Embarrassment is one of those emotions that is so profound and human, that we can often still feel it intensely when it’s second hand. Indeed, entire comedy series, most famously, the Office, have been built on inflicting both hilarity and cringe-worthy moments by putting characters in deeply embarrassing situations.
Often, the embarrassing things we go through are so intense, that many of us consider taking them with us to the grave. However, there is evidence that sharing your embarrassment, much like ripping off a band-aid, might hurt in the moment, but is actually a pretty good way to start feeling better about the experience. Humor, after all, is a great healer.
A netizen asked “what was your most embarrassing moment?” and some brave people shared their mortifying experiences. So get comfortable as you read through, upvote the worst ones and be sure to share your own stories and thoughts in the comments section below.
Often, the embarrassing things we go through are so intense, that many of us consider taking them with us to the grave. However, there is evidence that sharing your embarrassment, much like ripping off a band-aid, might hurt in the moment, but is actually a pretty good way to start feeling better about the experience. Humor, after all, is a great healer.
A netizen asked “what was your most embarrassing moment?” and some brave people shared their mortifying experiences. So get comfortable as you read through, upvote the worst ones and be sure to share your own stories and thoughts in the comments section below.
#21
I was freshmen in highschool playing at soccer game. We had gotten our a**es totally kicked, 0-4 by the best team in the league. At the end of the soccer game usually the moms would bring snacks and drinks for everyone, well my team didn't really have a great support network and nobody brought them for us.
I was so tired and sad that we lost I got confused and followed the other team to the snack area. They had twinkies, jerky, those little juice boxes that looked like grenades.. the best stuff. Started scarfing them down. Then noticed I was the only one on my team eating with these guys.
There was so much silence as an entire team of players and their support parents just looked at me. I was like, 'oh... I shouldn't be here'..They all started laughing at me. Then I walked back to my side of the field.. with my entire team started laughing at me.
Yea it was a tuff day.
I was so tired and sad that we lost I got confused and followed the other team to the snack area. They had twinkies, jerky, those little juice boxes that looked like grenades.. the best stuff. Started scarfing them down. Then noticed I was the only one on my team eating with these guys.
There was so much silence as an entire team of players and their support parents just looked at me. I was like, 'oh... I shouldn't be here'..They all started laughing at me. Then I walked back to my side of the field.. with my entire team started laughing at me.
Yea it was a tuff day.
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71points
#22
New kid in HS, first day of school. Wearing my favorite jeans. Apparently my mom's granny panties hitched a ride on the inside of my pant leg and started coming out the bottom later on in the day.
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66points
#23
1982. 4th grade. I got one of those s****y plastic costumes for Halloween. Decided not to wear anything under it. It degraded. Long story short, you know that common nightmare where you are sitting in class in your underwear? Ya.
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65points
#25
Farted in a patient's room, who I thought AMS after cleaning her up with the nurse.
Everyone could smell it, nurse thought the patient had pooped again. I told her I though she just farted. But she insisted we check the patient again, so we turned her, there was no poop.
The patient points a finger at me and loudly says "it's not me it's you! You're the one with the stinky poo-poo!" I turned bright red, the nurse was not pleased with me.
Everyone could smell it, nurse thought the patient had pooped again. I told her I though she just farted. But she insisted we check the patient again, so we turned her, there was no poop.
The patient points a finger at me and loudly says "it's not me it's you! You're the one with the stinky poo-poo!" I turned bright red, the nurse was not pleased with me.
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53points
#26
For grade school, I attended a religious school. We went to church every week. One week, the weather was particularly warm and muggy, and we were in church. I was wearing the school uniform shorts, while sitting on the wooden pew/seats and my skin was very sticky.
The priest was droning on through his homily, and I adjusted my position in the seat. The back of my sweaty sticky leg stuck to the pew and made the loudest farting sound against the hardwood of the seat, and it echoed through the church, and everything subsequently went silent. *Everyone*, including the priest looked my way. There was a long, awkward, silent pause while everyone gazed at me while I flushed red like never before.
Nothing else came of it, the priest continued droning on and everyone else continued being bored, but that moment of thunderous fart noise and the world standing still while everyone stared at little 2nd grade me was absolutely mortifying.
The priest was droning on through his homily, and I adjusted my position in the seat. The back of my sweaty sticky leg stuck to the pew and made the loudest farting sound against the hardwood of the seat, and it echoed through the church, and everything subsequently went silent. *Everyone*, including the priest looked my way. There was a long, awkward, silent pause while everyone gazed at me while I flushed red like never before.
Nothing else came of it, the priest continued droning on and everyone else continued being bored, but that moment of thunderous fart noise and the world standing still while everyone stared at little 2nd grade me was absolutely mortifying.
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52points
#27
I walked into a glass wall/full sized window at a gas station, bounced off, and then fell on my a*s.
The employees and customers inside all saw what happened and laughed. Even a few people pumping gas laughed.
The employees and customers inside all saw what happened and laughed. Even a few people pumping gas laughed.
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#28
I s**t my pants at my ex's nephew's first birthday party.
We had a small party at a local park with pizza and cake. I'm dairy intolerant, so I asked my ex to stop and get Lactaid before the event. He told me we were near bathrooms and I would be fine if I had to go to the bathroom.
We were not near any bathrooms. I felt the urge to go number two, which was coming quickly. I told my ex, and we started walking towards the restrooms, or so we thought. Turns out we were walking in the wrong direction.
I could not hold it anymore. I started s******g myself. He told me to go into the thicket along the walking trail/bike path we were on to finish relieving myself. He went to get baby wipes from his sister. I cleaned up and left my underwear and my pride in the thicket.
We had a small party at a local park with pizza and cake. I'm dairy intolerant, so I asked my ex to stop and get Lactaid before the event. He told me we were near bathrooms and I would be fine if I had to go to the bathroom.
We were not near any bathrooms. I felt the urge to go number two, which was coming quickly. I told my ex, and we started walking towards the restrooms, or so we thought. Turns out we were walking in the wrong direction.
I could not hold it anymore. I started s******g myself. He told me to go into the thicket along the walking trail/bike path we were on to finish relieving myself. He went to get baby wipes from his sister. I cleaned up and left my underwear and my pride in the thicket.
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50points
#29
So I have this issue when I'm stressed, scared or sad I laugh, so I once laughed at a funeral I felt so bad and I literally wanted to burry myself 6 feet under.
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49points
#30
Caught fire making corn dogs then my friends came over as the EMT's were carrying me completely naked down the stairs on this weird chair thing.
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48points
#31
I made a light joke about a co-worker in what I thought was a DM to a friend but was actually a channel that the co-worker and our whole team was in. It wasn't personal or intentionally hurtful, but it did hit home for him and he was REALLY really hurt. The friend that I thought I'd sent it to knew that I'd put it in a channel but didn't tell me so it was up for several minutes.
I felt like such an incredible a*****e. Had a call with the person to apologize but the fact that it hit home meant the damage was done. It's been over a year and I still think about it all the time.
I felt like such an incredible a*****e. Had a call with the person to apologize but the fact that it hit home meant the damage was done. It's been over a year and I still think about it all the time.
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46points
#32
Not me but a friend. Went to the ladies room back in the day when we wore panty hose all the time. Well, she tucked her dress in her pantyhose by mistake, was commando of course and walked around the whole rest saying hi to all these ppl she knew. Her husb kept calling her name and saying she was showing her a*s and she thought he meant she had too much to drink lol. They never went back.
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46points
#33
In 4th grade I was wearing fake velvet/corduroy tweety bird overalls and we were doing parachute day in PE. The overalls split at the butt and the nurse used safety pins to keep it together for the next 4-5 hours. I went to BASE because my parents both worked and had long commutes so after school I basically just sat in a plastic chair so no one could see my butt.
Also when I was 12 or 13 I got my period in PE and bled through my underwear, pants, and a sweatshirt tied around my waist and I had to sit on the bleachers and not do field hockey which was my favorite. The rest is a little foggy but I think they had me wear stuff from the lost & found until I went home. Man I have a lot of PE related small t trauma.
Also when I was 12 or 13 I got my period in PE and bled through my underwear, pants, and a sweatshirt tied around my waist and I had to sit on the bleachers and not do field hockey which was my favorite. The rest is a little foggy but I think they had me wear stuff from the lost & found until I went home. Man I have a lot of PE related small t trauma.
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45points
#34
I was attending an online class on my phone, and went to the toilet. My mic was on, but luckily the camera was off. Still I got teased a lot that day in our class WhatsApp group.
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45points
#35
Cr*pping my pants in church.
There was a special service being held on Halloween night and I ate way too much candy and my stomach got upset. I was the cross-bearer and I ran to the back right before they did the offering (where the cross-bearer has to go to the back of the church) and couldn't get the vestments off in time and just let it rip. I remember my pants expanding like a balloon and I felt the liquid goo running down my leg. The secondary priest came to the back to check on me and he could smell the foul deed I did and I remember him saying "oh god" and he went to the back to get my mom who quickly shuffled me out the back/side door of the church.
They tried to wash the vestments and my parents ended up buying the church an entire new set. Needless to say I never wanted to "serve" again.
There was a special service being held on Halloween night and I ate way too much candy and my stomach got upset. I was the cross-bearer and I ran to the back right before they did the offering (where the cross-bearer has to go to the back of the church) and couldn't get the vestments off in time and just let it rip. I remember my pants expanding like a balloon and I felt the liquid goo running down my leg. The secondary priest came to the back to check on me and he could smell the foul deed I did and I remember him saying "oh god" and he went to the back to get my mom who quickly shuffled me out the back/side door of the church.
They tried to wash the vestments and my parents ended up buying the church an entire new set. Needless to say I never wanted to "serve" again.
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41points