What is the most embarrassing thing that you have been through

spikyspiky

I was in the indoor market with my mum and my then 3 year old son. I had stopped to look at a stall thinking my mum had hold of my sons hand. When I realised she didn't I spun round all panicked to find my son standing behind me wearing the most massive white bra you have ever seen off the underwear stall, and a small crowd of people all wetting themselves laughing. Needless to say I grabbed son minus the bra and legged it

Jo.1981

I remember being absolutely outraged in a shop when I saw a big sign advertising their new 18-22 range. I thought how dare they create a range with such limited age appeal, I'm 28 I not going to let a shop dictate what I wear! As I looked though the clothes it became apparent at 18-22 was the size of the clothes not the age range. In my head I was very embarrassed.

Another time I was sitting in the centre of our little town waiting for my mum to come out the shop (I was 14). Out the corner of my eye I saw this person staring at me, she stood there for ages just staring at me. I got really annoyed as I wasn't doing anything wrong and was fully prepared to give her a really evil look when I walked away. When I turned to give her ‘evils’ I realised the person that had been staring up me was a life sized cardboard cut out of Mrs Doubtfire in the local videoshop.

Winky,_The_House_Elf

My DD was 8 weeks old and had a bit of a fever, as we were in Holland, she was given paracetamol suppositories, and MIL had an old fashioned rectal thermometer.

24 hours later back in the UK her temp was over 40 so we rushed to the Doctors, who tried and failed to keep a straight face when I told him what we'd done so far, using correct terminology " Its normal for the Dutch they seem to do everything analy"

Dutch DH was wetting himself too.:o

euronorris

Last winter, as my only pair of boots were leaking and proving to be pretty useless in the snow, my parents bought me a lovely new pair of winter, snow boots. Plenty of grip, plenty of warmth, and nice and dry. No more slipping on ice! Wooo.

Wore them home, walked off the plane and into the terminal, turned a corner, SLIPPED, and fell over! Seems that grip means nothing on a newly cleaned, tiled floor!

My ego was just as bruised as my knee that day!

lostinrates

Is it just me who doesn't find lots of these too embarrassing? I think some people worry too much.

I have a couple of falls ones...

I ''faint'' a lot because of a medical condition. Once, years ago, came round to find dh being accuse of having punched me in the street as a crumpled down. He was mortified, that I laughed was a tension breaker, and isn't it great someone stopped to check?


Last year, or the year before, we went to Paris on a work thing. It was pouring outside and I was wearing boots with a smooth sole and a cuban heel. Its one of the first trips away I haven't taken a walking stick and I was feeling quite ''smart'' in my boots walking accroos the lobby of the v. smart fancy-pants hotel, until my smooth soled cuban heel boot and the wet marble floor saw me fall,m painfully and loudly, slap in the middle of the lobby floor to show everyone there..hotal staff, husband's colleagues MY fancy pants. I scuttled to the lift pretty quickly for a wman who sometimes uses a walking stick!

babyb06

When I lived at home I used to park on the road outside the house as did my mum and dad - dad had a silver jaguar, mum a silver golf and me a silver polo.

I went to leave for work in the morning, put my key in the lock on the car door (only opened with key, no clicky button central locking thing - it was an old car) but the key wouldn't turn in the lock, so tried the passenger door, same thing and the boot, but couldn't open it. It was winter so I thought maybe the locks were frozen so I poured hot water over the lock/handle hoping it may melt it, but still no luck. So, I rang the AA. They asked me to try a few things, still no luck so said they'd send someone out to me.

AA man arrived an hour later (I had called work and told them of my issue and that i'd be late). I gave him the key and he looked at the car and said 'It is obvious why it won't open' I was bemused, but he continued 'the AA have you recorded as driving a polo' i said yes that is right, to which he replied 'but you are trying to open a golf' and then pointing across the road and said 'is that not your car across the road'

I had been trying to open my mum's brand new 5 door golf with a key for my 3 door old style polo............For over an hour. I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me, but instead I had to go into work and explain my car 'problem'

euronorris

lostinrates wrote: »

Is it just me who doesn't find lots of these too embarrassing? I think some people worry too much.

I can never remember them when prompted! lol

The most embarassing things I can remember, are things I did as a kid and were more embarassing for my parents than for me.

For example, I was about 4 or 5, and in the doctor's surgery with my Mum when a rather large lady walked in. I pointed and said, rather matter of factly, 'Mummy, that woman is really fat!'. My Mum, bless her, tried to tell me she wasn't, she was just pregnant. To which I responded 'But Mummy, you told me never to lie!'. :rotfl::rotfl: Mum was saved by the doctor calling our name at that point!

Thankfully, I have learnt not to point, stare, or say the first thing that comes into my head since then!

Kids are by far the most embarrassing people I have ever come accross, but highly entertaining at the same time!

FattyBettyBoo

During the whole foot and mouth era my car had a prob with the central locking - when you shut the driver's door they all locked automatically. So its a hot July day in the summer holidays and I'm working at a zoo. The pay booths are about 1/4 mile into the zoo as it is set in massive grounds. As I work there I usually just slow down and drive through, but as its in the middle of the foot & mouth episode I had to jump out and stand on the squishy pads or disinfectant ... well you can guess .... I automatically shut the door after me ... engine running, keys in the ignition, all doors locked and about 12 cars waiting to get in behind me, with no way of passing or turning around. It took 50 mins for the RAC to get there by which time the queue was all the way out of the zoo and down the road and a huge crowd had gathered round my car .... mortified!

bratz81

some of these are hilarious - I'm getting funny looks from laughing so hard in work!

One I can remember right now happened a few years ago in my local library. I was being served by a rather large lady, and as I was taking books out she obviously asked for my library card. I handed it over...only to discover I had accidentally handed her my gym card.
She went completely mental, asking was I trying to give her a hint etc etc. Everyone heard her (since a library is so quiet) and turned to look. I just grabbed my bag and fled. Left the card and books there.
Never went back to that library again - used to get the bus to the further away one just in case!

Mimi09

As a young student living with 5 others in a 4 storey hovel in Nottingham, I was alone one evening when the kitchen light sparked and went out. It had dodgy wiring and as visions of sparks and house fires escalated I frantically rang landlord/parents etc to get advice,but was unable to get hold of anyone.

We lived opposite the football ground, so I ran out and collared two policeman on crowd control to come and see if I was in a potential deathtrap/fireball situation.

After changing the lightbulb for me and a cup of coffee later the two policemen went off laughing.....:o:o