awkward moments

We all know that feeling: you're up late at night, having trouble falling asleep, and what pops into your head? That moment from last week when you waved back at someone in the grocery store who was waving at someone behind you, and now you'll never be able to show your face in that store again. You'll have to drive three hours now to the next-closest market, but considering you were already driving two towns over after having embarrassed yourself beyond redemption like this at every store in your own metropolitan area, the commute doesn't phase you anymore. Here are some of those everyday embarrassments that make us want to leave society and never return.

You may not have known this, but men have insecurities too. In fact, every single person in the world does. However, not everybody deals with them in the same way. Some people cannot stop talking about them, and it can get really repetitive and obsessive. Some people go to therapy to face them — probably the healthiest route. Then there are many people who try to overcompensate for them, and it can be so cringe to be around those people. It's like they're putting on a show for you, and you know very well that it's fake, but you have to try to go along with it anyway.

This Reddit thread showcases some of the most obvious ways men try to hide their insecurities, many of these behaviors are probably very familiar to you.

There are a lot of things that Generation Z likes to roast Millenials about. But there is so much they don't know. Sure, they think they've seen it all, but there are so many millennial struggles that they will never comprehend because they weren't there to live through it. In my opinion, this is a strength that Millenials should use to their advantage, these are all like big inside jokes. And such jokes should be shared on Twitter.

"Sorry Gen Z, you had to be there."

Okay, we are all awkward at times. We all have questionable judgement when we're not paying attention, or reading the room quite right. It happens, it's life. You may want to crawl in a hole, but eventually, after you have some time to distance yourself from the event you may realize what you said was f*cking hilarious. Hopefully whoever witnessed the moment with you is able to laugh at it too and not hold it against you. 

It takes some serious guts to go up and approach a woman in public, but unfortunately, it doesn't always pan out. It may be that the club is too loud, she's might be hard of hearing, or maybe... you were just too dang awkward — which we are all guilty of being from time to time. It's natural, she's beautiful, you're nervous, you think you planned everything out, but y'all make eye contact, and BOOM! Nothing but nonsense begins to spew out your mouth. Sound a little too familiar? Well, if you made it in this list that means you definitely made an impression.

I'm sure there are many perks to being a model, aside from being stunningly beautiful and having lovely long legs. But one of the more grueling parts of modeling life is finding the balance between striking a perfect pose that screams 'effortless elegance' and showing off whatever item you're being paid to advertise. Let's say these models completely missed the mark, and seem to have gone for poses that scream 'I don't know what I'm doing,' instead.

For the most part, people are professional at work. They come to work, do their jobs, and don't commit crimes, or sleep with anyone while there. You know, that sort of thing. But others have a hard time sticking to these types of rules and decide that work is an appropriate place to have sex, steal money, and generally disregard all proper social conduct. If you can get away with it, props to you - sort of. Ok, not really. But if you're going to do something that stupid at work, at least make sure you don't get caught. These people share stories of the compromising positions they caught their coworkers in, and the tales are pretty shocking! Have you ever found a coworker in a situation they shouldn't have been?

Sex is great, but have you ever been in bed with someone who has shouted out their dad's name or asked you to pray before you start? A big part of enjoying sex is about the mood you and your partner create to feel comfortable and enjoy each other. But sometimes your partner can say something that makes you want to die of awkwardness, and just like that, the moment is gone. Redditers share the strangest thing a partner has said or done during sex that instantly killed the mood, and the answers are cringe-worthy, to say the least. Here are some of the funniest.

Life is full of unfortunate mishaps, and sometimes we do painfully embarrassing things. Whereas most of us try to forget they ever happened, others post their brain fart moments on Twitter so the world can share in their misery and get a few laughs along the way. These people have shared the moments where they wished the floor would swallow them up, and provided us with some humor at the same time.

Pregnancy is a beautiful thing. The process of growing a new life inside of you and keeping it safe until it's ready to make an appearance in the world is nothing short of a miracle. But alongside the beauty of it all comes the hormones, the mood swings, the pains, and the inconveniences. These tweets accurately sum up the joys of baby brain, not fitting into your clothes, and crying at the smallest of things.

Life is full of awkward moments, so there's no need to go and embarrass yourself for no reason. But these people didn't get the memo, so they went ahead and did it anyway, and got shamed on the internet ruthlessly. Check out the cringe-worthy awkward moments these individuals got themselves into, which ended up benefiting you!

Having an identical twin comes with its pros and cons. If people know you have a twin, one of the pros could be pretending to be the other one whenever you want to get out of an awkward situation. But when it's the other way around and your twin has done something wrong, and you get blamed instead, then it's not so good. Twins are sharing some of their most awkward and awesome stories of being mistaken for their twin; from being slapped in the face to accepting compliments that weren't meant for them, they are entertaining and hilarious.

Tinder is a great way to have anonymous sex if that's what you're looking for. With an infinite amount of strangers readily available at the swipe of a finger, it's easy to find someone for casual, no-strings-attached sex whenever you want. But is anyone as anonymous as they seem? They say that there are only six degrees of separation between everyone, or, in simpler terms, all people are six, or fewer, social connections away from each other. So, in reality, the likelihood of someone you know, knowing the person you are sleeping with, is relatively high. 

One guy learned this the hard way when he discovered that the older woman he had met on Tinder and been sleeping with for three months was his coworker's mom.  The worst part? She insisted on coming clean to her son. Honesty isn't always the best policy, folks! Yeah, we want to die on his behalf too. He documented the whole story on the popular subreddit, TIFU (Today I F—ked Up). Read it below, and cringe along with us!

The past six months have been a strange time of adjustment for everyone. Overnight, we had to give up many aspects of our everyday life that we took for granted, such as seeing friends, eating in restaurants, and going to work or school. However, thanks to modern technology, we entered an era where taking classes or work calls from your lounge's comfort became the new normal, and wearing a formal top and pajama pants became the new dress code. But as useful as online classes and meetings have been, they come with certain risks, like all technology. Many people fell victim to forgetting to turn off their cameras and microphones when they thought they had, which led to some pretty awkward situations. Read some of them below, as teachers and students share their best 'forgot to turn off the mic' story during virtual learning stories. Online learning is cool and all, but CHECK YOUR MICS, people!

The internet is full of stories of people getting fired for all sorts of ridiculous and unfair reasons. And although unemployment is nothing to laugh at, especially during these difficult times, some of the justifications companies use to get rid of their staff are so insulting (and often illegal), that we can only laugh. The hashtag #AndThenIWasFired reveals some of the insane reasons people were let go from their jobs, and they prove just how insane the world is. What's your craziest 'And Then I Was Fired' moment? We'd love to hear from you...

Sex is all fun and games until you fart, can't find a condom, or finish too early. Or any of the hundreds of other things that can go wrong and make the moment awkward AF. Redditers have been sharing the awkward parts of sex that no one talks about, and there are so many. Honestly, I've never related so hard to anything in my life. Come on, it's not just me, right?