Ever insult someone without meaning to?

[snapppyd]

I couldn't believe I did this.

On one of our trips to Disney we were talking to a "couple" at the pool. I think the woman was around 55 - 60 and the man looked to be in his 80's. He went back to the room to take a nap, and I asked "is your father alright?".

Well it was not her father, it was her husband. I was so embarrassed

Then I didn't know what to say, mumbled "oh, I'm sorry" or something. How do you recover from that?

So, what have you unintentionally done to embarrass yourself or someone else?

 

[Goofyluver]

I couldn't believe I did this.

On one of our trips to Disney we were talking to a "couple" at the pool. I think the woman was around 55 - 60 and the man looked to be in his 80's. He went back to the room to take a nap, and I asked "is your father alright?".

Well it was not her father, it was her husband. I was so embarrassed

Then I didn't know what to say, mumbled "oh, I'm sorry" or something. How do you recover from that?

So, what have you unintentionally done to embarrass yourself or someone else?

I'm laughing at this for so many reasons.

I insert my foot in my mouth all of the time. Usually, I just giggle and say, "I'm so sorry for my mistake" and leave it at that. You can't take it back. It's already out there.

 

[r3ngels]

Sorry but that is funny!

 

[indimom]

Yep. I have foot-in-mouth disease. I think it's genetic since my mom has it too.

 

[marie1203]

Yes! I last Halloween our friends have this party he was dress as Captain jack sparrow. Someone said how much he looks like him and I said "At Disney all the teens are always in line to meet him he thinks he is so hot, but I do not think he is attractive." His wife said "well I think my husband looks hot tonight. duh i totally insulted him, but I really wasn't trying to refer to him at all.

 

[monkeyboy]

hmmmmm

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I can top that.

In a Publix restroom, I had a moment of panic that I was in the wrong bathroom when I saw a "guy" washing "his" hands.

Well--it wasn't a guy and you would think that I would have noticed the absence of urinals.

I apologized for using the men's restroom and "he" looked at me horrified and said "I'm not male".

I recognized my error as soon as the last word left my mouth but it was wayyy too late. This is a woman that actually works at Publix, but was not working that day. And in my moment of idiocy, my brain cells just were not keeping up with me that day.

In my defense, I plead insanity due to pregnancy.

Guessing someone's relationship incorrectly because of age is bad...getting an adult's gender incorrect verbally is oh so much worse.

 

[snapppyd]

I'm laughing at this for so many reasons.

I insert my foot in my mouth all of the time. Usually, I just giggle and say, "I'm so sorry for my mistake" and leave it at that. You can't take it back. It's already out there.

"for my mistake" would have been better. My I'm sorry made it worse, like I was sorry her husband was so old

 

[arminnie]

I couldn't believe I did this.

On one of our trips to Disney we were talking to a "couple" at the pool. I think the woman was around 55 - 60 and the man looked to be in his 80's. He went back to the room to take a nap, and I asked "is your father alright?".

Well it was not her father, it was her husband. I was so embarrassed

Then I didn't know what to say, mumbled "oh, I'm sorry" or something. How do you recover from that?

So, what have you unintentionally done to embarrass yourself or someone else?

It's a no win situation.

I can't tell you how many times someone referred my dad as "my husband". Ewwww - that was my father.

 

[Goofyluver]

"for my mistake" would have been better. My I'm sorry made it worse, like I was sorry her husband was so old

I'm giggling, only because I've been there.

I honestly think the important thing is the fact that you acknowledge your mistake. We may not be able to take back what our mouths have let escape, but we can at least let the person know we're sorry.

At least you didn't say something like a friend of mine said (in a similar situation), which went something like: "Noooo waaaaaay! What's the age difference between you two? He could be your father!"

 

[snapppyd]

I'm giggling, only because I've been there.

I honestly think the important thing is the fact that you acknowledge your mistake. We may not be able to take back what our mouths have let escape, but we can at least let the person know we're sorry.

At least you didn't say something like a friend of mine said (in a similar situation), which went something like: "Noooo waaaaaay! What's the age difference between you two? He could be your father!"

I feel slightly better now!

 

[prettyblueskies]

Haha your mistake has happened to me! DH is 8 years older than me and while we were dating someone from his neighborhood asked me if he was my dad! I was shocked, he looks older than me, but not THAT much older. But don't worry, DH and I just had a good laugh about it.

 

[minniecarousel]

Yup - I suffer from foot-in-mouth too.

Way back, many years ago, I was the only X-ray Technician in a clinic. I was interviewing Techs to cover for me when I took maternity leave. Most Technicians don't work alone, but this was a small office. I introduced this Tech to our receptionist and said something along the line of: "she's just a secretary"!! What I meant was - she is a secretary and not a tech, so she can't x-ray people. eek! she was a friend of mine and I just insulted her! "just" a secretary. This was 30ish years ago, but I still remember how mortified I was.

 

[mtblujeans]

Another foot-in-mouther, here. I think I have a foot-in-mouth smilie somewhere that I used to use ALL THE TIME around here.

I did something similar to the OP at an auction once. The situation was similar in that the wife was much younger than the husband and I made a comment to her about the "old guys" getting so excited about winning junk at the auctions. Then she walked over and congratulated him on his winning bid and they left together.

DH just laughs his head off at me when he hears/sees me with that foot-in-mouth accessory....I should have a foot-in-mouth tatoo'd somewhere on my body where you can see it. Maybe it will warn people as to what may be coming next when they stand anywhere near me!

 

[Tazicket]

I used to work retail and was ringing a guy up one time. I asked him for his ID and when he handed it to me, I said something like, "I need to see your ID - not your mother's." (paying with his Mom's card and we had to make sure the last names matched - store policy). He just looked at me and said "That IS my ID." I wanted to crawl under the counter.

 

[Disney Doll]

As a nurse I hve made the "is the patient your father/mother?" when the patient was actually the husband/wife.

I have learned to say "Are you a member of the patient's family?" because most people will answer "Yes I am his/ her insert relative's title here".

 

[stepmommyof1]

One time I was volunteering for an afterschool tutoring program and I opened up my laptop and the girl saw my photo i had set as the wallpaper and asked me "is that your dad and brother?" "no, that is my husband and our son". Ouch I don't know who was more embarrassed me or her.

 

[TheColtonsMom]

While working retail years ago I asked a customer "When are you due? It looks like you are getting close" I truely thought she was 8+ months pregnant.

Her answer "21 months ago" I was mortified.

 

[Katie's Butterflies]

I don't talk much, which tends to insult/bother people. I have however, said/written stupid things. You are not alone!

To make you feel better, you are probably not the first person to say that to her. I get asked about my "grandpa" all the time. (They're refering to my dad)

Plus, at least you shut up, a friend of mine has a (older) brother who plays in a band. My friend and their mom went to see the performance. Afterwards, one of the bandmates went up to my friend and said "you must be so proud of your son." When she explained that she was not the mom, the guy apologized and said that "based on your age, I thought you were his mom" (pause) "do you guys have different moms or something?" My friend did not answer, so to change the subject, the guy then said "dude, your girlfriend is hot!" (reffering, of course to their mom).

 

[tvguy]

A coworkers's husband was going to law school and working full time, and she complained she was going to have to get a boyfriend to keep her company.

A couple of days later she was in very good mood and I said "glad you found a boyfriend"...she laughed, but things weren't right between her and I for a month.
Then she took me asside and told me how much my comment had hurt her.........I immediately apologized, and she said she knew I was just playing off what she had said, and she knew I never meant anything bad, and that was motivated her to tell me. It didn't make any sense to her why the comment hurt, it just did.