Most embarrassing moment due to lack of knowledge?

Maven · Apr 11, 2007 at 10:03 PM

I never heard of "cheese," either. But apparently, there are some areas where a drug (or drug combo) will be called one thing, whereas, in another area, it has a different name.

muse · Apr 18, 2007 at 06:33 PM

Oooh, ladies, this is SOOO funny! XD I honestly can't think of a moment that was caused by "lack of knowledge"... although, when I was little I did have some weird misconceptions about conception and childbirth. I knew that to make a baby, something from the man went into the woman. Naive little thing that I was, I thought it was something that happened when a man and woman kissed or held hands during the wedding ceremony!!

I was also convinced that when a woman had a baby it shot out of her belly like a cannon, and the doctor had to be there in order to catch it.

Maven · Apr 19, 2007 at 01:38 AM

Muse, that put some funny images in my head! Most embarrassing moment due to lack of knowledge?

There's a comic, and I can't think of his name right now, but he was watching a video of a baby being born, and she was shocked, watching the baby be born. She thought the baby came out the woman's belly button! He asked her if she knew how babies were made, and she said, "Does the man pee on the lady?" LOL!

I can't remember what I thought about babies and how they were made when I was little, but I'm sure I had some crazy ideas, too. Most embarrassing moment due to lack of knowledge?

Amalthea · Apr 21, 2007 at 08:25 PM

LOL I'm loving this thread. I'll share a quick story here.

When I was about 6, my mother (being a product of the feminist revolution) had always told me I can be whatever I want to be when I grow up. Girls can have anything boys have.

With this in mind, my best playmate at the time was a little boy in the neighborhood. As many little boys that age do, he announced one afternoon that boys have penises and girls have vaginas. I didn't really know what he was talking about, but I remembered my mother's words. Girls can have anything boys have.

So I informed him that girls can have penises too, because we can have anything boys can have!

Zen888 · Apr 21, 2007 at 10:52 PM

Amalthea your mom is still correct.......with a little surgery you too can have a penis! Most embarrassing moment due to lack of knowledge?

Maven · Apr 22, 2007 at 01:50 AM

Amalthea, you just reminded me of a video I saw on America's Funniest Home Videos. This little girl was crying because she'd seen her younger brother peeing, and she wanted a "wee-wee," too! Most embarrassing moment due to lack of knowledge?

Never mind that, with what we women have, we can have all the penises we want! Most embarrassing moment due to lack of knowledge?

littlemissjess · Apr 22, 2007 at 01:51 PM

Haha. I remember one day I walked by the bathroom and saw my dad standing there going to the bathroom. Then the next day I tried standing and doing what he was doing. Didn't work quite well because I didn't have one of those "things". LOL!

Maven · Apr 23, 2007 at 03:12 AM

You don't need one of those "things." There are several products you can use, or none at all, to pee standing up.

All About My Vagina: Basic Tutorial on How to Pee Standing Up

But...

Would you want to pee with three other women?

http://www.p-mate.com/eng/wc3.html

Busysdizzy · Jul 23, 2007 at 08:27 AM

all I gotta say is...thank God I am done with all that period stuff! Most embarrassing moment due to lack of knowledge?

And doesn't this thing look like a red tampon?LOL

Busysdizzy · Jul 23, 2007 at 08:34 AM

usually if you go to the hospital and are of the age to mentruate they will ask when you have had your last period. If it is an emergrncy then they will soon discover the little string and know. Believe me as a nurse it is no different for us to "check" these things out as it would be for a mechanic to check the oil ina car... all matter of fact.
I used to work at a general hospital. We were so used to seeing naked bodies that we said that if every patienty got out of bed and walked single file down the hall naked we would just wonder where they were going.!
Most embarrassing moment due to lack of knowledge?

Busysdizzy · Jul 23, 2007 at 08:44 AM

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Maven said:
You don't need one of those "things." There are several products you can use, or none at all, to pee standing up.

All About My Vagina: Basic Tutorial on How to Pee Standing Up

But...

Would you want to pee with three other women?

http://www.p-mate.com/eng/wc3.html

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Now I've heard everything! Most embarrassing moment due to lack of knowledge?

Juliaspavlov · Jul 23, 2007 at 10:14 AM

I was trying to impress someone who I thought was my future mother in law. So I cleaned the fry pan with elbow grease. Then upon showing my great effort she burst into great laughter. I had scrubbed the teflon off a non stick frypan. (my mum had even used a wringer for washing machine)(I was brought up without even a telephone or car etc) Most embarrassing moment due to lack of knowledge?

but it sort of doesn't matter I never married the guy.

Most embarrassing moment due to lack of knowledge?

he he Jjulia

Juliaspavlov · Jul 23, 2007 at 10:40 AM

Another one is that I used to watch my mum cleaning her false teeth I guess I was about 4.She scrubbed away so hard with a scrubbing brush.....so aghast I asked her .....doesnt that hurt !!!!! she still laughs about it till this day and I'm 50 now. .....plus an uncle of mine laughs about this; ...he bought guinness and lemonade from the bottle shop...and on the way home (we were with him) he dropped the lot and the bottles broke all over the place...so I exclaimed in crying dissapointment....because the lemonade broke..

Most embarrassing moment due to lack of knowledge?

he he he...Jjulia

selfy · Jul 23, 2007 at 11:32 AM

hmmm embarrasing moment.... uhhh probably the day me and mom walked into boots,,, we wanted to find some foot thingys, coz i was intending to be up late dancing and my feet were already shot. she walked down a certain aisle, picked up some lubricant, and at the top of her voice asked me wether it would do. wasnt my ignorance it was hers, but everyone was looking in horror at the factthat a mother could be suggesting sex to a 12 yr old....

AAAAA · Oct 26, 2007 at 07:15 PM

When I was a teenager I worked in a small grocery store, it was the only one in the area. I was stocking shelves when a man approached me and asked if we sold "prophylactics". I said "I don't know but if you tell me what they are I can tell you were to find them."

He was forced to tell me what they were, I don't know who was more embarrassed, him or I. We did not sell them.

tsha · Oct 28, 2007 at 10:24 PM

One summer day when I was about 10 I walked into our family room where my parents were sitting. On the table was this object I had never seen before. It looked liked something you would put over your nose and mouth. I picked it up and did just that, while asking what it was....it was my brother's "cup". Uck!

LizardL8y · Oct 29, 2007 at 03:41 PM

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tsha said:
One summer day when I was about 10 I walked into our family room where my parents were sitting. On the table was this object I had never seen before. It looked liked something you would put over your nose and mouth. I picked it up and did just that, while asking what it was....it was my brother's "cup". Uck!

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What the heck was that doing on your family room table??? EW!

wickedwings · Oct 29, 2007 at 04:46 PM

((((maven)))) thanks for the website on how to pee standing up!!! i've been caught in the middle of nowhere, wishing i could pee like the guys do in the bushes! i needed this. lol

Oct 29, 2007 at 05:15 PM

listening to my mother and my abuser having sex when I was 13 and knew what they were doing but was confused and my dad never knew so I had to carry the guilt.I was in the front seat of a transit van, they were in the back and knew I was listening.

silentlyscreaming · Oct 30, 2007 at 11:32 AM

loving this post!!!!!

This really didn't embarrass me, but my mother won't let me forget it. I was about 4 and had gone with mum while she had a pap smear. On the way home on the bus, I asked in my loudest voice (as kids do) what was that man doing to your front bum???? and wouldn't shut up about it.
Mum said she got some interesting looks from the other passengers.

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Maven Pirate Goddess Member Since Oct 2005 Location: South Jersey, USA Posts: 5,246 18 513 hugs given	Apr 11, 2007 at 10:03 PM #61 I never heard of "cheese," either. But apparently, there are some areas where a drug (or drug combo) will be called one thing, whereas, in another area, it has a different name. __________________ Maven If I had a dollar for every time I got distracted, I wish I had some ice cream. Equal Rights Are Not Special Rights
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Zen888 Grand Magnate Member Since Oct 2005 Posts: 3,886 18 47 hugs given	Apr 21, 2007 at 10:52 PM #65 Amalthea your mom is still correct.......with a little surgery you too can have a penis! __________________ Please donate to your local animal humane shelter! Thank-you!
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littlemissjess Member Member Since Jan 2007 Posts: 206 17	Apr 22, 2007 at 01:51 PM #67 Haha. I remember one day I walked by the bathroom and saw my dad standing there going to the bathroom. Then the next day I tried standing and doing what he was doing. Didn't work quite well because I didn't have one of those "things". LOL! __________________ "I tried to be perfect, but nothing was worth it. I don't believe it makes me real."
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Busysdizzy Grand Member Member Since Dec 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 582 17	Jul 23, 2007 at 08:27 AM #69 all I gotta say is...thank God I am done with all that period stuff! And doesn't this thing look like a red tampon?LOL
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wickedwings Poohbah Member Since Apr 2007 Location: Pennsylvania, U.S. Posts: 1,004 17	Oct 29, 2007 at 04:46 PM #78 ((((maven)))) thanks for the website on how to pee standing up!!! i've been caught in the middle of nowhere, wishing i could pee like the guys do in the bushes! i needed this. lol
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Guest Posts: n/a	Oct 29, 2007 at 05:15 PM #79 listening to my mother and my abuser having sex when I was 13 and knew what they were doing but was confused and my dad never knew so I had to carry the guilt.I was in the front seat of a transit van, they were in the back and knew I was listening.
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