I am totally stressing over the DIY contest. Picking a top 5 out of 700+ is killing me! I honestly have looked at ALL of the projects and OH MY WORD! You guys really brought it :) So to take my mind off it for a little while I decided that we all need to share our most embarrassing moment. P.S. I am proud to say that after 30+ years of spelling embarrassed WRONG I have come up with a way to remember the right way to spell it. "It would be really embarrassing to have a BARRA** in public". Hey, it works.
Anyway, I am going to share my moment (which was really an entire day) and then I want you to share yours. If it is short, then leave it in a comment. If it a novel like mine, post about it on your blog and leave the link in a comment. I can't wait to read them!!!!!
Okay, flash back to the late nineties..........................................
It was my junior year and I had a class with a good friend named Preston. He got nominated for most preferred for the dance Preference. I wasn't planning on going but as it got closer and closer to the dance, he still had not been asked. Ironic since he was up for most preferred. I decided to ask him to go (cause I'm a good friend like that) and planned a group date with some friends. I thought "This will be fun because we don't like each other and it won't be all weird and uncomfortable."
We were having the dinner at a dance studio. I went and helped set up. It was more time consuming than I had planned for and I was running behind. On my way back home I hit a skunk. My whole car STUNK! I was going to be picking my date up in this car.....I was going home to get a crock pot of tomato soup and on the way back to the studio (I am pretty positive I was speeding) the soup spilled all over the floor in the back. Trying to think positive, I figured the tomato soup would help ward off the skunk smell.
While I was doing this my mom had run the a florist to get a plastic box for it to go in. When she got back I put it in the box but realized it didn't look right. I couldn't put my finder on it. . . . grass!!! I needed the plastic grass that is always in the bottom. So I headed up to the holiday closet and dug until I found the Easter stuff. Yep, I used Easter grass. Pretty clever,huh?
After being taken back by my rudeness, they greeted me warmly and had me sit down. And then the proceeded to interview me. I am not kidding. Full on genealogy, what are your morals and values and plans for the future. I was seriously thinking that it could not get worse. Wrong.
It was picture/boutonniere pinning time. I grabbed the boutonniere gently and went to pin it on when his mom interrupted me and said "It is a tradition in our family that the mother gets to pin it on." Are you kidding me???
I reluctantly handed it over. As she was pinning it on, glue oozed out all over her. I was dying. That did not just happen.
We finally left the house and I turned to him and said "Please tell me that you told them we had a theme and that I was going to be dressed up like this."
Of course he hadn't.
As we were driving he switched to a safer topic - my car. He asked what it's name was (because if your were cool you named your car, right?) and I said Preston. It was really named Presley after Elvis Presley. Whoops. Then at the dance I said "I am so glad they have a Preston dance." instead of preference. Whoops.
So by now he thinks I totally have the hots for him or something.
Well the rest went alright, albeit a little awkward. He offered to help clean up the studio and I was worried about him getting home late. He assured me that it was fine with his parents so I accepted the help. It was around 2 am when I took him home. I later found out that he got in trouble.
It is a good thing that I didn't really like him because I would have lost any hope of a relationship with him!!!
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Sarah
That is hilarious! Here's mine...My first date with my now hubby of 13 years...my legs were crossed under the table throughout our dinner. When I stood up to leave, I fell to the floor, skirt and all. Evidentally, my legs were asleep. We still laugh about that one. It was a glimpse into what he was getting himself into, for the rest of his life.
...great idea for a party!
Shelley
Oh I love embarrassing moments! Mine was my Sophmore year in HS. I was in band (yep, band geek here) and we had flown out of state for something. For the trip back home we had to get up really early, and in my sleep deprived state I quickly pulled on the pair of jeans I had worn the day before. Later during a layover, while a group of us were headed out in search of food, I felt something down by my ankles. I look down and notice that my UNDERWEAR from the day before is hanging out of the bottom of my jeans and dragging the ground. Nice.
tina phillips
My sr year of high school at my prom......nothing like being humiliated in public huh? lol. I had this grand southern belle type dress with a huge hoop skirt. And there was this spiral staircase entering the ballroom....I had in my head that I looked so elegant and Scarlett Ohara like......while making my grand entrance into the ball room my hell caught my hoop and I tumbled down the steps....about 30 of them....I didn't mention I also had a parasol, just to add to the whole southern belle thing......well, it poked me in the eye and actually ut just under my eye....it quickly puffed up and turned black, right before we had out photo taken. So my prom photo shows me with a big black eye.....LOL
HouseTalkN
Hilarious! I love the oozing glue part- oopsy!
I wrote an entire post about why I am the Queen Of Embarrassing Moments!
http://housetalkn.blogspot.com/2011/10/embarrassing-moments-smackdown.html
Happy Friday!
Kerry at HouseTalkN
Blanca Rosado
You had me in stitches. I nearly peed on myself. Good story.
Brittany @ My Decoupaged Life
Haha! oh man :) My embarrassing moment is a little on the grosser side. It was while I was pregnant with our first daughter. I was incredibly sick in the first trimester. Like vomiting all the time. But still my husband thought it would be a good idea to drive an hour and half south to his sister's house AND take his bachelor best friend along so they could go fishing. The trip went alright, with only a handful of trips to the bathroom. Then it came time to go home. I had been feeling really sick but for some reason I didn't grab a bag or anything for the ride back. I was feeling awful but made it almost home. We were about 2 miles from home when all of sudden I just started vomiting. And of course there was nothing to catch it except for the blanket sitting in my lap. The car smelled awful. And our poor friend had to sit in the back and smell it (we rolled the windows down but I'm pretty sure it just blew the smell in his direction). I felt awful and I was mortified.
PaisleyCinnamon
Oh. Dear. I can see that in a movie...not so great in real life, I'm sure! Hopefully you can laugh at it now!
Holly
Loved your story. My most embarrassing moment happened when I was a date. We went bowling and then to the mall to get an Orange Julius. We got back in the car and were heading home when I suddenly didn't feel well. I tend to get car sick. I guess I didn't wait long enough between eating and getting back in the car and he took the most curvy road home. I told him I didn't feel well and could he pull over. But I couldn't wait for him to pull over so I grabbed his large cup from Orange Julius which was almost empty and preceded to throw up in the cup. By the time he pulled over, I was done and fine. Needless to say I was a litter bug that day because I left the cup on the side of the road. He drove slowly and took the curves easy the rest of the way. At least he was a sport about it, we continued to date for 6 more months.
Holly
Kimberly @ The Brown Eyes Have It
These stories are hilarious! That's okay to say know, right, we're all laughing together, right? :) Okay, my FIRST embarrassing moment happened at the ripe old age of 5. My family was at Universal Studios at a $10-Million Man thing (I think that's what it was). They asked for a volunteer so they could show how they made him jump so high and run and everything. I'm pretty sure I didn't raise my hand (I was very shy, well, still am somewhat), but I got picked. So I'm a 5 yr. old on stage in front of what seemed like a TON of people. He asked me where I was from and I said, "Earth." I don't know why. The audience roared in laughter and I was mortified. So the rest of the time, I just stood there. He asked me to jump, I stood there, he asked me to run, I stood there. I don't know if I looked I was doing anything, but I have never been more happy to sit down. Yah, my family still laughs over that one. :)
Carrie
I spoke with a guy I was being set up with a few times on the phone (more to hang out with than a date). I knew very little about him. One detail I knew was that he was a former Olympic athlete. During one phone conversation, we were talking about basketball for some reason and he challenged me and said I'd probably win. Against a former Olympic athlete? I made a comment like "maybe if you were in a wheelchair". We were going to have lunch one day and he had asked for my help picking out a gift for his 7yr old nephew, so I drove to his house. As I pulled into the driveway, the garage door lifted and there was a wheelchair ramp to the door. I was speechless walking up the ramp knowing that I had probably offended him that day on the phone call. I got to the door and he just laughed. Great guy. Really eye opening friendship.
jenni
i can't imagine having to pick through all of those links! poor girl...hope that my most embarrassing moment will give you a little relief!
senior year - two knee surgeries later - you do the math, i didn't play that much! however, in our conference final game and so many of our girls sick i actually played a lot. we were getting waxed. that was embarrassing in itself, but whatever. during the 4th quarter {when i usually played} my coach went to put me back in the game. i took off my shooter shirt {like a warm up shirt we wore over our jersey} and started toward him, only the look on his face and him shouting, "jenni, noooooooo" {like in slow motion}, i knew something was definitely wrong! turns out because i had already been in the game several times my shooter shirt had been off since like the first quarter! whoops! i had taken off my jersey and was trying to go into the game with my sports bra on! yikes! being a good ol' catholic school, you can imagine everyone's shock and my embarrassment as i then had to go into the game when i corrected myself. we got be so bad that i think my little moment lightened the mood quite a bit. i was mortified to come out of the locker room for sure after the game, lots of teasing happened! the yearbook even made fun of me that year and when they listed future websites of students mine was http://www.sportsbra.com
good luck picking your favs! hoping you get quite a few laughs in today!
Haley Grossman
I have a couple....but my most recent happened about a year ago. So just to clear things up ahead of time....I really am not a complete dummy....but you may not believe that after you read this. Onto the moment....my neighbor and I were talking about eggs...I think it was during a recall on some brands of eggs....so she said something about eggs being a "dairy" product. And me, being so polite....knowing that eggs are NOT a dairy product, but not wanting to say that...decided to reassure her by saying...(and i was totally serious for like a half of a second)..."well yeah, I guess eggs do come from cows". What the heck...I know that eggs come from chickens. My neighbor just laughed hysterically. I was trying to not make her feel stupid for thinking that eggs are dairy....I guess I did what I was set out to....nobody felt more stupid than I did.
Andrea @queenBandme
I totally just snorted! I have had too many similar experiences! LOL!!!
Becky
I will admit that I am the first to laugh when I see someone do or say something embarrassing. But it is only because I have done the same thing at some point! I just embarrassed myself a few days ago in the parking lot at walmart. I was looking for my car, when I thought I spotted it, (I never remember where I parked). As I got closer, I saw the whole back fender looked buckled. I immediatley started cussing and walked up to the rear of the van and reached up to touch it, thinking how odd that the scratched parts were already rusted. Just about then a large, elderly man opened the passenger side door and yelled "what the hell you doin!" I quickly jerked my hand back, looked up into the back window and noticed things that were not mine. I apologized profusely and explained that I thought it was my van. Several people walking nearby started laughing. I finally found my own van 2 aisles over! I have only had the same van for 7 years! You would think I would recognize it by now!
Kammy Wielenga
Okay, I'm blond so I TOO MANY, but here's one I blogged about awhile back.... OH MY WORD!!!!! Make sure you get the dates RIGHT when garage saling!!!!!!!
http://kammyskorner.blogspot.com/2010/07/blond-moment-go-ahead-and-laugh.html
Shelley @ Calypso In The Country
I have had so many over the years but one comes to mind that I thought about recently. In 8th grade I had a purse with a broker zipper on it. It happened to be "that" time of the month and I had some "essential supplies" in the purse. We were all coming back from lunch and the boys were horsing around and grabbing things from the girls. To my horror, somehow my broken zipper purse was grabbed and thrown into the middle of the room. At the time, our desks were lined up in one big square facing the middle of the room. After my purse was thrown, one of the boys started running towards it. I knew I had to get it before anything fell out, so rather than run around to the opening between the desks, I stood up on my chair and dove to the middle of the room like I was diving into a pool. I pretty much landed on my head and was hurt but my main concern was that no one saw what was in the purse! Luckily I didn't have a concussion!
Shelley @ Calypso In The Country
Ooops...I hit "reply" before I told you how hysterical your story was! I have loved reading thru all the ones above too!
-Shelley
Tam
My really embarrassing one is way to embarrassing to share, so I'll share another....after all, who has only one embarrassing moment in their lifetime right??
I was working out of town this particular day and I had decided to stop for a treat at a gas station/fast food place on my way back to the office. I was wearing my high heels that day...I mean like 'staletto' heels...cute, cute shoes.. (I'm a shoe fanatic, but they have to be way cute, which these were)...anyway...when I had worn them a few times before this I had thought they were a bit higher than I thought. BUT...since they were so cute - I kept wearing them. I had thought about giving them to my much younger daughter (I had just turned 50 not too long before that...which makes it a bit funnier or humiliating - whichever you happen to feel at the moment :) Anyway....I got my treats and headed out to my work vehicle. Just as I was about to get to the vehicle I fell off of my shoes. I quickly looked around to see who had seen me...and only and elderly lady who started to come towards me...I supposed she was going to try to help me get up...which is funny....two old women trying to help the one foolish one back up onto her shoes. I got up - dusted myself off and got in the car - pulled out my cell phone and called my daughter and told her I'd just fallen off of my shoes so she could have them if she wished. She was ecstatic - not that I had fallen, but because she had a nearly brand new pair of CUTE black heels. She still wears them and loves them and gets so many compliments on them. Sighhhhhhhhh......that's what happens when you get old ladies...but now I look for way cute shoes with much smaller heels...my knees love me and I feel like I'm still a bit classy lookin' in them....albeit a much older version of classy though.
OR...I could tell you about the time I was working the 2002 Olympics. I had to get up way early to get to my post. A couple of different times I went to work dressed a bit funny. Once - my zipper was undone on my ski pants ...so who knows who saw that before I did....and the other time....my shoes felt funny as I walked around that day......I looked down part way through the day and noticed that I had two different shoes on. How embarrassed I was!! I still had to work the rest of my very long shift. I just tried to push my ski pants over them and tried not to get up from the table very often, so no one could see that I had dressed a bit odd that day.
Tam
So sorry - didn't know it would be that long...and I don't really have a blog where I could post it. Sorry..sorry!
Andrea @queenBandme
This made my night! Seriously! Great Idea! My hubs is at work and I have a hard time sleeping when he's gone (he's a cop). I will share a quick story...
(happened 4 yrs ago)
So I used to be 'perky' before I had my daughter (we all know what breast-feeding does to them) Well I have this one dress that doesn't fit me up top like it use to, so I bought these 'falsies' to wear with it.
Me and my hubs were the nursery leaders at our church, so I was constantly bending over playing with the kids and picking them up.... So a Dad dropped in to check on his little one, and we got chit chatting. I noticed he got uncomfortable all the sudden, and my hubs was making weird faces at me.. whatever.. So I turned around and bent down to grab something and I saw it! Staring me right in the face ready to flop out of my neckline onto the floor. I stuffed it back in as quick as possible and pretended nothing ever happened.
I have NO idea how long it was flopping out the top of my dress but a handful of Mom's & Dad's had been in and out of that nursery within the 5 min prior to me discovering it.
To make things worse this guys wife invited us over to play games that next week, you guessed it, he couldn't keep his eyes off my chest! (glad we moved! ha ha)
Cathy mini
In 8th grade I was riding my bike with my best friend (who us now ironically enough my husband) and it began to rain. As the rain fell, it turned to pouring rain. We tried to scurry back to our neighborhood and had to pass over andirt road. Because of the sudden rainstorm, the dirt became mud. As I rode past him and through the mud, my tires got stuck and I went toppling into the mudpile. But it gets worse! After he rode me back to my house my mom wouldn't let me inside because i was covered in mud. She had to HOSE me off in the front yard, for all of my neighbors to watch and laugh! It makes me giggle now, but I was MORTIFIED then!
Mary @ Parenthood
My most embarrassing moment is also an object lesson in not teasing your children and the importance of critical thinking about the things you "know".
So. When I was pretty little, my dad used to trim his beard regularly. He'd use his electric razor, plugged into the wall in the kitchen. We kids would watch him, fascinated. Sometimes, he'd use it on battery mode, which was even more interesting. After a few minutes though, the battery would get "low". "Alright kids", dad would say. "My battery's dying and I need to plug in my razor. Who wants to help?" Then he'd pick a lucky child and stick the plug into our ear. "You have electricity in your body", he say. The razor'd roar to life and he'd calmly finish shaving while we giggled at the tickly plug.
Later, I learned in school that cells do generate their own electrical charge.
Fast forward and I was in my last year of high school. My then-boyfriend and I were getting ready for something and he was just shaving when his battery died. There was no convenient plug anywhere near and the boy was annoyed.
"Why don't you just plug it into your ear?" I innocently inquired.
TishSch
Loved your story, but, hate that you had to go through all that! And I'm loving everyone's stories, too. Makes me feel almost normal. Okay, well, maybe just less of a goof, anyway!
One (yes, there are many) of my most embarrassing moments was in 9th grade. At the end of each school year, we'd have Awards Day in the gym with the whole school gathered in assembly. When they began with Students of the Year for Science for each grade, I started talking to my friends sitting next to me. After all, I hated science and, even though I made an A in the class, had hardly been a master at it. After a few minutes, I realized that everybody was turned pointing and looking at me funny. Turns out, I'd won the award for my grade and they were waiting for me to come to the stage to receive it and I hadn't heard them call out my name. In my haste, though, to get down the bleachers and through the maze of other students, I missed a step and ended up falling down the last 4 or 5 bleachers. Hoping no one had noticed (uhhh, yeah, right!) I quickly jumped back up to my feet and started for the stage. I looked down, just to make sure I was okay and clothing was straight, etc. just to see that my jeans were unzipped. How long they'd been that way, I hadn't a clue, which was horrifying enough of a thought, but have you ever tried to discreetly zip your jeans while the whole school already has their eyes on you????? I still can't look at the pin I won that day without blushing and rolling my eyes at my own stupidity!
Vivienne @ The V Spot
Cheese and rice! Even the comments on this post are hilarious! So funny!
(BTW- I had an English teacher who taught us to remember that TWO Robbers escaped from Sing-Sing prison when we were trying to spell embarrass. Also, that "friend" ends in "end".)
This is one of my most embarrassing moments. http://viv-spot.blogspot.com/2008/08/death-to-skinny-girl.html Sometimes, one should just turn heel and run, rather than try to diffuse a stressful situation with humor....