Memories that make you cringe

Prodigious

I have several memories that, whenever they come across my mind, I cringe.
For example:

At the shops, buying a few bits for a party. There was a cashier I'd been flirting with on and off for a while, real pretty. Had to play it cool, so walked up casually. Paid her, trying not to screw up anything. Was ready for my response when she said to have a nice day.
Her: Here's your change.
Me: You too.


Anyone got stories to share?

3ndahalfof6

Trying to screw the dog while the cat watched, I still go slightly red over this, on the up side for the cat I started buying whiskers.

Me: Hello Mr Handsome That I See Every Friday (not his real name), how are you?
He: I'm fine Candie, good to see you. And how are you?
Me: I'm good, thanks. How are you?
He: .....umm.....

castletownman

When facebook notifies me that I was tagged in some photos from a particularly wild night I have no recollection of. Nothing cringier! (if that's a word)

So basically every second Sunday morning

Ruudi_Mentari

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hJrT6KblGQ

Ranicand

Being born my head was rightly stuck.:eek:

Setun

Thanks for unleashing my suppressed memory bank, OP.

/the horrors :pac:

Praetorian Saighdiuir

I got caught **** by the cat. It got got weird when it stopped to lick its ass.

Archeron

Sharting in the playground when I was in low babies. Im amazed I still remember it, never mind still feeling shame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS2Th_qeBb4

Lawrence1895

I got married

bb1234567

castletownman wrote: »

When facebook notifies me that I was tagged in some photos from a particularly wild night I have no recollection of. Nothing cringier! (if that's a word)

So basically every second Sunday morning

hardly crinworthy..?
I think somebodys just showing off how many wild parties they go to

bb1234567

castletownman wrote: »

When facebook notifies me that I was tagged in some photos from a particularly wild night I have no recollection of. Nothing cringier! (if that's a word)

So basically every second Sunday morning

hardly cringeworthy..?
I think somebodys just showing off how many wild parties they go to

Ihatecuddles-old

I went to give blood yesterday, walked straight past the donation clinic in Stillorgan and in through a door. Went up stairs and opened the door at the end of the corridor.

It was an office with people in it. One girl asked was I ok while everyone stared at me. I told her Im here to donate blood. She said its next door.

I walked outside and saw a big glass window with a sign on top of it. It was impossible to miss, yet I did.

Felt so embarrassed, then a few people from the office came in to give blood on their lunch break! The same girl goes 'I see you found it then'

mortified.

LLU

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I went to give blood yesterday, walked straight past the donation clinic in Stillorgan and in through a door. Went up stairs and opened the door at the end of the corridor.

It was an office with people in it. One girl asked was I ok while everyone stared at me. I told her Im here to donate blood. She said its next door.

I walked outside and saw a big glass window with a sign on top of it. It was impossible to miss, yet I did.

Felt so embarrassed, then a few people from the office came in to give blood on their lunch break! The same girl goes 'I see you found it then'

mortified.

and after all this time the memory still makes you cringe! Wow, pretty scarring!

Ihatecuddles-old

LLU wrote: »

and after all this time the memory still makes you cringe! Wow, pretty scarring!

It happened yesterday, first thing that came to mind :rolleyes:

smart arse

yohan the great

castletownman wrote: »

When facebook notifies me that I was tagged in some photos from a particularly wild night I have no recollection of. Nothing cringier! (if that's a word)

So basically every second Sunday morning

Thinly veiled I am a party animal

Rayne Wooney

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I went to give blood yesterday, walked straight past the donation clinic in Stillorgan and in through a door. Went up stairs and opened the door at the end of the corridor.

It was an office with people in it. One girl asked was I ok while everyone stared at me. I told her Im here to donate blood. She said its next door.

I walked outside and saw a big glass window with a sign on top of it. It was impossible to miss, yet I did.

Felt so embarrassed, then a few people from the office came in to give blood on their lunch break! The same girl goes 'I see you found it then'

mortified.

Ah lunch breaks. Some people go to Spar for a chicken fillet roll, others go to Starbucks for a coffee... some people nip next door and give some blood.

Truncheon Rouge

This stuff is so light weight.
I imagine the real stuff is being left out.


I can think of about 4...no 5...no 6...incidents from across years that make me think 'oh dear god no'.

Prodigious

Truncheon Rouge wrote: »

This stuff is so light weight.
I imagine the real stuff is being left out.


I can think of about 4...no 5...no 6...incidents from across years that make me think 'oh dear god no'.

Go on so?

Clandestine

It's so awkward when you send a private text message to the wrong person.

The other day I wrote a message, "Hey babe, can't wait to sex you up tonight" and sent it to my 10-year-old daughter.

I still cringe imagining how embarrassing it would have been if I'd sent that to the wrong person!

Sergeant

X-Worx jeans.

13spanner

On the way into my local night club you buy a ticket at the desk, and hand it to the bouncer as you walk past him. On my first time going in I asked yer one selling the tickets if there was a raffle going on.

Naturally enough, there was no raffle.

SusieBlue

The time I was in such a rush to go say hi to my boyfriend when he visited me at work, I slipped on a pile of sick on the floor.

Wurly

My worst one ever is from about 5 years ago. I was in work at the time and up to my eyes.

I had a really good friend in this job. We were always joking around with each other. We'd ring each other up and put funny voices on, pretending to be other people etc etc.

This one day, the phone rang and I saw what I thought was his office come up on the caller ID. I answered 'yello?. And he says in a woman's husky voice 'how ya Wurly, this is Esther'. I put on a Dublin junkie accent and go 'alllruigh Esthar.... how's yar GEEEE??'. Turns out it was a woman that I work with called Esther. She was only back from Lourdes the night before. There was a brief silence before she continued her conversation.... I thought I was going to die from embarrassment.

I sent her an email afterwards saying sorry and that I 'thought she was someone else'..... That doesn't even explain what I said!!!! Thankfully she was good about it.:o:o:o:o:o:o

Prodigious

I was around 12, had my first girlfriend. Text her: "What would you do if my Mam found out we were going out?"
Except I sent the text to my mother ..

Prodigious

13spanner wrote: »

On the way into my local night club you buy a ticket at the desk, and hand it to the bouncer as you walk past him. On my first time going in I asked yer one selling the tickets if there was a raffle going on.

Naturally enough, there was no raffle.

I actually laughed
Your name is apt :rolleyes:

13spanner

Prodigious wrote: »

I actually laughed
You name is apt :rolleyes:

On that occasion, quiet the spanner I was

Ronan

One time I got really pissed went for a pizza and told everyone my dad was one of the highest paid partners in KPMG...

...oh wait!

starlings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6D_DTctge4

Turtyturd

I once called a teacher ma. It was made even worse by the fact that I went bright red, and looked around convinced nobody had heard, and I had gotten away with it. But nope there is always that one person who overhears something, and they always have to be the biggest mouth in the class who tells everyone.

CorsetIsTight

Does anyone else make a little involuntary noise when they think of those awful, embarrassing memories...?

I find myself turning that noise into humming or singing to distract myself from the embarrassment of both the memory and the involuntary noise.

Prodigious

CorsetIsTight wrote: »

Does anyone else make a little involuntary noise when they think of those awful, embarrassing memories...?

I find myself turning that noise into humming or singing to distract myself from the embarrassment of both the memory and the involuntary noise.

Every time. Or a mutter, or a grumble of fuuuuuu....

builttospill

Mick Lally was my father's cousin. At my grandfather's funeral when I was about 10 I was starstruck when he showed up so I made it my mission to get an autograph off "Miley". I vividly remember going up to him as the coffin was just being lowered into the grave and asking for an autograph and one for my friend back home. I was too full of youthful exuberance to give a fcuk about my grandfather (who I didn't know well in fairness) and I recall Mick signing the autographs swiftly and silently while trying to grieve like everyone else.

I know I was young but ffs. That makes me cringe so bad.

MickFleetwood

Went to beat somebody up a few years ago. He was rather heavy, and I ended up trying to grab him by the collar and throw him around while my friends looked on.

I barely pushed him. Jesus, that was terrible. I was struggling and heaving yet only managed to make him slightly off-balance. Talk about ****ing weak, eh?

bleg

Things like this used to make me cringe. Then I realised there's nothing I could do about them so I stopped cringing.

The Pheasant

Went to my cousin's 21st birthday when I was about 16 and I was allowed have a few beers, of course I got absolutely ****faced and vomited everywhere in front of my whole family - was absolutely mortified the next morning...even worse I repeated the feat again two years later...spicy food and guinness - never again

DazMarz

This only happened last weekend; my cousin's wedding in England. More than a few Jack Daniels and coke and then Billy Idol's "White Wedding" came on at the reception. Cue mad dancing and making a complete tit of myself. There's a video out there that another cousin of mine managed to record. I also removed my tie and tied it around my head in a makeshift bandana for the occasion. I also did a fairly good approximation of the wild wail Billy Idol does towards the end of the song... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOW...

or something like that.

I had blissfully forgotten all about it until I saw the video the next morning while nursing my woeful hangover. It was funny, but absolutely, totally and utterly cringeworthy.

Or possibly another incident when I threatened to have an (Irish) barman deported when I was 17 and totally intoxicated if he wouldn't give me another drink... Jesus... I still get reminded of that to this day. I don't know what's worse; that I was such a gobshíte back then, that I threatened to have someone deported, that they turned out to be Irish or the stupidly underlying racism in what I did.

Or possibly the time when I was about 8 and I sobbed my eyes out on the sideline at a football match when I was substituted. It wasn't about showing passion, it was just that I was a selfish little bollix who wanted to stay on the pitch to massage his own ego.

Or in school when I was about 15. Playing football at lunch and someone on my team made a mistake. I launched forth with something along the lines of: "You stupid fúcking cúnt! Are you fúcking for real?! You're a useless fúcking wánker fúcking gobshíte. For fúck sake! Fúcking cúnting useless so you are! A fúcking disgrace!" and so on. Turn around, and the principal is standing ten feet away, having hear my whole tirade. I was in an all-Irish secondary too, so talking English was very frowned upon. I think I copped 2 weeks' detention over that one.

Neadine

DazMarz wrote: »

This only happened last weekend; my cousin's wedding in England. More than a few Jack Daniels and coke and then Billy Idol's "White Wedding" came on at the reception. Cue mad dancing and making a complete tit of myself. There's a video out there that another cousin of mine managed to record. I also removed my tie and tied it around my head in a makeshift bandana for the occasion. I also did a fairly good approximation of the wild wail Billy Idol does towards the end of the song... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOW...

or something like that.

I had blissfully forgotten all about it until I saw the video the next morning while nursing my woeful hangover. It was funny, but absolutely, totally and utterly cringeworthy.

Or possibly another incident when I threatened to have an (Irish) barman deported when I was 17 and totally intoxicated if he wouldn't give me another drink... Jesus... I still get reminded of that to this day. I don't know what's worse; that I was such a gobshíte back then, that I threatened to have someone deported, that they turned out to be Irish or the stupidly underlying racism in what I did.

Or possibly the time when I was about 8 and I sobbed my eyes out on the sideline at a football match when I was substituted. It wasn't about showing passion, it was just that I was a selfish little bollix who wanted to stay on the pitch to massage his own ego.

Or in school when I was about 15. Playing football at lunch and someone on my team made a mistake. I launched forth with something along the lines of: "You stupid fúcking cúnt! Are you fúcking for real?! You're a useless fúcking wánker fúcking gobshíte. For fúck sake! Fúcking cúnting useless so you are! A fúcking disgrace!" and so on. Turn around, and the principal is standing ten feet away, having hear my whole tirade. I was in an all-Irish secondary too, so talking English was very frowned upon. I think I copped 2 weeks' detention over that one.

Your parents must be sooo proud!

The Pheasant

Actually another one, at my cousins communion, it was very late into the night and a singsong started - cue (somewhat intoxicated) me making an awful attempt at "Raglan road" in the style of Luke Kelly...only knew the first verse or so *shudders*

Son0vagun

One time I found a safe, shared it with AH and after a long battle I discovered it only contained two empty jars!

I still cringe.

BillyMitchel

I was on the late late before and I was drunk and was talking **** to Pat Kenny. Still get sick to this day 10+ years.

Basically I made a tool of myself on national T.V

Loads others with women but that many can't remember..

BillyMitchel

Son0vagun wrote: »

One time I found a safe, shared it with AH and after a long battle I discovered it only contained two empty jars!

I still cringe.

Sorry to rub it in but there was a similar thread on reddit a couple weeks back and apparently what was in the safe was worth a fortune!!

KKkitty

Good Friday brings back a cringeworthy moment for me. Had a tuna sandwich before the mass and was queasy all throughout it. As soon as mass was over I made my way outside the church and proceded to vomit ferociously in front of everyone.

DazMarz

Neadine wrote: »

Your parents must be sooo proud!

My father has made a gobshíte out of himsef enough times... It's no mystery where I got it from.

But these are, bear in mind, a few isolated incidents over the span of a 25 year lifetime. I'm relatively normal most of the time. And most other embarrassing incidents are unknown to the general public at large.

Another one I thought of too, btw...

A friend of mine was standing on the street wearing a suit and smoking a cigarette when I walked past. This guy LIVES in jeans, hoodie and runners, so seeing him suited up was a bit weird. I of course walked up and clapped him on the shoulder, "Jaysus, man. Who's dead?"

""My mother" and he tears up a little.

I stammered something of an apology before shuffling off, wanting the ground to open up and swallow me there and then...

lahalane

I was doing the Mocks for the Leaving and we were all in the gym. I was at the top where there was a cement mixer type heater (don't know the name) blowing out heat directly at me. It melted the chewing gum from under the desk and resulted in me having a sticky white mess on the crotch of my pants for the rest of the day.

BOHtox

A mate of mine and I were in the local shop. He was buying a drink and was about to pay for it in the exact coins but he had loads of 10s and 20s. He walked up to the cashier who happened to be our other mate's extremely hot sister. Like we're talking smokin' hot! He walks up, playing all cool, and says "ah heya doin *Cashier's name* I'm *Cashier's brother's friend* can i get a discount?
The tension was ridiculous. A terrible opening line! So he hands her the drink and she scans it and says whatever the price was. He handed her a good dozen coins but his mind wanders and he starts staring at her. He released the coins too early and they go flying everywhere. I'm in fits of laughter and walked out of the shop while the two were left to pick up the coins. Hilarious stuff but I really cringe for the poor guy when looking back!

padd b1975

First Holy Communion Day.


Canary yellow clip on tie.



That is all.

Hunchback

Foo fighters gig in the Olympia. Upstairs. Saw a hot guy flirting with me . Walked over to meet him. Realised it was an enormous mirror. Fukn shamer!!

Quick scan left/right and move on hoping no bouncers or anyone saw.

Rasheed

Only yesterday at work, I was talking to a woman who was worried about an audit we did together. She was so worried we'd missed something so I said 'Don't worry, we looked over those papers until we were cross eyed. They're perfect.'

Cue awkward silence, me wondering what was wrong. Until I realised her husband is actually cross eyed. I'm such a tit.

jaffacakesyum

Rasheed wrote: »

Only yesterday at work, I was talking to a woman who was worried about an audit we did together. She was so worried we'd missed something so I said 'Don't worry, we looked over those papers until we were cross eyed. They're perfect.'

Cue awkward silence, me wondering what was wrong. Until I realised her husband is actually cross eyed. I'm such a tit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lbGInC5grg