What's a silly thing you get embarrassed by?

[newmama2023]

For me. One thing is when my window wipers are going full pelt but the rain has nearly stopped. I dont know why. I just get embarrassed by it. It happened earlier and thought id see if other people have these silly moments too.

Another one i can think of, is going into a small independent shop and not buying anything

I agree to a few already mentioned.

I hate walking past street singers because I find it so utterly embarrassing- to me personally- not on their behalves because I think they’re crap singers or anything. The embarrassment is worse if 1) there is clearly no one interested in it and everyone else is like me, walking in a swerve to avoid them 2) the song is a slow, emotional, longing type ballad 3) the song is an upbeat, jaunty one (in case I accidentally adjust my walk in time to it)

When a car goes past and it’s blaring out rap or hip hop. I don’t even know why…it just makes me feel not very streetwise and like I’m being uptight and old by actively ignoring it

Hearing my name being called or said

This next one is really unfortunate because it’s unavoidable: my speaking voice. Like I’ll be saying something and I’ll think ‘ew you loser you sound proper annoying just wrap up what you’re saying ffs’

Thanks for sharing the vid, it’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in ages 😂

Omg me too. I catch myself glancing furtively around to see if I can spot who I’m waiting for so the excruciation would soon end…only to then be paranoid at myself for seeming extra solicitation-y OR in case someone sees and thinks, ‘aww look at that poor cow looking hopefully around for whoever she is waiting for and they are not there yet’ 😂🫣

Buying panty liners embarrasses me - pads and tampons I’m fine with but I cringe with panty liners 🤣 I think it’s the name!?

Pressing "No gratuity" on the handheld card machine in a hungry horse pub or similar.

Loads of these! I always say ‘Thank you!’ as I leave the small independent shop without buying anything which makes it even more embarrassing!

I posted this in a different thread some years ago, and under a different user name. Not about me, but my incredibly shy and diffident uncle. If he was gardening and he saw people approaching in the street, he would go indoors until they passed.

But the thing that always stuck in my mind is that he went to the cinema once, took off his brand-new trench coat and folded it over the back of the seat in front. A couple came along that row - the row in front of him - and the woman sat down in the seat where his coat was folded. By the time he noticed it was too late and she had put her head back and somehow got her hair caught in the buttons. He could see her trying to get her hair loose and he was so mortified that he just got up and left the cinema!

Also same!

When I used to walk to primary school past houses I was always self-conscious that people were looking at me out of their windows.

This made me laugh , I know exactly what you mean - also having long conversations with people in full public view instead of using Messenger. So embarrassed when they pop up as memories that I delete them quickly and hope they haven’t shown up on anyone else’s page !!

When people use the words ‘portion’ and ‘meal’.

Or “enjoying”
Even worse when it’s combined in a FB post. Like “Enjoying a meal at (wherever)”.
No. Just no. Don’t do it, it makes me wither and die inside for them.

This, but when it’s someone you’re not expecting to run into. Where do you look? What do you do with your face? Are you meant to look surprised to see them when you first spot them and continue looking surprised until you’re standing next to each other, or wait until you get a bit closer?! It’s horrific and it lasts for ages.

I said this a bit further up the thread about bumping into someone then seeing them again in the same shop. And I hide too 🤣

🤣🤣🤣 @Blogswife thanks for reminding me of the long, definitely cringe, public conversations 😭🤣 now to try to block that new trauma out!... and yes, same, delete with immediate effect of viewing! Glad I'm rarely on it these days, but the days that I do go on... I don't appreciate the insult, the soul destroying offence of showing me what I said in the past ... 😑😁

Same! Mortifyingly embarrassing.

I feel a bit embarrassed eating in the street. My parents were brought up to think it was the height of bad manners so I feel a bit furtive if I ever have to grab a quick snack when out and about. I usually sit on a a bench to make it less bad!

My parents didn’t like people eating outside on the streets. They also disliked ‘take aways. ‘
I was 20 plus before trying a take out or any ‘ foreign ‘ food. Drinking tea ( indoors ) was fine though .. oddly enough. Lol

Omg yes! It feels like about a week till you get close enough to say anything, it's like one of those slow motion movie scenes 😂

This!!

🤣🤣

When I was at school, it was always a bit cringe seeing teachers on a non school day. Being in quite a small town, with a fair few of them living locally, it did happen quite a bit.

I don’t like eating in front of people, either.

Many’s the time that I’ve come home from a party absolutely starving.

At work, every so often, we’d go out for pizza on payday.
I’d go, but just have something to drink (like a lemonade). One of the managers spoke to me quietly and said he’d treat me to lunch, bless him.
I had to explain to him that it was just me being weird.

The only way I can describe it is like when you see a baby giraffe having a drink from a river. It has to bend its back to a ridiculous degree, with its legs splayed out, and it’s incredibly vulnerable.

And that’s why i hate eating in front of people.

Yeah testing the wine!
I’m trying not to laugh and thinking just give me the fecking wine!

Possibly my favourite MN post ever!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I love round things. They make me smile.