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A strange man grabbed me in the playground today...

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SorenLorensen · 09/01/2008 18:56

I was waiting for the boys to come out and suddenly felt hands round my waist - I thought it was dh come home from work early as generally people other than my dh do not grab me round the waist. So I turned round...and found myself staring at a complete stranger. I was frantically trying to work out whether I knew him from somewhere but, realising he looked as confused as me, I said "er...I think you've got the wrong person" to which he replied "I have..I'm so sorry!" He was really embarrassed and promptly launched into a big explanation of who he was looking for and how he'd emailed her that morning and said he would meet her in the playground (I don't think he's a school dad).

So - apart from now being on a mission to find out who this other woman is ("you really really look like her" - well, from behind at least) I was wondering if anyone has any stories of mistaken identity.

Mainly because I was telling my friend about it round the other side of school and she admitted she once snuck up behind her dh in Sainsbury's, put her hands over his eyes, and whispered huskily "guess who?" into his ear and...well, you can guess the rest

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Piffle · 09/01/2008 18:57

oh that is funny in a sweet way and poor chap bet he was dreadfully embarrassed!

moondog · 09/01/2008 18:57

My bf once put his hand up my back in Belfast airport and pinged my bra only,,it wasn't me.

Twiglett · 09/01/2008 18:57

lol

MaryAnnSingleton · 09/01/2008 18:58

I once when little and painfully shy hugged someone who I thought was my mum, and it wasn't - I was mortified

KrippledKerryMum · 09/01/2008 18:59

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dustystar · 09/01/2008 18:59

My sister was walking to work a few year ago and it was poaring with rain. her boss had some flashy posh red car and she saw it drive past her and waved. He ignored a her and kept driving but was stopped by traffic lights a few yards ahead so she ran up, threw open the car door, jumped in the passenger seat and yelled "you f*ing tosser why didn't you stop for me" and as she finsihed speaking realised she was looking at a total stranger

Hecate · 09/01/2008 19:01

Ha! Poor bloke, I bet he wanted the earth to open and swallow him!

Reminds me of a story I read about a woman who was shopping with her husband and found a rather norty red 'thing' , put it to herself, whipped round and purred "How would you fancy me in this?"

Only to realise her husband had wandered off and she was propositioning a total stranger!

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SorenLorensen · 09/01/2008 19:03

moondog, I bet he had a job explaining that one. Did he get his face slapped?

KKM, sadly not.

dustystar - that is so funny. She must have been mortified.

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littlelapin · 09/01/2008 19:03

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moondog · 09/01/2008 19:07

I think he just ran away as soon as he realised.

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SorenLorensen · 09/01/2008 19:09

My most embarrassing one, I think, was when I was going round to a friend's house for a few drinks the night before her wedding. I took her wedding present with me which was in a huge box and walked round (she only lived round the corner). I walked up her front path, knocked on the door, and someone I didn't know answered it - but I thought, well, it's their wedding tomorrow and she's having a get-together, there are bound to be loads of people here I don't know. So I said "hi, I'm X's friend" and walked in - into the living room, which was full of people. I remember saying "oh, you've decorated!" before I realised I didn't know a soul in the room and, yes, I was in the wrong house

They all just looked at me - this very flustered woman carrying a huge parcel.

It turned out it was the house next door - and they'd just had a stained glass front door put in that was almost identical to my friend's. I hadn't even looked at the house number.

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dustystar · 09/01/2008 19:14

She was soren but being 17 at the time and a bit cocky she just threw him a smile and hopped back out of the car again as though she'd done nothing unusual.

ChirpyGirl · 09/01/2008 19:36

My mum can beat all of these.

A few years ago my dad was in a charity tennis competition with Prince Edward and my mum wanted to go down teh side of the court to collect something from the other end. She walked up to who she thought was my dad and put her hands on his ribs to move him.....only it was HRH's (rather ineffective) bodyguard and she had just grabbed his gun

That is the only time I ever heard my mum say the f word!

belgo · 09/01/2008 19:39

lol chirpygirl- in particular at 'ineffective' bodyguard

FlameNFurter · 09/01/2008 19:40

I thought I had problems with DS running over to a random man in the playground today yelling "Dadda!!!!" (the guy was looking soooo scared!)

ChirpyGirl · 09/01/2008 19:48

Well he let a middleaged woman in a cardigan and perm grab his gun ffs.

I honestly don't know who was more shocked though, her or him as he swung round and nearly pulled it on her. my Dsis's and I were behind her wetting ourselves laughing very concerned

lucy5 · 09/01/2008 19:49

When my mum was a child, her and my gran were in a lift. When it came to their floor my gran reached back behind and firmly took hold of what she thought was my mother's hand. Unluckily for her it was the hand of a very short gentlemen who was only too happy to go with her.

Brangelina · 09/01/2008 19:53

In the days when I used to go swimming without my contact lenses, I once swam underwater to a familiar pair of legs standing in the shallow end, grabbed the scrotum then came up for air... to a complete stranger. The intended object of my groping was standing just a few feet away, laughing his head off.

Needless to say I went out the next day and bought myself a pair of goggles so I could keep my lenses in when swimming from then on.

gybegirl · 09/01/2008 20:28

My DP went to a house warming at a friend's house. He saw kids playing in the garden so wandered in, grabbed a beer from the fridge and then thought to himself how strange it was that there were so many people there he didnt't know. Anyhow, everyone was very friendly, even when they and he found out that he was at a 6th birthday party and his mate lived three doors down. He stayed to finish his beer then went on his merry way.

yurt1 · 09/01/2008 20:35

dh (the boyfriend) turned around and kissed me on an escalator once. Except it wasn't me, I was behind the woman who had pushed in front of me.

Heated · 09/01/2008 20:38

My brother has affectionately patted a woman's bottom in the queue at M&S for quite sometime before realising his wife in similar coloured coat was standing BEHIND him

Sidge · 09/01/2008 20:40

My colleague at work was talking to me with her back to the door. She was walking backwards, heading for the door to leave and put her hand out to turn the door handle without looking...

...at the same time that one of our bosses walked in and she grabbed a handful of his bollocks. She looked puzzled but still didn't turn around straight away, and couldn't understand why I was wetting myself laughing.

Heated · 09/01/2008 20:42

Incidentally, Dustystar's sister leaping into a stranger's car reminded me there used to be an middle-aged chap who used to do this on a regular basis on the North Circular Road. Gave my father quite a start

MargoWishesYouAHappyNooNooYear · 09/01/2008 20:56

I had a child do the "leg hug" and move it's arms upwards once. It gave me a bit of a fright. Not something I expected when tidying up a rack of clothes in River Island. (and it was pre-children, so I didn't really know that you get man-handled by your dcs)

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