[inglor]

What have you done in the past that makes you cringe when you think about them. Refering to getting back an ex, getting back at an ex, or just plain trying to get somebody's attention.

Me:
Wearing a suit to school on out-of-uniform day when ZZTop's "Every girl's crazy about a sharp dressed man" came out.

Almost getting caught under a girl's bed by her dad. From what I hear, I'm lucky I'm not crab bait. One of the Scariest moments of my life.

Using horrible lines like "It's only natural", and "Let's make love"... Seemed like a good idea at the time, but the ladies in question found them too good(bad) to keep between us. 15 years later and I still get hazed.

Got real drunk one time and called a very recent ex (not by my choice), got her answering machine and tried to break the code. She called the next day and asked what were all the tones left on her machine the night before. Seems in my stupor, I forgot the machine was recording and she had caller ID. She was not impressed. She went on to say I was not a normal member of society.

Anyone else like to share, you will find it quite cathartic.

Or am I really the freak that my ex labeled me?


Inglor the Shamed

[Alassante]

Oh my god I have so many I wouldnt' know where to start. I guess I will make sure to not say anything that can be held against me later, right?


Dyed my hair like John Taylor from Duran Duran in 8th grade (reddish hair/blond bangs)

Loaned my ex money to prevent his drug dealer from beating him up. Turned out that ,in fact, he and the girl he was cheating on me with used it to buy drugs.

Out of revenge to a freshman year ex, a friend and I totally TP'd his yard. Turns out we were at the wrong house. We found out when we saw him pull into the drive way across the street then go inside the house like he lived there (which he did)

When my boyfriend broke up with me, I started dating his younger brother and got caught. It went like the whole Ross/Phoebe thing on Friends "We were on a break!"

Stage diving...need I say more.

Dating musicians when I was 18-22 and expecting them to have real jobs on the side. What was I thinking. Dated a guy then found out he was a devil-worshipper when I accidentally moved a rug in his apartment. My skidmarks are beside the pentagram painted on his floor.

Jello shots - who knew that there was literally a shot of alcohol in them. $1/jello shot night at club, friend and I walk in with $20 each. Had to be carried out four hours later. But hey we were laughing our butts off the whole time.

[SilverMoonLady]

Wow... you mean, besides the usual doormat behavior we sometimes indulge in to keep the guy/gal??

I drove 2 hours (not once but *3* times) just on the off chance he (now ex-fiance) would be around, and not too busy to meet me for lunch or a quickie. No success. (who doens't stop for free sex???)

Wrote and sent deliriously awful poetry and letters (on many occasions, to many unfortunate boys).

As to vengeance: Sent around the pix of the New Year's dinner that followed his proposal to all of the friends he'd denied my existence to. If he was embarrassed by my non-gorgeous imperfection and big mouth before, he withered somewhat at that one... Needless to say, he was in the ex category directly thereafter.

OH yes... attention-getting: sang Material Girl, spandex and all, in the 6th grade talent show....

[NancyBrooke]

Gave up the opportunity to go backstage and see Little Feat.

God, I'm nauseated just thinking about it.

The pot-head I was dating at the time wanted to go home and wanted me to come with him and I acquiesced. That relationship didn't last long, but it did last too long.

And Kenny Gradney had been makin' eyes at me, too, I swear!

Still have the pass.

[SpaceWeavil]

I'd repressed these memories so deeply, it took a while to coax them to the surface.

Things I've done to totally humiliate myself? Well, I did the poetry thing, wrote at least one book that I remember of the most cringe-making poetry, including acrostics, and I went a stage further by writing some gawd awful songs and music pieces as well.

I went back to my old high school ages after I'd left, on the pretence of volunteering to clear up the music department, so I could hang around the practice rooms where I knew that particular love object would be working (was a visiting music specialist).

Actually agreed to go on a date to a garden centre.

Never done anything for revenge, I must say.

As for getting attention, I didn't do much, other than the hanging around the music department thing, and generally showing off like mad whilst a member of a regional choir the guy was playing in the band for.

The really scary thing is, I know that if the situation arose again and some other hunk crossed my path, I would probably end up doing the same kind of stupid stuff all over again.

Edit - I forgot, under the embarrasing oneself to get attention category, racing downstairs from the top deck of the bus every time we stopped at Buckingham Palace, for no other reason than that I had a major crush on the guy selling tickets for us at that stop. (But I swear, he looked like a cross between Hugo Weaving and a young Michael Jayston). Sadly, later found out he was married.

[Viv]

Answered the question "Is this just a comfort-[smooch], or will you call me in the morning?"

And lied.

[Texasgirl]

oooo boy. the terrible, terrible memories of junior high....

came to the dance in a halter top (i had sneaked it out of the house...my mom would've NEVER let me near a halter top in 7th grade!) and, yes, someone untied me.

one of my bf's in 8th grade said he was gonna take me out for dinner - he lived in a different town, and so my dad said he would drop me off. figuring it would be fancy, i got dressed up - skirt, blouse, make-up, ect.....and the restaurant turned out to be one step above McDonalds

i saw a boy wearing our school's jacket - he was facing away from me, and making out with another girl. i was dating a guy that had the same jacket, build, hair color, and went up to him and slapped him, saying something like, "isn't one girl enough for you?" the guy turned around, and, surprise surprise, it wasn't my bf

became a waitress as my crush's fav hang-out place - was working there, and was serving him when i turned around, knocked into another waitress, and spilled the drinks and fries she was carrying all over my crush and his friends

list to be continued.....

[Yavanie]

Cringe just thinking of this. While in highschool, working at local Wal-Mart, got very friendly with guy in next department, finally got up the courage to suggest we see a move together, he declined - very politely.

Having nothing then to do that weekend, went out with a guy friend to his favorite hangout - he's gay and I (the underaged) could slip in under the radar there. Yep, you guessed it, said object of my affection was sittin at the bar. Sooo, I introduced the two of them, they said I had great taste in men and I left shortly thereafter.

At least at work the next day we both just smiled and said for obvious reasons we'd never mention any of it again.

[Texasgirl]

ouch yavie - that makes my top ten

what about this oopsie-

i was underaged at a bar, and was talking (while partly inebriated) with a guy next to me, who was pretty hot we were laughing at the fact that the barman was so stupid that he didn't even card me/notice i was underage, when he, who was very drunk, said he should bring him in cuz he had the handcuffs in his patrol car outside. luckily, at that moment he passed out, and then i slipped out. didn't go back there for a while.....

[Amlee]

Let's see.


There was the time that I had a wreak and the guy had no insurance. He bailed on paying for the repair of my car. So one night I caught him out eating at a local resturant. I had some flat head roofing nails in my car. I put them under all four of his tires. He left with four flats.

Then there was the time I ran into my dad's ex wife. I took skunk scent and worked it through the window seal of her car. You should have seen the people walking past that car.

Oh a good one I did just resently. I had a former friend that I no longer speak with. I went to one of those register here to get a free gift card ads on a website. I put said friends email in the contact information. I am sure said friend's email is getting flooded right about now.

One of the funniest things I ever did was drive 250 miles for a case of beer. Not for me, but a friend got into his dads beer one night and wanted to replace it. Come to find out that brand and size isn't sold in our state. After searching all over the place. We finally found a guy stocking beer at a store. He told us where we could find the beer. Talk about a road trip!

I think this list could go on and on!

[LuthienTinuviel]

I was in an all-girls boarding school (government-subsidized, where the questionably 'brightest' students are educated) and since there are no guys and stuff, we tend to be free about how we behave.

So we were cleaning up the big hall's stage one day, a communal cleaning up session and I decided to break everyone's doom & gloom because of the chores by pretending to be some spice-girl wannabe with a rattan broom, guitars, cute poses and all...with my tudung wrapped around my upper torso like a tube. We were laughing hysterically, having kicks when the laughter didn't turn out in a voice pitch that it's intended to be...

...turned out a rival all-boys boarding schoolers were touring the school, and they saw what I did.



Then there's this too recent time when I was going after my ex, I found his number, SMS-ed each other mad and then we met at a gazebo near the library.

Turns out he's the wrong guy.

But the right guy got the wind of it and he went after me. I got him in the end.

But I dumped him afterwards...oh, well. Stuff happens.

*scratch head*

Revenge? So far, not yet. Never got around doing it.

Attention? Walked around in the most daring outfit (which isn't much in your standards, a sleeveless and knee-length skirt), heels and all, walked in front of my crush and fell face-first on the cement floor.

Silly, isn't it?

[Alassante]

OK - I forgot three more that I was reminded of reading the other posts!


Underage drinking category - when I was 18 I started hanging out at this bar. The cute guy at the door stamped my hand showing I was 21 without asking for my id. When I got a membership card that night, the woman asked me for my id and I gave her some lame reason - my friends had my purse or whatever - as to why I didn't have my ID with me. Seeing my hand stamped as over 21, she accepted my birthday which I had pushed back 4 years (making me 22). They only checked your membership card when you walk in to find out if you are underage since you have to provide your ID to get the card and it had a pic on it. On my 21 birthday I was such a regular at this bar (cause I could drink there!) , the bouncers told the band to sing happy birthday to me. They got me on stage and embarassed the crap out of me but they were hot so oh well. When the singer asking me how old I was I said 21st very proudly. All of my friends' jaws dropped open at how stupid I was so I quickly said "Again".

"Well you asked for it stupid" category - I really liked this guy I had met at the bar mentioned above and he was digging me too. He asked me for a ride home so I said sure. My friend was with me and seriously drunk. In the car, he asked if anyone had gum and she said only the one in my mouth. He said well give it to me so she did. PO'd my friend was being all flirty with the guy I picked up, I said "Well if you guys are gonna be swapping spit and all, why don't you just climb in the backseat, (insert friends name here), and you guys can go to town!" Being drunk she didn't recognize my sarcasm and did it. I had to drive him home with my best friend making out with him in the backseat the WHOLE way.

Writing category - as stated before I was a big Duran Duran fan and my best friend in 8th grade and i wrote our first fan fiction (didn't know what it was back them) about them and us. In it, our character's totally Mary Sue, had guys crawling all over them, including the members of Duran Duran, Wham, Bono from U2, need I go on....