Has a/your child ever embarrassed you?

[Fishbone†]

Tamie and I were talking today, and I recalled a couple of stories where my nieces embarrassed me. I figure you guys must have some stories as well.

I'll save the good one for later, but for starters, when my niece was about 2 1/2, I took her up to meet my then supervisor. She was the cutest little thing (my niece, not my supervisor) with this long curly blonde hair and this oh-so-sweet smile. She was ALWAYS dressed as if she'd stepped right off the pages of a catalog (my sister-in-law would settle for nothing less). She had this little pink sundress on, and her hair pulled back so her curls flowed down her back - oh, to die for!! Anyway, she had just learned to sing "I'm a little teapot" and you could have just eaten her up when she sang it in her sweet little voice minus all the "r"s. She actually had and still does have an incredible singing voice (if only we could get her to sing for people). So I take her up to see my supervisor and her husband (to show her off, you know - what else are children good for?? ). I ask her if she can sing her song for them, and her eyes light up (not ONE BIT shy, that one). She walks up to the "front" of the room...... stands against the wall..... smiles really pretty..... and says "I can fart" AND THEN SHE DOES!!!!! Betty and her husband start to laugh, I start to look for a great big hole!!! Obviously encouraged by her audience, she proudly states "I can do it again" and promptly does!!! I was mortified, and there wasn't a single crack in the earth to be found..... believe me... I looked!!! I quickly decided we needed to get home..... RIGHT NOW!!!

How about you..... any stories where you wished you had a chewy granola bar?? Chewy.... chewy.....chewy!

 

[Princess Michelle]

I can't recall any where a child has embarrassed me but your story is hillarious. I overheard a child embarrass their mother in a fitting room one time but that story isn't G rated so I'll have to save it.

 

[olena]

ROFLMBO!!!!!!!!!

 

[Nutsy]

Oh yeah, my youngest DS did it it to me when he was 4.


He has always wanted a little sister see, but it just never worked out that way............

He was 4 at the time & was in pre-school. Now they had a session each day for any of the kids to share some news.

Well up pops my DS & announces to one & all that his Mum was going to have a baby.

I had no idea of this until it was time to pick him up from pre-school & the teacher congratulates me. I was totally dense thinking I'd missed something. She then says when is it due??

Then it twigged.............DS so desparately wanted a little sister that he had convinced himself that I was pregnant & was proud to announce to one & all this his Mum was having a baby.

I tell you.......I was betroot red & boy did I wish there was a hole in the ground to swallow me up. I was SOOOOOOOOOOO EMBARRASSED!!

 

[nkjzmom]

My family was over visiting us and our 2yo DS had run upstairs to play...or so I thought. The next thing I know he's bouncing down the stairs with his arms full of something....he comes running over to me and places an armful of tampons and pads right in my lap. He had this great face on that said, "Look Mom, look what I brought for you, aren't you proud?" All I could say was, "Thank you Zachary........but mommy doesn't need these right now."



I think my poor little brothers were WAY more embarrassed than I ever could have been!!!!

 

[The Sweetness]

The last time I had my dd(now 11) at WDW she was 8. We went to the dis. studios and saw the sound effects show. She got picked to be in the show, and as soon as she got on stage she promptly turned around and started scratching her rear. It looked like she was truing to find something she lost in there or something!

Also,DD has taken up the habbit of being very mean to me whenever I come to her school (to bring her a drink before her cheerleading practice or bring the team a cold coke after a pep rally...) She growls and hisses at me to go a way, and that I shouldnt be there

 

[disykat]

When my youngest was four he got loads of attention being the only child (along with my then six year old - who was behaving himself!) at my brother's wedding. While dancing he kept twisting his little fanny around saying "shake my bootie" and had everyone else doing it too. When my new SIL's mother was leaving she asked him for a kiss, which he declined. She said "how about a hug?" He didn't want to so instead he said "Nope, but I'll show you my underwear!" and promptly pulled down his pants. I about died.

 

[RitaZ.]

Oops, I thought the question was, "How many times has your child embarrassed you?" Never mind...

 

[Dream]

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! I got NOTHIN that will top THAT story fishy!!!! Thanks for the laugh this morning!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

 

[Saffron]

Oh my gosh! I have tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard! These stories are soooooooo funny!

While at WDW, we decided -- my DSD's, 17 and 19 years old at the time, to go to FAO Swartz (sp?), that huge toy store in downtown Orlando. While we were there, they decided to buy this stupid putty stuff that you put your fingers in and it makes the sound of passing gas. I know, very mature of them. They both had part time jobs, it was their money, there wasn't much I could say about it.

Anyway, one morning at the CBR, I stepped outside to watch the sun come up, have a little quiet time to myself before we left for the parks etc., but since we were leaving in a few minutes, I left the door to the room open. We left our sneakers out that night, not realizing that the humidity would make wet sneakers worse. Anyway, a family of three, a mom, dad and little boy came walking by. I'm very friendly, I say hello to everyone, so as they passed by, I said hello and reached down to pick up the sneakers, not knowing that my DSD's were watching me. As soon as I bent over, they made that awful noise with their new toys!!!!!!! I just about died!! The little boy looked at me kind of shocked, then he looked at his dad. The dad had a disgusted look on his face. I wanted to kill them!!!! Of course they were rolling around on the beds, laughing hysterically.

 

[elgerber]

Saffron, that is toooooo funny!

Mine was just this past Christmas. My Step MIL had bought me these huge awful Santa mugs several years back. Not Santa on them, but you actually drink from Santa's head, and I swear they hold at least a quart each. Anyway, they have stayed in the box ever since. This year we have a brand new house, and the kitchen cabinets don't go all the way to the ceiling. We were putting some Christmas decorations on top of them, and we put the mugs up there. Finally a place to put them, cuz we need to fill the space. So Step MIL comes to see our decorations and my 9 yr old ds is showing her all our stuff. Then he goes to the kitchen and says "and now my mom has a place to put these Santa mugs that she hates"! I could have died right there!!!!!!!!

Erika

 

[Amy]

I LOVE these stories!

When we were potty training my DS13, we promised him that when he pooped in the potty we'd take him to Toys R Us for a special treat. One Saturday he finally did it, so we went out to eat before going to Toys R Us. The waitress comes over to take our order, and DS is so proud he SHOUTS so the whole restaurant can hear: "I pooped in the potty today!!"

(Edited to clarify - he was potty trained at age 3, NOT 13! Don't want anyone to get the wrong idea!! )

 

[Jeafl]

When my oldest daughter was about 3 or 4 we were trying to teach her table manners. She kept holding her fork the wrong way, and after several times of showing her the right way I GENTLY poked her in the hand with my fork to get her attention. The next day was the mother-child tea at pre-school. All the moms and kids were sitting on the floor on a circle and the teacher asked if anything interesting had happened to any of them over the weekend. My daughter stood up and said "My Mommy stabbed me!". I wanted to crawl in a hole and die! I quickly tried to explain, but I did get a few strange looks.

The same daughter, just last year, embarassed me again. It was parent's night at the middle school and she pointed out to me her male gym teacher who was only about 5'2" tall. I said "Wow Stephanie, you're even taller than him". So what does she do? She runs over to the guy and says "My mom can't believe I'm taller than you". He looked at me and said "Well, yes, I guess you are". I wanted to wring my daughter's scrawny little neck. Every time I see him now I am still embarassed.

 

[WillyJ]

ROTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These are tooo funny!!! LOL!!!!

 

[MosMom]

LOLOL These stories are hilarious!

My latest moment was just last week when we were out to lunch with a friend and her daughter. Elliot has been biting me lately while nursing and it is really becoming a problem. So, while we're out, I pulled out a bottle for him and that must have reminded Moira. She proceeded to yell over the table in a crowded restaurant "When Mommy feeds Elliot with her boobie he bites her and she screams AHHHHHHHHHH. I could have died. It was one of those moments where a loud restaurant gets silent at the time something mortifying is said.

I have many others, some probably would be too embarrassing to relive. The MOST embarrassing ever was...

My cousin once asked at Easter dinner (with all relatives at the table) after I had taken her swimming why a certain body part of hers didn't have hair on it but mine did. MORTIFYING!! I was a teenager at the time and still quite modest. She is 18 now so I should remind her of that story in front of her boyfriend or something. LOL

 

[pumba]

when she went to catholic elementary school........the nun was talking about conserving energy and my darling daughter gets up and says....mommy and daddy conserve energy by taking showers together......she was in the second grade and of course on our daily how was school and what did you do .....this came out.....I dont' believe I went to the meetings of the month after that......

 

[Krisu]

DS was about 4 or 5 at the time. Church was having it's Christmas program and all the kids were up front. Minister held up an angel cut out of paper and asked the kids if they knew what it was. DS in his very loud voice said "It's a bat"!! Not quite the answer the Minister was looking for!

 

[Jenn Lynn]

This one is about my (then) little Brother. Every time we would sit down to eat or be in the grocery store, etc. my brother would always have to go to the bathroom. One Sunday we were in church. During the sermon DB says he has to go to the bathroom. My Mom told him he needed to wait until church was over. He looked at my Mom and yelled, at the top of his lungs, "I have to go POOP!" My Mom was mortified and quickly let him out of the pew to go to the bathroom. Everyone around was laughing-except us.

 

[Piglet]

Last year my DD told her K4 teacher that my DH wears my underware. I happen to be going in that day to help and when I got there the teachers aide called me over and said I need to ask you something. She said why is Mark wearing your underware??? I was so embarrased. I told her I didn't think that he did, but maybe you had better ask him that. My DD just laughed and laughed when I went home and told DH. Now everytime we run into them at school they are constantly teasing my DH, though he just laughs and doesn't get embarrassed.


Another time we were shopping when my DD was 2 1/2 or 3 and as we were getting ready to check out, my DD spots a lady that is buying bra's ahead of us and yells out while I am unloading our cart behind her, Mommy don't you need some of those boobbie holders, but not that big!!!!! I could have crawled in a hole then too.

Melinda

 

[figmentvi]

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