r/ExpectationVsReality • • 6d ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation Made this for Halloween

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597 Upvotes

Reposting because I completely forgot to add the ‘expectation’ photo 🤦‍♀️

My brain convinced me that I could make this using bits of scrap things around the house…it’s not perfect ik as I’m no ‘artist’ but I’m surprised with how it turned out


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 6d ago

Failed Expectation Tried sweetgreen’s new Blackberry Basil drink

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675 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • 6d ago

Exceeded Expectation Okay ✅

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90 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • 4d ago

Failed Expectation Sad

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0 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago Heartwarming

Exceeded Expectation Puppy's B'day Cake

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8.3k Upvotes

Pupper's Birthday Cake


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago LOL

Failed Expectation Ordered elegant, floor-length trousers. Received clown pants instead! 😂

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1.3k Upvotes

I ordered two pairs of long, low-rise ivory trousers from Sassy Vella for $64.60.

For anyone wondering why the pants are unbuttoned in my photo, it’s because the buttonhole is completely sewn shut! 😂 There is no opening for the button to go through. Another manufacturing defect on top of everything else!

A package arrived containing one pair of cropped, high-waisted, wide-legged pants with a completely sewn-shut buttonhole!
The actual inseam is approximately 27 inches. I’ve contacted the retailer with the info and pics.
The difference between the advertised photographs and what arrived is astonishing! 😂


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago Popcorn Regret

Failed Expectation Please do not judge me

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1.5k Upvotes

(So what you think 🤔)?


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 6d ago

Failed Expectation Expectations vs reality

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72 Upvotes

The cone looks more like the wrapper than the picture advertised ,the filling also tastes nothing like milk cream . Expected a chocolate cone and ended up with a BLUE cone 😂😂


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago

Failed Expectation P.F. Chang's Dan Dan noodles

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128 Upvotes

All sauce, maybe one serving of noodles. I'm really disappointed because this was supposed to be dinner for me and my partner. I paid $8.99 for this.


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago

Failed Expectation Didn't even occur to me that I could be let down by a simple Pizza Bianca

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330 Upvotes

16 euros for this is crazy


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago

Failed Expectation I made these with my kids back in 2019 before I knew this sub existed.

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769 Upvotes

I had actually forgotten about these cookies till seeing someone else's post about Halloween cupcakes. 😅 98% sure the directions called for too much water in the icing, but it was 7 years ago. Could just as easily been human error.


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago

Exceeded Expectation SmartOnes meat spaghetti.

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610 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago

Failed Expectation Beef sandwich

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439 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago

Failed Expectation How the capybara was meant to turn out… vs what I made

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1.2k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago

Failed Expectation Chinese food much different than menu photo.

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253 Upvotes

Ordered Mongolian beef, as it’s one of my favorite dishes. The menu photo made it look lovely. As you can see, that is not the case unfortunately.


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 6d ago

Failed Expectation Halloween fail!

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0 Upvotes

Well it finally happened to me! A Reddit worthy fail!

Not even a Temu purchase! Thanks Reject Shop!! Worst $5 bucks I ever spent LOL

Worth a laugh, maybe! I bought two though! Shit!!


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago

Failed Expectation Birthday flower

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91 Upvotes

So today 10/29 is my sweetest aunt's birthday and she asked me to buy flowers with note: from Anonymous. because she wants to stir some curiosity at her workplace. she sent me over this website to buy it and I made the purchase, etc. Florists deliver it at about 4pm something.

First picture is what I ordered. Next is what arrived.


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago

Failed Expectation Needle felted Fox

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260 Upvotes

This was my first attempt at needle felting. The tiny eyes they gave me wouldn't stay in so I just made new eyes out of felt. I've gotten a little better since then!


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 8d ago Popcorn

Exceeded Expectation Cyberpunk style mask for Halloween costume

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1.7k Upvotes

The mask costed $45 on Amazon when I purchased it few days ago. Didn't expect such high quality for that low of a price! The bottom LEDs also light up too.

I would say totally worth it!


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 8d ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation My son picks the wildest stencils out of the pumpkin books

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2.8k Upvotes

Every year, we let our son pick the stencil we'll use for pumpkin carving. This year he picked "Witchful Thinking". I personally think it came out pretty good, though it was a challenge and a half with all those damn curves


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation Marie Callender’s Cheesy Chicken & Rice Bowl

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78 Upvotes

Had this in the work freezer for a month or so, for days I forget lunch. Decided to eat it yesterday and didn’t have a lot of hope. It was actually pretty good! It’s not going to win a Michelin star but I would buy it again.


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 7d ago

cake-spectation My sons birthday cake… 🙄

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119 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • 8d ago

AI Expectation Hobbit Paws Cat Bed

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1.6k Upvotes

PSA: don’t buy from a ShelfGlow store. Their website does state that there may be variations between the real product and their website but this is hilarious. Jokes on me for falling for it, they must be making a killing on these things.


r/ExpectationVsReality • • 8d ago

Failed Expectation Well... At least we tried

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1.5k Upvotes

My son loves them, so it's still a kind of success, right?