To be so embarassed! Said sex instead of 6

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I feel so embarrassed. I called the estate agents to tell them I sent my ex-husband six emails but he’s not responding. It sounded like I said “sex” instead. I quickly corrected myself and said, “Sorry, six.” Now I’m worried the lady will think it was something inappropriate and report me, even though it was an innocent mistake. English isn’t my first language, and I feel so awkward and embarrassed. I’m really scared.

I come from a completely different culture where sex is an extremely taboo subject. It’s not even a topic that can be openly discussed with a partner or spouse, let alone with anyone else. Even saying the word “sex” is considered completely unacceptable. To some, it may seem like I’m exaggerating; however, please understand that my background is very very different from that of many others.

Thank you so much for those helpful comments. I’ve had a right giggle at some of the stories shared, honestly, it made me feel a lot better. 💐

Why would the police get involved- they’ve got bigger things to deal with and you haven’t committed a crime.

why would anyone report you to the police? Is this what would happen in your own country? We all love an innuendo here!

I once inadvertently in my turn of phrase insinuated my then-boss had had a sexual encounter with the

CEO. Obviously it’s not what I meant at all but we were all hysterically laughing as the more I tried to explain what I meant, the worse it sounded.

They will just assume you are a Kiwi, no probs.

I would say even if english was your first language they would just accept this as a silly mistake. As english is your second language, I'm certain they will just think this is a silly mistake.

You're completely, irrationelly overthinking!

What as the world come to, if people are getting stressed and worried about a slip up.

Pretend you're German.

English isn’t your first language, they would have just put it down to your accent and not thought anything of it.

Don't get stressed about it at all.
I once fucked up the the words 'familiarise yourself with the clear criteria' and came out with ' familiarise yourself with the clear clitoris' to a room full of senior management. I didn't even get a warning, just raucous laughter.

Oh no!!! 😳😂

YABU to worry.

I once had a man giving me his postcode and for W he had ‘wankee’. They said “I don’t mean wankee - or wanking”. Then we both burst out laughing, and moved on. It still makes me laugh

Oh OP sorry but this is so amusing 😁😁😁 Thanks for brightening up my day all!

Saying the word sex isn’t a crime so the police wouldn’t be in the least bit interested.

Did she even notice you said the wrong word? Did she sound at all upset?

I think you are massively overreacting and perhaps need some professional help for anxiety.

Surely it will just be the best laugh she's had all week? We're not living in Iran.

You're allowed to send sex emails to your husband, some people even recommend it 😁
Please don't worry, at worst you have brightened someone's day

Oh I once sent a company wide email reminding people to apply for free eye tests and accidentally put ‘teats’. My manager made it worse by saying maybe my mind went to that because my dress was a bit low cut, and then he went puce!

He was mortified but we all laughed and I resolved to not wear that dress to work again!

And that is what's commonly known as a Freudian slip!

They happen. They're mildly entertaining. Don't worry about it, OP, no one is going to think you're a crank.

Don't worry OP, no one is going to report you, it's honestly such a non-issue! Let it go, it's absolutely nothing, we all slip in our talking sometimes!

😂

I once video called a guy right after he mentioned he was going to take a shower and that was entirely by accident (my phone started slipping out of my hands and I tried to grab it by the screen and clicked the video call button). I was mortified!

It’s fine, as PP have said you’re overthinking.

To make you feel better I one authored a long report on “Erratic network performance” where a bank was taking a supplier to court about the poor network they had installed, my company was doing an independent review. Anyway I wrote it up, all good, and somehow I did full search and replace of “erratic” with “erotic”. Then I sent that to the lawyers to form part of the court evidence. Luckily someone caught that before it got too far.

Worst case is that you gave the estate agent a good laugh and made their day a bit more fun. No big deal.