AITA for Turning Down My Husband’s Epic Cosplay for a Slutty Costume? A Sass-taculous Dilemma
Gather ‘round, dear readers, for today’s juicy, drama-filled episode brought to you straight from the depths of Reddit’s AITA thread. Brace yourselves, because we’re about to dive headfirst into the world of cosplay, marital bliss, and the “slutty hot girl” costume that could very well end it all! Cue dramatic music.
Background Fun, Commence!
So, our tale begins with the lovely 26-year-old Lisa (not her real name, but we’ll roll with it) and her equally geeky husband, Eric. A little backdrop, shall we? Lisa and Eric met at – where else – a comic-con! It’s like a nerdy fairytale where she was probably dressed. as a mediocre Harlequin and he, undoubtedly, was a walking light-up Iron Man. Sparks flew (probably literally, given the electronic props) and before you knew it – boom, married bliss for two whole years.
Lisa has adored cosplay since Hermes delivered her to the mortal plane. She isn’t exactly Betty Ross with a needle, but she’s got a knack for accessorizing and rocking those fabulous ready-made costumes with some personal embellishments. Eric, on the other hand, is the Bill Gates of cosplay with his LEDs, wiring, and baffling design skills. The man even made an Iron Man outfit that Tony Stark would fist-bump. Pretty impressive, huh?
The Juice-Spilling Dilemma
Now onto the part where things get interesting. Buckle up and hold onto your Pokéballs.
Lisa’s old college chums invited her to a con and she said, “Game on!” She chose to don a delightful, albeit semi-slutty Starlight costume from “The Boys.” (!!) She didn’t exactly send a glittery memo to Eric about her plans though.
Cue the plot twist! Eric, working in his dramatically lit man-cave, gets his creative Batman cape on and finishes a colossal project: a Malenia costume from Elden Ring, complete with…you guessed it… more electric wizardry. He eagerly surprises her with this masterpiece for the same con. Because early surprises are just so charming, except when they absolutely aren’t.
Lisa appreciates the gesture but drops the bomb: she’s already got her heart set on embodying that “typical slutty hot girl” vibe with Starlight. And thus, the nerdy cosmos shatters.
In what should have been a cute cosplay pow-wow, Eric feels jilted and throws a comment about her choice being “too generic.” (Ouch!) Lisa fires back – maybe she wants the night off from carrying around fifty pounds of artisanal armor and prop cannons? Maybe she just wants to sashay around, feeling fabulous with her old friends, looking like she could incinerate crowds with her powerful…uh, personality?
Things go emotional-viral. Eric mopes. Lisa stands her ground. They part amid a festival of unresolved tension.
Roger’s Two Sassy Cents
Alright, kiddos, gather closer. Time for Uncle Roger’s sassy verdict.
Lisa, darling, while tossin’ your thrift-store choices into the dramatic bonfire is both bold and relatable, the cosmos requires balance. Eric wasn’t trying to be the oppressive galactic overlord; he just got carried away in his neon dreamland of high-stakes cosplay. Sure, he should’ve consulted you but, lady, gushing over your handcrafting hobby like it’s thematic foreplay might’ve softened the reveal.
And Eric, oh Eric. Pro-tip – surprises are a double-edged sword, swinging between OMG-Candyland to Uh-Oh-Chernobyl. Freeing your creative spirit is delightful but dragging Lisa unwittingly into Thor’s hammer of exposed circuits and LED extravaganza? Perhaps not wise.
To the ‘AITA’ aspect, m’lady Lisa, your hankering to channel “sexy celestial soldier meets neighborhood temptress” is 🍒. Communication is key, doing the sewing dialogue dance might’ve saved y’all from this cosplay battle royale.
So, all together, how about this? Lisa struts her Starlight stuff without y’all feeling like detached universes, and next con, let’s agree – stunning surprises come with a hint, shall we?
And if anyone calls your Starlight suit generic, girl, smirk, own it, and fire a cheeky comeback:
Original story
Ok a little background first. I (26F) is married to Eric (26M) for 2 years now.
We met at a comic-con type event and immediately hit it off. We both share our love towards cosplay, video games and a lot more.
I was into cosplay since I was a kid. In college I found some like minded friends, and we were hitting many comic conventions with our awesome costumes.
But I was never a good designer nor a seamstress. It was always buy something that I like and do little mods and add accessories kinda deal.
But I enjoyed it a lot.
It was during this time I met Eric, and oh golly he’s a master designer and he’s good with electronic stuff too! He makes these really awesome costumes with lights and stuff that is on another level when compared with what I do.
( his proudest achievement is an iron man costume with a light-up arc reactor, eyes and palm rockets which is a sight to behold at night )
Anyway after we met he made costumes for me also, and we hit conventions like it’s no ones business.
Ok coming to the problem now. My college friends invited me to a convention a month ago, and I said yes.
I decided to go as starlight (the boys). I did not mention this explicitly to Eric.
Today Eric surprised me with an ongoing project of ours. We were on our way making a Malenia costume (elden ring) for me, for a convention that’s later this year.
Eric had finished the costume early to surprise me for the convention next week. Mind you, this is a very complicated piece to put on and it has some electrical plugs too while putting it on which I’m not too comfortable doing alone.
I said already decided on going as starlight, and he asked to show the costume, so I showed the one-piece starlight costume I got for this event.
He said it was a typical slutty hot girl costume, and I said maybe I want to be a slutty hot girl with my friends, and not be completely out of place at a not-too-fancy convention with a fancy sophisticated costume. I just wanted to be simple and just feel sexy in my hometown with my old friends.
I could see that he was very hurt by my remark, and I said I can still wear to the original convention according to our plan anyways. He said still I should have mentioned about my costume earlier, so he could not have rushed the Malenia costume.
Then I told him that he should have asked me first and that it’s not his responsibility to make me costumes for everything.
He had to leave for work, so this is where we stand now. Sorry for the long rant, I’m typing this all to calm down my nerves a bit because we never had a argument of this magnitude before.
AITA here?
PS – I read this all again, and I want to clarify that when he said ‘slutty’ it was not disrespectful. We review a lot of costumes on our free time, and we give them a ‘slutty-ness’ ranking out of 10 amongst other scores.
I have worn 10/10 slutty-ness costumes with and without him before and it’s not an issue. It’s just that he thinks the store made ones are too generic.