Things that you still cringe about...despite the fact that it was decades ago with people you no longer know..

[JandLandG]

This came into my head as a fun/silly/light-hearted idea to chat about bc I reasonably regularly do this...

I thought I'd start things off with a typical example...but now I can't bloody think of one!

I'll be back...but for now...anyone fancy sharing...?

I was on a night out and saw a bloke that had slept with my cousin and ghosted her. I was drunk and decided to tell him what I thought of him. I asked if he knew my cousin. He confirmed that, yes, he did. I then went into a rant about how he didn't deserve her. He looked at me like I was mad. I walked off pretty pleased with myself, I'd told him after all. Until the next day. When I thought about the night before and realised he was someone from my year in school. They just looked alike, and being drunk, I'd mistaken him for the other bloke. The bloke I did "tell off" had actually cheated on another girl from our year, so he deserved it. But I do still cringe about it, some 16 years later.

When i was 17 I went to a local water park with some friends. I went in ,
'THE BOWL' .... you know, the one where you go full throttle down a slide and drop into a big see through fish bowl at the end and everyone can watch.... well as I resurfaced I noticed that with the force, my bikini top had come up and my bottoms had come down .....as if that wasnt bad enough ... about 5
3 years later I was waiting for a bus and saw 2 younger (not much younger) guys looking at me.... one comes over and says 'youre the one who was naked in the fish bowl' .... God i wanted to die!! I still feel so embarrassed about it now.

This one wins 😂

Marv! I'm actually in the room with you.

I was staying with my good friend and her elderly dad who lived nearby popped in to say hello. I’d met him several times before so knew him quite well. As he came in he was talking about something and gesturing with his hands. I for some reason took this as he wanted to shake hands with me. He clearly didn’t, but I carried on and for some reason took hold of his index finger and shook it. He looked at me as if I was mental, and we just ignored it. I still burn with shame thinking about it - he died recently and it still hasn’t reduced the shame!

Moons ago,when I was about 15,my parents dragged us to the seaside
There where my parents,aunts,uncles, brothers,cousins,brothers friends and my bestie
We broke up into two groups-so I was with my brother's,their mates,cousins and my friend
For some reason one of my bros got into a bit of a strop and sat down on a bench,mid sulk while bestie and I went into a shop
We came back out and I turned to motion that we where going to a shop a bit further up the hill
There was a group of massively fit lads sat on the next bench watching us
I turned around and went smack into a lamppost
I've never heard laughter like it

Another time I was with the same bestie (years later) and in front of us was a ramp next to some steps
I was that busy rubbernecking,trying to see if some bloke over the road was my ex and his cousin,I didn't see the ramp and fell,face first down it-skirt up round my neck and granny pants on display
Bestie was too busy laughing to help me up
And it wasn't even my ex-it was some random bloke who turned as I fell and saw the lot

I was once walking through my home towns city centre
Some bloke walked right into a bollard-it must have caught his bollocks as he jackknifed in agony
I was that busy trying to see if he was OK (i was quite a way away) that I walked into superdrugs shop window

I shouldn't be allowed out by myself

Yes, to the horror of one or two maiden ladies and unmarried older chaps (civil service)! My jaw clanged down and I think I must have cursed myself as all the men I have been in a relationship since haven't heard of it either

My husband is 6"5, I am 5"2 - we don't dance and were made to at our wedding. Looks......odd. We hadn't planned a dance as didn't want to do one so had no song planned - ended up with some random tune that meant nothing to us and I can't even remember.

I bet people thought we were strange and I still cringe.

the things that make me cringe from years ago are generally not funny or light hearted! I wish I could remember more funny embarrassing things than the stuff that fills me with shame years on

Scored a guy from college one night and stayed in his house. He dropped me home the next morning & I couldn't wait to get out of the car. As soon as he pulled in I opened the door and went to jump out with the seatbelt still attached & it jerked me back to my seat!

Also went sleepwalking naked in a boyfriends house, went into his brothers room, pulled off his duvet, took off his socks & put them on my feet & went back to bed with boyfriend. Couldn't figure where the socks had come from the next morning

Just the way I used to dress (teen in 90's) and I used to draw flowers on my face with eyeliner then put glitter on top.

I saw Johnny Hates Jazz on Top of the Pops back in the eighties. The singer was dancing away from the microphone when he suddenly realised he had to dash back to mime 'oh yeah' in the middle of the instrumental bit.

The second hand embarrassment lives in my muscle memory. My toes are curled tight just typing this.

my friend has one I love - her and her partner went to a wedding in the countryside, and his parents lived nearby so came to pick them up at the end. My friend was v drunk and spent the whole car ride going to his mum “why don’t you like me Carol?? You can admit it, it’s fine, but what is it about me that you don’t like?? Go on, tell me!!” While his mum tried to insist that she did like her… Apparently breakfast the next day was excruciating

I was invited to write an answer on the board, once I'd done it, the terrifying male teacher put his hand out clearly gesturing he wanted the chalk back but for some reason in front of the entire class I held his hand Instead. Think the embarrassment will haunt me forever.

More recently, I teach in a college, I bent down and when I stood up my lanyard got caught on my dress lifting it up at the front so I basically flashed them. Luckily I had tights on so nothing to see thank god!

I wrote a poem/ditty/whatever moronic thing it was about 'quality' and gave it to my boss for his meeting because I wanted to attend the audit training with British Standards auditors. It was about 8 verses long and I can't bear to think of it but it worked. The training made me realise what a nonsense it was and I did an abrupt U-turn with my career.

I still cringe to this day and can remember the godawful crap I wrote... I would really like a 'forgetting pill', that one would be my first to go!

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Gave valentines card to my science teacher
Delivered it by hand to his classroom
I was in Year 11
I dont know what i was thinking

I remember seeing him years later and im sure he recognised me
I cringed hard remembering what an idiot i was

The least-outing ones.

At a wedding and didn't really understand the receiving line, got nervous and kissed brides dad on the lips

At a funeral of a friend and again didn't understand the receiving line and said "lovely to meet you" to the grieving husband rather than anything about being sorry for his loss

Got caught in a VERY compromising position with a work colleague by new boss.

Joined another company years later. Yes you guessed it, new colleague recognised me from working at company of previous story. I'm still there and he isn't and thankfully the story has finally died out.

Accidentally attended the wrong wedding

Edited to add....
On holiday I was in a shop and another woman was in my way so I did that dance you do to move past each other. Then realised she was wearing a very similar dress to me. Then realised it was me and I was dancing with and talking to a mirror when the staff were pissing themselves laughing. I was sober. I blame the heat.

I honestly think everyone has done this. Including me.

About ten years ago I was living in my final houseshare not long before moving in with my now husband. All my housemates were lovely but quite a bit younger than me — older millennials and I’m young Gen X. One of the blokes and I found ourselves agreeing on a conversational point and he raised his hand so I high-fived it. Too late I realised he’d been going for a fist bump so I just kind of awkwardly slapped at his closed fist. He politely tried not to laugh which made it worse. And then we both sort of stared at the ground and acted like nothing had happened.

Back in the 80s I was a big Madonna fan, in her Holiday and Lucky Star days. I think I was about 15 and planned to meet my friend outside Charing Cross Station. Dressed in my black rara skirt and lacy tights I thought I looked great. Until a very sleazy man approached and asked me “how much?”. It was mortifying. I didn’t tell my friend but felt slightly uncomfortable all day.

I went swimming with some school friends when I was 14/15. A guy I really liked at the time was there - he didn't mix with my friendship group often so it was a rare opportunity.

I wore a white bikini. I didn't realise until afterwards how see through it had gone

Years ago at a street party the mums had a race and all the husbands and children were watching. I had an empire line summer dress on, bra less and flip flops. I was so determined to win I got tangled up in my flip flops and fell arse over tit. Got up fairly mortified to realise my boobs were hanging out the top of my dress for all the street to admire!
Another time walked through town in my lunch hour with a friend, got back to work to find I'd started my period and the back of my light coloured skirt was bloody.
Wore a cute little dress with a peplum, sort of crepey material - on a rainy night out in Hayling Island jumped through a puddle on our way to the Chinese restaurant with 5 other couples, got into the light of the restaurant to find the water had not just soaked the front of my dress but had also shrunk it up to my tush, much to the amusement of the rest of the diners.
I could go on....

i was about 27, old enough to know better, working with a teacher in her early 50s, slim build, massive tummy, I said ‘oh when is it due’, FFS. Never again.

Had been frequenting the same hair salon for around 8 years or so, the owner of the place was a friendly guy who was polite but kept a good professional boundary. On arriving one visit he said hi, I said hi back, I took my jacket off and he put his hand out to me. I shook his hand awkwardly and for some reason absurdly slowly? That's when it dawned on me he was being polite and offering to take my jacket to hang it up.

Meeting a friend's new partner for the first time he reached past me to pick up his drink, I misread that one too. I thought he was going for a hug and just hugged him back. Nope! Just me misreading social cues again!

And the worst- FB stalking a different friend's Tinder date (who she hasn't actually met in person yet) and I managed to tag myself in his profile photo of him and his Nan! I have so many other cringe moments but those are the ones I can think of that aren't too outing at least!