Your Embarrassing Moments

In spite of our mutual embarrassment

I am one of those “lucky” girls who have very heavy cycles. One day at work I was on the phone, giving report (I’m an RN). All of a sudden, I felt a huge gush and looked down to discover that my scrub pants were completely soaked (no, I’m not exaggerating, truly). I told the [...]

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like I wasn’t embarrassed

I was at work and just before quitting time I went to the bathroom. I was wearing a long soft silk skirt. When I came out of the bathroom I spent several minutes standing around chatting with a coworker. Eventually I noticed that I had accidentally tucked the back of my skirt into my pantyhose [...]

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Recalling it makes my skin crawl

In my experience, the moments that are truly most embarassing are the kind that my back itch and my neck crawl when I remember them years later. I’ve noticed most of these are little nothings that would seem totally inconsequential to anyone observing them. One such moment came on Monday when I was word-of-mouth advertising [...]

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