Struggling to understand the difference between irony and unfortunate events. My partner is quite smart and I don’t want to make a fool of myself.
EDIT – Thanks everyone, your responses have really helped. Hopefully I’ll be less likely to make a fool of myself describing something as ironic, in the future.
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The key to understanding irony as opposed to coincidence is that the action has the opposite of its intended consequences.
Storm clouds rolling in on a wedding day is not ironic, it is an unfortunate situation and perhaps foreshadowing.
Finding out an ex is getting married on the same day is a coincidence.
Moving the reception indoors to avoid getting wet only for a kitchen fire to set the sprinklers off is ironic.
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