- In a viral TikTok, Sophia Panella explains how on a date with her now-fiancé, she realized she pooped her pants
- Her date sprung into action and helped her during this embarrassing moment
- The couple is now engaged and has been together for six-and-a-half years, with this date becoming an inside joke between them
One woman is breaking down exactly what happened on a date that did not go as expected
In a viral TikTok video, which has garnered more than 9.4 million views, Sophia Panella explains how on a date with her now-fiancé, she realized something was wrong.
“We got sandwiches from one of our favorite local spots, and we were going to watch the sunset with blankets in the back of the car. The sun was setting, and we started eating. I felt completely fine, and my stomach was not upset,” Panella told PEOPLE Magazine.
Panella describes how this was the 10th date they were going on together, and she felt well leading up to it. However, “I take one bite of my sandwich and let a little toot out. I didn’t think anything of it. Then all of a sudden, it felt off. I moved, and then I knew. In my head, I’m thinking I just pooped my pants, so I do a little sniff test.”
” ‘Oh my God,’ I said out loud, ‘I just pooped my pants.’ He’s laughing and says, ‘No, you didn’t,’ ” she adds.
“I got out of the car. I was in a one-piece camo jumpsuit, so it was all trapped in there. I ripped the whole thing off on the side of the road because I was not gonna sit in my own poop.”
Panella admits she freaked out when she fully realized what was happening. Thankfully, her now-fiancé is a first responder and has seen much worse. He sprung into action and used blankets to cover her up. He took his response cues from Panella: when she was silent, he was silent; when she laughed, he laughed. Panella called her mom and told her what happened, then drove home to shower and get clean. The date ended, and she picked up the nickname “poopy butt” from her friends and family.
As for her date, he clearly wasn’t deterred by this embarrassing moment. Panella applauded him for how he responded, appreciating how he wasn’t scared away and didn’t make fun of her when it was happening.
“I said, ‘You’re stuck with me now, this is it. This is forever.’ Now we’re happily engaged six-and-a-half years later,” she shares.
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“Anytime I say, ‘My stomach is upset’ he’ll respond, ‘Okay, poopy butt.’ It’s just one of those things we have, and even now, I call him that sometimes too,” she adds.
The two of them can laugh about the incident now. “It’s an inside joke with us now, too. I’ll say, ‘Hey, remember when I pooped my pants on a date?’ He’ll say, ‘I’ll never forget that.’ “
Panella says they even plan to incorporate what she calls the “toot heard ’round the world” as a part of a story for their wedding. “If anyone will say anything, it will probably be my mom,” she adds.
