If you’ve ever been caught with broccoli in your teeth, or coming out of the ocean sans bathing suit top (who hasn’t?!), you’ve probably wondered how to redeem your pride. It isn’t easy after an embarrassing social situation, but I’m here to tell you, it’s possible.
What really matters is how you handle the situation — and the better you deal with it, the better others around you will react. Here are a few things I think help the most when it comes to those horrifying moments in life:
• Keep in mind the fact that you’re not alone. While you’re facedown at the bottom of the stairwell, with only one shoe intact, just remember: You’re not the only person this has ever happened to. Own up to it, realize how embarrassing it is, but then move on. Next week it could happen to someone else and no one will even remember when it happened to you.
• Don’t beat yourself up. If you overthink a situation, you’ll never let yourself forget it. Instead, talk to your friends or family about how you feel. Tell them your story and maybe they’ll be able to relay one of their own embarrassing moments to get your mind off of yours.
• Most importantly, be able to laugh at yourself. People say that laughter is the best medicine — and it’s true. Being able to laugh at yourself will not only make you more comfortable, it’ll also make it easier for people to laugh with you and not at you.
What were some of your most embarrassing moments, and how did you handle the situation?
Good lord, this rings a bell for me when I was in high school. It was 1986, mid term testing and I had this crush on this one guy. As I was getting my pencils out to begin my testing, it got hung up on something in my purse. Not looking at what I was doing, I began to vigorously pull at the items in my purse to break the pencil free. Suddenly, it lets loose. The pencil is securely in my hand, but the item for which held it captive in my purse, was none other than a unwrapped maxipad. The adhesive had stuck to the pencil and when it broke free from my struggling, the maxipad went flying across the room and landed on another students desk. That desk of course, being the desk of the young man I had a crush on. Needless to say, everyone knew I what kind of week. Wasn’t easy forgetting that wonderful high school memory, my story ended up in the funniest memories from the class of 1988 in our year book! Woohoo!
In NJ, it is tradition after Sr prom, to go with your friends/BF to the Jersey Shore. It was 1986 & without a steady bf that year. My friends & I in the water & water was kind of rough. I’m not the greatest swimmer & decided to retreat. As I was wading through the water, a giant wave came out of nowhere knocking me over face 1st, and right in front of the hot guy that I had been eyeballing! I wanted nothing more than the sand to swallow me at that point. But he was the perfect gentleman. I am sure he wanted to burst into laughter, however, he only smiled as he helped me to my feet, brushed some of the sand away from my face, & asked if I was okay. I managed a yes, thanked him for his aid & made my way over to my friends who were doubled over, dying with laughter. As embarrassing as it was, I did manage to later just laugh about it. It is kind of funny to see someone do a belly flop on the sand and there are no injuries.
Hello Jenny,
I can tell you about a time when my friend and were at a night club in Saugus MA and it was New Years Eve I was celebrating my Birthday on the same day. Guess who roles up in a limo. Your Husband Donnie, He sticks his head out the Limo and says Hey I am here! Mean while it was the end of the night and my friend and I were waiting for a taxi in 0 below weather..at 2;00am in the morning, he also happened to be there with Jordan and Joe, this was years before you met him. The most Embarrassing moment was when, yelled at Donnie about a white wool coat that was splashed with mud as my friend as we were waiting for a Taxi, Donnie’s friends were chasing some guys that owed him money, as I am standing there his friends were running around the parking lot, chasing this guy. So I got pissed and said to Donnie ” Why are you always starting S***t man, because your famous you think someone owes you something? Not ! You S****t head your friends just spilled mud on my $400.00 coat and its white! what are you going to do about it.. I was angry of course. My friend was like stop yelling at him. I don’t care who he is. Jordan was there and said Oh! Sh***t this girl has balls! Donnie yells back and says ‘ Do you know who I am? I said I COULD CARE LESS!! needless to say he said he would not pay for my coat to be cleaned and to go F my self and I AM NOT GOING TO PAY FOR ANYTHING! YOU B..It was 0 BELOW and yelling at a New Kid On The Block! now that I look back when that occurred I considered that one of my most embarrassing moments! You should ask him if he remembers? it was several years ago when that happened. Ever since then I try not to make a full out of myself again.
I am one of those people that uses humor to deal with anything uncomfortable or embarrassing and I find it not only helps me, but takes the heat off the person involved. All of my friends know not to fall in front of me because it sends me into hysterics, and if I fall, I just lay on the ground and laugh. We never forget the situation, however, and years later we still laugh til we cry going over all the
stupid stuff we did. That’s what friends are for!
Okay this is ONLY between us girls, K?
It happened to me…
the unthinkable that your Mom warned you about…
I was caught in a situation where I had to be rushed to the ER. And yeah. I was caught in a very old yet comfy, yet very ratchet old sports bra.
Omg…just…don’t do it!
Whe when my 4yr old niece kept saying Auntie, Auntie whole i was digging in my closet. And I turn around and exclaimed, “W hat Tara?” I love you. Oh boy!
I’ve got a million of ’em, but the first one that popped into my head was 1987, food shopping at a King Cullen supermarket on Long Island, NY, with my boyfriend’s younger brother (their mother sent us to the store because she was probably hoping I’d get run over crossing the highway). Trying to maneuver the shopping cart with two busted wheels (why did I pick THAT one?), I misjudged a turn at the end of the cereal aisle and BOOM!! Down goes an entire 12-foot tall pyramid display of Life cereal boxes. Shoppers stopped. People stared. Employees shuffled toward the carnage to perform first aid to the boxes. The little brother looked at me as if I was the biggest moron in the history of Western Civilization. (Even funnier was my cousin’s reaction when she later heard the story: she collapsed into her kitchen sink and couldn’t move.) Anyway…..how did I overcome it? I laughed like only a Jersey Girl would, months later broke up with The Guy Whose Mother Hated Me, and married Captain America. And with that, I am dropping the mike and walking into the sunset with my Jersey Guy.
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Embarrassed at the beach
Last playboy shoot by the pool was fantastic.
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Jenny
got a really embarrassing one Southwestern Illinois College Belleville Illinois Campus Circa Fall Semester 1999. I was in my 20s and I had this really cool pair of wire horn rimmed glasses I just got from the eye doctors well as luck would have it there was a door to the English departments hallway guess what I did I thought the door was closed tried to open it and run through it only to weeks later have a nice little Luke Perry scar on my left brow forever but I now laugh at the situation and how young I was. I was lucky there were some nurses students to put a plastic stitch on it and a band aid or it could have been worse. You do learn look at the door make sure it is open and if it is and you forgot don’t dwell on it just be cool and act like it was improvisation and meant to happen you know comedy HAHA also my initials. I guess my mom gave me those initials so I could laugh anything off in life
Hello Jenny,
Oh man where do I start! LOL When I was in High School I went on a mission trip with my church youth group. We stayed in some dorm rooms at a college and the boys were on the bottom floor and the girls on the floor above them. I had a major crush on a guy who went on the mission trip that year. Anytime a male was on the girls floor he had to announce himself first before walking down the halls. I was taking a shower and I guess I didn’t hear him say male on the floor because I wrapped a towel around myself and exited the showers. To my surprise Mr. Cutie was right in front of me when I exited the door to the showers. I was so embarrassed that I ran back in and slammed the door. I could not even look in his face for the rest of our trip. We are still friends to this day and we laugh about it now but, at the time I was so embarrassed.
Jenny, I hardly ever get embarrassed these days…..I keep my thoughts and actions close to the good book…..But the the last time I was embarrassed I was taking a pee out on the front porch and one of my customers walked by……she never said anything, but I know the rest of her campsite knew…..Now I look around before I pee….LOL…have a great day….Your friend Gerald