Charlie G
On a one lane dirt road 30 miles deep into a rain soaked state forest it finally occurs to me, this is no place for my Toyota Corolla.
2012-08-01 11:03:10 / Rating: 497 / 
Story archives - tag: "mistake"
ToBeFree
Every time I look at our baby boy, I am reminded of how much I don't want to do this.
2011-09-30 09:27:37 / Rating: 292 /
Oliver's Army
Imagine my embarrassment, when losing patience with the deli woman's consistently nodding 'No' to my food orders, when I discovered she had Parkinson's.
2010-06-18 14:41:46 / Rating: 313.5 /
seb
I'll never forget the day when I realized I was born 8 months to the day of my parents wedding date.
2010-04-08 11:42:57 / Rating: 399.75 /
cg
On my very first camping trip, I learned that if I drop a dead caterpillar in my mom's coffee, she will not only not get mad at me, but she will also still drink the coffee.
2009-09-21 11:54:58 / Rating: 504.25 /
Reno Reading
My 8-year-old sister proudly declared that she knows that "WTF" means "Wow, That's Funny" and has been using it all over the internet.
2008-10-23 13:39:41 / Rating: 4527.5 /
Caryssa
I realized what a mistake it had been when my would-have-been prom date tried to rape me when I drove him home after his prom date ditched him.
2008-09-21 20:01:38 / Rating: 361 /
Unidentified Ethnicity
She tried to convert me to Christianity because I looked Jewish.
2008-08-27 16:21:32 / Rating: 520 /
Courtney
I took a huge bite of rice pudding only to realize that it was actually tartar sauce.
2008-08-14 20:37:55 / Rating: 688.25 /
c.
You know you are too much of a people-pleaser when you, a straight girl, hook up with a lesbian who is into you and pretend to really like it so you don't hurt her feelings.
2008-08-06 16:33:50 / Rating: 804.5 /
Tomatoes
I crashed my friend's car on a sandwich run and to top it off, I brought him back the wrong sandwich.
2008-05-27 10:11:19 / Rating: 676.75 /
Blackfeather
When the doorbell rang at four o'clock in the morning, I knew the cop had seen my license plate.
2008-05-07 11:16:24 / Rating: 561.75 /
Dylan
As I was washing my hands I noticed the lack of urinals along the wall and realized I had made this mistake twice in the same day.
2008-04-15 10:06:10 / Rating: 784.75 /
Adam
25 stitches later, I realized my biggest mistake wasn't jumping off the roof but grabbing the gutter on my way down
2008-04-02 13:53:32 / Rating: 462.75 /
James A. Calwell III
Just how does a package shipped from New Jersey to Virginia end up in Jacksonville, Florida in transit anyway?
2008-02-22 16:10:29 / Rating: 475.25 /
patronsaint
A perfect day for me would be one that ends without someone being forced to say, "At least you can learn from your mistakes."
2007-08-14 16:58:23 / Rating: 390 /
Student
By the look on her face, I knew that I had just told my Arabic teacher that she was tasty.
2007-07-20 15:43:27 / Rating: 683.5 /
Jonathan Stanton
That's when I knew I was doomed.
2007-05-10 10:39:28 / Rating: 463.25 /
mediocre
It wasn't until two days later that I realized I had not answered the question posed by the essay portion of the final exam.
2007-03-13 12:48:17 / Rating: 653.25 /
jbornebu
When David and I decided to switch partners, the girls agreed and took off together, leaving us behind.
2007-01-16 14:55:17 / Rating: 500.25 /
Sasha
I guess he was trying to play "footsies" with me, but I took it as I was in his way, so I moved my feet.
2006-11-28 17:05:57 / Rating: 451.75 /
Kate O
When my father heard the loud hissing noise coming from the whole train, he realized that no, that was NOT the door handle.
2006-11-16 09:43:48 / Rating: 511 /
Timothy
I hadn't yet dressed as I poured the boiling water over the coffee filter tilting precariously over the rim of a broken pot.
2006-10-11 14:19:21 / Rating: 435 /
mark
His big round eyes welled up with tears and the look of disappointment and sadness that comes from an innocent child betrayed made me wish that the slap was a million times on my face.
2006-09-11 10:18:56 / Rating: 611 /
Brad
It was a mistake to leave Matt in the car to sober up, because it turns out he was in there puking a varitable mix of pure liquid alcohol and huge chunks of roast beef that made me ponder my chewing habits.
2006-08-10 14:00:28 / Rating: 467.5 /