Life is often disappointing, unfortunately. Everyone gets their hopes up for events and things every once in a while, which is fine, but so often we are disappointed by the final product. This happens with stuff that is bought especially. The people who are out here working in marketing are doing an impressive job of it, because people just keep falling for these ads over and over again.

You would think the general public would realize by now that those fast-food ads are never going to come out as pictured. Or how about the "gourmet" frozen meals found in the freezer aisle? There is just no way those are going to be what they claim to be. Alas, we keep falling for it over and over again, maybe someday people will realize it is just too good to be true. Reddit's /r/expectationvsreality is a subreddit that invites users to share their worst "expectation vs reality" moments from life. Some of them are truly horrifying. Here are 15 to show how sad life can be sometimes.