I was at a family member’s house and they had a friend over. This friend was holding my little cousin, who was crying inconsolably. I reached out to take her from the friend and said, “Ohhh…did she give you the evil eye?” It was at that moment I remembered, that the friend had a clearly visible cataract on one of her eyes. Foot in mouth.
Does anyone have examples where they said something similar?
erichmichaels 
Ha! How embarrassing, but that probably was, in fact, what made the little kid cry. We’ve all made boo-boos in speech. I once was talking to another young mother about raising kids right, and during the course of conversation referred to “Tammy” who was divorced and on public assistance, but still managed to do a good job with her two girls. I had only been in the neighborhood a short time and didn’t really know who everyone was yet. The young mother piped up, “Um, I’m Tammy.” At least, I hadn’t said anything bad, thank heavens!
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Ooh…that’s a good one! I had to just walk away…I couldn’t believe my subconscious had betrayed me like that! My luck, had I been talking to “Tammy” I would’ve dug myself quite the hole!
Thanks for sharing! 😀
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Well we were doing a Byron poem in English. We Always end up on the topic of sex. Anyway one of the lines was “The sword out wears it’s sheath.’. The word vagina means sword sheath ((Vile I know)), I won’t explain. No one would put their hand up ,I really don’t care talking about sex. So I put my hand up and said “Is he basically saying his penis is too big to fit into a vagina.’. Which lead to fits of giggles and me realising I shouldn’t have said it. I didn’t get into trouble , my English teacher found it amusing and probably proud that I was comfortable saying what I think. I still think my point is valid x
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Ha! That’s awesome! I was in a class filled with education majors getting in their English requirement and we were discussing Glenngarry Glenross. The professor had taught me previously in fiction writing and was disappointed in the participation, so he asked us to answer, in character, how the main characters viewed their new boss and I jumped right in–swearing like trucker! He thanked me later. It was fun. 😀
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That was my foot in mouth moment x
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Very nice 🙂
Thanks…I was a little saddened more people didn’t chime in.
Definitely sounds like something I would’ve done 🙂
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Well most people are embarrassed,I used to be ; during this time I’d played a promiscuous character on stage and had my first kiss on stage ((More on that in another blog))
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I look forward to it! 🙂
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I think I’m younger than you but you’d seem a really cool person to have in an English class .
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Oh I’m sure you are, as I graduated in December of 99, and I loved college and would be a career student if I could make it pay.
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That’s when I was born .
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You’re a millennial, that’s cool…I wonder if that’ll show in your writing?
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