What was one of your most cringe worthy lines?

[Suzette]

I was just remembering the times I have opened my mouth and what came out was either embarassing to me or others.

One line I can't quite forget was when I was invited to participate in a green chili cook off. I don't have a recipe for green chili and contests against others is not my thing. It would have been easy to say "no thank you". But I didn't say this. Instead I said "I can't compete with those people".

Immediately I knew I sounded biggoted as my competitors were all Mexican imigants. But I am not biggoted at all! I just tripped on line between my tounge and my brain.

 

[Nairobi]

I think I have mentally blocked them all from my memory!

 

[Aspychata]

If l am tired, beyond belief, my filter can get twisted. It depends on how agitated l am or if l am trying to quit my job.

I also just repeat things over if stressed.

 

[jleeb05]

Oh, I wish I remember the number of times I've put my foot in my mouth. I could probably write a pretty funny and very cringy book. A few that come to mind...

Laptops Are Like Babies
I said this to a friend in college about my relatively new laptop: "Yeah, when I first got it I was really careful but now I'm kind of rough with it...kind of like a baby. Initially, the parent is really gentle but after the first few months, they start smacking it around."
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Lost Thong

Girl, to her friend outside of the school cafeteria: "Did I leave my phone in there?"
Me (being a little too loud): "Your Thong?!"
My horrified friend: "Phone, man! Phone!"
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Short People

This guy was explaining to me how he was making a YouTube series about the prejudices faced by short men. He was very passionate about it.

I like short men, thought he was cute and was trying to flirt so I said, "It's terrible how much emphasis people put on height. I really don't even really notice when someone is shorter than me."

Nothing wrong with that, right? Except later in the evening, we are hanging out with a mutual friend (who was not present for the earlier conversation) The mutual friend says to me, "Remember when we were at the club and I was upset because that girl brushed me off and you said I shouldn't worry about her anyway because she was too short? That was hilarious."

Short guy: "I thought you said you didn't notice height?"

Me: *Awkward silence* (In my defense, I think I was a little tipsy when I made the comment to our mutual friend but it was so embarrassing after I had just told this guy that I was "height-blind.")

 

[jleeb05]

If l am tired, beyond belief, my filter can get twisted. It depends on how agitated l am or if l am trying to quit my job.

I also just repeat things over if stressed.

I think some of my verbal missteps come during times of stress, as well. I recall there being a fire drill in middle school. It was probably sensory overload with the alarm, the kids yelling and horsing around.

Everyone was excitedly talking and I blurted out, "I hope we all die/burn," or something along those lines. Everybody immediately went silent. I probably meant to say something like, "I wouldn't mind if this were a real fire because then we might get some extra playtime outside." Not sure why it came out so dark but I got a lot of disturbed/troubled looks from my classmates...

 

[unperson]

Any time I express an opinion?

 

[Judge]

As a precocious child I once told my parents I thought something said constituted "defecation of character". Luckily they found it funnier than I did once my father explained that the word I was looking for was in fact defamation- not defecation.

Nothing like having a crappy vocabulary.

 

[ForestGumpett]

An old one but I did it anyway, asked a young overweight woman when her baby was due. You only do that once, terribly embarrassing.

 

[Suzette]

An old one but I did it anyway, asked a young overweight woman when her baby was due. You only do that once, terribly embarrassing.

When I was in my mid 30s I was over weight by about 50 lbs. My weight went to my stomach. I couldn't figure out why people keot insisting I take their seat in the bus or a man in Walmart looked horrified by me hefting a 40lb bag of dog food.

 

[Suzanne]

Oh boy, I said to this black lady that I wish I could be black, because it is so annoying having white skin which does not tan and I got a very unimpressed look come my way and guess that it came across as racist, because why would I even mention the colour? But, I am not racist and I did mean what I said; just badly worded.

This one happened when I was a young adult. My husband and I went to see one of his friend's and his sister was there, lying on the couch, looking very pale and sick. So, I said: wow, are you ok, you look awful! She did not take at all kindly to that and started to bad mouth me to her brother and others. I got to know, because the brother told me how she felt. I tried to apologise, but she refused to accept it and in the end, I just thought: her issue and not mine and actually, guess what? She was sick from coming off from being high, but I did not know that.

Another time, a neighbour was showing me around her house, with what things she was getting rid of and I looked at her curtains, which were beige with big dark beige spots and said: bet you are glad to get rid of those curtains? Oh, my! Her response was: I made those curtains! I tried to apologise, but she refused to accept it and told me to leave.

Accept for the black lady incident, those other two incidents highlight to be that some people WANT to be affended, to give them an excuse to be nasty!

 

[Progster]

@Suzanne I agree with you that sometimes people want to be offended. I don't think you did anything wrong really, people can be really touchy at times and take things personally where they are not meant that way.

 

[NB79]

I hate it when it happens lol, i think NT usually doesn't have this problem, i can say stuff that later makes me ashamed and with regret. I don't know if it is because i get nervous or 'weak' in conversations idk.

 

[SusanLR]

I had a funny answer to a waitress which embarassed her and I didn't even think of how it sounded
until I had said it.

At a Steak N' Shake, I ordered a hot dog and milkshake.
The waitress told me the foot longs were on sale that day for less than the regular ones.
I replied, "No, thanks. They are a little too long and skinny for my likes. I prefer them short and plump."

I got a funny look then realised...

 

[SDRSpark]

If l am tired, beyond belief, my filter can get twisted. It depends on how agitated l am or if l am trying to quit my job.

I also just repeat things over if stressed.

My filter slips or vanishes completely when under stress. Now that I understand the social implications of this, I'm terrified of it happening in the wrong situation. (In my case, I don't have an opportunity to "think before you speak" as they say because I don't have a thought before words are coming out of my mouth. I'm hearing it for the first time as I'm saying it and I'm a horrified as everyone else at my social gaffes but I'm pretty powerless to prevent it, other than managing stress so that this particular symptom doesn't rear its ugly head.)

As a child I got in a fair bit of trouble for this on a few occasions...it turns out no one believes you when you say "I didn't know I was going to say it". When I was in my early 20s I met a neuropsychologist who actually believed me, but to my knowledge she was the first one.

 

[Raggamuffin]

I don't need a line - I just need one word "Ujjal".

Some kid at school (Monty) was being a tool and tried grabbing one of my text books. He had a habit of trying to wind me up, because he knew I had a short temper. Back then, before I started masking all the time I was quite renowned as a cry baby too.

I shouted his name, in the hope he'd stop. But instead, I ended up shouting the name of another kid in my class, whilst not breaking eye contact with this other kid.

Immediate tension and confusion. But he let go of the book, and I had to sit with a palpable atmosphere of embarrassment.

Ed

 

[jleeb05]

I don't need a line - I just need one word "Ujjal".

Some kid at school (Monty) was being a tool and tried grabbing one of my text books. He had a habit of trying to wind me up, because he knew I had a short temper. Back then, before I started masking all the time I was quite renowned as a cry baby too.

I shouted his name, in the hope he'd stop. But instead, I ended up shouting the name of another kid in my class, whilst not breaking eye contact with this other kid.

Immediate tension and confusion. But he let go of the book, and I had to sit with a palpable atmosphere of embarrassment.

Ed

Names can be tough sometimes

This actually reminds me of a time when I was speaking with this guy in a social situation. I think he might have approached me because I was staring at him. He introduced himself, "Hi, my name is Ben." (I don't actually remember his name)

Well, I quickly responded, "Hi, my name is Ben...wait, that's your name." I guess I sometimes mimic people when I don't know how to behave in social situations but I was so embarrassed. It seemed as if I didn't know my own name. The guy probably thought I was insane

 

[Nairobi]

Names can be tough sometimes

This actually reminds me of a time when I was speaking with this guy in a social situation. I think he might have approached me because I was staring at him. He introduced himself, "Hi, my name is Ben." (I don't actually remember his name)

Well, I quickly responded, "Hi, my name is Ben...wait, that's your name." I guess I sometimes mimic people when I don't know how to behave in social situations but I was so embarrassed. It seemed as if I didn't know my own name. The guy probably thought I was insane

I have done that, too! I haven't introduced myself by the other person's name, but I have repeated back their greeting instead of the appropriate response. I will also just say the wrong greeting sometimes.

 

[Suzette]

Agh names! I often mix up names even of people I know really well. I call my kid my dogs name. It has gotten so bad my son just resonds "Yes?". That is funny but it can be socially akward too. If I am with several other people I might call Ted Gary and Gary Fred. Fred might not even be part of the group! I mean no direspect by it.

 

[ForestGumpett]

Dog names, those i never forget but people yes I forget. Have come to believe it’s because the dogs treat me better.

Agh names! I often mix up names even of people I know really well. I call my kid my dogs name. It has gotten so bad my son just resonds "Yes?". That is funny but it can be socially akward too. If I am with several other people I might call Ted Gary and Gary Fred. Fred might not even be part of the group! I mean no direspect by it.

 

[Ser]

so I was in health and social class, this was during like a rlly emo period in my life, where I was sad. In class we were talking about mental health, and me being camhs I said, "my emotions and mental health are like the ocean, they go up and down"....yh that was a bit edgy..and the whole class stared at me cringed out..