Help!!! Please help me feel better about this awkward hug!!!!!!

I knew I needed my eyes tested when I kissed my son in law in the neck instead of the cheek.

I never hugged or kissed friends growing up so when I went to uni it was a complete surprise to me. My friend's DP gave me a sedate kiss on the cheek goodbye, I did the same back with a massive "MWOAH" sound, like you would if you were kissing a toddler. He looked shocked, I was mortified.

@No1Some1 my husbands friends do this. No mallace intended i’d park it.

'The deceased son' does it. On first reading, I had a mental image of you kissing a cadaver.

Love these, just when I think I’ve cracked it, someone bends the wrong way and we head butt, I need lessons

Don’t worry, I kissed my SIL’s boyfriend on the neck when we had to since obligatory kiss / hug goodbye. He moved his stupid head and I nearly died. Now I only ever hug

After a serious business meeting/negotiation where I was trying to be very professional with the man from the supplier company, we went to do the hug/handshake thing rather awkwardly in the car park as I was leaving.

unfortunately a thread from my wool dress caught in his fly and what followed seemed like an hour’s operation to separate us,

We were both very very embarrassed especially as my colleague was sitting in the car waiting for me and was peering out at the shenanigans. We never spoke of the incident again although everyone in my office would make comments each time we spoke on the phone. He came to my office once or twice afterwards but I made sure we said goodbye with a handshake across the desk.

Oh Christ. This thread has just dredged up the memory of when I went to give my BIL a hug and air kiss and we somehow ended kissing each other on the lips. I'm surprised my subconscious doesn't remind me of that on a daily basis.

I went in for a hug and a kiss with a friend I don't see often, we got the wrong angle and both recalculated - unfortunately with a worse angle and she damn near broke my cheekbone, as we smashed our faces together. She didn't say anything, we were going to a gig and it's all I could think about.

I’d love to think that was true but I’m more than three years beyond bending to speak to a seated mourner at a shiva (the home-based seven days of mourning after a Jewish burial) who turned their face as though they wanted to say something quietly to me and accidentally ended up smooshing their lips to mine in front of the entire room. The horror continues to drag me to the sunken place every time I think of it💀

Oh god, this reminds me of an excruciating physical embrace with the adult son of my DH's distant relative. It was the morning after a big family wedding and we were saying goodbye to everyone, as you do. As we hugged god only knows how but his hand got trapped underneath the strap of my Uniqlo cross body bag, he then tried to slide it away as I twisted the bag away which somehow, only ended up moving his hand onto my boob and trapping it even more tightly to me. It's like he became stuck to me 😂
He and I were the last people to say goodbye so to make it worse everyone was kind of standing around watching us. It was mortifying for both of us. It was only the second time I'd ever met him.

This happened about 3 years ago but I can still remember every little detail 😆

I feel for you. I was at a funeral once (in a professional capacity, i was a student nurse). I didn't know the family well, but had cared for their loved one, along with multiple colleagues. I was really shy then, but my peers all kissed a grieving family member on the cheek when giving their condolences. I awkwardly followed suit, but being several inches shorter than most adults, I accidentally kissed her on the neck. It was over 30 years ago and still makes me cringe!

With a goodbye hug, I once somehow ended up with my aged auntie's earlobe between my lips 😂
She's no longer in the land of the living, but the memory still haunts my dreams.

I also said ‘Thank you. Love you!’ to a petrol station cashier.

Aged 17, I kissed a friend’s 50-something dad on the cheek as I thought he was telling me he was leaving the (very boring and sensible anniversary) party we were at. He looked at me confused and said ‘I’m going to the bar, do you want anything?’. My friends still remind me of this 30 years later.

That’s so funny

Slightly different, but I’ve just accidentally swiped right on someone who works at the same school as me. I think I may wear a paper bag on my head to work from now on 😩

The deceased son...ie the son of the deceased....yes I see what you mean. I hate English sometimes 😂.

People get into verbal habits e.g. saying the same thing to her husband as she leaves the house every day.

It's ok if you enjoyed it.

You are WAY overthinking is. This being England and not France, people are EXPECTED to be awkward at social hugging / kissing.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 brilliant

I kissed a male acquaintance on the lips, I went for the cheek but mis-coordinated.

I hate the whole hug/handshake /high five debacle. It’s my main reason for not applying to go on a quiz show. The one bonus of covid was the social distancing I never had to anticipate how someone will greet me.

btw I once nearly nutted my mil when I went for kiss on cheek and she went for a hug. Just awful.

I bumped into someone I used to work with in the street. I am tall, him a little shorter. I went for a hug, he went for a kiss on the cheek, and he ended up kissing my neck.

Being truly British we both pretended it hadn't happened and have continued to do so for at least 5 years now.