Oh My GOD I’m so embarrassed!! Please tell me you’ve done something similar 😭

[Visitors]

Went to visit DH’s aunt and uncle earlier, we only see them once or twice a year. Lovely people but a little dry and very slightly eccentric.
We arrived, they opened the door, we were probably slightly too ebullient with the ‘hello’s’ and ‘lovely to see you’s’ and I went ahead to uncle and said

‘Ah and look at you with glittery jumper on!!’

They both looked at me really oddly and as soon as I said it I could see that actually the ‘glitter’ was an awful lot of dandruff on his dark jumper.

How I didn’t vomit with shame, I literally stopped breathing. Nothing was said but I genuinely felt weak as I followed them into the lounge.

I then spent the next hour with burning cheeks and desperately trying not to look at the dandruff on his jumper.

Please tell me you’ve done worse…I feel I’ll just thinking about it now 😥😢

"Hiiiiii.....you must be Brian's mum!"

"Actually, I'm his partner".

(tumbleweed)

Previous to this, I had been talking to Brian about him offering me a job. I didn't get the job.

@Visitors An online friend had a young daughter who was chronically/terminally ill. She showed me a pic of the family on a trip to the park.

I said about the girl (about 11) 'Oh I love her bracelet' only to realize it travelled up. It was some sort of tube attached to her face.

Not me but a bus driver to a young woman who was getting off at the hospital, "big day is it!?" It transpired that he thought she was pregnant and about to give birth. She was not.

In my head I was formulating a compliment about how my friend can wear anything and make it look amazing, what I actually said was 'look at you in your Tesco boots'

Went to a friend's housewarming, she'd bought a house to do up. My DH said "I bet you can't wait to get rid of the awful wallpaper in this room". Yes, it was the only room she had decorated.

@Row1n.Tescoboots😂

Cringing as I'm the one usually doing this
Meeting a work colleague at a BBQ and exclaiming "oh are these your grand children?" Nope. His kids.

I once said to a former teacher I bumped into ‘well enjoy the rest of your retirement.’ It was years ago but I still cringe as I may as well have said enjoy your time until you die.

I said to the Big Issue seller. You can go home now you've sold your last paper.
He said "If I had a F home, I wouldn't be F selling the F big F issue in the F street"
Why I then said "No need to swear!" I have no idea!

Cannot stop laughing at some of these

@Craftgirlx

Hilarious!!! This made me laugh so much.

I once told a guy in the pub, ‘you’re so drunk, you can’t even see straight!’ unaware that he actually had a very bad squint..

I physically shrank my when I read this

Hahaha, I always end up saying stuff like this!

First placement and someone called in sick because of a family sudden death.

I laughed, yeah yeah any excuse to get out of coming to work.

Wtf??

A mum at work looked about 6 month pregnant. Proper bump shape, not just excess baby weight. I asked when the next one was due. She wasn't pregnant!

@amusedbush

I’ve done the whole ‘wow, don’t you look fancy! Do you have a hot date? ’ thing and it turns out the person is going to a funeral… twice. To the same colleague a year apart.

I did this last week to a colleague, I was mortified, she was really upset as well.

OP you sound lovely btw.
I wouldn't have stopped there. I would have tried to back pedal out of it by mentioning the dandruff. Probably howling inappropriately with laughter, and then mentioning the dandruff again. Making up a story about dandruff and then recommending a shampoo.
You sound like you handled it very well.

I was 18 and meeting my boyfriend’s Family for the first time. His Aunt learned in to kiss me hello on me on the cheek, so I leaned in too and we kissed on the lips.

Awful.

Yep I had an even worse cringe moment today but too embarrassed to post it / don’t wanna be identified. But I share your cringe OP!

• leaned in !!

@MissCruellaDeVil

Oh no it’s so awful, I still feel sweaty and panicked just thinking about it!

My brother is in the army and I went to see his new (army) house. His wife was always moaning about the state of army houses and when I saw the furniture, I agreed and voiced my opinion, thinking it would be a good topic of conversation (we don't get on that well!)

Yes you guessed it...furniture was the only thing in the house they had actually chosen! We don't get on much better now funnily enough...

There is just no worse feeling is there, when you’ve already put your foot in it and can’t get out of the situation 😂

@Parusmajor 🤣🤣

@Invisimamma

My colleague was looking at another colleagues wedding photo on her desk and said 'oh how lovely, your dad looks really sweet in that photo'... It wasn't her dad, it was the groom.

Oh god I've done this. Colleague I didn't know well married a man 30 years older than her.I had never met him and didn't know her very well. Wedding photos being shown around ...Oh you look lovely walking into the registry office with your dad. He looks so proud.Nope that was a picture of her and her new husband walking out of the registry office as newly weds. I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me whole.

@OakPine

I said to the Big Issue seller. You can go home now you've sold your last paper. He said "If I had a F home, I wouldn't be F selling the F big F issue in the F street" Why I then said "No need to swear!" I have no idea!

To be fair, not everyone selling the Big Issue is homeless!