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These moments were contributed by my friend Betty from Canada. Anyone who uses Allinplay Poker will know and love our Pussy Cat. Thanks for allowing me to add them to the embarrassing moment collection Betty!
I'll give you a little background information about myself first, so it will make a little more sense when you hear these stories. I had perfect vision up until the age of nine years old. At that time, somebody hit me in the eye with a snowball and infection set in. About a year and a half after that I went totally blind. I had a really hard time accepting the fact that I was blind and still liked to ride my bike and do other things that I used to do. I was also a very shy child until I turned about sixteen or seventeen. At that point in my life I was tired of people talking around me and decided to speak up and be heard.You got it, haven't stopped since. LOL.
Here is the first embarrassing moment.
I was sixteen and on my first date with a boy with some sight. He took me to a restaurant and I decided to have french fries. I made up my mind to use a fork and impress this guy with my amazing table skills. I got the first forkful in my mouth fine. The second one however did not go so well. One french fry went into my mouth and another lodged into my nose and stuck there. Ok, are you picturing it now? I'm on my first date with a sighted guy and have a four inch fry hanging out of my nose. Well amazing he did not laugh at me. We are good friends and have remained so over the years.
I went to a boarding school and quite often the students were taken on field trips. This particular trip was on a ferry. There was a young couple on this boat that had a puppy with them. Our house parent asked if it would be alright for some of us to pet the puppy. My friend and I were sitting next to the young man who had the puppy on his lap. I was talking to my friend and took my hand away to look at something she was showing me. I reached back and stroked three times before I realized it was not a puppy I was stroking. I could have died of embarrassment. My friend took me away as fast as we could possibly run.
This is an incident about the same guy involved in the french fry story. It had been some years since I had heard anything from my friend, David, so I decided to look up his phone number and call him. I got the number from directory assistance and did so. The guy who answered had exactly the same voice as my friend and of course the same name. I asked how he was doing and could tell right away that he had no idea who I was. I told him who I was and he said he did not know anybody named Liz. That didn't go over very well with me. A girl doesn't like to think she is that forgettable. So I started to describe our love life in rather graphic details. He still said he had no knowledge of knowing me. At this point in our conversation a little girl of about two or three years old said "who is it Daddy?" I knew then that I had the wrong David and apologized and even typing this now I am turning red. He said I sounded like a very interesting person and it sure sounded like I would have been a lot of fun to know. I was so embarrassed I had tears in my eyes. LOL