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I am MORTIFIED

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Jammiebammie · 02/10/2018 16:56

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...

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AnnieAnoniMouse · 05/10/2018 15:56

It has never occurred to me to use isn’t a to tie up my hair. My hair is long so I have used all manner of make up brushes, pencils, chop sticks etc... but never knickers. If I had noticed, I wouldn’t have said anything because I’d assume you knew you’d done it...it’s not like you can do it by accident. I’d be wary of getting a mouthful off of you.

I was being served at a till today and another customer came up behind me and said ‘I thought you’d like to know you have something (I was imagining all sorts by this stage 😱) stuck to you (thinking ODG what the fuck....)’ I was VERY relieved it was a TINY sticker saying something like 1 of 2 parts’ such relief!

WTBE · 05/10/2018 16:04

This thread is hilarious and brings back many embarrassing moments! Although never heard of the thong hairband!!

I was a lazy cow when I first moved out, my clean washing would be on my kitchen table and I would regularly chuck my jacket on top, after going for lunch then food shopping, I realised the velcro part at the back of my jacket had hooked my pretty pink bra to it and was dangling down my leg most of the day 😂

I also have to remind myself when wearing tights to put on my skirt straight away, many times I have went to leave the house in just tights and shoes!

Mamahotfoot · 06/10/2018 17:21

I spent a whole day at work with a diamanté star stuck to my cleavage curtesy of my toddler who had been doing an art project in the morning. I wondered why I was getting more attention than usual!

ferrier · 06/10/2018 17:51

This is yet another reason to never wear thongs

BlackBeltInChildWrangling · 06/10/2018 18:14

Quite right, ferrier. I think this whole thread is a stealth post about wearing thongs. My own backside wouldn't get out of bed for such little material.

abbeycafe · 06/10/2018 18:19

I have read all these, and I am laughing out loud and crying at the same time. Absolutely brilliant. xx

showmeahero · 06/10/2018 18:25

I can't not stop laughing at this 😂 Thanks for cheering up my Bad Day op x

Serialweightwatcher · 06/10/2018 18:35

I was once at DH's parents and just stood chatting to his sister when she looked down and said "what's that" - I saw a chunk of material but when I picked it up I realised it was my old grey (used to be white) knickers and I'm stood there holding them out and saying "how strange, wonder how they got there" - didn't admit I realised they were mine. Presumably they had got stuck in trouser leg when washed but I hadn't worn them in ages

icanbewhatiwant · 06/10/2018 18:50

These stories are all funny. My mum was always coming out the bathroom with her skirt tucked in her knickers when I lived at home. We don’t see much of her these days (various reasons) so my children don’t know her really well, she did come to stay for a few days over Christmas a few years ago. She was getting ready for me to take her to the coach station and had her coat on, she went out the front door and waved goodbye to my 3 dc and dh. We watched her walk to the car with her skirt completely tucked in her knickers at the back, one side of knickers up her backside (she’s a large lady) so a cheek on display 😂
She got in the car, I said to my family “shall I tell her?” They rushed indoors and laughed. Of course I did tell her before she got out at the coach station.

cholka · 06/10/2018 18:54

Do people still wear thongs?

PatPhelansRedVan · 06/10/2018 19:26

Jessica from the apprentice did this this week too, she out it on her Instagram.. are you her?

GabsAlot · 06/10/2018 19:51

i never 4thought about knickers tyoing up my hair i'll remember that one

pteradactyl · 06/10/2018 20:12

That's so funny!! But yes, mortifying.
When my niece was young I used to let her do my makeup, she was a big fan of glitter and bright red lipstick around your mouth. Anyway, she did my makeup and then I got chatting to my mum for a good 45 mins before I went home. Got out of my car at home and walked towards my house, I lived on a market square and it was market day so plenty of people, all giving me funny looks. It was only when I was safely ensconced in my flat that I realised what a complete wally I looked.
Second embarrassing thing, similar to other, went out wearing a nice outfit, thinking I looked quite good if I do say so myself. Guy walked over to me, I'm thinking my luck is in, but he tells me my skirt is caught up in my tights. It was bad enough but the fact I was so sure he was thinking I looked smoking hot when it was so not the case just makes me cringe a little harder!

Hayleymoomoo · 06/10/2018 20:48

Why did you use a thong?? Didn't you have anything else to hand? 😃😃

Gushpanka · 06/10/2018 20:57

DH and I were trekking in a conservative part of rural eastern Turkey. His lips were chapped but we had no lip balm so he put my (bright pink) lipstick on. Then he forgot he had it on and went out to the village to get supplies. He was quite the talk of the village after that!

seven201 · 06/10/2018 21:03

I can't get past you calling a thong a pair of thongs.

Candelabra75 · 06/10/2018 22:31

Ha ha! I haven't done this for years as now I have 2 daughters I always have hairbands around. But I always used to tie my hair up with either pants or socks while I was in the bathroom in the morning when staying over at my boyfriend's house. The amount of people on here who have done the same shows it's not that unusual. I really think people are too scared to tell strangers these things because they are worried it might be a deliberate fashion choice though.
Not as embarrrassing, but I went to get a passport photo done a few months ago. To make myself look presentable I put a bit of make-up on (unusual for me and I thought I was looking pretty good) and then took my glasses off and cleaned them and dried them with some kitchen roll and rushed out the house. What I hadn't noticed was a bit of kitchen roll had got stuck in the hinge of my glasses and was sticking out the side. It was one of those photo shops where a person actually takes your photo with a camera. The bloody woman didn't tell me I had a piece of white tissue sticking out the side of my glasses - she just took the photo. It wasn't till I was looking at the photos at home later that I realised it was still in there.

levelheadedmum · 06/10/2018 22:39

This is so funny! Reminds me of the time I spent the entire day with a pair of my knickers stuck in the hood of my fleece. Must have got in there from the washing machine. It was only at the end of the day that someone pointed them out to me🤭

Maisymoo22 · 06/10/2018 22:46

This reminds me of when I was young and still living at home.
We’d had some clothes given to us from my aunt and I’d been busy trying them all on when there was a knock at the door which I went to answer. It was my dad’s friend who wanted a chat with him.
He was there quite a while and kept looking my way and grinning.
When he finished talking to my dad I showed him to the door and after he went I glanced at myself in the hall mirror and it dawned on me what he’d been sniggering at.
I had a longline bra on over my jumper that I’d completely forgotten about when I heard the doorbell! 🤣😱

youcancountonme · 06/10/2018 23:01

Worst thing I did was go out without a skirt on! I’d put my top on but my skirt was downstairs in the kitchen after ironing. I grabbed a coat from the wardrobe and, running late, put it on as I went downstairs. By the time I reached the kitchen I had forgotten completely that I didn’t have a skirt on and simply left the house.

(Realised when I sat down at the bus stop and had to slink back home.)

jacquejacque · 06/10/2018 23:12

You know, I've been thinking about it and I'm sure I learned to tie my hair up with knickers from an interview with Victoria Beckham years and years ago. So if it's good enough for Posh...

Heaviestdirtyestsoul · 06/10/2018 23:36

This thread inspired me to buy multiple packs of hair bobbles. Have placed them in drawers about the house- never more than a few feet away from a hair gobbled now!

Maisymoo22 · 06/10/2018 23:47

Oh I just remembered a more recent one. Whenever I have a bad cold, you know when snot just neverendingly drips out your nose. If I’m busy and can’t be wiping my nose all the time then I usually stuff toilet/kitchen roll up my nose to act as a sort of cork/stopper.
I wish I’d remembered it was up there when I answered the door to the delivery man...his face!!!

Ineke · 07/10/2018 02:36

during the long hot summer terms, after dropping children off, I would sometimes do the house work in my underwear, having pulled my dress off. Have put it on again inside out without noticing, to collect kids from school. No one told me.

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Jammiebammie · 07/10/2018 11:38

Oh this is the thread that keeps on giving loving everyone else’s embarrassing tales

stealth boast 😂😂

i can’t get past you calling a thong a pair of thongs I never even realised I did this. It’s a thong isn’t it? But a pair of knickers...... I’m questioning things right now

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