Definition: In this task, you are given a Reddit post as a text. Your task is to generate a title for this text. The title should start with "TIFU by", followed by a situation that caused humor. The title should contain 7-12 words, ideally.
Input: Text: so i wrote and posted this here yesterday without proof reading and it was terribly written. i attempted to edit it multiple times to make it more coherent but i decided to try one more time with a slightly better written shortened version. forgive me if you already read this.

so the obligatory this was not today, it happened friday.

i'll start by saying i have little experience working on cars but knew the brakes that were previously squeaking and are now grinding was not good.

knowing this would damage the car over time and not wanting it to get worse i decided to take my 16 year old son, buy some brake pads and learn how to change them together.

i'm in it, and like anyone in the tech industry, i am an expert at google/youtube. so we bought the pads and got some advice from our auto parts store, then headed home and pull up 3 videos on how to change brake pads.

we were both very confident we could do this and headed outside to my driveway, my not perfect flat slightly inclined driveway. knowing this was dangerous and not wanting to drive 30 minutes to my dad's house where i would have access to all the proper equipment, i decide to pull the car sideways in my driveway. i tell my son don't ever do this, you should always use jack stands and make sure the car is secure before working on it. the jack we are using from the car is for changing a tire on the side of the road in the event of an emergency not for use while working on your car. then arrogantly proceeded to do exactly the opposite because "i'll just be careful"

so while tightening the last bolt on the brake caliper the car slowly moves and the jack falls over  and the rotor falls on my forearm, i watch as my arm opens up like the grand canyon vertically from what i thought was wrist to elbow at the time and i'm instantly terrified. i look over at my son and my fear vanished as i felt tremendous guilt, the look on his face was as if he just watched me die as he screamed "omg dad!" i somehow pushed the car with my left arm and pulled my injured right arm free and immediately wrapped it in my shirt and said "it's bad but i'll be fine son, get me a towel fast and tell your mom" he runs in and i walk in the house and begin directing traffic...

the first towel, a full size bath towel was saturated in blood quickly and i began applying really firm pressure on my upper forearm where i thought would be the most likely area to have a severed vein. i have my son wrap the second towel around my arm and pull hard, had my wife call my dad because my only vehicle is not driveable. he is coming but 20-30 min away and i now feel my shirt getting soaked in blood where i have my wrist pressed against my body. (turns out the injury was lower and i had most of the pressure in the wrong place). i eventually had my son wrap a belt tight on my bicep, but concerned about blood loss i decide not to wait for my dad and call 911.

with the makeshift tourniquet held tight by my son, i sit back and try to control my breathing until the paramedics arrive. about 5 minutes later (15-20 minutes since the initial injury) the paramedics arrive and said, "we are going to have to get a look at this so we can see what we are dealing with, you can look away". i watch as they unravel the towels  and i see the wound, its bad but not as long as i thought, it was mostly just above my wrist and about 8-10 inches long. the paramedic immediately says, "great job stopping the bleeding man, but this will need repaired from the inside out with surgery." 

once i'm in the hospital and the doctor opens my bandage from the paramedics, she looks at me and says i have no idea how but i don't see any structural damage and think we can just clean this and sew it up. and she was right, after a couple hours of cleaning it and xrays etc, i got 14 stitches and went home. i felt like a bit of a drama queen at that point but there was no way for me to know the extent of the injury.

i am positive my son will never make the mistake i made and work on a car in unsafe conditions, so that's good. 

[not for the squeamish ](https://imgur.com/gallery/a1hvp)

[my father's day gift ](https://imgur.com/gallery/jszqs)

 

edit: i added a link to my father's day gift instead of linking it to my replies. i truly appreciate the well wishes and advice.

TIFU By telling my son "Do as I say, not as I do"