Ever just suddenly cringe over something stupid or embarrassing you’ve done in your life?

[Guitharley]

early in my work career... a work buddy approached me with a new guy worker in tow, my friend say "hey do you remember Linda from the business office" well Linda was uber attractive and I said "do I know Linda? of course who doesn't and then go about making every immature tongue outa my mouth hubahuba pant like a dog gesture going....the 2 of them watched my performance for a bit , then my buddy says "well this is Mike, Linda's husband" .......I says well damn..maybe you coulda opened with that.
Mike and I became great friends and he took every opportunity to remind me of our first meet

 

[smoothrecluse]

So. Many.

To quote the comedian Kyle Kinane:
“You get to repress memories? Oh, tell me how, magician.”

 

[Kandinskyesque]

There’s probably a psychiatric term for this; if so, I don’t know what it is.

It’s exhausting, though…constantly remembering something that makes you feel bad about yourself, even if it was on accident.

Rumination.
It's a common symptom with OCD but also present in a lot of people with ASD (not a psychiatric condition).

 

[soundchaser59]

Every damn day...... Had an angel in the palm of my hand but I had no clue.

 

[arlum]

I've worked very hard at trying to forget this kind of stuff. You are not helping!

 

[nojazzhere]

Played an entire set with my fly open.....unintentionally.

The first time I saw Robben Ford at the (sadly gone) Caravan of Dreams, he must have followed the performer's standard practice of going to the bathroom just before going on stage....but forgot to "zip up". He had on dark trousers, which contrasted against his WHITE underwear. Played the first song like that.....then someone must have informed him, and he turned his back on the audience, fixed the problem, and proceeded with the show. (which was outstanding) Just his way of saying, "HELLO! Ft Worth!".......

 

[thunderbyrd]

Every damn day...... Had an angel in the palm of my hand but I had no clue.

i had the devil incarnate in my hand and didn't know it.

 

[4pickupguy]

I've worked very hard at trying to forget this kind of stuff. You are not helping!

Science has proven it helps to share, nay, unburden oneself of these stories so that you are finally released of its hold. We will in no way point and laugh at you naked and call our friends, post laugh emojis or the like…. We are here to support you brother!

 

[Kandinskyesque]

Played an entire set with my fly open.....unintentionally.

That's why I'd never gig with a snake charmer.

 

[Mike Eskimo]

Think about something cringe-worthy I’ve done/aberrant behavior I’m responsible for ?

Every third or fourth minute…

 

[RoscoeElegante]

Let's see.... Three failed marriages. Chose the wrong career. Almost broke almost all the time. Once drove to Columbia, SC, when I was due in Columbus, OH. Once threw my briefcase in the dumpster and set a bag of dirty diapers down on the seminar room's table as I began class. Once sent my then-boss a rather vivid love email intended for my then-fiancee. Once backed into a telephone pole while lecturing my teenage daughters about driving wisely. Twice got myself shot at. Once....

Nope. All fine here. Those nightmares of getting on the wrong bus, forgetting my locker combination, finding out that I have a class I've not known about on the last day of that class and getting lost in a narrowing basement tunnel on the way to it, being naked atop the town Christmas tree, running out of salsa...they're not mine.

 

[teletail]

Nope. 65 years and I've never done anything I'm embarrassed about. Hahahahahahahahahaha

I have a handful of things I cringe about every time I think about them. I'm too embarrassed to even post them though. I was a richard cranium as a young man. I could be short tempered, a know it all, always right, impatient, self-righteous; just an incredible jerk. And sometimes I could be the nicest guy you'd ever want to know, I'd give you the shirt off my back, do anything to help a brother out.

Kind of like I am now.

 

[memorex]

To quote The Gumball Rally, "What's behind me is not important."

 

[El Tele Lobo]

i had the devil incarnate in my hand and didn't know it.

I think I dated her too!

 

[El Tele Lobo]

Let's see.... Three failed marriages. Chose the wrong career. Almost broke almost all the time. Once drove to Columbia, SC, when I was due in Columbus, OH. Once threw my briefcase in the dumpster and set a bag of dirty diapers down on the seminar room's table as I began class. Once sent my then-boss a rather vivid love email intended for my then-fiancee. Once backed into a telephone pole while lecturing my teenage daughters about driving wisely. Twice got myself shot at. Once....

Nope. All fine here. Those nightmares of getting on the wrong bus, forgetting my locker combination, finding out that I have a class I've not known about on the last day of that class and getting lost in a narrowing basement tunnel on the way to it, being naked atop the town Christmas tree, running out of salsa...they're not mine.

Whoa…haha. I thought this was just a friendly share sesh. I didn’t know we were going competition level!

 

[El Tele Lobo]

Nope. 65 years and I've never done anything I'm embarrassed about. Hahahahahahahahahaha

I have a handful of things I cringe about every time I think about them. I'm too embarrassed to even post them though. I was a richard cranium as a young man. I could be short tempered, a know it all, always right, impatient, self-righteous; just an incredible jerk. And sometimes I could be the nicest guy you'd ever want to know, I'd give you the shirt off my back, do anything to help a brother out.

Kind of like I am now.

We must be soul brothers!

 

[GGardner]

I've done more than my share of stupid things. But the only the things that still haunt me are mean things I said to two people in my early 20s in fits of anger. Two separate conversations. One male, one female. Decades later, and I still think about them and feel like a jerk.

 

[Skyhook]

Ever just suddenly cringe over something stupid or embarrassing you’ve done in your life? I mean going about your day and suddenly remembering something stupid or embarrassing, and physically cringing? Happens to me quite often (I’ve done a lot of stupid and embarrassing things).

The embarrassing things typically are funnier and easier to share so I’ll get us rolling with a harmless bit of DOH!!

1985, It was about 3:30 in the afternoon in the middle of the week at the music store I worked at. Kids walking home from school near by would come in and play the latest hair band riff or tune they had learned. This particular day a kid (lets call him David) that dropped in quite often decided today he’s gonna turn up a little more than usual. So he‘s there running his usual library of riffs and tunes over by the amps when a guy walks in, casually browsing the guitars etc. One of our employees tells him (in a raised voice as David’s playing is just above conversational levels) if he would like to hear any of them to feel free to plug them in. The guy replies, twice (cuz David), that he’s “just dreaming and really just came to get strings”.
A while later a the guy has finally meandered over to the counter where I am. So I ask him what strings he prefers, twice. He‘s starts to tell me and has to start over. I get bit closer and finally hear him and as I am ringing up his strings I start to apologize for the noise but then I start venting a little. I explain to him theres a school near by and the kids come in, so we get to hear the butchered lick du jour…sounds like me at that age…the guy chuckles and rolls his eyes but, do I stop there? Hell no. Now I start to vent about how most are just at a terrible stage of playing, every note has to lead to a dive bombed pinched harmonic. At that moment David does just that. See? Do I stop there? No! That kid comes in here all the time and picks the worse sound out of any amp and its just just dive bomb city, blah blah blah… about that time David stops playing and and yells
“Hey dad, did they have my strings?”
I was so embarrassed I just turned on my heels in front of the guy and ran to the back case room…
To this day I physically cringe when this moment crosses my mind.

Your turn.

Opening Christmas presents that aren't mine, by mistake.
I'm even a repeat offender for this.

 

[bholder]

Yes, but I'm waiting for the statute of limitations to pass before admitting to anything.

 

[Mjark]

Well, we need contrast in our lives.