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Embarrassing Moments

The Day My Spanx Stuck Out at CNN

Katherine Stone | Posted 03.26.2013 | Parents
Katherine Stone

I've been wearing a dress that is too short and shows at least two inches of the control-top area of my support hose, all the way around. Three hundred and sixty degrees of Spanx. I just walked all around CNN with my control-tops sticking out.

The Day My Spanx Stuck Out at CNN

Katherine_Stone | Posted 03.26.2013 | Parents
Katherine_Stone

I've been wearing a dress that is too short and shows at least two inches of the control-top area of my support hose, all the way around. Three hundred and sixty degrees of Spanx. I just walked all around CNN with my control-tops sticking out.

19 People Stuck In The Friend Zone

Posted 02.26.2013 | Comedy

The "friend zone" is a place in which no one wants to be, whether it means you're holding a purse, assisting with a shopping date or, in the case of t...

Proper Office Attire: Is Side-Boob Ever Appropiate?

Sadie Dingfelder | Posted 03.30.2013 | Comedy
Sadie Dingfelder

It's embarrassing when your office manager asks you to please wear a bra to work. It's even worse when that message is delivered to you via telephone -- as in, the game "telephone," where the manager tells your cubicle-mate who tells the receptionist, who gives the message to your best friend.

Beyonce's Not Alone

Huffington Post | Liat Kornowski | Posted 01.23.2013 | Celebrity

Unless you've just landed after a 16 hour flight, there's no way you could've escaped the news about Beyonce's lip-syncing debacle. The world is abuzz...

What Is The Most Embarrassing Thing That Has Ever Happened to You? (WATCH)

Posted 01.18.2013 | MarloThomas

Microphone in hand, I went out and asked the people of New York: What is the funniest or most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you? ...

The 8 New Rules Of Re-Gifting

Ronna Benjamin | Posted 02.12.2013 | Fifty
Ronna Benjamin

In this age of green giving, when many of us have accumulated way too much stuff, re-gifting seems to have become a bit more socially acceptable. Giving away things that we know we will never use -- and that someone else would like -- that's admirable, right?

8 Things You Should Never Be Embarrassed About

Posted 11.01.2012 | OWN

By Leigh Newman Refusing to turn burning red at life's mishaps is a sign of a healthy, happy you. Here are a few places to begin. 1. When You Sp...

7 Times Failure Can Be A Blessing

Posted 11.04.2012 | OWN

By Leigh Newman Nobody likes to crash and burn. Some meltdowns, however, wise us up to new possibilities. Columnist Leigh Newman reveals the most i...

5 Ways to Deal With Kids' Embarrassing Questions

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 12.10.2012 | Parents
Susan Stiffelman

Kids are passionate learners, eager to understand the world around them. They've discovered that the best way to make sense of things is to ask!

Why I Hope To Meet Christina Hendricks In Her 80s

Ronna Benjamin | Posted 12.04.2012 | Fifty
Ronna Benjamin

About seven years ago, my husband and I took my eldest daughter, with her boyfriend, to visit colleges in Washington, DC. Legitimately, you might inqu...

Dancing at the Shame Prom: Sharing the Stories That Kept Us Small

Lois Alter Mark | Posted 11.20.2012 | Women
Lois Alter Mark

Dancing at the Shame Prom: Sharing the Stories That Kept Us Small is a collection of confessions from 27 amazing women who courageously exorcise their demons by making public the very personal embarrassments and humiliations they've spent years trying to hide.

Amy Poehler's Advice On Surviving Embarrassing Moments (VIDEO)

Posted 08.16.2012 | Teen

We've all been there -- walking into class with a toilet seat cover stuck to your pants, humiliating yourself in front of your crush, or falling on yo...

Yikes! Redditors Share Most Horrifying School Moments

Posted 07.11.2012 | Teen

If there's one thing that should comfort you after the most embarrassing moment of your life -- whether you walked back to class with toilet paper stu...

The Most Embarrassing Moment You Never Had in The '80s -- But I Did

Jenny Isenman | Posted 07.31.2012 | Women
Jenny Isenman

You know how whenever you're feeling a little big for your britches, you'll get an earth-shatteringly embarrassing flashback that puts you right back in your place?

Wipe Out! Real Teens Share Their Clumsiest Moments

| Posted 03.28.2012 | Teen

Based on the number of stories we’ve received, there appears to be an epidemic among teen girls -- let’s call it Sudden Klutz Syndrome (or SKS). ...

Performance Teaches Humility

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn | Posted 05.27.2012 | Arts
Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

My world turns black and everything begins to move in slow motion. As I go into the second airborne turn, my body goes off at a crazy angle and I begin to realize that this is not going to end well.

Yikes! Debby Ryan's Most Embarrassing Moment

| Posted 02.17.2012 | Home

They may have perfect hair and perfect teeth and perfect skin, but being a Hollywood starlet, it seems, does not make one immune to the same sorts of...

Yikes! Teens Share Their Most Cringe-Worthy Moments

| Posted 02.06.2012 | Home

Have you ever had a truly embarrassing moment? We don’t mean the, “I got a sunburn and now my tan is uneven, how embarrassing,” kind of embarra...

Ugh! How I Embarrassed Myself In Front Of My Dream Girl

| p. tedjo | Posted 01.24.2012 | Home

This is a regular column featuring original fiction by and for high school students, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for you...

The Most Awkward Cellphone Mishaps

The Huffington Post | Megan Hess | Posted 09.07.2011 | Technology

Cellphones can be helpful--or a total a nuisance. Who hasn't been a quiet place--a theater, the ballet, a classroom--only to have the peace pierce...