Things that make you go, "Why did I do that!?"

LiteraryLark · Dec 09, 2020 at 11:04 PM

In my late teens I had an interview at Hooters. I'm flat chested for one and by no means fit any standard of "beauty" at Hooters and am so self-conscious that I would be so embarrassed by being cat called. I have no idea why I applied there. That's something I've done that makes me go, "What? Why did I do that!?"

What is something you've done that makes you ask yourself, "Why did I do that!?"

Mountaindewed · Dec 09, 2020 at 11:48 PM

In 2017 saying to my brother in laws super religious parents that I lost “69” pounds. I was just telling the truth and didn’t realize until later. I cringe whenever I think about it. Why didn’t I just say 68 or 70 lol.

LiteraryLark · Dec 10, 2020 at 01:08 AM

EDIT: I get how awkward that would be...I actually said "slut" in front of a large group of 6th graders while making a point about bullying. I regret that a lot but I was trying to be "real" with them.

unaluna · Dec 10, 2020 at 04:37 AM

Too many to count, too many to list. At least half of them, okay maybe a quarter, a family member was forcing me or strongly urging, against my better judgment. But i listened to them instead of standing up for myself and regretted it every time and lost myself for a long time because of it.

splitimage · Dec 10, 2020 at 06:30 AM

Probably my most cringe worthy moment was back in university when I was asked to judge a high school debating tournament. One of the girls I saw was really good, and I told her I loved her style that she was a real B****. I meant it as a compliment, but it was totally inappropriate.

splitimage

Dec 10, 2020 at 06:35 AM

first thing that comes to mind:

playing a quiz with a friend, and being asked the question: which charles dickens character says ba humbug?

before I can stop myself I said charles dickens

and then it was like oh... cmon gal, read the ****ing question. it's screwdge

lol

Dec 10, 2020 at 06:36 AM

I often question why I took 50 pictures of my naked backside and put them on FB, specially because I hate my body

I was mannic. I had an excuse

Dec 10, 2020 at 06:38 AM

breaking the arm of my amy doll

bet you if I didn't I'd still have it

eskielover · Dec 10, 2020 at 09:32 AM

Get married (back in 1975). Gut feeling & red flags said don't but I logiced myself out of listening. Finally got out after 33 years

Dec 11, 2020 at 06:41 AM

I often question, on bad fibro days, why I have to force my body to do more than it's able to on that day

and also on bad depression days I guess

LiteraryLark · Dec 11, 2020 at 08:42 PM

I just realized today that I did not turn in my references for the final presentation, so I got a C on the presentation after I worked so hard on it. I'm banging my head against the wall, I am so angry with myself. GAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!

And then I blurted out my mistake to my mom and she rolled her eyes and told me to shut up and stop bugging her. WHY DID I DO THAT!?!?!?!?

mugwort2 · Dec 11, 2020 at 09:28 PM

In my 20a when I visited Manhatten borough of NYC I picked a man who was a total stranger and slept with him. Not really slept. You know what I meant by slept.

rdgrad15 · Dec 19, 2020 at 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by LiteraryLark

In my late teens I had an interview at Hooters. I'm flat chested for one and by no means fit any standard of "beauty" at Hooters and am so self-conscious that I would be so embarrassed by being cat called. I have no idea why I applied there. That's something I've done that makes me go, "What? Why did I do that!?"

What is something you've done that makes you ask yourself, "Why did I do that!?"

In the past, like during high school years, I always went against my gut intuition. I would feel like something wasn't right or that someone wasn't really a true friend like they made themselves out to be. Or I would think they saw me as a friend when in fact they didn't. I would assume I was just being paranoid. I was super naive looking back, very stupid. Now I look back and think, wow, why did I do that? Had I listened, that could have solved so many problems and prevented so many disappointments. Should have listened to my gut. Now I listen way more and in almost all cases, it has been right. I've read and heard that your gut is right about 99 percent of the time.

downandlonely · Dec 19, 2020 at 01:31 PM

Pretty much every sexual experience.

I didn't want to do that. Why did I agree to it?

Soupe du jour · Dec 19, 2020 at 08:24 PM

Well, I have bipolar disorder, so when manic (or even just hypomanic) , I have done or said all kinds of major shake the head things. Adding some booze into the mix never helped.

Speaking of booze, maybe three years after three psych hospitalizations per year, and an initial detox from alcohol, I had been accepted to receive SS disability. I was still struggling with mania or hypomania, so decided to enter training to become a professional bartender. I made it to the intro class, but it ended at that. I think I was soon after hospitalized again (or near so). Believe me that that career would not have been a good match for me.

Mountaindewed · Dec 19, 2020 at 08:47 PM

I looked at this real nasty sub on Reddit. I was on cursed subs and then it directed me to that one It was for sure the worst thing I’ve seen on Reddit.

Ford Puma · Dec 20, 2020 at 06:49 AM

I have a long tendency to utter the most bizarre oddities when I am talking. Out of nowhere, I will say something that has people literally turning to each other and saying 'what on earth is he talking about'

Crazy Hitch · Dec 22, 2020 at 02:47 AM

When I was utterly and completely manic this year I emailed my boss to inform him I'm bipolar and it's only dark minded people like him who view me as inadequate.

This was at 3:00am in the morning. Which seemed completely normal at the time.

Far out I want to die of embarrassment.

Mountaindewed · Dec 25, 2020 at 04:38 PM

This is a dumb one, but I was strung up on opiates after my surgery and I had my mom return 4 tank tops I had gotten on clearance for $8 each a couple weeks before. I am super pissed I did that but I was so out of it.

Dec 30, 2020 at 06:16 AM

a while ago, after coming out of the supermarket, I saw a woman on a bench

I walked up to her and asked if she was waiting for something and she didn't respond, so I asked her where she was from and she told me she was from romania, and when I asked where she was currently living, it dawned on me that the reason she was sat on the bench was because she was homeless. I backed away feeling awkward..... I just asked ahomeless woman where she lived and what she was waiting for

well: in my defence, I didn't just asume she was homeless. after all you can't do that

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Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 36,199 (SuperPoster!) 7 8,765 hugs given	Dec 09, 2020 at 11:48 PM #2 In 2017 saying to my brother in laws super religious parents that I lost “69” pounds. I was just telling the truth and didn’t realize until later. I cringe whenever I think about it. Why didn’t I just say 68 or 70 lol. __________________ Ridin' with Biden
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LiteraryLark Crowned "The Good Witch" Member Since Jun 2009 Location: Wonderland Posts: 11,535 (SuperPoster!) 14 1,318 hugs given	Dec 10, 2020 at 01:08 AM #3 EDIT: I get how awkward that would be...I actually said "slut" in front of a large group of 6th graders while making a point about bullying. I regret that a lot but I was trying to be "real" with them.
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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,867 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.4k hugs given	Dec 10, 2020 at 04:37 AM #4 Too many to count, too many to list. At least half of them, okay maybe a quarter, a family member was forcing me or strongly urging, against my better judgment. But i listened to them instead of standing up for myself and regretted it every time and lost myself for a long time because of it.
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Anonymous32451 Guest Posts: n/a	Dec 10, 2020 at 06:35 AM #6 first thing that comes to mind: playing a quiz with a friend, and being asked the question: which charles dickens character says ba humbug? before I can stop myself I said charles dickens and then it was like oh... cmon gal, read the ****ing question. it's screwdge lol
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Anonymous32451 Guest Posts: n/a	Dec 10, 2020 at 06:36 AM #7 I often question why I took 50 pictures of my naked backside and put them on FB, specially because I hate my body I was mannic. I had an excuse
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Anonymous32451 Guest Posts: n/a	Dec 10, 2020 at 06:38 AM #8 breaking the arm of my amy doll bet you if I didn't I'd still have it
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eskielover Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Oct 2004 Location: Kentucky, USA Posts: 24,753 (SuperPoster!) 19 14.6k hugs given	Dec 10, 2020 at 09:32 AM #9 Get married (back in 1975). Gut feeling & red flags said don't but I logiced myself out of listening. Finally got out after 33 years __________________ Leo's favorite place was in the passenger seat of my truck. We went everywhere together like this. Leo my soulmate will live in my heart FOREVER Nov 1, 2002 - Dec 16, 2018
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Anonymous32451 Guest Posts: n/a	Dec 11, 2020 at 06:41 AM #10 I often question, on bad fibro days, why I have to force my body to do more than it's able to on that day and also on bad depression days I guess
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mugwort2 Poohbah Member Since Aug 2015 Location: Philadelphia PA. Posts: 1,291 8 28 hugs given	Dec 11, 2020 at 09:28 PM #12 In my 20a when I visited Manhatten borough of NYC I picked a man who was a total stranger and slept with him. Not really slept. You know what I meant by slept.
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downandlonely Legendary Member Since Mar 2018 Location: United States Posts: 10,760 (SuperPoster!) 6 10.6k hugs given	Dec 19, 2020 at 01:31 PM #14 Pretty much every sexual experience. I didn't want to do that. Why did I agree to it?
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Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 36,199 (SuperPoster!) 7 8,765 hugs given	Dec 19, 2020 at 08:47 PM #16 I looked at this real nasty sub on Reddit. I was on cursed subs and then it directed me to that one It was for sure the worst thing I’ve seen on Reddit. __________________ Ridin' with Biden
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Ford Puma Grand Magnate Member Since May 2014 Location: Ireland Posts: 4,390 9 796 hugs given	Dec 20, 2020 at 06:49 AM #17 I have a long tendency to utter the most bizarre oddities when I am talking. Out of nowhere, I will say something that has people literally turning to each other and saying 'what on earth is he talking about' __________________ A daily dose of positive in a world going cuckoo Humour helps...
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Crazy Hitch ɘvlovƎ Member Since Nov 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 18,569 (SuperPoster!) 10 12.6k hugs given	Dec 22, 2020 at 02:47 AM #18 When I was utterly and completely manic this year I emailed my boss to inform him I'm bipolar and it's only dark minded people like him who view me as inadequate. This was at 3:00am in the morning. Which seemed completely normal at the time. Far out I want to die of embarrassment.
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Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 36,199 (SuperPoster!) 7 8,765 hugs given	Dec 25, 2020 at 04:38 PM #19 This is a dumb one, but I was strung up on opiates after my surgery and I had my mom return 4 tank tops I had gotten on clearance for $8 each a couple weeks before. I am super pissed I did that but I was so out of it. __________________ Ridin' with Biden
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