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I am friends with an older gentleman in his 60s who is generally mild-mannered and has a "grandfatherly" look about him. We frequently go to the same bar on Sundays, and this Sunday, he was quite drunk, and he happened to make a fool of himself by flirting with a bartender aggressively and then had trouble getting into his car. It was quite embarrassing.
Have you ever publicly humiliated yourself, either intentionally or unintentionally?
In my 20s, one Sunday at a fairly upscale restaurant, well-fueled with alcohol, with my girlfriend, I mocked the other patrons, many of whom were elderly. Didn't realize I was talking so loud but didn't apparently care that my girlfriend was turning 10 shades of red and dropping her head in embarrassment. I was totally oblivious until one of the old fellows came over and laid a nasty remark on me. Woke me up.
This really rocked me because it was so out of character, regardless of whether booze was in my system. I felt like apologizing to everyone in the place. My girlfriend was so sweet and considerate she didn't say a critical word but was very quiet the rest of that day.
Luckily for me she hung around for another five years of dating followed by 40 years of marriage until death parted us. They say what goes around comes around but so far, no young folks have acted toward me the way I acted that day.
Ok, here's what I did once - THE most embarrassing moment of my life, though I've had many.
I was newly married and pregnant with my first child, and I didn't know my mother in law all that well. We were sitting around with a group of relatives and friends and discussing baby names. She said, "If it's a boy, you could name him Bernard!"
"Bernard?" I said, with my nose wrinkled up, "That name reminds me of a dog."
There was a long silence and then she said quietly, "That was the name of my baby who died."
Lord, please let the ground open and swallow me up.
One of my most memorable times was when I got dressed in the dark, then while I was giving a lecture I took off my sweater, only to find out that I was wearing my little sister's 7th grade pink volleyball uniform as an undershirt, and it had split down the sides.
Just a few months ago my zipper broke, so I fixed it with a safety pin. I was so proud of my handiwork that I decided to take a picture to text to my wife. At just that moment, the dean and associate dean of my college came to my door to tell me that I had been granted tenure.
When I was in the Netherlands with my Dutch college friends I did not speak the language, so they would tell me a phrase and I would approach an attractive girl in a club and say it with a straight face. Ten years later I asked my friend what I was saying, and he said I was generally announcing the miniscule size of my genitals, my willingness to perform some bizarre sex acts, and my mother's extensive promiscuity.
These barely scratch the surface. I could contribute pages and pages to this thread easily.
I bet you could contribute a lot. Entertaining, but very obviously completely made up.
Back in high school I had a date to see my then-new boyfriend perform in a play. He was going to pick me up, escort me to a reserved seat in the audience and meet me backstage after the play was over.
I had fought a pounding headache all day long and finally took an extra dose of some over-the-counter medication shortly before he arrived. The meds made me very sleepy but I managed to hide it on the ride to the theater.
As soon as the lights went out and the play started, I had to go to the ladies' room. Once in the stall, I immediately fell into a deep sleep. I didnt wake up until some girls came into the restroom after the play was over. I had slept there for three hours!
I got up suddenly and, because my legs were still asleep/numb, I fell with my legs extending totally out of the stall. The restroom grew very quiet and the girls left right away. I cant imagine what they thought. I got out of there as fast as I could and met my boyfriend backstage. He asked me how I enjoyed his performance and I lied through my teeth. Had we known each other better, I'd have come clean and we could have had a good laugh over it. (If you're reading this, Ronnie, I never wanted to lie to you and I'm sure your performance really was awesome.)
Me and my friend were walking around like mental hospital escapees, and falling off of stuff, all for a film project we're making. People were staring...
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Hmm let's see...
First there was that time that I had came on my period at an amusement park and had to find out as I was getting off of a ride and looking in the seat.... (tmi?...you asked for embarrassing)
Then there was that time after gym class and I had 5 min to change and make it to my next class...well I was rushing so much that I failed to realize the back of my skirt was tucked into my pantyhose...walked around like that, showing my knickers and all for a good half an hour!
My principal finally stopped and told me about it, but she was laughing as she told me....-____-
Then there was the time I forged a signed letter excusing me from missing school (I had missed the bus *shrug*) and the Vice Principal caught me...the freshman me, thought I had gotten away with it.
There was the other time where I tripped over the stupid Cheerleading mat in front of my entire school's Pep Rally...thankfully so did a lot of people (lol)
And finally there was the time I ate pesto pasta and had no idea pesto would leave so many bits of oregano in your teeth...
Yeah, I've made an ass of myself far too many times and they sure hell weren't intentional
But I have a good sense of humor so these are nothing but ice breakers for me hehehehe
If you've never done anything embarrassing or humiliating in your life, you are probably a coward afraid to do new things, or you never drink or use mind altering substances.
I've had too many embarrassing experiences, it's life. You move on.
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