Joining a running club is a great way to stay fit and meet new people.

When a simple wardrobe mixup left one member feeling exposed, he discovered there were limits to his newfound camaraderie.

Read on for the full story!

AITA for having my underwear show under running shorts?

So I (26m) am part of a running club.

I go right after work, and everyone in the club is aged roughly early 20s all the way up to early 40s probably.

One day I get there and I realize instead of packing running shorts, I packed an old pair of boxers by mistake.

Luckily, a friend came in clutch, but he was still left in sort of an awkward position.

Obviously wasn’t going to wear those, but a friend of mine had some spare running shorts I could borrow, similar to the ones I usually wear.

They’re the fairly short ones with a brief liner, so you usually wouldn’t wear underwear underneath. But since these weren’t mine, I kept my underwear on.

I get that I was washing them after so they’d be fine, but I made a split second decision.

The shorts didn’t end up covering as well as he thought.

My underwear was longer than the shorts, which admittedly looked kinda stupid.

I tried to roll them up but it didn’t work and eventually I gave up and they were poking out the bottom of the shorts pretty noticeably.

It turns out, everyone did notice.

Didn’t think anything of it but the next day the head of the running club texted me saying multiple people told him they were uncomfortable.

If I did it again I’d be banned.

He’s left wondering if he’s in the wrong for his honest mistake.

Is it that big a deal?

AITA?

Seems like an odd thing for the group to be upset about.

What did Reddit have to say?

This confused redditor wonders what they expected him to do instead.

This user validates the runner – he made the best decision he could at the time.

Haven’t any of these people heard about minding their own business?

Maybe this is a sign the group isn’t a good fit for him.

It appears even a minor wardrobe mistake can have a major impact.

He needs to sprint as fast as possible away from these judgmental people.

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