Embarrassing admissions

[SallyMander]

"The Biggest Loser" makes me cry. So does "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."

However i think this overactive empathy gene may be the reason i'm a democrat. :D




Edut fer speling

[lost-in-nj]

1. I can't watch Extreme Makeover

Home Edition any more

I am a total fucking wreck....
and I LOVE that show!!!!



I laugh my ass off at Americas Funniest Videos

and

DO NOT BOTHER ME

when

Ugly Betty

and lost is on



lost

[SallyMander]

3. So glad i'm not the only one, lost!

:D

:hug:

[Lorien]

43. It only makes me cry because I know that the homeowners will probably

be homeless very soon. The homes are SO huge and expensive to maintain that most recipients lose them within two years (My cousin works for Disney and her office was next door to EM:HE).

[Shakespeare]

90. I've noticed they seem to be scaling down the size of them lately.

Perhaps for that reason? They also came up with some way to (legally) juggle paperwork so that the families aren't hit with a huge tax bill.

[begin_within]

114. Whatever happened to Ugly Betty anyway?

[Chan790]

2. Every woman I've dated since I was 18...

has been within 18 months of her 24th birthday when we started dating.

more than 50% have four-letter names ending in -ara.
***
I guess I have some sort of a hang-up for 22.5 to 25.5 year olds named Sara, Lara, Cara, Kara or Mara. That's both strange and embarrassing.

[SallyMander]

4. ...

:spray:


That is... odd! How many women are we talking here? I can do a chi-squared analysis to see if this is significant... :P

:rofl:

[Chan790]

5. Not sure. Around 20.

I'm not counting the women who I went on less than 5 dates with.

[CreekDog]

65. withdrawn

:hide:

[Chan790]

66. Has anybody told you lately that you're mean?

Or do I get to be the first?

I don't get what's embarrassing about that.

[CreekDog]

67. ouch, sorry

:hide:

[Chan790]

68. It's all good.

I guess that post needed an emoticon:

a.) I hate emoticons.

b.) None really express "I'm kind of snarky about my dating life at this moment because it sucks."

[NewJeffCT]

6. and now that you're 60 years old

people are starting to ask if they're your daughter.

just kidding.

[Chan790]

10. I'm 28!!!!

They're telling me my "sister's" hot and asking for her email.

[NewJeffCT]

7. I play Dungeons & Dragons

every 2 weeks in my basement.

[SallyMander]

8. Heheh... i'm quite sure you're not alone in that one!

:hi:

[ThomCat]

41. And you don't invite any of us.

x(

:P

:hi:

[NewJeffCT]

56. it's a long commute for you, though

out of NYC.

You're welcome to come by any time, though.

[Dr. Strange]

57. I thought the new scooter doubled as a TARDIS?

ThomCat shouldn't have any trouble showing up on time.

[NewJeffCT]

58. TARDIS?

what's that, may I ask?

[Dr. Strange]

60. You need to see a doctor!

[DarkTirade]

70. What's wrong with that?

Wait... which edition are you using? :P

[NewJeffCT]

98. 3.5

is what I'm using.

[DarkTirade]

103. Yeah, that one isn't too embarrassing...

:P

[krispos42]

125. Nice of your parents to keep letting you live there!

:hide:
:-)

[Pierre.Suave]

9. I don't think I have anything to admit...

For Series!!!!!111

[SallyMander]

11. Well, except there was that one time...

ya know...

[Pierre.Suave]

12. shhhh

I thought we had agreed not to talk about that now that Iza signed up...

























oh, two can play that game :rofl:

[greenbriar]

13. I cried when I thought ET was dead

and I cry each time I watch Titanic

[SallyMander]

18. ET was the first movie i ever saw in a theater!

I think i was too little to cry at that one, but i remember bawling during "The Neverending Story" when the horse sinks in the mud :cry:

[DarkTirade]

71. There are three movie scenes that I've seen that EVERYONE cries at.

And those are that aforementioned scene in ET, the aforementioned scene in The Neverending Story, and the end of An American Tail.

If you don't cry at those then you're not human. :P

[Wcross]

14. I can't go to animal shelters, they make me depressed.

I can't do it knowing the majority of the animals will be killed within a few days.

[SallyMander]

19. That's not embarrassing!

I feel the same way... wish i could help them all. :(

My Elmo is a shelter puppy

[Wcross]

54. Elmo is a real cute guy!

I ran into a situation a while back when somebody dumped this girl on my road.


My dogs kept attacking her & the only option I had was to take her to a neighboring counties shelter. (My county does not wait too long before they put them down) I was able to find her a home on a farm up in Kentucky within a couple of days. When I went to claim her she was caged with a beautiful female pit that had obviously just had pups. I walked away crying a bit because I could only save this one dog & her cell mate was most likely going to die. She seemed like a wonderful dog that was extremely friendly.

I wish more people would adopt from shelters rather than buying a dog from a breeder. You can't buy a good dog like Elmo, dogs like that can ONLY be found at the pound. I bet he is the loyalist most loving dog because he knows what you did for him.

[SallyMander]

76. Aww, you are a good soul for taking care of that pretty girl

Like i said to flvegan below, you can't help them all -- but i know how heartbreaking that is :cry:

:hug:

[lightningandsnow]

15. I randomly burst into song.

Frequently.

[SallyMander]

20. Heheh

What kind of songs?

[DarkTirade]

72. Yeah, I had to take the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack off my mp3 player

'cause that got some funny looks... :P

[JTG of the PRB]

16. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" really chokes me up too.

As for other confessions... Well...

I'm addicted to "24", so much so that when it's on and new, I watch it religiously. Same with my parents.

I have very developed opinions on every Star Trek series and movie ever made, Star Wars, Firefly, and Battlestar Galactica. I believe this qualifies me as a Class A Dork.

I saw the movie "Moulin Rouge" in theatres six times. Six.

[SallyMander]

21. If you're gonna be a dork

Might as well be a Class A! :rofl:

I loved Moulin Rouge! People seem to either love or hate that movie... i thought it was just a visual delight.

[JTG of the PRB]

23. As did I!

I thought it deserved Best Picture that year over "A Beautiful Mind." In my opinion, it was just a better movie. Unfortunately, my opinion doesn't amount to a hill of beans when it comes to picking Best Picture, so I guess the point is moot. :rofl:

[DarkTirade]

73. Visual and auditory. :)

One of my exes saw it and decided that it deserved to win an award for 'Best Unexpected Use of a Nirvana song'. Unfortunately there's no such category in most movie award thingies.

[SallyMander]

77. LOL!

:rofl:

[Pushed To The Left]

17. I've probably admitted them all right here on DU already!

It's very easy to just let everything out when I'm home on a computer. When I meet DUers in person, I sometimes wonder if they remember all the crazy stuff I talked about here!

[SallyMander]

22. I'm sure we've all said our fair share of embarrassing stuff!

:rofl:

[Scooter24]

24. I'm a sucker for Extreme Makover Home Edition as well...

when the bus moves, and the music crescendos... :cry:

[SallyMander]

25. Oh yay, i'm so glad to know i have company!

My heartless fiance always laughs at me! :rofl:

[IzaSparrow]

52. that's not true!

:grr: I feel sad for them b/c of the ridiculous costs about to be bestowed on them of which they are completely oblivious.

[Stuart G]

26. I have a spelling problem, and.........

need to proof read more. It gets me into lots of trouble at the DU Discussion in particular.

[SallyMander]

27. My department has the word "organismal" in its name

Gotta be careful with that one ;)

[littlebit]

28. Ok this is one that really annoys girlfriend.

I know the words to just about every disco song ever made. I also know tons of show tones.

[SallyMander]

29. I hope you're in on that karaoke thread!

:D

[Aristus]

30. I was the worst Little Leaguer in all of recorded history.

I absolutely sucked at baseball. One game, I was at bat with a 3-2 count. The pitcher lobbed an easy ball, which would have put me on base, and I SWUNG AT IT! AND MISSED!!! I think that was the day my father gave up on his hope that I would ever be a gifted athlete. He had my brother, who was a state champion swimmer, to be proud of.

I don't think he was truly proud of me until I joined the Army...

[SallyMander]

34. Awww, that's sad!

I want to go back in time and give little Aristus a hug! :hug:

This story reminds me of my dad... who apparently still holds his college record for "most saves" when he played lacrosse goalie. He also holds the records for "most goals let in" and "most shots on goal." His team wasn't so good. :D

[Aristus]

40. Thanks for the hug, SallyMander.

:blush::hug:

[SallyMander]

47. Any time!

:D

[mwooldri]

31. I can't stand to see the sight of blood.

And amazingly I got appointed the First Aid administrator for the store I worked at (in my first job). It's easy taking the first aid test, you don't get to see any blood or stuff like that but put on an episode of Casualty (BBC's version of ER) and there's a crunch scene with a bloodied person and I'm behind the couch.

Mark.

[SallyMander]

35. LOL

Did you have any embarrassing moments on the job?

[Chan790]

38. I'm hemophobic as well.

and the sight of my own blood makes me pass out.

[ChoralScholar]

32. I watch Lifetime movies

like "Fifteeen and Pregnant" and "Sex and the Single Mom"

[SallyMander]

36. Oooh, that's a good one

See, i think i would too if i weren't too cheap to pay for cable :blush:

When Iza and i visit either of our parents' houses, we end up rotting on the couch all day watching cable! But usually it's the history channel, cuz we're dorks :rofl:

[Ptah]

33. When I was a noob, I thought Peggy only called ME my dear.

:blush:

[SallyMander]

37. My dear Ptah!

I'm sure she means it extra-special for you! :D :hug:

[Ptah]

39. Having hugged her, I know you are correct.

:hug:

[YDogg]

92. I LOLd

:rofl:

[AwakeAtLast]

42. I watch "Rock of Love" over and over again.

And I wasn't even a fan of Poison growing up. I like alt rock. What gives? :shrug:




I know what you are thinking - T. M. I.


BTW, Biggest Loser gets me, too. Every time. :hi:

[Quantess]

46. Same here!

I'm hooked on Rock Of Love. It's deliciously trashy. :rofl:

[SallyMander]

LOL - i've never seen that one

Probably a good thing... Iza already wants to kill me when i make him listen to "Every rose has its thorn" :rofl:

[Miss Carly]

109. Me too! I am obsessed

Carly

[Inchworm]

44. I am currently nekkid

drip drying from a shower. I have fresh sheets, pillowcases and a fresh blanket on the bed.

I am debating on making the dogs sleep in the living room one night, so I can try a night of sleep not covered in hair :D

:blush:

[SallyMander]

49. Haha... probably a losing battle

They'll make it in there eventually! :rofl:

[Inchworm]

50. I knoooow!

I wouldn't be able to sleep hehe.

:rofl:

[Connonym]

45. when I was a kid I thought you could make stars by shining a flash light into the sky

I evidently was really confused by my sister's attempted explanation on how far away stars were. For years I thought that if you flashed a light into the night sky in millions of years it would turn into a star. But I was only little. And she probably did a really bad job explaining it. And I'm sticking to that story.

[SallyMander]

51. I love this story!

I absolutely adore stories like this of kids' misconceptions... it's such a window into how their (our) growing little minds are trying to piece together this big confusing world, you know?

:D



Edit: typo

[Sweet Freedom]

105. That's adorable!

When I was a kid, I was very confused about football players. In order to become a football player, one apparently needed to have ginormous shoulders, and I wondered where these large-shouldered men came from since I had never seen one in person. Duh.

[flvegan]

48. My biggest latest embarrassing admission...

I left dogs behind. Totally flies in the face of what I believe. (BTW, "The Biggest Loser" is supposed to do that. Just sayin'.)

ANYway, stole her:



For what it's worth (doing pretty well since then):



Didn't take her



or her



or her



To get the one out, I failed the others. Absolute failure on my part, and I'm embarrassed by it.

My redemption...Pat, you dogfighting douchebag, you'll...well, no sense spelling it out here.

[SallyMander]

53. Oh, flvegan

How totally heartbreaking :cry:

You can't save them all, you know? It's amazing what you do. It tears me up just to see the pictures... thank you for helping the ones that you can :(

:hug:

[BarenakedLady]

55. You can't save them all

:hug: :loveya:

[Dangerously Amused]

62. You didn't fail. You had no choice.

You are the best there is at that, and you did the best you could. That's not failure, and nothing to be ashamed of.

:hug:

[Duppers]

127. Sophie's choice

'tis heart breaking, but how many people would even go near what you're doing?

you deserve a pat on the back and a big hug! keep up the courage.

[NewJeffCT]

59. I once believed Publisher's Clearinghouse when they said, "You have won $5 million!!"

I think I was like 10 or 11 at the time and saw the mail and neglected to read the fine print where it says, "If you return the entry form and your numbers are drawn, you could be the person that has Ed McMahon come to you house and say..."

But, my younger brother and I were jumping up & down in excitement before my mom got home.

[SallyMander]

78. Awww, you were just a little kid

No need to be embarrassed over that one! :D

Did your mom laugh at the two of you?

[Bennyboy]

61. I have a crush on Marie Osmond.....

:hangs head...goes to bathroom for about five minutes:

[cloudbase]

63. Five minutes???? Hah!

I can go the full thirteen!

[SallyMander]

79. LOL

:rofl:

[mitchum]

64. I once was rousted by the police while I was dressed like Thurston Howell

no lie; everything but the yachting cap

[SallyMander]

80. Halloween party?

If not, i'd love to hear the backstory! :D

[DarkTirade]

69. I cry at movies.

And TV shows.

... and some cartoons.

Come on, you watch the episode of Batman Beyond when Mr. Freeze dies and try not to shed a tear or two.

Seriously though, there are some things I can't watch with other people in the room 'cause I know I'll get all sniffly. :P


*edit* Oh, and I have some potentially embarrassing mp3s on my mp3 player... that I will often sing along with.

In no particular order -
The soundtrack to Moulin Rouge
The soundtrack to the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
T.A.T.U.
I had to take the soundtrack to Rocky Horror Picture Show off because I KNOW I can't help but sing along with that one.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch soundtrack.
A large selection of music from various Final Fantasy games.
And the list goes on.

[SallyMander]

82. Heheh... you're just a big softie

We all know it! :D

:hug:


BTW i was madly obsessed with the RHPS in junior high... some friends and i used to sneak out to the midnight showing in Harvard Square. I bet i still know all the words!

[DarkTirade]

93. It's astounding.

Time is fleeting.
Madness takes its toll.
Now listen closely.
Not for very much longer
I've got to keep control...

[LanternWaste]

74. I like listening to The Partridge Family

I cried like a baby at the end of the Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong. Wept uncontrollably for about thirty minutes.

I like listening to The Partridge Family on my play list at work (which I have surreptitiously named, "Heavy Metal" to throw snoops off of the real game...

Also, I log onto, lurk, post and rebut on DU when I should be doing some actual work for my company.

[SallyMander]

84. I think everyone here is guilty of #3

"Heavy Metal" --- :spray:


My sister cried like a baby at the end of Terminator 2. :D

[DarkTirade]

95. "I know now why you cry."

:P

[Broken_Hero]

75. I play

the Superman theme song, and run around the house, using my blanket as a cape...I pretend I'm saving countless innocents, from the likes of Zod, Darkseid....





:D Just kidding...or am I?.....

Another mystery.

[SallyMander]

85. I hope you're not kidding

Cuz the thought of that just makes me giggle. :D

[DarkTirade]

96. We're supposed to post embarrassing stuff, not stuff we all do...

Well, okay, I'd be embarrassed to be Superman. Batman's the one everyone wants to be. :P

[mentalsolstice]

81. I watch Lifetime movies or LMC

during the day, at least 2-3 times per week.

[SallyMander]

86. You're not alone!

Someone else in this thread fessed up to that. I'd probably be right with you if i had cable. :P

[bigwillq]

83. I cried at the movie "50 First Dates"

with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.

I cry at a lot of movie. :cry: I am such a baby.

[SallyMander]

87. I never saw that one

However "Fever Pitch" makes me tear up... but that's cuz i'm a rabid Sox fan and any time i think about 2004 i get a little verklempt. ;)

[bigwillq]

88. A rabid Yankees fan here.

Refuse to watch "Fever Pitch" :P :) :) ;)

[SallyMander]

89. Oh noes! Guess we can't be friends anymore!

:P

J/k... one of my office-mates is a big Stankees fan. We can agree to gloat about having the *best* rivalry evah! :D

[Miss Carly]

91. I still play nintendo and listen to 80's hair rock....

Carly

[SallyMander]

99. Sweet!!!

What's your favorite hair band? :D

[Miss Carly]

104. to narrow my favorites down to a couple

Motley Crue
Poison
Def Leppard
Ratt
Twisted Sister

but I guess my all-time favorite would be Motley Crue

Carly

[fizzgig]

107. that is rad, not embarrassing

that is rad

welcome to du :hi:

[blockhead]

94. I like Hall and Oates

:blush:

[redwitch]

97. Fall in Philadelphia

I like them too. :-)

[SallyMander]

100. So does my fiance

"ooh ooh ooh you make my dreams come true!"

It's sorta catchy, i gotta admit...

[IzaSparrow]

101. there is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-OO0xqTe4
or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_mKHvkSbn4


some of the best songs the 80s put out.

hold yo head high, playa

[DarkTirade]

119. ... I don't even know you anymore.

:cry:


:P

[Hawkeye-X]

102. I still suck my thumbs.

Sometimes!

[SallyMander]

112. As long as you don't suck other peoples'

That could get awkward :evilgrin:

[BreweryYardRat]

106. My social/sex life borders on non-existent. n/t

[SallyMander]

113. But you have the Lounge!

:hug:

[BreweryYardRat]

118. I can't lick the Lounge. n/t

[DarkTirade]

120. You're in good company.

Unfortunately. :\

[IronLionZion]

108. I love chick flicks, one perk of having a girlfriend is having an excuse to watch them

it's hilarious because I often find myself suggesting womanly movies for us to watch and she suggests action and comedies. We watch a lot of movies.

[SallyMander]

115. LOL! That's funny

What's your (most embarrassing) favorite?

I generally don't like chick flicks -- they're so darn predictable! :P

[Tommy_Carcetti]

110. I like dance music

And sometimes listen to it when there is no one else around.

[SallyMander]

116. That's not embarrassing!

I dance when my cell phone rings... it's Eric Prydz "Call on Me" :D

[MissMillie]

111. I'm afraid I'll never find love

and at the same time, I'm sure I wouldn't recognize it if it found me.

[SallyMander]

117. Aww, Millie!

:hug: :hug: :hug:

I'm sure you would recognize it! And from everything i've seen here, you're a smart, compassionate and lovely person -- i have high hopes for you! :loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

121. Waking up makes me cry.

[Lil Missy]

122. Orange juice gives me the squirts. n/t

[cloudbase]

123. George W. Bush into Yale. n/t

[BlueDissenter]

124. I'm 100%....

tone deaf. Everyone in my family can carry a tune but me.

[Duppers]

126. I do my 21 yr. grad-student son's laundry ...

whenever I can.

He goes on 5 hrs. sleep ea. night and works like a dog...and I feel sorry for him.

Am I 'bad'?

My 'friend' told me tonight that I spoil him. I've tried to explain that he studies more in one week than she did in a whole semester of her education. She's so stupid that she doesn't buy it.

Also, I don't suffer ignorance or stupidity well.

[Lil Missy]

130. No, you are not bad. You're a good and supportive mother.

And if he is busting his butt to study and only getting 5 hours of sleep every night, he's a good son and will go far in life. Thanks to his mom.

[Duppers]

131. thanks!

I needed that support. I wish I had a mother like me. ;)

[krispos42]

128. Pretty much the only songs I know more that a verse of...

...are Weird Al songs. Most of them I can sing along with from beginning to end.


I can do "Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" all a cappella.

[begin_within]

129. I ran into a parked car,

when riding a bicycle.