I am MORTIFIED

[Jammiebammie]

Hurrying to get ready this morning and trying to quickly slap on some make up - couldn’t find a bobble so just grabbed a pair of thongs from my (clean) washing pile to tie my hair up.
Dd was being really difficult so abandoned the make up idea and just hurried and left.

Went to the school and had a meeting with a couple of teachers re dd. Then went to a hospital appointment for dd, and to a cafe afterwards.
Home now, and dd1 walked in and said ‘haaa, mum, why do you have knickers in your hair’
Yup - that’s right. I’ve had the thongs tying my hair up ALL FRIGGIN DAY!!! And dd1 is laughing her head off at me.

Why did nobody tell me?? I know the receptionist, the teachers, the consultants and nobody said a bloody word. 2 women were giving me funny looks in the cafe but as dd has a noticeable disability I presumed they were staring at her and gave them a well practised ‘dont stare at my daughter’ look back.

Oh my god I want the ground to swallow me up. They weren’t even nice thongs - greying, lacey primark ones with all the elastic bits poking out. Dd said they were glaringly obvious.

Would you have said anything? Shall I say anything to the consultants when we’re back on Thursday, so they don’t think I’ve lost my marbles??! Oh no... I might just move countries instead.

Please help me to feel better and tell me you’ve done something similar. Off to crawl under a rock now...

Bunch hair, twist long item around it a few times, then shove pen/spoon/knitting needle... through the 'bunch'. I wouldn't recommend a knife but a camping fork works OK. Chopsticks are naturally perfect.

Wellhereweare78 at the toothbrush in your hair! Hilarious!

That is funny! Things happen.
I remember standing at a 'bus stop years ago and a man appeared to be eyeing me up. I looked at him and he gave a half smile, then looked away.

When I got home I realised my blouse had come undown, all my frontispieces and bra were on display! You'd think someone would have told me.

I don't think I'd have noticed, but if I had I'd have thought you were totally cool for just not giving a stuff what anyone thinks. (Wrongly, as it turns out.)

My knickers are so big they would act as a turban.

I frequently grab a pair to use as a night mask

I’m glad other people do this. Mine are definitely of the pant turban variety but it’s very handy. Socks and tights too. DH thought I was trying something sexy the first time he saw it which will tell you all you need to know about my attempts at sexy.

This has made my bloody day

I can't believe nobody told you!

I'm cracking up at the odd shoes and toothbrush though.

The closest I've come is wearing underwear over my bathers for hours at a public pool before a kid pointed it out to me. I don't change into them until arriving at the pool now.

I've done this too, OP - but luckily they were just plain black, so prob did look fairly scrunchie-ish. I still feel a bit sick when I think about it 😁

I still remember 30 years ago as I was walking in the door from school, flute in one hand, hockey stick in the other, my mother stuff a load of knickers in to each blazer pocket and said take those upstairs. I laughed.

Next day at school a friend asked why my pockets were bulging and I remembered the knickers, blushed furiously and then created a big mystery. Which was discovered!

I went to a wedding with my dress on back to front, only realised in the church so nowhere to hide. I still have a picture of me posing with DH before I realised

The fact that people may have thought I did it on purpose is making me feel ever worse about it!

It was on purpose though! You didn't accidentally wrap your hair in knickers 😁 It would hopefully occur to me that you hadn't meant to leave the house like that but the fact that you'd put a thong in your hair would be enough to keep me speechless for a good while until that occurred to me.

And I'd have questions. I'm weirded out that so many replies admit to doing the same

Excuse me but you seem to have purposefully wrapped knickers around your hair and I was wondering if you realised?

I'm still reeling from the discovery other women use their knickers to tie their hair up. I just don't know what to do with this information.

And how did I not know?! Have you all been keeping it a secret from us or did you assume everybody else's knickers were multifunctional household items too?

My grandma told me when I was a child I had done her hair with some lovely Minnie Mouse clips. She then took me on a nice long walk and a look around Tesco before realising they were still in.

My mum always told a story about coming out of the factory where she worked with her friend, in the 1940s. The friend' s young son was waiting outside for her. He'd been to the dentist , had a tooth out, then gone home. To staunch the blood, he grabbed something from the bathroom.......It was a sanitary towel, the old style. He was standing on the pavement with it across his mouth, with a loop around each ear.
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I like your story about your Grandma Qcumber

Aw thank you all for making me feel better at giving me a laugh!
Dd told dh when he came home and they both burst out laughing and starting walking about with my knickers on their heads - no support there!

omg I am crying!

Thank you for this thread. It’s brought me much joy.

If I may add that I recently went for a long walk with DD in her carrier which has a big heavy Velcro belt. It was only when I got to a pub I realised a (dirty) sock had attached itself to the Velcro and been for a lovely tour with us... lord knows how many people saw me trotting about with a sock for a tail.

I have had two embarrassing incidents op which will make you feel better

The first was walking around on a day out with hubby a woman came up to me and said I had left the ticket on my dress which said Asda £14. sadly it wasn't even a designer tag! It had been there half a day and dh hadn't even noticed!!!

The second was walking to work one morning and a car slowed down next to me. The driver leaned out( I thought he was lost and was going to ask for directions) and he said "sorry love your dress is tucked in your tights at the back. I had to tell you!" I was mortified. Thankfully this was at 7.40 in the morning and I had not gone too far so only a few people would have seen me.!' I am eternally grateful to that man!

@Wellhereweare78 That is hilarious

If it makes you feel better OP my friend and I worked for a local organisation and we were asking for funding from a large corporation. It was a huge deal and we’d put loads of work into it and wed not long since graduated so we’re a bit nervous / excited. Anyways, I got pregnant and was vvvvvv sick the morning of the presentation. Friend had to do it alone. 3 men all sat in a row watching. She thought they all looked a bit odd. Half way through a female staff member came in, took one look and said ‘excuse me can I just have a quick word with our guest?’ And kindly whispered to friend that her ENTIRE BOOB was hanging out. She’d taken off her jumper just before the meeting and had obviously fucked everything Up underneath.

We got the funding !

Using knickers, to tie hair back, was a tip I saw on one of the "house to clean your house" tv shows many years ago. It's the only tip I have ever remembered.

When I am tidying I tend to come across lots of hairbands/clips etc and I usually just stick them in my hair until I get to my room/DDs room and offload them. I've been known many times to turn up at the school gate with random clips on top of my head and about 8 different coloured hairbands wrapped around my bun. Not as bad as pants granted .