To start a thread on embarrassing emotional outbursts. (LIGHTHEARTED)

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I'm not really a big cryer, so when I do end up crying it is over something absolutely ridiculous.

My favourite - A few years ago, I had been craving pie,chips, and mushy peas from my normal chippy. It had been closed for a while and had finally reopened. Bingo I can have a chippy tea. So off DH goes to get our tea and I ask for the mushy peas separately from the pie and chips. He comes back and as I'm unwrapping everything in an excited manner, my world came crashing down. They'd pour peas over my pie and chips. My DH walked into me sobbing over the food in kitchen because it was ruined now they had poured peas over it🙈😳

The recent one and the reason behind this post. We had popped round too PILs, ended up watching emmerdale. And I absolutely blubbed like a baby when the character died in the factory fire. My FIL looked at me like this and went "Kung you do know this isn't real and the character isn't dead in real life"

In between sobs I managed to choke out " I know. But it's just a soooo sad" all whilst MIL is patting my hand in a there there manner, and PIL is side eyeing me and looking at my DH then back at me.

My worst one was at work when I was quite heavily pregnant. There was a nasty situation brewing between some colleagues and without going into too much detail, I got dragged into it by my boss although I hadn’t initially had any involvement. The HR person then made a massive cockup of it, and decided that this was our team’s fault, hailed three of us into her office and started having a go at us. Until I just burst into sobs It was horrendous. The whole thing was a complete clusterfuck, which was swept under the carpet (although fortunately with no further repercussions).

I didn’t go back there after mat leave, unsurprisingly enough!

My other one, also during pregnancy, was when I couldn’t find a bath panel I wanted on the internet.... pregnancy was a very emotional time for me generally

My most spectacular public meltdown was in 1998.

After unsuccessfully ttc for 15yrs and a further 2yrs successfully redirecting our lives and being very happy with it, I found out I was pregnant. 3 months later we were in a spectacular Spanish Parador having a beautiful dinner and I fancied a small glass of red wine, DH said "are you sure" and I burst into fully noisy, snotty tears saying I didn't want to be pregnant, I was too old, why now when I wasn't ready, I really didn't want a baby... poor DH was mortified, but the lovely waiter brought a pile of napkins and poured me the wine 😂 The people on the next table were a bit taken aback and kept whispering and looking. Soooo embarrassing, especially the next morning at breakfast when more than one person asked me if I was ok.

Now I cry at all sorts of things such as adverts and school plays/concerts, even when my own children weren't in them!

I was pregnant with DC2, and really really wanted some crumpets.
Got the last 2 out of the pack, put them in the toaster. Then got distracted by something (probably DC1!), and by the time I smelled the burning, my poor crumpets were all but incinerated Cue and epic meltdown because they were the last 2, and the village shop was closed

I once cried when presented with an omelette. Vegetarians will understand.
I had eaten omelette for lunch and tea for around 3 days running on a residential course. There were no shops nearby, it was in the middle of nowhere and I had no access to food. And then I was presented with the omelette of doom. It had cheese in the middle.i hate cheese in omelettes!!!!!

Here's a few examples of what my DP has to put up with

1. The geese in town had babies and they were like a little family
2. The huge bunny at work fell off the rocking horse and looked sad
3. DP showed me a video of a kitten
4. DP bought me a rabbit Teddy called Ralph
5. DP made me my favourite pizza
6. I saw the compare the market advert (2 babies looking for sergei and Alexander)
7. It was raining and the geese/ducks in town looked so happy
8. I saw the penguin parade on Phillip Island (Australia) and the babies were so tiny
9. I thought about how the weasley twins and how George would feel after Fred died

10. I thought about a character in a book I read 10 years ago and how they would feel now, 10 years after the events of the book

These are just a few. I am an emotional wreck and cry on average 15 times a day!

My sons still tease me about my Christmas meltdown. It was a few years ago now - I tend to do most of the work for Christmas, and I know I tend to get quite stressed in the run-up - so I plan everything - so many lists and plans!

I always meal plan so I can be sure I have everything I need, and this goes double at Christmas, because no-one wants to be going to the shops for forgotten ingredients at Christmas.

This particular year, we had roast goose on Christmas Day, and my plan for the day after Boxing Day was to fry the leftover goose with an Asian style marinade. You don’t get a lot of meat on a goose - there is just about enough for two meals for the five of us so when I went to get the leftover goose, and found half of it missing, it meant there was nowhere near enough for dinner that night.

It turned out ds2 had had a delicious cold roast goose sandwich for his lunch - and I completely lost the plot! There was shouting, and tears, and snot - a total overreaction. Dh took me off into the front room and gave me a very big G&T, then scavenged through the fridge and found enough cold meat (gammon from Boxing Day) and salad to make a perfectly acceptable meal.

Years later, I can guarantee someone will mention how much they are looking forward to a nice cold roast goose sandwich - sarcastic buggers! It is just as well I love them!

My other really bad one was when I found out dh had thrown away my childhood teddy, when clearing out the loft - I burst into tears and made him drive me to the tip, to see if we could retrieve the bag, but no go - the crusher it was in had already gone.

I cried on and off for weeks. It was over 12 years ago, and I still feel a bit emotional about it.

oh god, I've done this many times.

I lost my cool over a missing tuppaware pot when I was pregnant with DD1. I really wanted beans on toast and this was the perfect baked-bean-warming-up tub.
I could find the lid, but not the pot and just wouldn't accept it was lost. I accused dh of hiding it and all sorts. I never did find it either.

Every summer, our town has a carnival and a parade with floats. It's a bit naff but everyone gets in the spirit and it has a lovely community feel. Every year I weep silent tears of joy as it passes. Seeing everyone dressed up and dancing, and how much DDs love it makes me really emotional.

Also, I watched Rhod Gilbert put a dog to sleep on a series he did years ago and I still cry about it now if I'm feeling particularly emotional.

For me, one I'll always remember is bawling my eyes out in Burger King because they didn't put gherkins on my burger! It was sooo bad "but I just wanted gheeeeeeerrrrrkkkiiinnnssss!!!" followed by huge sobbing! Poor dh didn't know what to do and everyone was staring! I was about 8 months pregnant with ds, boy did I want them gherkins!

Another a few years ago while dd was in full meltdown in a shopping centre, a couple of years before diagnosis and no one besides me would accept there was something wrong so I was dealing with everything on my own, dd was screaming and trying to run away so I was literally rolling around on the floor with her trying to keep her safe and comfort her, it got louder and louder and was lasting so long, comments from passers by "that child just needs a good slap!" I just slumped on the floor alongside dd and we both just sobbed together, I had to call my mum to come and help me.

Once in the middle of Sainsbury's I broke down when DH suggested we buy blackberry jam rather than bramble jelly. He hadn't even picked up the jar, put it in the trolley or paid for it - he merely suggested it as an option. I was indeed pregnant.

There was also an incident at a family meal where the service and food was so awful. For once the kids weren't behaving like complete dicks and it felt like a real step forward - but out of 6 meals 2 weren't what was ordered and 2 were what we ordered but were really shit and inedible. And the waitress didn't give a shit so I had to cry in the car park.

My husband's best friend sends me animal cartoons that I imagine most people think are cute and funny (like this: www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/147141112800518027/)

I do not find them cute or funny. They always make me cry, I just find it them extremely sad. My husband actually asked him to stop after I rang him sobbing and saying 'the penguin can't wear jeans'.

I do appreciate this is absolutely ridiculous.

A cute little dog had gone missing, it was on my FB page, there was a group for him so I joined and shared the post.

Next day I looked and he had been found. The tears were streaming down my face.

The Repair Shop is a dangerous one for me. And LLFamily.
I cried last week because we had to change GPs

The time DH ordered food in the local Bosco lounge. I wanted the pancakes with maple sauce and bacon with a side of fries.
Yes, I was pregnant.
He forgot to order the fries. I spent the whole meal wanting to sob or stab him in the eye with my fork.
Then there was the time when we were fairly newly going out and he got some fish and chips. Said yes to salt and vinegar, forgetting I hate vinegar. I got four bites in, found it totally inedible and cried.
I was very tired that day.

I did cry at ds2's buddy assembly. All the reception kids are given a year 6 buddy. Ds2 was a bit overwhelmed and his buddy was being so kind and gentle. Then they all sang "You've got a friend in me."
Half the room was in tears after that.

And I had a pretty epic one in the city centre last summer but to be honest I think it was pretty justified
My DH is military and had been gone for around a month of a 5 month long deployment. DCs were 2 & 3 at the time. Went shopping with my mum and DCs, and they had tantrum after tantrum after tantrum.....and I just lost it. Started crying in the middle of the park, wailing at my mum: “I CAN’T DO THIS ON MY OOOOWWWWWN!!” DH had only been gone a month
But my mum being the pragmatic, problem-solver that she is, took the DCs to the playground, handed me her handbag and said “Go sit on that bench, have a cry and you’ll be fine....just don’t smoke all of my cigarettes!”
She was right. I was the crazy lady crying on a park bench, chain smoking, but I felt much better afterwards!

@Weird I cry every time at the horses advert (other banks are available...!)

I sobbed when I woke up from a nap, when ds3 was only 3 or 4 days old, to find out that the midwife had called to see me, and dh had sent her away because I was asleep. I didn’t have any worries I needed to talk to her about - there was no reason whatsoever for me to need to see her - but I was beyond devastated when he told me she’d been and gone.

I blame the hormones, the baby blues and tiredness.

Not an “emotional” outburst but my brain broke at the McDonald’s drive through last week and I asked the server if he was ok as he seemed down, he said he was but in a way which implied he wasn’t. I wanted to do a trench sort of “boff” face and ended up just sticking my tongue out and blowing it at him in a “nah nah poo poo” manner. Then sped off in embarrassment. What the hell was that, brain?

I love how a lot of these involve food! I've found my people.

I think I'd cry if DH thrown my childhood teddy bear out aswell.

These stories are awesome can't help but have a chuckle.

YANBU
I am not a cryer. Even as a child I didnt cry, to the point my Dm was worried that I might have issues

Anyway, I ordered on online Asda delivery everything was fine, no replacements or cancelled items.
Delivery came, delivery man told me "so sorry, they forgot to put the diet coke in the van. I've refunded it back to your account"

I dont know what came over me, I just started crying and couldnt stop. In my head I was "for the love of God woman, what are you doing???!!!".
It really wasnt a problem, I could have jumped in the car and gone and got some, but for some reason it became life or death

When I was about 14 my Mum sold my old dolls pram - I howled - yes the dolls pram I hadn't used for ag least 8 years and which I didn't even remember still having - it was buried it the shed - in between snotty crying I said - "but I might use it one day'

I was 40 weeks pregnant with a bump measuring far beyond that as I had tons of fluid. I was so uncomfortable with awful gas pains and I farted to try and relieve some of the pains but the first fart was beyond pathetic and I couldn't push a decent one out. DH still rolls around laughing when he tells the story of the time I was crying then desperately straining, eyes bulging to fart, then crying again.... it was tragic.

DS3's primary school leaving assembly. He had only been in the school for yrs 5&6 so I wasn't overly invested in the children etc. But Ds had been really happy and had a lovely close knit year group (small school only 11 in yr6) Well some of them started crying when they sang a version of the Ed Sheran song about getting together with old school friends. Then they sang to their teacher (who was going off on maternity leave) the song that Tom Fletcher wrote for his wife when she was expecting their first baby. I also had a 9 month old baby. I was sobbing. It was highly embarrassing - it wasn't like he'd been their since he was 4 or that I hadn't had children leave Primary school before!!

This thread is great.
When I was pregnant with my first, after dragging my mum shopping for hours on end and going past at least 5 Mc Donald’s we got home only for me to declare I NEEDED Mc D’s chips. Mum laughed and told me she wasn’t going anywhere. Cue hysterical crying because I NEEDED the chips and she was really insensitive for not understanding how important it was to listen to my cravings. My dear mum went straight back out and got me the chips. She then told me it was because her mum was dead when she was pregnant so couldn’t do it for her. Cue hysterical crying about how lucky I am to have the best mum. I was such a brat 😂🙈