Story archives - tag: "embarrassment"

J

Did the nurse really have to laugh when my mom said her nine-year-old had dropped a toenail in his eye and we couldn't find it?

tags: medical child toenail humor embarrassment [add]

2008-07-22 12:23:17 / Rating: 13.75 /

Emera

A sleepover is a bad idea when your parents have really loud sex.

tags: childhood embarrassment sex parents [add]

2008-07-22 12:22:13 / Rating: 45.5 /

Dan

Exclaiming "Is there any chance that nobody saw that?" is a fantastic way to break the tension when you drop a glass in the crowded coffee shop where you work.

tags: embarrassment wit [add]

2008-05-27 10:09:22 / Rating: 104.25 /

thekatherine

His face turned a deep shade of red when his friend thought he had informed me of his buddy's hickie, when I was very aware it was from myself.

tags: hickie kiss embarrassment love [add]

2007-10-30 14:17:27 / Rating: 109 /

Cori

We were getting along really well until I leaned over and vomited on his feet.

tags: dating embarrassment vomit [add]

2007-08-14 16:58:30 / Rating: 176.5 /

Rob

Visiting Virginia, I thought the grocery clerk was calling my newborn son precious when in fact she was telling me in her southern drawl to "press yes" on the keypad.

tags: humor fatherhood misunderstanding pride embarrassment grocery precious [add]

2007-08-06 17:02:46 / Rating: 1277 /

Pelly

When I mocked the name of Jean-Paul Sartre's daughter in a school presentation, my teacher replied, "Actually, Arlette is my middle name."

tags: humor embarrassment european history school jean-paul sartre [add]

2007-06-26 16:59:26 / Rating: 115.75 /

girly

"We don't even have bras that size here," the saleslady announced to everyone in the store.

tags: humor embarrassment [add]

2007-03-07 09:43:17 / Rating: 173.75 /

JT

No one in the crowded pub told me I had toilet paper trailing behind me until I reached the bar.

tags: humor embarrassment [add]

2006-11-29 09:26:02 / Rating: 124.75 /