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Strangest thing you have found embarrassing

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ElliotGoss · 20/01/2022 18:37

I was waiting for a friend with a bunch of flowers for her. I found this so embarrassing for some reason! Something about standing on a street with a bunch of flowers. I also find having a baby bump cringe!

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StorminaBcup · 24/01/2022 13:19

It makes me cringe when I can only see the top half of people’s faces (for example if the bottom half their face is obscured by a filing cabinet). I have no idea why Grin

Migrainesbythedozen · 24/01/2022 13:22

I hate people watching me eat. Even my best friend. I feel awkward, self conscious and embarrassed, I have hated it since I was a teenager.

Themorallycorrupt · 24/01/2022 13:22

Leaving a voicemail or sending a voice note. It sends me into this wild panic and I end up leaving a frenzied, waffling ramble where at some point I generally end up thanking myself.

RoseLavenderBlue · 24/01/2022 14:14

When you’re wanting to cross the road at a large junction and the traffic is already stopped and their light about to turn to green, and you’re not sure if you have pressed the button and you’re waiting for what seems an eternity for the traffic to move. Or you think maybe their light has changed to red and you don’t know it’s safe to cross and they’re all going to think your just standing there.

Years ago, I’d bought a couple of cars from a dealership and they used to send me flyers on various things, well once they sent me an invitation to come to an evening ‘do’ where they were serving food. I wasn’t confident about going on my own but thought, well they have invited me, I’m going to go! So I went there after work, and there was no one else there. I went in and helped myself to a bowl of chilli and strolled around trying to eat it as quickly as possible while trying to look interested in the brand new cars. It was excruciating.

Another time, I wanted to join a badminton club at my local sports centre. They got me to join in with three other members playing a game of doubles. I was so absolutely hopeless and missed the shuttlecock all the time, the other players were getting a bit annoyed that I was spoiling their game. At the end of the session I slunk away never to go again.

When my son was a toddler, we went to a cafe, which in itself was quite a big thing for me as you know, the whole ‘can I get the pushchair in, will there be any tables free’ scenarios going on. I ordered a jacket potato with tuna for him, and a bowl of soup for me. I don’t know why I thought he would need a standard sized portion and why I didn’t just share with him, but the food arrived and it was the biggest bowl of homemade leek and potato soup, with bread and the jacket potato had coleslaw and crisps with it. I was so mortified at the amount of food and tried my best to eat enough that I wasn’t wasting too much, I was so embarrassed at what the staff were thinking about me being so greedy.

winnieanddaisy · 24/01/2022 14:29

@EatAllDay . I was only 16 when my DU got married . He is only 8 years older than me , his DW 5 years older than me. She was only 21 at the time and she immediately started calling him Hubbie. It was so old fashioned then,1969, and it's even more old fashioned now . Can't bear it! They divorced after about 15 years so I haven't had to hear her say it for a very long time 😂

nansbigpants · 24/01/2022 14:35

I cringe with embarrassment whenever my DH kisses me in front of my parents. I feel like a young teenager being caught out kissing a boy. I don't mean a huge snog either, just a quick kiss goodbye etc. It's almost as bad if he hugs me in front of them. We are both mid 40s, have 2 DC and have been married for over 20 years.

amusedbush · 24/01/2022 14:38

When a bus is waiting at traffic lights and I have to walk past all the passengers sitting at the window.

Crossing the road at a green man when there are cars stopped beside me.

When a crowd is chanting or singing at an event and the chanting starts to fizzle out. So embarrassing.

People singing something like Happy Birthday or just a line from a song to clarify which song they mean, but trying really hard to sing well. I also get really embarrassed at the end of the Masked Singer when they sing their song again but without the mask on.

pinkyblues · 24/01/2022 14:41

Musicals in the theatre. I never knew where to put myself when they started singing. Hence after about 4 I never went again

Olinguito · 24/01/2022 14:41

I hate cleaning the car - we don't have a drive so it has to be done out in the street with buckets of water. I always imagine all the neighbours are watching and judging my cleaning technique. I particularly hate it when some wit walks past and says "can you clean my car next" as if they are the first person ever to think of such a great joke.

beaverdiego · 24/01/2022 14:41

So very many of these!!
I'm clearly a very awkward person 😂

Shikamiri · 24/01/2022 14:45

Any kind of attention focused on me. This is the main reason I would NEVER get married and why I dont tell people when its my birthday

Norgie · 24/01/2022 15:00

When you stumble, especially going up steps / stairs. Not a full on windmilling crashing to the ground scenario, just a stumble.

When you're chatting in a busy room and the chattering around you suddenly stops as you finish what you're saying, and everyone looks at you.

We all do it, but for some reason it's so embarrassing.

Flyinggeese1234 · 24/01/2022 15:02

When people say ‘can I get’ in cafes. It’s so obviously copied from American TV. Particularly bad if the person taking the order is older generation.

Yes to the supermarket ‘bumping into people’ thing. Excruciating.

People making ‘sex noises’ when they eat. It happens a lot on tv cooking shows when they try to convey how tasty something is. Agh!

scotlandb · 24/01/2022 15:08

Walking back having just bowled a ball - why is it so cringey!?

Absolutely when it's your last day at a job and everyone gathers round to say good bye - I literally die!

Any kind of small talk with in laws that you haven't seen for a while - cringe!!

Small talk over the phone when you're waiting for an email to come through and they've only just hit send but you want to discuss it!!

MaterialWorld · 24/01/2022 15:12

Wearing new trainers in public. Hate it even if I love them/ wearing them. Ridiculous!

Houseofvelour · 24/01/2022 15:19

Eating if no one else is. I genuinely feel mortified. It's ridiculous 😂

Norgie · 24/01/2022 15:21

@materialWorld Especially if they squeak or creak

Tomeeornottomee · 24/01/2022 15:23

I used to get embarrassed by other people’s haircuts 🙄 I remember meeting a boyfriend when I was about 16 and not being able to look him in the eye cos he’d been to the barbers!

HereIfYouNeedMe · 24/01/2022 15:24

@currering

Walking up to an all you can eat buffet holding my plate makes me feel embarrassed and greedy.
Hahaha omg yes!
Pandora64 · 24/01/2022 15:34

Dancing. Watching people dance. Unless they’re professionals and really good.

Big traditional weddings. There are so many cringeworthy moments.

As for dancing at weddings or watching dancing at weddings…oh dear Lord. I smile like everyone else at the first dance, but my toes are curling inside my shoes.

TheDoveFromAboveCooCoo · 24/01/2022 15:38

@Tomeeornottomee

I used to get embarrassed by other people’s haircuts 🙄 I remember meeting a boyfriend when I was about 16 and not being able to look him in the eye cos he’d been to the barbers!
Omg I do this with my husband!! Together for 14 years and I can't even look at him when he gets back from the barbers! WTF is that all about?
georgarina · 24/01/2022 16:30

@HeronLanyon you should just get a cut then - it's normally cheaper!

bakermummy21 · 24/01/2022 16:38

Walking with a tray of drinks & food in a cafe, feels like everyone watching and waiting for you to drop it !

blahblahx · 24/01/2022 16:44

Waiting for the kettle to boil 😂

CockneyDoris · 24/01/2022 16:53

Being unintentionally good at something (swimming in my case) but pretending you’re not to avoid attention… school swim classes still haunt me! Walking towards traffic coming at you… far too much flapping hair flapping boobs, treading in something nasty, missing your footing… hate it.
Idiot dog behaving like an idiot on walks and people looking on in pity as I hurtle along. Having your name called out… I’m a bit deaf so I either miss it or I’m hyper and will answer to everybody’s name! Having to tell people your name and using your little voice - but then having to repeat it louder. Telling people my phone number. Community clapping or singing, and the minutes silence… I’m overwrought worrying that my mouth will say something at the wrong moment😱
So so many…. My toes are squeezed just thinking of them!
Great thread, op!

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