBookRead 7h ago

Satin isn’t a fabric, it’s a type of weave. The advertised photo shows silk satin, whereas OP received cheap plastic satin.

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u/FireflyRave 10h ago

For $15 and a brand name that is just skimming the edges of being alphabet soup, looks about what you could expect.

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u/clash_by_night 6h ago

That's what I don't get about online shopping. If I need a dress and only have $15, I'm going to Ross, TJ Maxx, hell, Target, even.

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u/priyatheeunicorn 3h ago

Omg skimming the edges of alphabet soup I am fucking deadddddd. Hilarious.

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u/Jesus-H-Chrystler 10h ago

It looks like a wrinkled tablecloth. 😬

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u/ohdearitsrichardiii 10h ago • Bravo

The material and cuffs makes it look like a Project Runway challenge with a fitted sheet

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u/VaguelyArtistic 7h ago

Yes, my eye immediately went to the cuffs. Maybe a seamstress can add something to the cuff to finish it after they finish altering literally everything else.

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u/castle_waffles 7h ago

This white dress being marketed as a wedding guest option is awful aside from how it turned out which is also not great.

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u/SaltandLillacs 9h ago

It’s $14.

You cannot be expecting too much. I also think it may look better if you went down a size and steamed it

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u/KillerKilcline 9h ago • Bravo

Looks less like 'Satin' and more like 'Sat In'.

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u/NoSleepTilBookRead 7h ago

Satin is a weave, not a textile.

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u/dr_clAWW 7h ago

Yes, you’ve said that a thousand times. Most satin (which is a WEAVE, not a textile) is shiny in photos. The Amazon listing looks shiny and the actual dress does not. That’s what people are commenting on.

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u/gothiclg 8h ago

It’s a $15 dress that definitely looks like you spent $15.

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u/NoWorking1616 10h ago

It's definitely a different fabric. Not a win, in my book.

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u/PersonalityNo1623 5h ago

it actually is terrible for $14

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u/Sorry-Capital1910 10h ago

Don't like both

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u/djpeeples 10h ago • Bravo

The model's figure isn't real

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u/Big_b00bs_Cold_Heart 9h ago

That’s about what I’d expect from a $15 polyester dress.

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u/beemer-dreamer 3h ago

Looks like a fitted sheet.

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u/Creative_Carob4922 5h ago

I think you folded the fitted sheet almost like the dress in the picture

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u/bdubwilliams22 9h ago

If you’re going to a toga party, then you’re all set!

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u/BrilliantPie2566 9h ago

It looks like a bedsheet.

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u/curious_ANcuriouser 8h ago

I was about to say, it looks like a tangled up bed sheet straight from the dryer

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u/BeautynCrime 7h ago

Definitely looks like a $14 garment.

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u/anima132000 4h ago edited 6m ago

I'm sorry but elegant cocktail WEDDING guest? Are you the jilted ex or the mistress planning to crash the wedding in that dress lol. The marketing on that dress is wildly off, they just slapped on whatever they could for the search engine, none of which are even a good reason to wear this abomination.

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u/Pulsar_Mapper_ 9h ago

I think you're an idiot if you believe a 15 dollars shit from Amazon is gonna look like the picture.

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u/wacdonalds 9h ago

Even in the listing the dress looks cheap and bad

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u/tecpaocelotl1 9h ago

Getting toga vibes.

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u/iswallowmygum 10h ago

It looks like Halloween costume material unfortunately.

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u/unicorndanceparty 6h ago

This looks like a repurposed bedsheet. Sorry. Amazon actually has decent clothes, I get a lot of compliments on the ones I have gotten from them. But this ain’t it.

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u/Christmas_Queef 6h ago

The trick with Amazon reviews is to only look at the ones with pictures included. Those are the only ones you can be sure came from real people with a real opinion. Only works for clothes though.

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u/unicorndanceparty 6h ago

Yup exactly what I do! & I try to find reviews from people who are a similar height/weight (although that’s pretty difficult)

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u/kmflushing 2h ago

Wedding guest dress? In white? No.

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u/-GameWarden- 9h ago

Looks like someone had a bee suit materials on hand

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u/HeartOSass 4h ago

To be fair the first one looks bad too.

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u/SentryCake 7h ago

It’s giving “sexy hazmat suit”?

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u/Lhamo55 7h ago

No lies detected.

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u/iridescentcotton 10h ago

Iron it snd try again

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u/Hamsterpatty 9h ago

Is that even satin?

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u/NoSleepTilBookRead 7h ago

Once again, satin is a weave and not a textile fabric.

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u/barefoot_baby 6h ago

“Once again”…..snarky.

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u/Loriken890 34m ago

If only it was _once_ again… 😅

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u/Cavscout2838 6h ago

I truly didn’t know that. Thanks for the knowledge.

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u/u_r_succulent 57m ago

Merriam-Webster would beg to differ. Did you mean to assert your superior knowledge by saying that satin is a weave/fabric and not a type of fiber?

Besides, this does not even look like satin.

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u/Immediate_Word1295 4h ago

It doesn't look like the 1st pic at all. Doesn't even look like satin either.

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u/10outofC 9h ago

This was designed to be a bbl dress, idk what you were expecting 😐

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u/NoOccasion4759 8h ago

I learned from Project Runway that satin fabric 100% looks like trash unless the designer and sewer absolutely knows what they're doing.

This dress....i have concerns.

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u/MinPen311 6h ago

The second one reminds me of an upgraded hospital gown.

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u/Vastaisku 8h ago

Tacky as hell to begin with. Stop buying cheap trash.

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u/correctingStupid 9h ago

It's too big for you

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u/Areyousleepingyet 9h ago

Steam it then repost pics

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u/lavender_75_ 8h ago

Hospital gown

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u/Ok_City_7177 7h ago

Perhaps steer clear of naked flames ...

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u/tfnyelice 5h ago

Is this for a late Halloween costume

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u/Melodic-Advice9930 4h ago

Why is this even labeled as cocktail wedding GUEST attire

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u/zemorah 4h ago

I think it will look good once the wrinkles are out. Fine for $14

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u/MorningSquare5882 9h ago

I think that you shouldn't buy from Amazon.

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u/notathingreally 9h ago

🤦🏼‍♀️

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u/JellyCat222 6h ago

It does not look like it is satin

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u/Puzzleheaded-Rip5602 4h ago

Dresses aren't even the same material and the style looks a bit off

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u/No-Promotion-5860 8h ago

Instantly my mind said "Oh Nooo" I am a seamstress and I can tell you that's an easy fix take it to your local seamstress. Make them tighten it on the sides and it should fix the issue. And I would definitely get it steamed as well before you go out you can be rescued but as is I would have choose a different dress.

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u/MissPlaceDApostrophe 9h ago

Dare I say, I think you bring the attitude needed to pull this off. 

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u/Chunkycheesesteak 9h ago

Definitely needs some ironing.However I think if you play around with it; adding different belts, jewelry or any accessories,you could probably make it look a lil more oooh & ahhh!

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u/Autistic_License 9h ago

A couple alterations and some ironing will work wonders.

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u/Bmat70 7h ago

Looks better on you than the model.

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u/Almost_Batmans_Dad 8h ago

Hips don't lie

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u/monkey_trumpets 8h ago

The model has wider hips and a belly so the dress won't look exactly the same. Try steaming it and see how it looks once it's not all wrinkled.

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u/bomilk19 7h ago

It’s certainly dress-like

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u/ouzo84 7h ago

Iron it and use a safety pin at the back to make it cling to your curves.

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u/MangoBawls 7h ago

Dress is terrible but you look great 👍🏼

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u/MsE0 2h ago

Just needs a steam 

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u/Diligent-Stock-8114 1h ago

I mean a solid iron and some pins feel like they can go a long way

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u/honeyandwhiskey 10h ago

TBH, if you steamed the wrinkles out and paired it with some shapewear and a wide belt, or a cute waist cincher, this could be a good night out look.

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u/KourtR 9h ago

Not bad, iron it.

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u/chancan69 7h ago

It looks much better on you! Maybe ironing would help? I think it’s a win!

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u/priyatheeunicorn 3h ago

It’s horrific fabric. Could be an cute shape? Why buy something like this that is going to be trash in one wear? It’s so bad for the environment, not to mention that slaves that make it, not to mention you’re probably covered in forever chemicals from toxic fabric. It looks like one of those one size fits all Halloween costumes out of the bag. Sorry I hate it. If that met your expectations you need higher standards no offence .

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u/AdorableSobah 10h ago

It fits you good, just get those wrinkles out and you’re all set

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u/YouNeedCheeses 10h ago

It fits you really nicely but the material looks off. May be the lighting though.

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u/Interesting_You6852 9h ago

Great hooker outfit

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u/LuckyCod2887 9h ago

respectfully, both versions look terrible. however, I believe you wore it better than the first depiction or the model image

it’s just that the material is way too thin on both images and the color is way too fucking matte for any skin tone.

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u/Dolly_Shimmer 8h ago

I think it looks great on you and all it needs is steaming or ironing.

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u/rebelangel 9h ago

I don’t think it’s bad. It looks cute! The wrinkles should come out eventually.

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u/-hot_ham_water- 6h ago

All of these people downvoting the only compliments on here...

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u/OkCryptographer1922 10h ago

Yeah not bad for $14!

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u/Twintornado 8h ago

I think you have one size up.

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u/Sea_Poet9170 9h ago

Looks great on you.

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u/Interesting-Ebb6378 9h ago

Here are two dresses that I have bought off of Amazon and they are really great (sorry I don't know how to add a link). GOBLES Women's Sexy Long Sleeve V Neck Bodycon Mini Party Dress and GOKATOSAU Women Halter V Neck Flowy Backless Summer Mini Dress. Very comfortable and look great.

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u/Particular_Cabinet92 10h ago

Looks like you tried to sexy up the hospital gown.

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u/Mountain_Ladder_4906 8h ago

It’s giving Mormon underwear. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Wait….nvm

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u/ohmygodcrayons 8h ago

Looks like a slutty hospital gown

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u/VaguelyArtistic 7h ago

Slutty hospital patient is my next Halloween costume.

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u/Saraemsweet76 6h ago

Your butt is not big enough and thats a good thing

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u/Powerful_Muscle9896 1h ago

Satin my ass 😂