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Yellowdog's avatar

Did you ever do anything, or has anything ever happened to you, that you are GLAD that no one likely remembers?

Asked by Yellowdog (12216points) July 27th, 2019

You know, embarrassing stuff that happened long ago, and no one probably remembers now, due to the passage of time.

Ever get someone’s name wrong—someone important or familiar to you? Ever talk to a stranger, thinking she was someone else?

Ever been ‘caught’ talking or singing to yourself, dancing around, maybe, and someone was watching?

Ever make a REALLY embarrassing typo in a letter or email, or something you distributed?

Ever accidentally pass gas loudly in church or chapel during some “moment of silence” or pause during the sermon?

In fifth grade, did you ever accidentally call your teacher “mamma”? Everyone laughed..

Did you ever introduce someone to someone else, and the person you were introducing was NOT who you thought you were introducing?

Did your pants fall down in the grocery store because you were not wearing underwear one day?

Did you ever kiss the butts of people on your fourth-grade track team for quarters? Hey, they were wearing pants, and its easy money. Who cares what people think and talk about… its clean, its easy money.

Anything you did or anything that happened long ago that you are SO THANKFUL no one remembers.

Do you care to share it with us? It’s difficult I know. I dare you to answer this.

(But first, consider strongly, if you really want to).

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17 Answers

mazingerz88's avatar

I’m pretty sure I have several but I’m shocked I couldn’t think of even just one right now. Must have purged it from my own memory bank for being too embarrassing.

kritiper's avatar

Oh, why heck yes! Hasn’t everybody? And, no, I’m not going to share it with you. If I hope everybody else has forgotten, I sure as hell hope I have, too.

Yellowdog's avatar

Why don’t yaw’ll just tell it and say it happened to someone else, not you, and you think they are probably glad no one remembers?

kritiper's avatar

If it was said about someone else, nobody would get to hear about all the juicy/embarrassing details. And you do want all of the details, don’t you??

Yellowdog's avatar

Yeah, as many as possible. Just say it was someone else, anyway

(NOTE TO ALL JELLIES—the internet, and Fluther, are fairly anonymous. I feel safe telling such stories. But consider STRONGLY whether or not you want to answer this if you’re thinking about it. They’ll likely be a long time in the Fluther archives although no one who might read would even care.

JLeslie's avatar

I can think of one, and I’m not writing it here.

By the way WTH is that track example? I swear the more I learn about male hazing (I can’t imagine females do that butt kissing garbage) the more disgusted I become. If that isn’t bullying I don’t know what is. At minimum it is peer pressure or simply being mean. It makes me sick to my stomach that there is that type of behavior.

flutherother's avatar

There are a couple of embarrassing moments that come to mind but I’m not going to publish the details online.

I have never given anyone the wrong name but I have completely forgotten the names of a couple of ex colleagues when I have met them in the street. Try as I might I just couldn’t recollect their names until they were out of sight. I almost ran after them to say I remember now but that would have been even more embarrassing. I’m just hoping they never noticed.

Patty_Melt's avatar

That frat party when I first tried a blue Hawaiian.

A virgin

Decided love was too painful, and dated a guy just because he came from money.

Kissed a moose on the nose

Made a bikini for home ec project. Poor choice of fabric. In water it absorbed triple it’s own weight. I stood up, the top stayed down. Other than that, it was super cool.

A couple of times with the hanging booger in front of people.

Dutchess_lll's avatar

Well. My 2nd wedding day at the lake, 2006. It couldn’t get any more casual. After the ceremony I went to a clump of bushes and trees to change into my reception duds.
Peeled off my panty hose, took off my dress, took off my slip and I was down to a bra and panties.
Something made me turn atound and look at the lake….a boat full of people had quietly slipped up behind me. They were just kicked back, drinkin’ beer, enjoying the show. It wasn’t a bad one either, as I was down to 125 and my clothes were fitting nice.
But STILL!!! I turned around to face them full on, hands on my hips in defiance, then tipped my head and glared at them. They clapped and cheered.
I got dressed and flounced off through the bushes, jerks!
Lord.

Only they likely remember and howl about it to this day!

Darth_Algar's avatar

If it’s just embarrassment that’s not a big deal. If there is something I truly want no one to know or remember then I’m carrying that shit to my grave.

nerdgirl578's avatar

I was out with a friend once, she was really an acquaintance rather than a friend and I didn’t particularly like her. I don’t even know why I went out with her, I really shouldn’t have. She was being really obnoxious and doing weird things all night, being rude to people and so on and making me uncomfortable several times.

When I finally got home I texted another friend about the horrible night I had and all the things she did. Problem was, as soon as I hit send I realized I was accidently writing to the girl I went out with…

Yellowdog's avatar

egad—well, SHE probably DOES remember that—but probably seldom thinks of it. Or, at least, doesn’t think/remember much about YOU when she remembers it. That falls in the category of people whom you hope to never meet again!

nerdgirl578's avatar

@Yellowdog You’re right of course she remembers, my mistake. It’s just something I want to forget lol, certainly one of the most embarrassing situations in my life, and I’ve had a few! I haven’t spoken to her since.

jca2's avatar

@nerdgirl578: Did she respond to you at all when she received the text?

nerdgirl578's avatar

@jca2 No, she didn’t… I haven’t run into her since then either.

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