Imagine wearing this perfect new dress to an event or function, ready to grab some eyeballs and suddenly you find someone else has on the exact same dress! If you enjoy ‘twinning’ then YAY! But imagine if you don’t. And then imagine that a 100 times worse!
Twitter user Ilona Burton had one such twinning moment, but instead of another person, she was twinning with her office carpet!
When you come into work dressed as the carpet. I am MORTIFIED. pic.twitter.com/WIIivBslY2
— ilona burton (@ilonacatherine) June 6, 2018
Yeah. Hard.
It’s actually quite sporty of her to pose with the carpet like that, innit?
I know what you’re thinking though, because a lot of people on Twitter were thinking it too. And they asked her the question. Like a lot.
Was it yer first day ?
— Mick G (@mick_gee7) June 7, 2018
Babe, you telling me you never noticed the carpet in your office before? Like seriously?
Is it your first day at work in that office? Only ask as you'd have known the floor was like that surely?
— 🍴Andy Fish Bloke 🐟 (@AndysFish) June 7, 2018
Well, to answer your question….
Does anyone really pay that much attention to the carpet in their work place? I sincerely hope not.
— ilona burton (@ilonacatherine) June 7, 2018
Now when you think about it, may be not. There were a couple of ugly arguments about this topic, but we don’t want that kinda negativity in our life right now, okay?
What we are gonna do is focus on the positive things, like the many ways in which people tried to make her feel better about matching with a carpet.
Because Twitter is not always dark and full of terrors trolls, but has a fair amount of happy, supportive peeps too!
They started off by making the obvious camouflage jokes. Because of course.
This is how she camouflages’ when her boss walks in. https://t.co/nosSGyQbyi
— Peter (@PeterWhippy) June 7, 2018
Now that should help!
But hey, @ilonacatherine, it looks much better on you!! https://t.co/LwQnCS11r2
— lmvvml (@lmvvmllmv) June 11, 2018
Ah see! Silver lining!
Giggling. This could come in handy, .@ilonacatherine
if you are a klutz like me, and you trip and fall! 😊 You wouldn't need to worry about being embarrassed; you've blended in perfectly with the carpet! https://t.co/pdKM3kkQ0J— LauraInWonderland💔Fighting4 soul of our Nation (@LauraBergerol) June 10, 2018
But my favourite part was the tweets Ilona received from other women who had had similar encounters!
Basically a whole lot of “You’re not alone” vibes!
Someone matched with the bar floor… which I think always helps if you get too sloshed and drop to the floor!
@jackseale when you go to a bar dressed as the floor pic.twitter.com/BRxKx0GCuG
— Sharon Horgan (@SharonHorgan) June 7, 2018
One kind soul even dug up an old tweet about her ‘twinning’ moment!
dressed like the sodding train pic.twitter.com/EXIo2xUieD
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) April 7, 2018
This one matched with a wallpaper and it was okay!
Ah, yes, I have been here, but as an Air BnB’s wallpaper. pic.twitter.com/FBqEfeSBY1
— Burnessie (@charliejburness) June 7, 2018
A MUG? BUMMER!
Ahh, takes me right back to that day I went to work dressed as a mug… pic.twitter.com/4keqJ2yUWh
— Kat Harrison-Dibbits (@katdibbits) June 6, 2018
What a colourful coincidence!
I feel your pain 😂! Always good to blend in with the furnishings 🙈 pic.twitter.com/bkK38PwQq2
— Alison Jones (@Jones2Alison) June 7, 2018
Imagine twinning with a shower curtain!
This is surprisingly very relatable pic.twitter.com/SF6cxt5j8e
— Em (@gingeremma95) June 7, 2018
I think, we’ve all been here, done that, with the checkered table cloth clothing faux pas!
You're not alone pic.twitter.com/eG5rjytcIf
— Adriana Vecchioli 🌙 (@AdrianaVecc) June 7, 2018
This is some next level twinning!
Hi, I raise you wrapping paper 😂😂 although carpet is way way better must say 😊 pic.twitter.com/fOsF9hJk9k
— Kirti (@Kits) June 7, 2018
Twitter being all supportive just warms the cockles of my heart!