When you have completely and utterly put your foot in it...

[NuttyMagnum]

The other day I totally and utterly put my foot right in it and wanted the world to swallow me up.

Please help me to feel better, has the same happened to you?!

But you have to say what happened!

It's too mortifying!!!! 😂

And probably too identifying! 😂😁

Cant remember right now, will let you know when i cant sleep at 3am.

I did request to make a speech at a parents wedding when i was 18 and it was awful. Not quite what youre asking about but god that haunts me.

Depends what it is. If appropriate, a clear, completely unambiguous apology. If there's anything you can put right, put it right. Then try to move on.

So many times. Working in Amsterdam with an IT Manager who I'd met on numerous occasions, he told me he was going to Scotland on holiday. I jokingly said 'ooh, count your fingers after shaking hands with a Scot!' He held up a hand that was clearly missing 3 fingers and said 'I've met him'. Never noticed before. And yes, it was a gentle joke about the perceived miserlyness of the Scottish before you all kick off.

This happened over 40 years ago and I still cringe ... I worked with military veterans & one chap (had lost his leg in conflict - relevant) had a job interview, I wished him good luck and actually said 'just put your best foot forward' ..
fortunately he had a good laugh.

Sensing a theme...

Friend phoned me up out of the blue so we had a good chat and then she went all mysterious but excited and said "oh & I have some news!!" And of course I replied "well as long as you're not going to say you are pregnant!!"

Years ago, I bought a Big Issue from a guy outside Euston, he said fab that's my last one....I said, great you can go home now. Still remember how mortified I felt even now.

Good friend and I met up most days, often discussing her odious boyfriend who sponged off her and had no interest in her friends or family. She only ever said bad things about him.

Next time we meet I ask her "How's the dickhead? Have you finally gotten rid of him? Honestly you deserve so much better." Then she lifts her hand and shows me her engagement ring.

I once forgot that a member of my department was on Teams and said something rude about him. Absolutely mortifying. He’s a friend and my point was valid but it was awful. He forgave me thankfully.

Recently been absolutely slating a group of local noise - making fuckwits... Ds's new gf was visiting and the issue was brought up by ds...his new gf's dm is in the group of fuckwits.