Personal cringe comp: let's share embarrassing memories
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Ever remember a catalogue of embarrassing memories whilst trying to sleep? Share it here ^^
I'll start
> be me
> running track at a tournament for school
> 1 degree above freezing, full of hills and bogs, borderline medieval torture
> many schools there, it sounds like a stampede of dinosaurs, just feet thumping on half frozen ground and ragged panting, no lanes at all
> falling into bogs, legs burning
> idea.jpg
> distract myself from pain by counting backwards from 1000 by 7 like that cartoon my friend likes
> saving up energy, then powering past speedy people
> it burns but im distracting myself, 1000, 993, 986…
> yuss last stretch before i finish!!
> my mom is watching, i use up my saved up energy and run like sonic, legs are flying beneath me and i can am about to make myself proud
> goes a little quiet, people aren't cheering
> lost
> look back
> whilst distracting myself, i ran in the wrong direction, onto another hill and not the finish
>bruh moment
> walk to the finish line, very embarrassed, almost last, people mumbling
> cry on the way home but mom lets me get rice and chicken so it's ok
That was the last tournament I did and I still feel a lot of shame.