From announcing pregnancies to her fiance that is supposed to be a total surprise, to letting it slip to grandma that grandpa is getting married soon, people share the worst thing they let slip in a conversation.
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Wrong time and place
As part of my job I go to different offices in my company and speak about various work-related topics. I am also a member of AA. At a work meeting, where I knew perhaps 5 of the 100 attendees, I stood up and introduced myself saying”Hi everybody, I’m (name) and I’m an alcoholic.”
esreysteve
Totally didn’t mean it that way …
One of my friends had recently broken up with her boyfriend. He was a very big guy. Very. Big.
Anyway, she was showing me old pictures of the two of them from high school. In these pictures, they were both dramatically skinnier. Almost unrecognizable.
Immediately, upon seeing the photos I said, ” Wow, you both used to be really skinny!” Not realizing it was an insult until she replied…”Thanks” very sarcastically. Oops.
BritneyShameless
Not an April Fool’s joke, unfortunately
I was at my uncle’s funeral and my cousin was having a hard time accepting his dad is really gone. He was asking if it was an early April’s Fool prank the day before, and that day, he grabbed me, pointed at the corpse, and went, “It doesn’t even look like him! He looks different! Maybe it’s not even him! Don’t you think he looks different?”
I’m awkward enough already in most normal situations, and my mind just went blank at this point. The first reply I blurted out was, “That’s probably because he’s decomposing. That’s why he’s kind of bloated right now.”
eraser_dust
Learned a whole lot about himself in one day
I noticed an attractive woman at my gym one year but never thought much about it after that moment as she was much shorter and I tend to prefer taller women. A few months later, we matched on Tinder and I figured I’d at least give it a try. Eventually, we caught each other at the gym and over the span of a few weeks we chatted pretty heavy at the gym, texted a lot and even went on a few dates. While stretching together at the gym one day, she asked me why I wasn’t making a move. For some reason, I blurted out I wasn’t into short girls. The look on her face made me realize I was probably the biggest jerk she’s ever dated. I felt so horrible as she was an amazing woman. She never talked to me much after that and I learned a lot about myself that day.
satans_parade
The uncle that wipes turd on the wall
My large uncle once wiped a turd on my bathroom wall. I think he just stood up and turned and accidentally got it on the wall (small bathroom) but who knows.
Anyhow, his kids came over a week or two later after having been estranged from us for years. Trying to lighten the awkward mood, I told the story about my uncle wiping poop on the wall, _how weird and gross, like who does that?_ Completely forgetting the relationship between my UNCLE AND COUSINS. My cousin just goes … my dad? wiped poop on the wall?
Couldn’t recover so I just left the room for a while.
ansm_0k
Not enough time to give him hell
So, one of the worst things you can do in basic training is call a female instructor “sir,” for obvious reasons. There were plenty who did this and were subsequently reamed. Well, I took it a step further, and called my male instructor “ma’am.” “…Did you seriously just call me ma’am?” Fortunately for me, I think he got more confused than anything and we had things to do so there wasn’t time to make my day hell.
Jay985
Breaking this news over dinner
I was having dinner with my parents and younger sister when I let it slip that Santa wasn’t real. I honestly have no idea what I said or implied, but I will always remember the stares that could melt a thousand candles coming from my parents’ eyes when I looked up from my green beans. And then my sister ran from the room, crying.
sharrows
This extreme reaction
I got tricked into admitting to one of my best friend’s very recent ex that he had cheated on her.
I wouldn’t have been talking to her at all, but she had a very extreme reaction to the break up. She locked herself in their apartment and had been threatening to kill herself.
At one point, she said ‘You know he cheated on me, right?’
‘Uh, I guess.’
‘So he did!’
BEEFTANK_Jr
Instant shame and regret
A guy I worked with for a couple years older brother killed himself. Fast forward a month and he comes to visit the restaurant we worked at together and somebody jokes, who orders a non-alcoholic beer? what does stupid me say? “I would rather kill myself than drink a non-alcoholic beer.”
Instant shame, regret, horror, you name it. I’ve never felt so terrible saying anything in my life.
Ma_justice
Giving away her brother’s stuff
Happened first week of college freshman year, in the dorms. Was chatting up this super cute girl with a couple of my new found friends. I mention I had always wanted to play drums, and the girl said she could let me borrow her brother’s. Wow! Okay cool. Conversation keeps going, and something else, like some mics, and again her brother had one I could borrow/have. And then a THIRD thing comes up that was her brothers that I could have – so me, being me, said “Geeze, you’re giving all your brother’s stuff away – Did he die???! HaHahah!!
Yep. He did.
gregsonfilm
This awkward conversation
Long story short. My best friend was engaged to a girl that I had slept with in the past. I was 18 at the time. We were in our 20s when they were engaged. I had no idea it was her. Keep in mind, her, him, my wife, and myself hung out all the time. He was/is my best friend. One night at dinner we were talking about where we all used to work.
“Wait, you worked there? I worked in the building right next to it…” “When?… oh wow, so you worked there when I worked there… I once hooked up with a girl named name from there…”
Then it all flooded in… embarrassing. They got over it, but she ended up leaving him anyway over her being stupid.
funnyredditnam3
Kind of did the right thing …
I let it slip that my dad had cheated on my mom multiple times with two different women, one woman who she was close with. And that myself and my younger sister were present during some of these occasions.
I was too young to understand what had happened. I just remember the look on her face when I told her. My dad later blamed him getting caught on me and called me every other name in the book.
My parents got divorced. I’m not on speaking terms with my father.
jnw1991
Now none of them wants to join the army
My best friend and I were talking while watching my kids play outside. I didn’t realize they had come up to ask a question and we were talking about some not so good stuff that happened to us in Iraq and he said, “what about the dude you beat to death?” and I said, “it’s a lot different than shooting someone.” My 12-year-old said, “you’ve killed someone?” And my oldest smacked him in the arm and said, “at least two. Pay attention.”
That was a really awkward conversation to have with them. I never planned on telling them what I did in the Army. They knew I fought in the war but didn’t know any specifics.
Good news out of it though now neither of them wants to join.
(For context I’m a disabled combat veteran).
Isaidwhatwhatinmybut
Made out with a best friend … by accident
Backstory: my best friend and I made out once. We realized it made things awkward and never spoke about it again.
Fast forward to this last year. I just moved in with my boyfriend and asked if we could have a small house-warming party.
My boyfriend asked who I wanted to have over and I said my best friend Mike.
Boyfriend: “Who is Mike?”
Me: “My best friend from high school”
Boyfriend: “ohhhh, your best friend you made out with!”
Me: “WHAT?! HOW DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?”
Boyfriend: “I was just kidding…”
He’s very sarcastic and loves giving me a hard time about virtually anything, but I couldn’t believe I let that one slip. It wasn’t that bad, but it was pretty embarrassing, to say the least.
miss_kittycat88
Not the right memory
I asked the wife during an intimate moment if she remembered the lap dance she gave me to a song that came on Spotify, then went on to describe the lingerie she was wearing and the way her perfume smelled. After getting an “I should murder you and bury your bones in the garden” stare down I realized that it was not my wife in this memory and my night was ruined.
Stonewise
Wrong wording!
I was on the phone with a customer. We were trying to determine if I had these pool floats in stock. They came in several different shapes and colors. Finally, I get an answer over the walkie. It’s a busy day, and I’m multitasking between the phone, another customer waiting to speak to me, and ten thousand other things that need to get done, so I blurt out my reply.
“Hello, Sir? Yes, we have two left. One in the pink, and one in the brown.” Then it hit me. Did I just say “one in the pink?” There was a moment of pause for each of us, but to our credit, we both recovered quickly and went about our day.
PM_Me_Ur_AdonisBelt
They’re all related!
At a wedding, I met some guy back at the hotel that was a cousin of the bride, and I was on the grooms side. We were in the elevator when I started to talk about how I was banging the bride’s sister a while back. As soon as I said it, I realized that the sister was also the guys cousin. I wasn’t about to talk myself out of this one so as soon as the elevator doors opened I was out of there.
blazytm
Spoiler! spoiler!
One time I was talking to my friend and her boyfriend (who was recovering from substance use/abuse) and I was telling them how great the movie Oslo, August 31st is. They asked me what it’s about and I said “oh yeah it’s about this substance addict…” I realized as the words slipped out of my mouth that I shouldn’t have mentioned it. They asked me how it ended and I told them “he died…”
dmanthebeefman
Take it in the can
We were at a party after a university music department concert.
I was standing behind a tenor voice major at the bar when he asked the bartender for a soda. The bartender pulled the tab and was about to pour it into a glass when the student said emphatically (for all nearby to hear), “I prefer to take it in the can.”
At which point I said, “I’m sure not many will be surprised to learn of your preference.”
Back2Bach
Coming to her senses
Not me, but a girl I was dating once had told me she lost her virginity to me. Then, a few months later, we were hanging out with one of her friends and she told a story about a guy who she had slept with and then told her he had had better. So she was either A. Cheating on me, B. Lied about losing her virginity, or C. Making stuff up. She immediately realized what she had said and after a long while she apologized and admitted to cheating on me.
TysTheGuy
Didn’t mean it like that!
2 years ago, I was talking to a group with basically the girl of my dreams. And my buddy, who is a football player, started talking about his weight and asked how much us guys weighed. And I’m a cross country runner so I’m fairly skinny. I was like “Oh I’m really light, like 115lbs, I wouldn’t be surprised if [girl of my dreams] weighs more than me.”
In my mind, I was thinking that since she was the next smallest person there, I would compare myself to her, because we were both lightweight. But how it came out to her was, I called her fat straight to her face.
nriordan
No more seating at the adult table
About six months ago my mother said that my cousin’s parents where going to get a divorce but not to tell anyone. I forgot about it and on thanksgiving dinner last weekend someone else said it was weird how much the aforementioned parents where fighting. I than said “They are getting a divorce after all.” The room when silent and my mom just glared at me. The worst part was that that thanksgiving was the first time I was seated at the adult table and it was a test run. Now I have to eat Christmas dinner at the kids table.
LostHollow
Just a silly joke, grandma
Growing up, the running joke in my family was that every time my grandma spent a good amount of money on something, it’d give my grandpa a heart attack. Rewind to 3 years ago, when my grandpa died of a massive heart attack. A few weeks later when I’d flown in for the wake, my grandma mentioned having bought something expensive (a bracelet or something) and I just blurted out “Jesus grandma, Grandpa’d have a heart attack.”
Never have I felt so terrible or awkward – luckily my grandma is a hard lady and just smiled at me, knowing it was just a joke.
coffeeToCodeConvertr
Horrible, horrible timing!
Years ago a lady at work whose husband had been super sick and on life support for months finally died, and a few weeks later, she was back to work.
I was the Safety Director and her department was having issues with a very old forklift. Me and my assistant were talking to her and she was telling me how it kept needing to be fixed and was always breaking down, and I said “Yea we’re just keeping it in life support and it’s time to let it die.”
I swear at the time I was just using an analogy, about 10 minutes later my assistant was like “Oh my GOD! DUDE! why?!?!”…..
I then realized the connection and went back to apologise . She was of course crying since our conversation.
RidgeRoad
Grampy is getting married!
My grandparents separated before I was born (I’m 23 now) and when I was 6 or 7 my grandfather was getting married and I was to be the flower girl. Well, no one told my grandma wasn’t supposed to know. So one day my family was at her house along with my aunt and uncle. And I mentioned how I couldn’t wait to wear a pretty dress for the wedding. My grandma asked who was getting married. “GRAMPY IS!!” I exclaimed. And that’s how she found out. Oops.
DarthOphelia
Time to freak out!
I accidentally told my best friend that his fiance was pregnant. I’d heard through mutual friends and no one told me that it was a secret or surprise. She’d even posted it on Facebook!!
Come to find out, he’d deleted his Facebook months before in protest of something stupid and hadn’t found out yet.
“Hey!! Oh my god I can’t believe you’re gonna be a father!! Have you started freaking out yet??”
Yes he did freak out. Right then. Loudly.
In the middle of an olive garden…
SuddenTerrible_Haiku
Paying attention to details
Way back when, I was dating this girl. I was over at her place waiting for her so we could go out on a date. While I was waiting there her roommate came out of the shower completely naked and walked into her room.
Later that evening for some unknown reason I said “It is so nice to see that your roommate shaves down there.”
Mode1961
Liking her before getting to know her
Once when I was having “the talk” with a soon to be ex, I dropped a bomb that immediately made me cringe: “I liked you before I got to know you.”
A friend heard this story and says “aww, that’s cute. You liked her even before you knew her that well.” Nope, it was that I stopped liking her after getting to know her. The soon to be ex fully understood the statement upon delivery.
BonkeyKongCountry
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