In bed thinking of my embarrassing moments… anyone care to share too?!

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I once cried on the phone to my friend saying the painter clearly didn’t fancy me and nobody ever would (v dramatic moment after I’d bought my first house alone), not realising that he had come back from lunch before I had even started the call and was right outside the bedroom painting the landing. I stayed in the bedroom literally until her shouted he was done for the day, which was several hours later. I still think about it now and cringe. It’s 6 years on!!

I was 11 and at my nan's for Christmas with all my aunts, uncles etc. Big family Christmas. All gathered round opening gifts. I opened one from my cousin and it was lingerie. Not just pants and a bra, proper adult sexy lace lingerie. I have no idea what she was thinking as I was still very much in my young kid time -all ponies and toys. I can remember the crushing embarrassment now. I didn't know what to do as I wanted to be polite and good and say thank you but I was mortified at all my family watching me open this porno level underwear. Didn't help that one uncle burst out laughing and went wooooooo. Sounds so silly now but at 11 it was terrible and I still vividly remember it.

@EvilElsa oh my gosh a similar thing happened to me!! I didn’t know what to say and sort of held then up and they were absolutely tiny 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

@EvilElsa I'm more embarrassed for your cousin rather than you!☺️

I went out to a nightclub in London for my 40th. We'd hired a minibus to take us home. I really hadn't drunk that much but I'd fallen asleep and woken up during a slightly twisty part (hmmmm).

It came over me all of a a sudden and I was sick over the taxi driver's satnav. I tried to clear it up but it didn't really do the trick. I was the last drop off and when we got to mine, I refused to pay the extra £50 but came out with my cleaning box and cleaned it all up.

The next day I was so embarrassed that I wrote a letter of apology and went down to the taxi office to apologise in person with an envelope of cash for the driver. I'm still cringing nearly ten years later.

Before I met my husband, I was on an evening out with friends and I saw a very fanciable bloke who was out with his friends in the bar.
I popped to the loo, came out and tripped over a small step which sent me windmilling back into the bar, where I landed flat on my face, right in front of fanciable bloke.
To make matters worse, we finished our drinks and on leaving the bar I managed to fall down the steps going out, landing at the bottom with my knickers on display, again in front of fanciable bloke.
I wouldn't mind, but I'd not had any alcohol!
He must have thought I was a right drunken idiot.
I still cringe all these years later.

I once spent 10 minutes talking to a guy about his name, “Eamon” and where is originated from and how many other people of that name we both knew etc etc. I then suddenly went, “anyway, enough of that, you haven’t even told me your name yet”. Cue awkward, horrified silence as I realised I had the biggest brain fart of my life.

He just looked at me and said, “go away”

I still die a little inside each time I think of it.

Farted in maths. Smelt so bad. Everyone knew it was me. Got teased

During one of my degrees I was dating another graduate. I erroneously sent an "I love you" email, swiftly followed by an "oops, that wasn't t meant for you" to my supervisor.

She came running into the lab in tears crying with laughter...

What made it even worse is her husband also worked in the lab (actually under her)... so a real double-dose of embarrassment!

Sixth form physics lesson, dropped a pen, bent over to pick it up just as the teacher, only about 25, walked by and my long hair wrapped round the button on his coat and as it was fastened he couldn't take it off to free my hair. I didn't want to try and free it as I wasn't sure where my hands would go, cue lots of helpful suggestions that I should have a feel, not sure whose face was redder. My friend eventually managed to free me, just a scissors were mentioned!

Oddly in the Summer friend and I were playing tennis when the same teacher and his friend arrived to play, it was decided, by them, that we share the court and play mixed doubles. I can't remember which it was but I managed to hit a really hard forehand shot into the private parts of one of them. I was never allowed to forget it!