Awkward Moments In Life

We all know about these moments. The kind when you can feel yourself going red in the face and can feel the embarrassment in your stomach. It might even be something stupid that you wouldn't normally be embarrassed about but these moments are always really awkward. These things have happened to many of us on more than one occasion but at least we can laugh about them afterwards...well I know I can. No matter how you feel at the time, it always ends up being funny and a great story to tell...

We'll start off with the whole waving madly at someone you know scenario, when in reality you've never seen this person in your life. You are out, say at the shops and you see we'll call her Jill. You start waving in the air calling "JILL!! JILLLLL!!" When you get closer you tap "Jill" on the shoulder only to be faced by a complete stranger. Wow can you say awkward. You apologise profusely and escape as quickly as humanly possible.

Then there's the time when we do actually see someone we know that we haven't seen for a while. You are both walking towards each other and there's no way you can ignore it so the person says to you "Hi" and you reply "Good thanks" you keep speeding off the way you were going because you realise you answered a question that was never asked. Gotta hate that!!

Happpyyyy Birthdayyyyy Tooooo Youuuuuu....it never ends quickly enough. The whole family and your friends are staring at you smiling singing happy birthday to you, when all you really want to do is crawl into a hole and have it over with. It seems like it goes on for an eternity and you plaster a fake cheesy smile on your face but really you are thinking "Please make it stop!"

If you've ever been in the situation of having an argument and getting so worked up that you mix your words up and sound plain ridiculous then you know exactly what I'm talking about. I have done this before and it's so stupid that you actually feel like laughing even though you are extremely angry. You mix a few words up and it's all over from there. The person you are arguing with is in tears of laughter and you just feel like a fool. Fail!

Being served by an extremely good looking male/female is always hard for the shy type. I know this from experience. I was served by a gorgeous guy and he started saying all the usual "How are you today?" etc with a big smile on his face and because I was so embarrassed I replied in the flattest tone you have ever heard. Wow, I could feel the redness spreading across my face and I was out of there. Did you know how quickly you can seriously move when you want to?

You are walking through a shopping centre when someone bumps into you, you go right, they go right, you go left, they go left and you keep doing this ridiculous dance of trying to pass the other. We've all had this one, the longer it lasts the worse it gets.

When you hear someone yell out your name you turn around and see someone who is not in any way familiar. You are thinking who is this person?? They run up to you and say "Helloooo how have you been? I haven't seen you for so long!" You don't know what to say, if your a guy you can easily fix it with the whole "good mate" but it's not that easy for us ladies. You feel horrible for not remebering who they are but they sure as hell know who you are...awkward!!!

We've all had a decent fall in a public place that makes you wish you just stayed at home. My most embarrassing one (and unfortunately there's been a few) was walking across the crossing on a rainy morning...yep you get the picture :(

Or have you ever ended a phone conversation and said "They are so annoying!!" and then you hear them say "I heard that..." Oh dear!!!

Speeches for school/work or in fact for anything is another reason that will bring along the red face, feel sick, going to throw up, I want to vanish, not coming in today type of feeling. Not fun at all!

What about when you are out with a lot of people including the person you're interested in and you are laughing so hard that you snort? Hello there boys!! Probably not really a turn on haha!

You are having a great time singing your heart out and you don't care who can hear you...but you are singing the wrong lyrics, in fact you made them up but they sounded about right to you. Someone corrects you...not cool!! I for one used to think "You are my delight" was "You are my daylight" but whatever...works for me :)

If you are a female then I'm pretty sure you would have encountered the old toilet paper on the shoe in the pub. Well as if that isn't embarrassing enough, I was out one night walking up to this guy I liked and had no idea that I had a trail a mile long of toilet paper hanging from my shoe. Great start!

Being walked in on in the toilet or shower...enough said.

The fantastic clothing malfunctions that usually come about at huge parties where everyone you know is there. For some reason your friends forget to mention that you bum cheek is showing because you skirt is caught in your undies or you have a hole in your pants. Thanks guys!

I will continue to add more embarrassing moments as I think of them and I'm sure there will be plenty more to come :)