"I Accidentally Showed My Friends A Sex Tape My Husband And I Made" – People Are Sharing Some Of Their Most Embarrassing Stories And IDK Whether To Laugh Or Cry

    "Somewhere I am probably on the internet flashing my wares. It was mortifying."

    Benjamin Dzialdowski
    by Benjamin Dzialdowski

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Getting embarrassed is part of the fun and not-so-fun of life, and all we can do now is laugh about it because, hey, it happens to everyone!

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    Because a problem shared is a problem halved, we asked the BuzzFeed Community to share some of their most embarrassing stories, and here is what they came up with:

    1. "I forgot to press the lock button on the train, while sitting on the toilet."

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    "Of course, it opened up for all to see. To make matters worse, the train hadn't left the platform, and I could see police officers as well as the public having a laugh at my expense. I have never made the same mistake."

    —jays411d7a2f2

    2. "My bosses hosted a ball game as their annual charity fundraising event with colleagues, clients, families, and friends. There was a heatwave so I wore a summer maxi dress instead of my usual."

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    "My bosses chose rounders (similar to baseball). When it was my turn to bat, I relied on my half-forgotten school-era skill in batting to see me through. This did sod all. I only did well enough to give myself time to dash for the first post. One moment I was running like mad, the next I was skidding across the grass with dried earth scraping my nose, chin, elbows, and knees."

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    "So I was sitting on my knees, inspecting an angry-looking gash on my elbow, when I heard some shouting 'Your dress!' Turned out that when I was running, I stepped on the hem of my dress causing me to trip and the skidding yanked the top of my dress down to my waist, baring my newly-scraped chest to the world."

    —prolix

    3. "When I was 14 (and everything was embarrassing) I put my shorts on the wrong way round after going swimming with a friend."

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    "Some boys from my school saw us and were pointing and laughing. I was mortified. So we turned off the street down an alley so I could quickly take my shorts off and switch them around while my friend looked out. Well, I lost my footing and, with my shorts half off, fell down a hill of stinging nettles, and landed in a thorn bush."

    —bigfaye22

    4. "I once accidentally showed my friends a sex tape my husband and I made together."

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    "A little background, my husband and my friend's husband were both Marines and at one point my husband was stationed in Japan for a year. I flew out to visit him for a month and it was during that time that we made a few videos for ourselves. No one else was supposed to see them.

    I had a concert on my laptop we all wanted to watch, so my friend and her husband invited us over to their house. I handed off my laptop and my friend's husband connected it to their 65-inch TV and, like it's supposed to, my computer screen then displayed on their TV."

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    "He asked me where the concert was and so I told him about the 'videos' folder. Well, in the videos folder was another folder also labelled 'videos', except those were the naughty videos. He wasn't paying super close attention and missed that the concert was right there and instead double-clicked on the second videos folder. Before I could even get out a 'NO!' there they were. In all their extra large thumbnail glory.

    My friend's husband screamed and dove off to the side, my friend was dying of laughter, my husband was just sitting there sipping his tea completely unbothered, and I am scrambling to get up off the sofa and shut the laptop. I felt like absolutely disappearing and remember telling my husband 'Well, I guess I'm moving to Canada now'. Thankfully my friend took it in stride and we laugh about it still to this day."

    —sarahschindler89

    5. "So I used to be a part of this secret society type deal in my teens."

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    "We had to dress formally for ceremonies and this was before I learned how to run in heels. I ended up tripping over a wrinkle in the carpet, accidentally breaking a stone bust of some dead guy as I fell, and falling down two flights of stairs in a ballgown and four-inch heels…."

    —beepboop4

    6. "My friend and I wanted to do topless tanning somewhere private. I vaguely knew about a wildlife refuge so we went there."

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    "Little did we know it was a WALKING TRAIL! So we walked like 100 feet into the trail and laid out topless ON THE TRAIL. Then an old man started walking by and we freaked out, the guy included! We felt so stupid and embarrassed not realising it was a walking trail and not some secluded place. Needless to say, we decided tan lines were okay after that."

    —magicconnch

    7. "I was at a work party and I went to buy some cigarettes. The party was in a London park that, unbeknown to me, had a closing time which coincided with me dipping out."

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    "I came back to a locked park with all my friends inside along with all my stuff. I decided I would climb the fence, and asked a Domino's pizza car driver to give me a leg up. 

    I got caught on the anti-trespass spike and my leggings (and pants) ripped in two, I was literally hanging there flashing my vagina to the whole world. A small group had gathered by the time I finally got myself free. 

    I had to walk back into the party sans leggings and underwear, luckily my dress was unharmed and it covered my modesty. Somewhere I am probably on the internet flashing my wares. It was mortifying."

    —aliciajane30

    8. "It was the first week I was teaching in Spain and I ordered a drink in a bar. They gave me some free tapas, and one of them was prawns, which I can't eat because I'm allergic."

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    "I tried to practise my then shaky Spanish. I meant to say 'no puedo comer porque tengo alergico con marisco' (I can't eat because I'm allergic to shellfish). I accidentally said 'maricon' at the end. Maricon = street slang for homosexual men.

    After the waiter had finished laughing, he asked me what I'd like instead then. I figured chicken would be great. Chicken in Spanish = pollo. Dick in Spanish = polla. Guess which one I ordered...?"

    —peterh4394dacb0

    9. "I once ordered a bill in a bar in Spain by asking 'puedo pajar'? Pagar = pay. Pajar = have a wank."

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    —senseassetjadors

    10. "I was in uni and returning books to the library. I had to go up to the desk and ask for assistance."

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    "I go back to my table and my friend pointed out that my boob tube style top had fully rolled down to my belly button and I’d somehow just been walking around the library and chatting to people with my lace see-through bra on show without realising. Mortified!"

    —kjcanada

    11. "I’m currently a senior in college, studying to become a special education teacher (which I mention because I feel it is an important detail for the rest of the story)."

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    "One day I was about to leave but stopped at the restroom. In the line, there was one woman with cerebral palsy who uses a power wheelchair, waiting for the accessible stall to be opened. She was being kind and letting people pass in front of her."

    "It is the most awkward, tiniest bathroom where you have to practically shuffle sideways because the two rows of stalls were so close together. And, I am a bit of a bigger girl to put a cherry on top."

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    "So, another stall opens up, and the woman in the wheelchair says I can go ahead. I try and sidestep her to get past, somehow snagged the trash can on my pants, and dumped trash all over her. My bag then got stuck on the joystick of her power chair. I was MORTIFIED. She laughed and said it was okay, I tried to make things right, but that’s by far one of my most embarrassing memories."

    —hamhamham4545

    12. "I am fluent in Spanish (from Spain), but when it comes to Mexican slang, I have no idea what's going on."

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    "I am also a massive fan of the alcoholic drink 'Chi Chi's'. Fun fact: Chi Chi is slang for breasts in Mexico. I wanted a Chi Chi when I was in Mexico. I asked my male waiter if he had Chi Chi's. Repeatedly. In Spanish. My husband will NOT let me live that down."

    —renashinoa

    13. "At my uni gym, I was on the gym ball working on core stability. I'd lost a bit of weight and my trousers were too small. I don't wear underpants to the gym."

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    "Well...The next thing I hear is a guy mid-set 'What what did I miss!' All these guys were staring at me from the weights section because I'd just exposed my entire vulva. I was mortified!"

    —j4de259dd7

    14. "About five years ago, I started applying for other jobs while in an unhappy work situation."

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    "I knew my manager would be furious that I was thinking of leaving and so kept it low-key until I made a definite decision. I was asked to email over some data while on a video call with said manager and my colleagues. 

    SOMEHOW I attached the wrong file, which I sent to THE WHOLE TEAM. It was a filled-out application for a new job with another company. I then had to watch all of them open my email on the video call and see the confusion on their faces. All I could say is 'don’t open it, it’s a virus!' Still have massive email paranoia to this day."

    —zoomies842

    15. "In my first ever human anatomy dissection session in university, I fainted, hit my head on the ground, and knocked myself unconscious in front of 150 coursemates."

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    "I took some time off sick for concussion and when I returned a couple of days later, someone who I've never spoken to before turned to me and says: 'omg did you hear about that person who fainted in anatomy?' For the next six years, I was forever known as 'the girl who fainted' instead of my actual name. And now I categorically refuse to attend any reunions."

    —neekachu55

    16. "During my first year away from home for college, I invited a friend to my dorm for a Halloween party. He brought along four of his other friends, who I didn't know."

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    "Later that night, we were watching shows on my laptop, and one of the characters made a poop joke. Poop jokes always get me, so I started laughing. Two of the guys I didn't know made more poop jokes, and I laughed harder. I laughed so hard that I started vomiting.

    I ran to the bathroom and tried to fake it like I was just coughing, but everyone knew what had happened. I was mortified. My first impression of these people was 'the girl who laughed so hard she puked'. I guess it worked out in my favour, though, because four years later I married one of the guys who was making the jokes."

    —weindrasi

    17. "My partner's mum moved house into another house, but on the same street."

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    "He got home from school one day, turned the TV on, and started making some cereal only to see a complete stranger watching him. He'd gone home to his old house by mistake instead of his new one and the guy watching him was the new tenant!"

    —erbcu95

    18. "I'd been listening to music through my Alexa when I was at home earlier that day, and I headed out wearing headphones."

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    "With Alexa you can just say 'Alexa, skip song' and it'll go onto the next one. I was standing at a busy crossing when a song came through my headphones that I didn't really want to listen to. Instead of pulling out my phone and skipping on there, I confidently yelled 'Alexa, skip song' in front of at least 30 people. 

    The icing on the cake was when I then had to still stand there and wait for a green light to cross instead of being able to run across the street and away from my embarrassment."

    —canunotmywaywardson

    What's the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you? Let us know in the comments below!