Blonde Blunder

I was out with few friends the other day. A friend came with a guy she intended to hook me up with, after praising him to me for a while. Looking my best and displaying my best behaviour at hand, I was having fun. After a while, another friend came with cigarettes and I started smoking thinking I was being cool. I was so engrossed in it I didn’t notice the fire until my date shouted… "Your hair is on fire…" and everyone was already laughing, even the people from the next table…it was so embarrassing when one of my friends turned to slapping the fire out of my head with her hand…people were still laughing when the fire was put out, even my date, no matter how had he tried to hide it. I just sat there and couldn’t wait to get home. I have never smoked again thanks to the embarrassing scene.

— Sharon

A hole skirt

I had just bought a new beige skirt and couldn’t wait to wear it. The sun was too hot as I strutted my way around town, proud of how good I looked. People were staring when I passed so of course my confidence grew. It was only after I had walked across town, that someone stopped me to tell me that my skirt had a hole at the back and people could see my green knickers. I stood rooted on the spot and couldn’t move, wishing the ground would open and swallow me. It was so bad as I didn’t even have money to buy another outfit. I simply went to a stall where a friend worked and literally begged her to give me some jeans to wear.

— Mildred

Gone with the wig

I had recently bought a very stylish wig that I wore to work. Everyone complimented me on it and I couldn’t help but lie that it was indeed my hair. After work I caught up with a guy I was dating. Although we were both attracted to each other we had decided to take it slow. We met every other day for coffee as we got to know each other. On this particular day he offered to take a ride with me because his home was on the same route as mine. I said goodbye coyly as got off the matt. But just as I was stepped down, my wig got caught on the door. Before I could even react, the matt had moved and the wig was snatched off my head exposing the brown stocking underneath. The guy I had been seeing started laughing from inside the matt as did the other passengers. I was so upset and embarrassed I stopped seeing him.

— Cristy