CRINGE. Tales of teenage embarrassment to cheer me up...

[MissKittyFantastico84]

Hello MNers,

I'm currently on day three of a hospital stay and feeling pretty miserable about it so thought I'd start a thread to cheer me up.

Inspired by one of the things that make me laugh most - cringe moments from many years ago that you still feel, deep down in your very soul.

I'll go first so you know I'm not some lazy journo (nope, just a sick pissed off lady!) 🙂

NYE when I was about 19 - over at a guy's house I was sort of dating with a few of my and his mates. Let's call him Sam.

Sam gave us the tour of his house (lovely house), pointing out his mum's FAVOURITE african ornament that was on a shelf going up the stairs. How LOVELY!

Night was going well, all having fun. Me and my mate are in high spirits, being young and stupid, so for SOME REASON, start singing New York, New York by Sinatra and doing HIGH KICKS DOWN THE STAIRS.

Needless to say, I booted Sam's mum's favourite african ornament a good few feet in the air. It's head came off.

Did I own up? Did I bollocks. I 'hid' the statues head behind the statue, somehow hoping NO ONE WOULD NOTICE?

No one did, until the next morning.

We did not continue dating.

SO PLEASE - cheer me up. Tell me your shame from those oh so delicate and formative years!

xx

Period starting during the night while staying at German exchange girl’s house. That was bad enough, but the very old-fashioned Mutti had it firmly fixed in her head that bathing or washing your hair at such a time was verboten.

I had to be a lot more resolute than was my norm at 16 and reply to her worried, ’Kannst du baden?’ with a very firm, ‘Yes, I always do at home,’ - and wished I had the nerve to tell her such ideas were positively medieval!
I had already seen the younger daughter in almost hysterical tears because she wasn’t allowed to wash her hair during her period.

I've seen some real new york new york induced injuries in my time.

I used to have very early uni lectures that I had to travel to by bus. Once yesterday's knickers fell out of my trouser leg as I was heading home- I think I scooped them up in time.

I was swinging on my chair in my maths GCSE. Deadly silent exam hall. The chair flies out behind me, my desk collapses and I end up on my arse in front of the whole year group in the sports hall. Even the teacher invigilating was laughing.