Because of my shyness I came out of a chip shop with a portion of fish...

I used to give a work colleague lifts to and from work for about 3 years, he was the most boring person on the planet! 45 minutes each way every day for 3 years listening to him compare the prices of his daily shopping basket and what new bicycle part he had purchased lately....I was too embarrassed to say no more so I faked moving away to another village so he was no longer on my route. Had to change my HR records and go another route home for another 3 years in case I saw him waiting for the bus!

I was queueing somewhere with my exDH years ago. It the queue for somehing (can't remember what) and then returned and put my arms around is waist and snuggled up to my xDH's back, and said "love you".

It was someone else with the same jumper and no hair!!!

I just said sorry and ran away without looking back.

Another one: when I was about 17 and working in retail I spent a good hour making the display beds look nice by plumping cushions and straightening the bedding. Senior colleague comes up to me 20 mins later and tells me to go and tidy the bed area as it’s in a right mess. I just agreed and went over and just stood doing nothing but pretending to be busy. Why I didn’t tell her I’d already done it I’ll never know. I think she was just a bit of a cow though really!

I laughed off (my sprained ankle) and kept dancing on it cos I didn't want to kill the vibe Sorry that really made me laugh

I got my nails done yesterday for the first time in years and promptly scraped my freshly painted nail across the heat lamp and ruined it. I’d have left with it ruined so I didn’t waste anyone’s time if the other customer next to me hadn’t loudly said “we’ve all been there smudging the polish” drawing the nail techs attention back to me.

I’m the sort of person who is always early or on time. When I’m getting a bus, I’d rather be an hour and 5 mins early and hang around for ages than 5 mins early. But (I don’t know why I do this...) if the person I’m meeting asks if I’ve been waiting long I always lie and say “oh not too long, just a couple of minutes” when I know full well I’ve been waiting an hour or more....

I’m also one to hurt myself and not mention how bad it was. I sprained my ankle at Freshers week and I laughed it off and kept dancing on it cos I didn’t want to kill the vibe... the next day it was like an actual balloon...

I'm sitting here praying that my baby will sleep enough to let me go through another couple of pages of the "Life in the UK test" book, read this thread during a coffee break and I'm realising that I already deserve a British passport even if I can't remember what age Edward VI died
2011 I was at a conference in my home country, we had Sunday free and went to visit a famous landmark. Ticket was 8 euros, someone in the group gave 50 but was returned 12 claiming she had given 20. The guy pretended not to speak English (impossible for that job), so I was forced to speak up and argue with him for the poor girl as I was the only native, it was so embarrassing I would have rather died. Had it happened to me, I would have happily walked out with my 12 euros!

Ive been going to the same family run opticians for 30 years. The father has retired and now it's run by his son. I work in Construction but not site based. For 17 years they've both thought I was a Civil Engineer working on exciting projects the world over because I didn't correct the Father when he asked what I did for a living and he got all passionate about bridges and the magic of engineering! So every 2 years I have the same conversation about what exciting project I'm now building!

I've got better though, told a sales assistant at the airport that I could get the glasses cheaper in the UK and handed them back when she insisted I tried them on the other day 😀

I'm watching The Money Pit right now thanks to this conversation.

I have never told anyone this as it is so embarrassing and pathetic of me. When I was 17 I got in a cab to go home after school from the local town to the village where I lived The village was 10 miles west of the town but about 6 miles to the towns east was another village with a name almost the same (only the last 3 letters differed). Driver clearly either didn't know my village (pre Sat nav) or misheard as it soon became clear he was taking me to the wrong village I was too shy to tell him so ended up around 15 miles from home and this was before mobile phones were common. I had to find a phone box and call another cab to take me to the right place.

We are buying a new house at the moment. Admittedly, it's quite a big house for 2 people. When DP went to view it the vendor had been told by the agent that we had kids. He didn't correct her. When I went back with him to view it she told us all about the previous offer that had fallen through and how she didn't know why on earth anyone would buy that house for just 2 people. She then asked us whether we had a boy or a girl. There was a long pause, and DP replied 'a boy'.

We laughed about it later and what idiots we were.

Yesterday DP got a phone call from her saying their offer had been successful, chain was now complete and they were buying a property just down the road from our new house. God knows what she'll think when she's walking past and there's never any sign of this mythical child.

Thanks Houghtonk, just looked up Troop Beverly Hills and it does look right up my street plus it’s on Netflix according to google. I saw last week that the house they used for exterior shots for the Money Pit is up for sale if you have a few $$ spare! There’s some photos here Daily Mail article

Ah the Bowie bulge! I’m not normally one for celeb mourning but I’m still sad he has gone.

At high school I walked into a pillar hard. I wasn't looking where I was going as I was chatting to friends. By the time I turned to face ahead it was too late. I hit it so hard that I knocked myself backwards onto the floor and sat stunned for a few seconds. The laughter around me propelled me onto my feet and I tried to laugh it off despite feeling awful. I went through the rest of the day feeling dizzy and sick with a lump on my head but didn't complain. Pretty sure I was concussed.
Another time someone had unscrewed the lid on the salt shaker so that when I used it I ended up with the full bottle of salt on my chips. Pretended it was fine, ate most of them, went to throw up.

Love it Enid!!!

Must admit i can be confident (gobby) about some things, but shy about others (lunch break times or asking for loo at new job for example - spend first week or two going to lunch at 2 or 3pm, refusing to send back bad food / complain in restaurants - too nervous, feel like waitress is thinking "why do i get the shit customers?", etc...)

Any excuse to post this frankly.

☆Um David Bowie

Oh thank goodness Captain Hammer, thought i'd outed a rellie!! The cousin Samantha in question is approx. 56, so that's defo not you - name or no. I'm 41, so saw Money pit with her & sis (40) in cinema too. Brill film - love Shelley Long! Look out for Troop Beverley Hills too.

Glad u got the man into Labyrinth! Actually not a bad film, once you're an adult without a fear of puppets. And David Bowie's was a legend!!

A friend of mine who I thought was very assertive was on the train the other week and despite there being lots of empty seats a lady sat right opposite her. My friend is quite tall with long legs. She has restless leg syndrome and a bad back too and needed desperately to straighten her legs out but was too polite to move in case she upset this complete stranger so sat there in agony for the whole journey!

It's good to know you're not the only one. I did a similar thing at a chip shop, I came out with just a bag of chips and no fish - now that was annoying and I felt too embarrassed to go back and ask. I've become braver in my middle age.

Looked at something ai thought would make a good novelty gift and at £3.80 was a good price. I paid with cash because I thought it was too cheap to use my debit card, and realised from change it was actually £8.80 and not a bargain at all. Didn't say anything though as I liked it but if I'd known From the off I would have put it back.
I think in our own way we are almost as culturally obsessed with face saving as the Japanese.
Very affirming to know others are the same, though. I also do the watch checking trick if I set off in the wrong direction, or walk past my parked car! Who knew we were so similar in our strategies until this thread?

Went into space no fit some ( I think) Laura Mercia concealer, as it had a dark and light shade that you could blend to suit your skin. Useful as I tan very dark in the summer.
Some how, I was talked into a touche eclat style concealer, way out of my budget, and in a single shade that only suits me for a few months of the year.
I like to think I wouldn't do that now.

This thread is hilarious! I was once chatting to a lady as we picked up our suitcases at the airport I'm Scottish and she was from London and she asked me are you from the North or South I didn't know what she meant and so said North? She then said Oh so you will be flying back to Belfast then and I said Yes! I thought I'll never see her again, but yes she was at our hotel, and I had to affect an Irish accent when ever I met her my husband was v amused and confused why I didn't just correct her.

Sadly yes Raspberry. I know nobody cares, it actually makes me feel worse as I get the added stress of knowing nobody cares and beating myself up about it even more. It’s frustrating when you know it’s stupid but shyness/anxiety etc takes over.