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Possibly the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to anyone, ever... cheer me up with your shame ;)

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SinkGirl · 07/06/2019 19:34

This happened yesterday and I haven’t told anyone because I am mortified, but it’s getting to the point where it’s slightly amusing so I thought I’d share my shame with you all.

So my son is obsessed with bubbles. And being the obsessive person I am, I started researching how to make the best, giant bubbles. I’ve been using premade solution which is insanely pricey and you get through it quick. So I started researching how to make the best giant bubble mix.

Being a geek I was quite fascinated reading about the science and what works best. Turns out that adding lubricant is one of the best ways to make excellent giant bubble mix.

Not just any old lube, but J-Lube - an American powdered lubricant often used by vets, but which also has a reputation as the best thing for certain niche acts, apparently.

I tracked down a small quantity on eBay and placed an order, ignoring the listing’s title.

Yesterday our health visitor and a paediatric nurse case round to talk about the twins. I was showing them a video on my phone of the boys when this notification popped up.

I know they both saw it but they very politely said nothing. I am wondering which word caught their eye first - gay, anal, fetish or fisting?

I’ve been embarassed many times in my life but this definitely wins. I really wanted to tell “it’s just for bubbles!” But I think that may have made matters worse.

How do I ever face these women again?

Please tell me your shameful stories so I can feel better about mine Blush

Possibly the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to anyone, ever... cheer me up with your shame ;)
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Katinski · 08/06/2019 16:45

onefoot I love your son!Grin Star

rededucator · 08/06/2019 17:07

Trebe I salute you for having the balls to go back to poker the next week! I get 'The fear' bad enough after a few drinks,never mind waking up in hospital two days later!

DarlingNikita · 08/06/2019 17:12

Ben, I can't say I wasn't tempted to flee the country Grin

I got on really well with that boss (we're still friends even though I don't work there any more). I can't imagine being able to carry on after that with any other boss I've ever had but him, TBH.

Trebe · 08/06/2019 17:17

Rededucator I was shitting it, but I thought if I dont go back the next week and take the piss out of myself (along with everyone else lol), then it'll just get weirder n I might never go back. I got a few jokes at my expense but it was so embarrassing I had to go back lol.

CastleGin · 08/06/2019 17:19

Stood in my living room ironing. Did a HUGE fart that went on FOREVER. I burst out laughing at its velocity and pitch. Our house was being renovated at the time and our painter/decorator/general handyman was at home, currently far away up in the loft (we have a town house so that's far from where I was).

Except he was not in our loft. He was in socks and very light footed. Had come into the living room to ask a question about something, literally about two feet behind me.

DarlingNikita · 08/06/2019 17:23

Grin CastleGin

RitmoRatmo · 08/06/2019 17:38

At a festival many years ago, on the Saturday night it was fancy-dress. Lots of the blokes were dressed as women. Lots of people with funny fake noses/wigs/feather boas etc. Everyone was very drunk and slightly under the influence of many crazy things. Having a grand old time dancing away in the funk tent, everyone chatting to strangers and getting on brilliantly. Fantastic.
I danced with a chap who looked hilarious. Fishnets, wig, make-up, massive false teeth. In my “refreshed” state, I tapped on his big awful fake snaggle-teeth and complimented him by saying “Hey, you know what...if I squint you’d actually make quite a convincing woman!”

Yep. You guessed it. This person WAS a woman. And they WERE her real teeth.

I have never, ever, ever felt as guilty and embarrassed in my entire life.

ALongHardWinter · 08/06/2019 17:42

findmeatyoga Your hotel room had a doorbell?! Grin That made me laugh almost as much as your embarrassing story! I've never encountered a hotel room with a doorbell in all my 55 years!

BenWillbondsPants · 08/06/2019 17:50

@CastleGin he will have dined out on that for weeks you know. 😂

PaneerOfEvil · 08/06/2019 17:56

he left it a decent interval, then came to my desk and said a quiet sorry Grin

His response has really made me laugh Nikita!

SinkGirl · 08/06/2019 18:13

You have all cheered me up no end - I am delighted I’m not the only one stumbling through life humiliating myself like this!

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HoobleDooble · 08/06/2019 18:16

A male friend at college told me had to have an operation to fix a hernia in his groin. He was gowned up and lying on the bed when a nurse announced she was just going to give him a pre-op shave. Halfway through, she glanced up at him and he instantly recognised her face from some family holiday photos his new girlfriend had been showing him a few days previously ... and this is how he met his now mother-in-law.

alexander0506 · 08/06/2019 19:07

NC for this. My manager was showing me how to do something on my personal phone and flicked through the apps to close them... only there was a private window open with some porn. Neither of us said anything but he saw it, I know it and he knows I know.

SinkGirl · 08/06/2019 19:47

and this is how he met his now mother-in-law.

😂 Oh god, I would die (I think I commented earlier about my friend’s dad who was a GP doing an internal examination on me when I was a teen, and I never went to her house again!)

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BuildBuildings · 08/06/2019 19:51

Lolz. Amazing. I need to think about my most embarrassing moment....

TheCanyon · 08/06/2019 20:27

Your pictures made it onto reddit @SinkGirl

Your shame will live on for years as a meme.

crazymare20 · 08/06/2019 20:28

Best man at my wedding (dh brother) during his speech decided to tell the whole wedding that his first memory of me was hearing me and dh dtd while he was downstairs watching telly.

Window cleaner having front row seats to me and dh having a little fun.

Filling my horses hay nets and my top falling down and flashing my boobs to the ladies in front of me.

Daughter flicking through my photos and coming across a picture of my husbands erected penis and asking “mummy what’s this”

God I could go on and on

SinkGirl · 08/06/2019 20:39

Your pictures made it onto reddit @SinkGirl**

Fuck. That’s quite a way to get outed if the HV sees it 😂

All my bubble stuff arrived today but my little ones have chicken pox (well one has pox and the other is just really poorly so far) so will have to wait a few days. Boo.

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SinkGirl · 08/06/2019 20:45

Oh, I’ve just seen it on Reddit. That group are such pricks - I forgot they don’t believe twins exist in real life.

Do I have to dig out the photo I posted last time they doubted I have twins of my double buggy with two sets of hats, coats, shoes etc?

I’ve also posted links to a) the giant bubble recipe and b) the science of why PEO (the polymer in J-Lube specifically, but hey - let’s not let facts get in the way of being bitches.

Or how about this - a screen grab of my amazon order history with bubble supplies and (shock horror) two of the same size swimming vest. For my twins.

Twats.

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DrPeppersPhD · 08/06/2019 22:34

In my early teens (14 or 15), my periods were very heavy, tended to gush and I would sometimes completely flood my pad and leak, so I took to carrying a spare pair of knickers with me. So this one time I'm in a waiting room sorting through my bag looking for something (probably my phone because I can never find that thing once I put it in my bag) and, you guessed it, I pull out the knickers (thankfully clean) and for some unknown reason just hold them up and stare at them for a good 30 seconds, then I realise a) what I'm doing and b) everyone is staring at me. I've also had numerous times I've forgotten to lock toilet doors, times my brain freezes halfway through a thought and I'm left looking like a moron (gotta love ADs) and the time I called my male lecturer mum. I'm just a bit of a liability Grin

SinkGirl · 08/06/2019 22:39

Oh I’m definitely a liability too (I almost amputated my own arm with a bathroom sink - waves to anyone who knows me, as I’m pretty sure that’s only happened to me!)

Glad it’s not just me!

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RiversDisguise · 08/06/2019 22:42

I sometimes lurk in the reddit group (can't post there as my reddit history is truly embarrassing). They are funny and nice; they just lampoon the ridiculousness here.

I am sure everyone realises you have twins... don't stress.

MummyParanoia101 · 08/06/2019 22:42

Johnson's baby shampoo, sugar & hot water are the best (called after mixing, obvs)

SinkGirl · 08/06/2019 22:51

They just annoy me - several months ago I had a really horrible experience with a “friend” who dumped me because one of my boys was diagnosed with ASD (shortly followed by the other twin). It deeply upset me (still does).

I posted about it here and they took the piss, made out I was full of shit etc. It was a horrible enough experience without it. To be fair some people who recognised my username stuck up for me.

Anyone who thinks I’m a weird twinless perve looking for tales of fisting is welcome to search my username and see I’m a very boring mum indeed I keep my fisting posts to another username

Just kidding 😂

Mummy I tried all those types of recipes already, but they weren’t really cutting it after I saw photos of the insanely giant bubbles people get when they step it to include more specific ingredients.

I love the science of it and I’m looking forward to experimenting. I’m a bit of a weird “go the whole hog” type of person - I fell in love with some cupcake designs once so I took some cake decorating classes and ended up running my own cake business and classes. I got into knitting, paper cutting and crochet under similar circumstances (deciding to learn rather than buy something premade). If this goes well I might be a professional bubbleologist by next summer (that would require industrial quantities of lube though, I guess!) 😂

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SinkGirl · 08/06/2019 22:52

can't post there as my reddit history is truly embarrassing

Okay, now I’m curious... 😂

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