‘What was your most embarrassing moment as a child?’ – 21 events you will be exceedingly pleased didn’t happen to you
13.
‘My father was the Borough Architect for a council in the north of England. He designed a swimming pool and for the opening ceremony, he took me and my mum. I was about 4 at the time. I reckon there was about 200 people gathered around the pool. The Mayor, Councillors, Council staff and so on. We were positioned right by the Mayor.
‘During the Mayor’s speech, I must’ve decided that it was time for a dip and so, in front of everyone there, including the local press, I whipped off my pants exposing myself to all and sundry… Fortunately, it didn’t make the local papers.’
–RogueTrooper1975
14.
‘Went to a water park on holiday, queued up for one of those closed-top, tunnel-like slides where you sit in a rubber ring to go down. I confidently launched, then went slower and slower and slower and slower. Scooting did not help. I was not heavy enough. The ring was INSUFFICIENTLY INFLATED, DAMMIT. I eventually came to a dead stop midway down. I did not know what to do. What to feel. Trapped in a plastic tube. Did I live here now? Had I slid wrong? Was I being punished by a brutal and unjust god? Maybe I deserved this. But why?
‘It must’ve only been a few minutes, but it felt like an actual eternity spent contemplating my 8 year-old existence until I was body-slammed and dislodged by the full adult weight of the employee who’d been sent down after me. There was a crowd at the bottom waiting to see what the delay was. I fled, inelegantly and in tears. Fuck you, random water park.’
–oblectament
15.
‘When I was around three I was in Asda with me mum waiting in a queue at the tills. I got the lady in front of us’ attention by asking (paraphrased) ‘Excuse me? Can I ask you a question’. Mum was curious about what I was about to say so didn’t stop me from asking the question. Unfortunately for her, little me decided to ask this poor lady ‘Why are you so fat?’. Mum cringed, lady looked displeased and I cringe whenever she mentions it nowadays.’
–BobasPett12
16.
‘The mother decided to cut my hair one evening. How hard could it be? She couldn’t get the back straight so she just kept going till I was basically bald from the nape of my neck to the crown of my head. The front part was normal. It looked like some bizarre monk’s tonsure from the middle ages.
‘So she decided to colour in the back of my head with a felt tip pen.’
–SmokyBarnable01
17.
‘Out of curiosity I put arm bands on my ankles and jumped in a swimming pool and ended up floating by my ankles. Nearly drowned.’
–lizardtie321
18.
‘Catholic school, so a short mass every single day. This is roughly 4th-5th grade. One morning I’m not feeling well and while kneeling during the mass, threw up directly into the purse of prettiest girl in class, Julie. The purse was on the pew right in front of me.’
–krush_groove
19.
‘Eating lunch at primary school, gave us a salad so ate what I thought was a piece of cheese, ended up being pineapple. The shock of it made me throw up all over the table not only over my lunch, but over two other kids too. Still get the fear when I see pineapple now.’
–ComposerEfficient465
20.
‘Playing for school football team. Had a dodgy stomach and let out what I thought was a fart until I felt liquid running down my leg. I instinctively fell to the ground and said ‘oh no I’ve fallen in dog shit’. No one bought it and everyone found it hilarious which it was but not so much for me.’
–kotare78
21.
‘Back in the 70’s aged 13 I got a Saturday job at a bakers. I worked my guts out all day and hoped I had made a good first impression. It was literally non stop all day but I did notice a few people look at me strangely. At some point late in the day I suddenly realised that my lightweight bra had come undone and worked it’s way up the front of my v neck top and was sitting neatly around my neck in all it’s floral glory like some sort of fashion statement.’
–pinkdaisylemon
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