Man Causes a Scene After Losing 'Unfair' Costume Contest to a Dog, Gets 'Kicked Out' of the Party

A man turned to Reddit to see if he was in the wrong for "causing a scene" after losing a costume contest to a dog.

In the post, the 23-year-old shared that he has been "genuinely losing [his] mind" over the situation. For context, he explained that he “loves making costumes and puts a lot of effort into it.”

"My friend hosted a big Halloween party at her place and said there would be a costume contest for who had the best Halloween costume under 50 dollars. 3rd and second place would win 25 dollars and first would win 50 dollars," he shared.

While he noted that it was "not a huge money prize," it was "enough to offset the price of the costume," plus, to him, "it was more about the fun of the game."

"I wanted to win so I pulled out all the stops and went as Zoro from One Piece and only had to buy 40 dollars worth of material," he wrote.

When the man arrived at the party, he scoped out the competition but ultimately concluded that he had the best costume. 

However, when the winners were announced, he came in second.

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"This bummed me out kinda, but hey I still did well and again, if I had gone with something more ubiquitous maybe people would’ve got it," he explained. "However the issue arose when they announced first place. First place was a dog dressed like a pirate in one of those party city pirate costumes.”

If he "had lost to another person," he claimed he "wouldn’t have cared." However, he couldn't fathom that he lost to an animal — and didn't shy away from making his feelings known.

When he voiced his frustration, the host replied by "gushing about how cute [the dog] looked."

The man argued that it wasn’t "fair" for a dog to win because the pet “didn’t even have a say in what it was going as."

“She told me to lighten up and that it was supposed to be fun. I told her that it’s ridiculous she’s about to give the $50 prize to the owner for spending 20 bucks on a cheap Walmart dog costume when me and whoever was in third place actually made our costumes," he recalled.

"She got mad that I called her ridiculous and things kinda escalated into a full-blown argument that required my friend breaking us up," he continued. "I was then kicked out of the party for embarrassing the host like that."

Still, the man doesn't think he is in the wrong "because obviously that’s not fair."

"If it was a dog costume contest, but having a bunch of people compete and lose to someone’s inbred bulldog is so f---ing unfair. I think I was justified in saying what I said. People there said that I should’ve just taken the 25 and called it a day."

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Like most of the guests, people in the comments section sided with the host.

“I respect the work you put into your costume for the money you saved doing so. I also understand that you were frustrated with the whole situation and the alcohol didn’t help but here’s the thing: You lost to a dog. Get over it," one person wrote. "Your friend clearly likes dogs over people and regardless of what the dog was dressed as, it probably would have won anyway."

"You recouped some of the money you spent. Apologise to your friend, the dog's owner and anyone else you got into an argument with. There will be other Halloween parties in the future, maybe just accept the invites for ones that are no pets allowed,” they continued.

Another person wrote simply, “There will be other Halloween parties in the future, but he won't be invited.”