31 Wildly Awkward Situations That People Have Found Themselves In

‘I mistook a Pyongyang diplomat for a Seoul diplomat’
31 Wildly Awkward Situations That People Have Found Themselves In

Awkward moments may often only last a few seconds, but their legacy lingers much longer, playing on a loop in our head for weeks to come. 

One Redditor shared their haunting moment, which took place in their office restroom. After assuming they were alone throughout their long doomscrolling break, they suddenly heard a noise from another stall. Upon bending over to investigate who — or what — could be the source of the sound, they saw a familiar face bent over, staring back at them.

“I recognized them,” they recalled, noting that their colleague “recognized” them, too. “They got up and left and we never spoke of it.”

Other Redditors have revealed the hauntingly awkward moments they can’t stop thinking about, with the most cringeworthy including those about mouth-kissing mothers, thwarted proposals and nude figure drawing fails.

thereisonlyoneme 0 2mo ago My parents were going through a divorce. My mom found out that my dad had been cheating and tracked the woman down. She went over to her house to catch my dad there. She had nothing else to do with my brother and me, so she brought us along. We got to sit in this strange woman's living room while my mom and dad had a giant fight. - 1.4K Reply ...
maryautumnn 2mo ago My older brother died in a car accident when he was 20 and I was 16. Не was ejected from the car through the windshield. We lived in a small town where everyone knows everyone, so everyone at my high school knew what happened before I came back to school. It happened on a Wednesday and I came back to school the next Monday. I was walking to the library during class and passed a friend of mine who had fake blood dripping down her face. I didn't know it was fake and asked her what happened,
Shaneski101 2mo ago Roommate threw a New Year's Eve party and we invited over 30-40 people. 4 people came. 4 people and me and my roommate. 4 people who didn't really know each other and had nothing In common. It was baaaad but that didn't stop me from trying to have fun, got super drunk and after the ball drop I hid away to my room. But man that was bad. The 4th person to arrive said oh am I early? And we were like: ....no 190 Reply ...
hyper_shock . 2mo ago As an Uber driver, I had two drunk passengers making out in the back of my car. That's pretty normal, but these passengers tried to have a conversation with me, without pausing the make-out session. Kiss kiss, slurp so, squelching noise are you having a kiss kiss busy night? - 659 Reply ...
Simpanzee0123 . 2mo ago I went to use the toilet at work. The men's room has 3 toilet stalls. I took the first one. After a long time of doom scrolling on my phone, just dodging work and basically taking a break, I never heard a peep from anyone else, so I assumed I was there alone, when all of a sudden I heard someone in stall 3. Due to a lack of feet I had confirmed there definitely wasn't anyone in stall 2, so I leaned over and far as I could to see if I could confirm there was
ThatGuyBahc 2mo ago Have one a little similar but im not sure mine was more ballsy or more of a joke cause I meant what I said. I was on the way home from picking up my stuff from an ex, and took an unprotected hilled left(that changed fast after this accident) and it snapped my ankle. The first officer on scene was a lovely young blonde lady that took down statements and helped me along with the medics. I eventually got a cast, and was hanging out with another friend while in said cast. We went to lunch and
birdlawyer86 2mo ago In college I tried to bamboozle the professor by claiming I missed his sign in sheet last week and I was there, even though I wasn't. Не said, Ok, no problem. What did we do? Me, thinking I was prepared, told him basically what we would have gone over in our syllabus. Не just blankly stared at me and said we sat in a circle and discussed something about current events instead. Then he said, if you were here, you woulda got this sheet and pulled out a paper with some questions on it. Correct move here
Symie5 2mo ago Edited 2mo ago Failed proposal on Halloween. Recently-single girl was at our Halloween party. Her ex boyfriend drove 1200 miles and arrived on our doorstep during the party at 9PM dressed as a knight - not a knight in shining armor, but rather as a Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail-style knight. We were all shocked that he was there in the first place. But then he came in, found her still dancing, and dropped down on one knee while reciting an obviously rehearsed speech about how much he missed her and wanted to spend the rest of
Calm_Canary 2mo ago This is years ago but sometimes still lay awake thinking of it and have to force myself to think of something nice and make a humming noise to shoo it out of my brain so I don't die from cringe. I was at a party and a friend of mine was talking to some lady who was opening a salon and was bragging about how she just bought some super expensive lights, and my friend immediately says, oh no way!  is an electrician, he can probably do it for you! I try not to do
TARMAN Beard341 2mo ago When I was younger, I left a huge hickey on the neck of my girlfriend 1 month into our relationship. Her father was NOT happy at all and told her he'd punch me if he ever saw me. I was absolutely in love with this girl and didn't want to jeopardize our relationship so...I sucked it up, and when she went to work, I drove to her house by myself, knocked on her door, and apologized to that man face-to-face. Thank fuck he did not deck me like he threatened. Не ended up shaking my hand
earic23 . 2mo ago Edited 2mo ago | was watching the Devils Advocate with my cousin. | was about 10, and he was 15. Our grandma was sitting nearby. When the girls in the store start undressing and talking about their fake or real tits, my grandma tried to get up to leave but she couldn't get out of the chair on her own the first few tries. I was frozen in horror at her miffed attempts at leaving. She's been dead over ten years now and | still think of that - 82 Reply ...
DEVILHORNS22 2mo ago Probably a car ride home with my dad. Last time I saw my dad was maybe 19 or so (31 now). Prior to that I hadn't seen him since I was 8 when my mom passed (car accident). Не was extremely abusive so my grandparents got custody of my brother and I while he was in the hospital. Well fast forward to 19yo me, I get back to my home state after a serious breakup and my uncle messages me on Facebook about hanging out. Не lives a couple hours away so he offers to come get
DoradoPulido2 2mo ago As a teen, was having sex with my girlfriend in her living room. Middle of the day, thought her parents were at work and we are completely naked. Suddenly we hear her mom come home, in the kitchen, greeting their dog. We panic. Girlfriend runs upstairs to her bedroom, I look around and then bolt for the coat closet. As I'm standing there with nothing on, in the closet, it occurs to me, what if mom needs to hang her coat? Longest five minutes of my life. I can hear her mom going about her business... my
+ Tangboy50000 . . 2mo ago Get on an elevator with a lady and we each push our floors. It's summer time, so I'm wearing shorts. Just as the door is about to open on her floor, I hear the camera shutter noise phones make. | look over and she's beet red and literally dives off the elevator and collides with another lady that was waiting to get on. She gets on and says WTF was her problem? I explain that she tried to snap a pic of me on the sly, but the camera noise went off. We both laughed.
pkjoan 2mo ago My friend was trying to book a table at a restaurant and told the guy on the phone love you and then hung up. I couldn't stop laughing so badly that day, and she was so embarrassed. - 98 Reply ...
sims_antle 2mo ago I was visiting my mother who lives about an hour away and when it came time to leave I full on kissed her on the mouth without any hesitation whatsoever. This was not a quick peck on the cheek or whatever but a full on my lips pressed to hers kiss. As soon as i realised what happened all of my higher brain function ceased working and all i managed to do was stammer like an idiot. The look on my moms face was priceless. Apparently I'm too used to giving my wife a kiss before I
noname21292 2mo ago I had to sit across from my ex best friend at the gyno office (waiting room) - 130 Reply ...
endstagecap 2mo ago I mistook a Pyongyang diplomat for a Seoul diplomat during a diplomatic reception. - 41 Reply ...
burnsrado 2mo ago After giving my best man speech, I hugged the bride which knocked over a flower vase, which knocked over a glass of red wine all over her dress. I still cringe at that 15 years later. Nailed the speech though lol. 43 Reply ... + 1 more reply
Pale-Life-2968 2mo ago Around 1981 I was a sophomore in high school competing in track. We were visiting another school, one I had never been to before, for a track meet. Some buddies and I needed to use the restroom, so we walked toward where we'd been directed for the locker rooms. We get there and I needed to take a seat for what I had to accomplish and my friends did what they needed to do and left. I hear the door open and this chorus of chattering female voices coming closer and closer. I sat there frozen in
 2mo ago Sister-in-law walked in on me jacking off . - 244 Reply ... Grrrisly 2mo ago Hey, I've seen this video! 268 Reply ...
lesbiabredditor 2mo ago Edited 2mo ago I was getting my hair done at my usual salon and my hairdresser was talking to another client while doing my hair. All of us are black, but I'm mixed (half white, half Jamaican on my dad's side) while they are both from Africa. For some reason, they start shit talking Jamaicans and talking about how Africans are better or whatever. I don't take it personally, I'm not exactly connected to the culture, I'm just sitting there silently in the chair wondering what caused this beef that I know nothing about. Anyway, eventually they
unfitforduty88 2mo ago I had planned to go to the lake with my family for the weekend and told my coworkers about it. As I left my desk my boss said Have fun at the lake! And without thinking I said, Thanks! I'll try not to drown. This is just my dry insensitive humor. I work where death is a common occurrence so many of us make jokes like this. I totally forgot my bosses husband had fallen off a boat and drowned at the same freakin lake a decade before. I felt like the world's biggest asshole. | still
Significant-Row-7673 2mo ago I come from a conservative Muslim country. As a family (my parents, my younger sisters, and 13 yr old me) we sat together to watch Titanic. My parents definitely didn't know that we're going to watch Kate Winslet naked. 129 Reply ... + 6 more replies
Howling_Mad_Man 2mo ago I used to date a girl who's dad was a typical ballbuster type who gave his daughter's boyfriends a hard time. Once at a family bbq he said in front of everyone that there was some distant family with the same last name as me (fairly rare, even rarer spelling so it definitely wasn't a match) and that if it came up that we were related the relationship was off. Не and an uncle also grilled me about my career goals and wanted a full on business plan for my next five years. I was a sophomore
Cantras 2mo ago Guy comes to the figure drawing class. He's a few minutes late, he's rushing over to check in, set up his easel, gets his supplies all set up, looks up... And it's me. His best friend's girlfriend, posing nude in an arm chair. Not awkward for *me,*, whatever, I wouldn't be modeling for the class if I cared, but *he* looked like someone shot his dog. - 221 Reply ...
Hot_Cheese650 2mo ago I was looking at a cute girl and walk straight into a road sign which produced a loud BOINK sound followed by lots of laughters. That was 10+ years ago, looks like | will remember it for the rest of my life. 29 Reply ... + 3 more replies
RikkiMee e 2mo ago Accidentally playing porn through my phone speaker in an packed elevator - 105 Reply ...
ElliElephant 2mo ago Helping my roommate move out because he spent all his money on strippers - 68 Reply ...
 . 2mo ago During the Covid 19 pandemic, I went to a friend's house, but his mother didn't know I was there. It turns out that whenever she came home from work she left her clothes in a basket and went straight to take a bath. Not knowing that I was there, she simply left her clothes, went upstairs and walked in front of the television in her underwear. I covered my eyes after about 2 seconds, but the image stayed with me - 28 Reply ...
EnvironmentFront7945 2mo ago In college, I skipped class one evening with an acquaintance because she was upset over a breakup. She proceeded to take me to the grand opening of a local gym (conplete with an open bar and DJ??). On the way there she got in a screaming fight over the phone with her ex and when we got there, he showed up with a trash bag full of her stuff and they got in a fistfight on the dance floor. They both got arrested and the cop who took my statement offered to drive me home, since she

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