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abetterme9366
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What's the most cringeworthy thing you've ever done to impress someone you were interested in? What's the worst thing someone has done to impress you? Did it work?
When I was 17, I was at a pool party with a guy I was really crushing on. I decided it was going to be so impressive to dive into the pool and showcase how great of a swimmer I was? I don't know. In any case, I dove in, hit the bottom like a rock with my chin. When I came up for air there was no skin left on my chin and I'm bleeding all into the water like a monster. People were freaking out because the water was making it look like there was so much more blood than there really was. Pretty much killed the party and humiliated myself at the same time. Not to mention the fact that there was no way to hide it so I had to relive it every time someone asked about my chin while it took its sweet time healing. I did marry him a few years later so I guess it worked. I still cringe when I think back on it.
What's your story?
When I was 17, I was at a pool party with a guy I was really crushing on. I decided it was going to be so impressive to dive into the pool and showcase how great of a swimmer I was? I don't know. In any case, I dove in, hit the bottom like a rock with my chin. When I came up for air there was no skin left on my chin and I'm bleeding all into the water like a monster. People were freaking out because the water was making it look like there was so much more blood than there really was. Pretty much killed the party and humiliated myself at the same time. Not to mention the fact that there was no way to hide it so I had to relive it every time someone asked about my chin while it took its sweet time healing. I did marry him a few years later so I guess it worked. I still cringe when I think back on it.
What's your story?
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Once when I was in high school I snuck into a senior's pool party. While I was there I saw a girl showcase how great of a swimmer she was. I don't know. In any case, she dove into the pool and hit the bottom like a rock with her chin. When she came up for air there was no skin left on her chin and she was bleeding all into the water like a monster. People were freaking out because the water was making it look like there was so much more blood than there really was. That pretty much killed the party and probably humiliated her at the same time. Not to mention the fact that there was no way to hide it so I bet she had to relive it every time someone asked about her chin while, I heard, took its sweet time healing. I don't know what ever happened to her.
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My best friend in high school was having a party at her house. I invited this guy I worked with that I was totally crushing on. To try to impress him, I would try to show off the white girl dance skills I thought I had. When I later learned how to dance, I realized I looked like a complete *kitten* that night. But I still got the guy so who cares.2
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Ugh. Mine didn't happen because I was trying to impress a guy but it happened in front of the guy I liked.
I was 14, all elbows and knees, and super shy. I sat with a big group of kids that was always split with all the girls at one table and the guys at the next table. I got off the bus last so I was always sitting somewhat crammed into the guys' section. One day when a bunch of girls got up to get food, I moved from my chair to a closer one. When I went to sit down, I just kept falling. I hit the floor and bounced right back up, already feeling my face flame red. I turned and saw a guy holding my chair back and laughing. I felt so humiliated that I actually took a swing at him. That's not the worst part. I missed, and punched him in the neck.
Then we all sat down and resumed whatever we were doing while I died inside. I heard the guy I like ask him "did that hurt?" Of course he said no.
By some miracle I did end up dating the guy I liked. We never spoke of the thing.
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Cutaway_Collar wrote: »I showed my wife something on the fourth date. Outside Barnes and Nobles in the parking lot.
Your socks?2 -
_har_T_Swallow wrote: »it wasn't really "cringe" i guess but more "stupid" idk but i got into my first fistfight when i was 14 i think with this 17 year old guy. it was over a girl. he beat the piss out of me and ripped open the corner of my mouth with one of his rings. i had to drink everything through a straw for a while after. i was so heartbroken because i was absolutely in love with her at the time.
i remember, before the beating, i started listening to country because of her at the time even (so technically that was pretty cringe i guess)
last i ever heard of/saw him he still lives in our old hometown with his grandmother and weighs like 500 pounds. she went off and had like 3 kids by the time she was 21 and then vanished.
love can be so fickle lol
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SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »_har_T_Swallow wrote: »it wasn't really "cringe" i guess but more "stupid" idk but i got into my first fistfight when i was 14 i think with this 17 year old guy. it was over a girl. he beat the piss out of me and ripped open the corner of my mouth with one of his rings. i had to drink everything through a straw for a while after. i was so heartbroken because i was absolutely in love with her at the time.
i remember, before the beating, i started listening to country because of her at the time even (so technically that was pretty cringe i guess)
last i ever heard of/saw him he still lives in our old hometown with his grandmother and weighs like 500 pounds. she went off and had like 3 kids by the time she was 21 and then vanished.
love can be so fickle lol
Let's drive by his house and throw fad diet stuff at him.
I know where you could get baking soda cheap
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caco_ethes wrote: »SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »_har_T_Swallow wrote: »it wasn't really "cringe" i guess but more "stupid" idk but i got into my first fistfight when i was 14 i think with this 17 year old guy. it was over a girl. he beat the piss out of me and ripped open the corner of my mouth with one of his rings. i had to drink everything through a straw for a while after. i was so heartbroken because i was absolutely in love with her at the time.
i remember, before the beating, i started listening to country because of her at the time even (so technically that was pretty cringe i guess)
last i ever heard of/saw him he still lives in our old hometown with his grandmother and weighs like 500 pounds. she went off and had like 3 kids by the time she was 21 and then vanished.
love can be so fickle lol
Let's drive by his house and throw fad diet stuff at him.
I know where you could get baking soda cheap
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SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »caco_ethes wrote: »SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »_har_T_Swallow wrote: »it wasn't really "cringe" i guess but more "stupid" idk but i got into my first fistfight when i was 14 i think with this 17 year old guy. it was over a girl. he beat the piss out of me and ripped open the corner of my mouth with one of his rings. i had to drink everything through a straw for a while after. i was so heartbroken because i was absolutely in love with her at the time.
i remember, before the beating, i started listening to country because of her at the time even (so technically that was pretty cringe i guess)
last i ever heard of/saw him he still lives in our old hometown with his grandmother and weighs like 500 pounds. she went off and had like 3 kids by the time she was 21 and then vanished.
love can be so fickle lol
Let's drive by his house and throw fad diet stuff at him.
I know where you could get baking soda cheap
I'll bring the coconut oil.
So i guess all we need is the acv and a water fast and we're set!0 -
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BowlingForHollars wrote: »
You should make sure he's actually breaking rules first. Just a friendly suggestion.
Maybe that person is jealous of your fashion sense? Since I bet whoever you are talking about, and I have no idea who you are talking about, probably only pretends to have any kind of fashion sense and could easily be called out for being an imposer.
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caco_ethes wrote: »
I found another version of this gif last night, but I can't post it.
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I had a crush on a camp counselor when I was like 7. He was at least 16. Our group went to the roller skating rink one day and I thought I was good enough on skates to enter a race. Lol nope. Race started and I was left in the dust. I just rolled myself off the floor and hoped no one noticed. I guess some of the other counselors noticed my crushing, and them being teen boys themselves had fun with that. Told me that he liked me too and wanted to meet behind the busses that night. I was like wtf forreal?! Good thing I lived nowhere near this camp and couldn't exactly sneak out and actually get to these busses in the middle of the night, but thinking back it freaks me out that these guys would try to lure a kid out of their house at night. Anyways it didn't work. I saw the guy at the mall food court a few years later. Haven't seen him since, but still remember his name. Oh well.6
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Cutaway_Collar wrote: »Yes, Louise, the socks.
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I have a few cringe worthy moments/memories. I'll start with my earliest.
My friends and I decided to flash the boys who lived next door to her.
2 of those boys became my brothers best friends and over 20 years later I still see them on occasion.
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abetterme9366 wrote: »Cutaway_Collar wrote: »
This is a romantic story. Are you still married to him?abetterme9366 wrote: »What's the most cringeworthy thing you've ever done to impress someone you were interested in? What's the worst thing someone has done to impress you? Did it work?
When I was 17, I was at a pool party with a guy I was really crushing on. I decided it was going to be so impressive to dive into the pool and showcase how great of a swimmer I was? I don't know. In any case, I dove in, hit the bottom like a rock with my chin. When I came up for air there was no skin left on my chin and I'm bleeding all into the water like a monster. People were freaking out because the water was making it look like there was so much more blood than there really was. Pretty much killed the party and humiliated myself at the same time. Not to mention the fact that there was no way to hide it so I had to relive it every time someone asked about my chin while it took its sweet time healing. I did marry him a few years later so I guess it worked. I still cringe when I think back on it.
What's your story?
No, actually. Turns out he had an affinity for penis sooooo...
.... so that's a deal breaker for you, huh?2 -
I won't name any one specific thing, but when I was younger I was incredibly awkward around girls. I can't count the times my mouth formed words that I listened to in horror, or how I tripped over my feet, or walked into a vending machine. .1
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When I was 17, I moved in with my best friend and her mom to help out, and we lived right across from our community pool. One night my crush came over and wanted to jump the gate to the pool.. The gate had two large stone columns on each side, and was iron with spike looking things on the top (I guess for looks). The iron fence, including gate, was about a good 10 ft high maybe 12. I didn't think I could climb it, so he went first. He made it look so easy, so I copied what he did. The problem was not getting on top of the stone columns, it was getting down. Mind you, I am not wearing a bathing suite, I am in a loose shirt, really baggy Kickwear pants (material was similar to wind-pants). So, when I was on top of the column, I freaked out trying to figure out how to get down, because he jumped and I was afraid to.. He decided he was going to catch me, and told me to jump.. Umm I jumped and he didn't have to catch me.. Because my big *kitten* pants hooked around the top of the spikey thing, and caused me to fall/trip. Thankfully the gate was that high, because my head would have went straight in the cement. It happened so fast. I am literally hanging upside down, shirt over head, paints hooked on the top of the gate, and I am slowly slipping out of them.. Until finally my whole body is on the ground, and pants still hanging from the top of gate. If that wasn't enough, a few of friends were still up, and was outside and saw the whole thing.6
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abetterme9366 wrote: »Cutaway_Collar wrote: »
This is a romantic story. Are you still married to him?abetterme9366 wrote: »What's the most cringeworthy thing you've ever done to impress someone you were interested in? What's the worst thing someone has done to impress you? Did it work?
When I was 17, I was at a pool party with a guy I was really crushing on. I decided it was going to be so impressive to dive into the pool and showcase how great of a swimmer I was? I don't know. In any case, I dove in, hit the bottom like a rock with my chin. When I came up for air there was no skin left on my chin and I'm bleeding all into the water like a monster. People were freaking out because the water was making it look like there was so much more blood than there really was. Pretty much killed the party and humiliated myself at the same time. Not to mention the fact that there was no way to hide it so I had to relive it every time someone asked about my chin while it took its sweet time healing. I did marry him a few years later so I guess it worked. I still cringe when I think back on it.
What's your story?
No, actually. Turns out he had an affinity for penis sooooo...
Did this affinity develop before or after you all got married. Kinda need to know what I'm getting into here.0 -
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