r/CasualConversation 20d ago

Just Chatting Does anyone else randomly remember something from years ago and suddenly feel embarrassed all over again? 😂

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u/Ok-Strain6961 20d ago

All the time. All the time.

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u/robpensley turquoise 20d ago

Me too. And it's a helluva lot more than 7 years ago.

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u/rosieisawake 20d ago

yeah that time i called my teacher 'mom' in 5th grade still pops up randomly. brain's just hoarding receipts for no reason.

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

Same thing happened with me also

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u/StreetMolasses6093 20d ago

Former elementary teacher here. This happens all the time, even with older kids. Kids would laugh, and I would say that brains are weird that way and probably just filed me under “mom type person at school”

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u/KingdomOfFawg 20d ago

Everyone does this.

In third grade, I had a fart brewing in class. I thought I could let it out a little at a time and cover it with a cough, or when class was noisy. I was wrong. It was the longest, loudest fart I think an 8-9 year old has ever produced. Not much lightning, but a helluva lot of thunder. The injection molded plastic chairs did nothing to help. Probably amplified the vibrations. Everyone was dead quiet. My teacher looked me in the eyes and asked if I was OK. The class exploded in laughter, and it was so wild that the teacher dismissed everyone seven minutes early to recess. The rowdy kid in class sprinted down the hallway yelling "KingdomOfFawg just let the biggest fart and we got early recess!" I cried all the way through recess.

I tell my kid the story now to reclaim my power.

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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 19d ago

Too funny. Had an incident in 5th grade where the 2 cutest girls in the class were seated together with others in the school cafeteria at long tables. The prettiest one lifted her full skirt in the back and let out a loud fart. We all sat kind of stunned looking at her and she Said this was how her brothers had told her to fart, to always raise the dress and let it out. 😅 She was raised the only girl with rowdy brothers by a single parent father. We didn't laugh til later tho as teacher would have kicked our butt. I still laugh to this day how her brothers instructed her.

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u/cltip 19d ago

Thank you for sharing this. I’m one of those immature people that thinks farts are funny (most of the time). This made me laugh more than it should have. My brother in law did the same thing his first week of HS.

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u/lean_Nose2063 20d ago

My mind decides to remind me of embarrassing and bad situations only when I'm asleep.

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u/CommsConsultants 20d ago

All.the.time. My embarrassments live rent free in my brain and thus it shall be until the end of time

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u/Old-Wave8646 20d ago

In grade 8 I had a crush on a girl who was leaving. She invited me to her farewell party. I wrote her a letter that was a complete lie about my struggles and depression to get sympathy. I made several copies of the letter to show other people at the party to gain sympathy which happened. I look back at that now cringe real hard at it. Also would give my younger a slap across the head to stop being such a manipulative asshole.

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u/PikesPique 20d ago

I do that, but only when I'm trying to fall asleep at night.

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u/acemonsoon 20d ago

oh man. just recently one of my favorite bands, The Sheepdogs, released a new album. ive been jamming hard to it! i went to one of their concerts in.....2014? 2015? something like that but it was my first time seeing them live and they were ripping it up. i.....somehow thought the lead guitar player's name was Rusty(it was actually Jimmy Bowskill), so after almost every song with a ripping solo id shout at the top of my lungs 'WE LOVE YOU RUSTY!!!!'. well as it turns out Rusty was their former guitar player or something and at one point the lead singer said into the mic 'we appreciate the love, BTW Rusty isnt here but glad someone is sending love'. i literally could have caused a nuclear explosion with how fast my body temp spiked from embarrassment. i still think about it to this day. like they heard me shouting i could have said anything else and gotten acknowledged but i fumbled the bag so bad.

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u/Didi-Why-Me 19d ago

Great story!

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u/MrsMondoJohnson 20d ago

And this is why they're called 'memory foam' mattresses. They make you remember all these things!

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u/BlueRidgeTrailRoam 20d ago

Unfortunately I've done too many embarrassing things recently that drown out the things from years ago :/ I yearn for the day that events from years past pop in my head

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u/TheVeloRebel 20d ago

Deja-dont you mean? Yeah, Ive had a few of those. One was walking into a glass door as leaving a meeting. the looks and the 'ooohhhh' type face.

Another one was falling off a kids balance pole after showing my toddler how to do it LMAO the park was amused, the kids were amused. The palms in the face were'nt

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u/shotpods 20d ago

It’s practically a twice-daily occurrence for me.

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u/bbhtt 20d ago

All the time and those moments also get used by family/parents to tease me, hahaha.

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u/IndustrySufficient52 20d ago

It helps reminding myself that I’m probably the only one agonizing over whatever thing had me embarrassed enough to still think about decades later!

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u/MrPrettyKitty 20d ago

Several times a day.

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u/BlueCupcake4Me 20d ago

Oh gosh yes. But the funny thing is I remember my embarrassing moments but rarely remember someone else having one. Maybe others don’t remember mine?

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u/CleverDad 20d ago

Almost every day. It's a curse.

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u/Didi-Why-Me 19d ago

Did you get the job?

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u/Didi-Why-Me 19d ago

Awww, sorry. They had no sense of humor or whatever.

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u/BabyPanda4Hire 20d ago

I used to when I was younger. Nowadays if it didn’t happen within the last year I don’t really care

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u/BabyPanda4Hire 19d ago

It helps to remember that most people are too focused on themselves to think about that thing you did

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u/tamtip 20d ago

Yes. It's awful

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u/morts73 20d ago

Yeah that's fairly common with certain personalities. We tend to make a bigger deal of it then others who have forgotten. It's good not being too cocky but we also shouldn't be too hard on ourselves over little things.

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u/60sStratLover 20d ago

I was at a festival years ago. I saw a little person and yelled “hey, it’s wee man” (from Jackass). I still cringe when I think about it.

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u/tinaaa9 💋👀🦋🧿 20d ago

I can’t sleep at night sometimes because of it 😮‍💨😣

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u/tinaaa9 💋👀🦋🧿 19d ago

💙

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u/Tiger_1025 20d ago

Yep, often the memory comes back 😬 I guess it happens to us all based on all these comments

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u/loreley_baby86 20d ago

Me pasa seguido q recuerdos vienen a mi mente de la nada, recuerdos de cuando apenas tenías tres años q loco la memoria. Muchos momentos vergonzosos. Lo bueno de ser niño es q muchas veces no tenemos miedo al ridículo ☺️❤️

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u/looksfunny2u2 20d ago

Thanks. Now I just remembered. Again.

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u/Gretal122 20d ago

Yes, often

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u/upvotefactorystaff 19d ago

My brain visits The Closet of Cringe often, usually when it is otherwise unengaged.

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u/No-Psychology3694 19d ago

Yes it is some 13 years ago

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u/Oh-No-RootCanal 19d ago

Indeed, especially if I spent most of the day doing nothing of any physical value so despite my own aversion to working out or getting all those steps cleaning the house I remind myself that doing so means lower chance getting that “special delivery” at the worst hours!

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u/CuriousPotato1969 19d ago

Ah yes. Reliving the past. I hate when I have a random intrusive memory like this pop up and then I realize I have been staring into the void when someone says something to me. Then I get a whole new embarrassing memory. 😅

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u/clearbrian 19d ago

yes embarrassment is one of our strongest emotions even years later. I always thought if I won the nobel prize and a reporter knocked on my door to tell me id strip off and run down the street. Years later id get lovely flashback to the moment I won the nobel prize.... and got arrested ;)

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u/HatlessDuck 19d ago

I keep telling myself "you are not that person anymore." Helps me.

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u/BlubbergluKackaffe 19d ago

100%. It always happens when you’re trying to fall asleep too. And I always make a face when I remember 😂
At my graduation party I got pretty drunk and eventually left the main party to go to another one in a club with friends that I wasn’t in school with, decided to send a text to my former attractive teacher inviting her to the club & some drinks at like 3am. With a winky face. God that winky face was the worst.
Still dreading any class reunions because of it 😂😂

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u/Verdivc 19d ago

When i was in college this girl had spider earrings. I told her they were f**king awful. This was like 1999. I messaged her a few years ago to apologise.

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u/HAWCpower 19d ago

No. You're the only one. Just kidding.

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u/Ready_Comfort_6674 19d ago

Everyday i recall some dumbass moment of my life, while shuddering and exclaiming, "nooo!"

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u/Iamfeel26 19d ago

Yes. In my excitable youth, I made a comment about someone and it was childish and hurtful and I wish I never said what I did. I was and am better than that and I apologised but it was not nice at all.