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Embarrassing moment 😳

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ConnieHeart · 11/05/2026 20:45

Went to a wedding yesterday of OH's nephew. Lots of his distant family in attendance that we hadn't seen for ages. As we were leaving I said goodbye to my SIL's BIL. I wasn't sure exactly how to do it as I don't know him very well so I put my hand out & he shook it(!) & I kind of leaned in for a hug (as I'd hugged his wife goodbye) but it didn't quite work out as he's really tall & I ended up just putting my cheek on the jacket of his lapel and just staying there for a few seconds as I didn't really know how to finish the very awkward move. I then stood back up straight and mumbled "goodbye". There should be a rulebook for how to say goodbye to people you like but don't know very well 🤣

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Mylittlepea · 17/05/2026 08:19

BasiliskStare · 11/05/2026 22:10

Over 30 years ago before I was married I goosed DH as he was browsing cards in the gift shop of the Amberley Open Air Chalk Museum. Except it was another chap in a blue shirt and chinos as I realised when I looked round and (now) Dh was watching me over the top of the pottery cottage display. I fled.

🤣 is it just me that had to google ‘goosing’ ? 🥸
so funny

NannaKaren · 17/05/2026 08:20

ShakyBake · 11/05/2026 21:44

Once offered to push an old women down a steep slope (wheelchair) as her husband was struggling and both rubber handles came off and I couldn't catch her despite running and she smashed into a removals van.

…this has started off my Sunday with tearful hysterics 🫣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
thank you 😊

thinkingofachange · 17/05/2026 08:25

Idontcareboutthestateofmyhair · 14/05/2026 11:10

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 why did you kiss him though?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

sounds like he really was 😇

twoboystwodogs · 17/05/2026 08:31

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Marcipex · 17/05/2026 08:40

BasiliskStare · 11/05/2026 22:10

Over 30 years ago before I was married I goosed DH as he was browsing cards in the gift shop of the Amberley Open Air Chalk Museum. Except it was another chap in a blue shirt and chinos as I realised when I looked round and (now) Dh was watching me over the top of the pottery cottage display. I fled.

Oh god I am laughing out loud
Was it David Attenborough?

poppingcandygirl · 17/05/2026 08:47

on a Saturday night I met a woman in the toilet she was crying because her boyfriend dumped her and she hates her job and then started crying because my cat had died and saying how I had a job interview on Monday for a shit job that I don’t want.

Monday monring I went for the interview for the shit job and she was my interviewer. I got the job but politely declined the offer 🤣

ThatBlackCat · 17/05/2026 08:49

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Why wasn't it on a lead? In Australia when outside of your property your dog must be on a lead at all times, unless it's a dog park. That child could have had a dog phobia or people could have dog allergies etc. Dogs should not be free to just bound up to people.

twoboystwodogs · 17/05/2026 09:03

ThatBlackCat · 17/05/2026 08:49

Why wasn't it on a lead? In Australia when outside of your property your dog must be on a lead at all times, unless it's a dog park. That child could have had a dog phobia or people could have dog allergies etc. Dogs should not be free to just bound up to people.

In the UK dogs don't need to be on a lead. The beach was basically empty. I know all you've said is true, but really did you have to come on here and say that

XelaM · 17/05/2026 09:07

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That's hilarious 🤣 ❤️

twoboystwodogs · 17/05/2026 09:45

XelaM · 17/05/2026 09:07

That's hilarious 🤣 ❤️

Thank you, although I've had the post removed as clearly people weren't going to see the light hearted nature way id post about an event 20 years ago, but that i was no way diminish my responsibilities as a dog owner etc etc. Sometimes life is too short of MNers 😂😘

PrettyPickle · 17/05/2026 12:05

When the grandkids were young and we were in the car, we went down a particular road regularly past KFC and then a Chinese Takeaway called Wookie. The game was for the first one to sing out loud at the top of your voice KFC, KFC, KFC WOOKIEEEEEE and the last one to join in was the loser. I invariably lost. We moved so didn't go past there anymore.

I got a new job, and I got a lift in but for the first time in a long time, I got a bus home which went down this road. It was rush hour and it was standing room only. I looked up just as we were approaching the KFC, and bellowed out at the top of my voice KFC, KFC, KFC WOOKIEEEEEE....old habits die hard. Everyone stopped turned around and grinned at me, I was mortified and just shrugged my shoulders and said loudly, sorry it had to be done. My new boss was on the bus. Everytime he saw me the next day he grinned but said nothing and I just smiled and shrugged because I didn't know what to say,

Roll forward two days later, same time, same bus, mainly the same people I slunk on the bus, collar up and hat pulled down, there was a woman with three kids on the bus, approaching KFC they all turned around, looked at me and bellowed out KFC, KFC, KFC WOOKIEEEEEE and 4 people including the bus driver joined in.

I cracked out laughing!

PrettyPickle · 17/05/2026 12:19

Iwiicit · 12/05/2026 07:20

This reminds me of the time I asked where the Durex paint was in B and Q.

My mate used to call her daido rail, a dildo rail. I never corrected her as it made me smile.

CookieDoughJoe · 17/05/2026 12:46

I was going home from work when I saw a small carton of coconut water on the pavement. I stood on it so that the last bit could trickle out and I could put it in a bin. Only it was near full and it shot out with so much force that it went all up the back of a man walking in front of me(He didn’t notice) and without exaggeration it went 20 + feet up the side of the flats next to me and all over their window.

shinny · 17/05/2026 13:53

Havent laughed so much at a thread in ages - absolutely fantastic. Thanks so much

mambojambodothetango · 17/05/2026 18:47

Too late to the party I'm sure but mine was when I was commuting from London at the newly-opened St Pancras Station. It was so new the floors were still shiny and a tad slippery. I came running down the escalator to the platform, changed direction to aim for the right end of the train, hadn't bargained for the all-new slippery floor, felt myself skidding at speed towards the floor, grabbed the nearest object I could to steady myself - it was the hood of a pink coat of a toddler waiting innocently on the platform. I brought her down with me, crashing to the floor. I was SO apologetic, even missing the departing train with my attempts at amending the situation with her horrified parents. It remains the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me - even counting the time my Dad walked in on me and my teen bf having sex 😳

Iamblossom · 17/05/2026 18:55

ShakyBake · 11/05/2026 21:44

Once offered to push an old women down a steep slope (wheelchair) as her husband was struggling and both rubber handles came off and I couldn't catch her despite running and she smashed into a removals van.

I have just wet myself laughing at this. Read it out to DH who also started laughing and then agreed it was totally plausible as his rubber handles used to come off his bike when he was a kid, then he mimed it happening. Hilarious, thankyou 😂

XelaM · 17/05/2026 19:29

mambojambodothetango · 17/05/2026 18:47

Too late to the party I'm sure but mine was when I was commuting from London at the newly-opened St Pancras Station. It was so new the floors were still shiny and a tad slippery. I came running down the escalator to the platform, changed direction to aim for the right end of the train, hadn't bargained for the all-new slippery floor, felt myself skidding at speed towards the floor, grabbed the nearest object I could to steady myself - it was the hood of a pink coat of a toddler waiting innocently on the platform. I brought her down with me, crashing to the floor. I was SO apologetic, even missing the departing train with my attempts at amending the situation with her horrified parents. It remains the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me - even counting the time my Dad walked in on me and my teen bf having sex 😳

I can so picture this 😂

MrsLFii · 17/05/2026 19:31

mambojambodothetango · 17/05/2026 18:47

Too late to the party I'm sure but mine was when I was commuting from London at the newly-opened St Pancras Station. It was so new the floors were still shiny and a tad slippery. I came running down the escalator to the platform, changed direction to aim for the right end of the train, hadn't bargained for the all-new slippery floor, felt myself skidding at speed towards the floor, grabbed the nearest object I could to steady myself - it was the hood of a pink coat of a toddler waiting innocently on the platform. I brought her down with me, crashing to the floor. I was SO apologetic, even missing the departing train with my attempts at amending the situation with her horrified parents. It remains the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me - even counting the time my Dad walked in on me and my teen bf having sex 😳

Noooooo 😭 😂

Zocola · 18/05/2026 04:09

Yellowpapersun · 12/05/2026 01:19

I was on a boat trip and the water was quite rough. I was on deck watching some dolphins and then decided to go down into the nice warm saloon. As I let go of the bar to cross to the steps, the boat lurched and I was flung across the deck and ended up running the full length. Halfway down I rugby tackled a man and pushed him on to the steps and I finished up on top of him. He looked absolutely terrified, he was only about 30 and he was trapped underneath a 60+ woman with her arms and legs flailing. I have never, ever been so embarrassed.

This killed me! I could envisage the whole thing 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 cracking up laughing in bed at 04:08 am.

Zocola · 18/05/2026 04:32

ilovepixie · 12/05/2026 10:58

Was in a swimming pool with a wave function. The waves pushed me along and I mounted a middle aged man’s back! I couldn’t get off and the look of horror on his face when he turned to look at me!

Noohoo 🤣 😂 🤣 😂

AnnoyedAsAllHeck · 18/05/2026 08:05

Dollymylove · 11/05/2026 22:18

So sorry but this one is making me laugh as well. I really am going to hell 👿

Maybe we can be roommates there?
I am laughing so hard that I am afraid of waking the house. Well, the occupants. I had the house exorcised so it's quiet now.

Deboragh · 18/05/2026 15:18

UnctuousUnicorns · 12/05/2026 15:53

FFS stop thinking that because you know someone in a wheelchair, you can speak for someone in a wheelchair. You can't. 🙄

Oh, and folks, learn the difference between actors and stunt people and staged scenes in film or television, and real life.

You need to learn about context. Give your head a wobble

Nerdynerdynerd · 19/05/2026 00:11

Me and my DH jokingly refer to daffodils as "daffa-dildos" just... because...

Was out on a play date with my DC and a mum and her 2 DC that we'd never been out with before but arranged the outing as both our wee ones were starting the same school. Making polite small talk and then, despite always managing to call them daffodils in front of my DC, I said "look at the lovely daffa-dildos" 🫠 kids took no notice but she couldn't have not heard me, mortified 🙈

UnctuousUnicorns · 19/05/2026 10:32

Deboragh · 18/05/2026 15:18

You need to learn about context. Give your head a wobble

😅

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