that awkward moment

Everyone has their fair share of moments where they've made a total fool of themselves in public. It's only natural; we're all human, and we all make mistakes. Granted, some make more significant mistakes than others, but overall, we're somewhat in the same boat. Whether it's tripping over yourself after giving a presentation, spilling a drink all over your date, or offending someone by guessing their wrong age, whatever embarrassing thing you've done, someone has also done it before you. Either that or they've done something worse. So to make yourself feel better about your embarrassing moments, here are some from other people who wished the ground could swallow them up.

Have you ever found yourself in an awkward situation, where you had the horrible realization that if you got caught, you'd have absolutely no way to explain yourself out of it, even though you were innocent? Redditors are sharing their close call moments, and some of them were genuinely fortunate escapes. They say everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but what happens when the situation is just too weird to explain? Read on and find out!

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.

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!

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?

We all know that feeling of absolute terror when someone sees something on our phone they shouldn't have. Whether it's a message about that person, an inappropriate image, or a naughty text from your SO, that heart-dropping moment is mortifying. A Reddit thread asking people for the worst notifications they've received while someone has been holding their phone has revealed some horrifically awkward moments that we can only imagine made the victims want to sink into the floor and die. Scroll through and cringe along with them!

Everyone knows and can relate to the anxiety caused by sending a text to the wrong person. Whether it's to your boss, an ex-boyfriend, or sending a text about someone to that person by mistake, these slip-ups can cause a mini heart-attack each time. But perhaps the worst is when you send a text to your parents containing some sort of sexually explicit message that was clearly meant for someone else. The stress that causes, is another level, and reading through these texts can give you a taste of just how bad some kids have put their foot in it. 

There are a few things you definitely don't want your parents catching you doing, especially when you're a teenager. Watching porn and doing drugs are a few of the things that come to mind, but the worst thing in the world for your parents to walk in on? Yep, you guessed it. Having sex. There's not really any coming back from your parents walking in on you doing the dirty (think American Pie) and you just have to accept that things will never be normal again. These Redditors reveal just how awkward things got when their parents caught them mid romp and we're cringing so hard for these poor individuals. Read on and you'll see what I mean...

Sex is great when it goes smoothly. But sometimes something really awkward can happen and totally kill the moment, making you wish the ground would swallow you up. Usually, we keep those stories to ourselves, so they die with us, but these people have bravely revealed the true stories of the worst things that happened to them during sex. They're making us cringe so much, we feel sorry for them. Scroll through and feel their pain!