Feeling Foolish

By Jabo
@jaboUK (64363)
United Kingdom
February 18, 2018 5:08pm CST
I tripped and fell on some uneven pavement while I was out for a walk the other day, and my first thought was "I hope nobody saw that". No such luck, a man and woman seemed to materialize out of nowhere and were very concerned. The man helped me up, and after thanking them I couldn't wait to get away and go home. I was so embarrassed and felt really foolish. Before you ask - I'm fine, thanks. I have a grazed knees and hands, but they will clear up in a few days. Do you feel foolish if you trip?
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
18 Feb 18
why do you feel foolish.Nothing to be ashamed .Many people have this episode No I do not feel foolish.I am an old man and this happens to old people
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@mydanods (6514)
• Nigeria
19 Feb 18
It's understandable. My father told me one day how he fell while coming back from work. He had some bruises. I have sympathy for you old ones.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 18
My head knows that it's nothing to be ashamed of, but my gut feeling is embarrassment. I'm old too
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@Prdhan (587)
19 Feb 18
You are right sir.
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@xFiacre (12538)
• Ireland
18 Feb 18
@jabouk It is extraordinarily embarrassing. I did it last year, went flat on my face and bounced straight up in complete denial that it ever happened. Later I discovered that my trousers were stuck to my bleeding knees and one thumb was so swollen that the skin was stretched tight over it and all the wrinkles were stretched out of it and it looked much younger than my other thumb. I should really have had it x-rayed but that would have meant an awful lot of fuss.My wife fell in a hotel last Sunday night, just hours before we were to get on the plane for Budapest. She hurt her foot very badly but soldiered on and hobbled very slowly around Budapest for three days in the snow. Now that we are home she's going to get it looked at.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
@xFiacre Oh dear - your family sounds accident prone!
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 18
That's it - complete denial is the reaction! As @amadeo says, it's nothing to be ashamed of, and yet that's what we feel. Your fall sounds a lot worse than mine, though as I was only 5 minutes from home my trousers didn't have time to get stuck to my knees. Sorry to hear about your wife, I hope it's nothing serious.
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@xFiacre (12538)
• Ireland
18 Feb 18
@jaboUK Thanks. My daughter also fell on our way to the airport. I stayed vertical the whole time!!! I also fell when I tried to stifle a very violent sneeze while walking in town. The sneeze came out anyway sounding loud and very unnatural and one of my legs uncontrollably kicked up in the air and I felt so stupid.
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@AmbiePam (84664)
• United States
19 Feb 18
Oh my, yes. I have done that far too many times. I remember tripping and falling down the stairs in high school. That's a really bad time to look foolish. I'm glad you are okay!
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@AmbiePam (84664)
• United States
19 Feb 18
@jaboUK About six little kids, one adult, and a cute guy in my class. At least the adult and cutie didn't laugh. But back then, the cutie mattered!
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
Thanks Amber. I expect lots of people saw you fall down those stairs
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• United States
18 Feb 18
I'm always embarrassed when I fall (thankfully not recently). There was a time when my two co-workers and I were leaving work and I slipped and fell in the snow. I couldn't get up and was just spread on the ground. Both were laughing so hard they couldn't help me up. Eventually with their help I got back up but all these years later they still laugh about my falling. Even thinking about it now makes me giggle
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 18
That's good that you can get a laugh remembering that, even if you were embarrassed at the time. I don't think it's so bad if you are with friends, but in front of strangers is a lot worse.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
Oh dear poor you glad it was not more serious.One of the wards I cover is an orthopaedic ward and there are always ladies in with fractured femurs etc. Poor things especially if they have dementia they are not even aware they have broken anything. They know something is not right but not what. I regularly fall over and yes with an audience present and we laugh it off but sometimes it blooming well hurts, My last big fall was in Italy in Herculaneum. What a complete and utter fool. I man nearly tripped I saved him from falling but went flying so it was me who ended up on the floor,.How embarrassing! .
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
Well at least you saved the other chap, well done to you. But it was still embarrassing for you.
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@JudyEv (323692)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Feb 18
I've come off my horse once or twice in the middle of a 1,000 acre paddock and immediately looked round to see if anyone saw me!
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
I never felt too bad falling off a horse 'cos that sort of goes with the territory.
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@JudyEv (323692)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Feb 18
@jaboUK True but I could never resist a quick look round.
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@shaggin (71573)
• United States
19 Feb 18
I hate if someone see me fall to its so embarassing. I fell today on ice covered with snow but I'm fine as well. Good thing neither of us was hurt.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
Glad you are ok too. Did anybody see you fall?
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@shaggin (71573)
• United States
19 Feb 18
Just my dog who had stopped at that second to pee and I landed right next to her
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
19 Feb 18
I tripped the other day in my garden and yes I was glad my maids were around to pick me up. I realised I could not have done that on my own
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
19 Feb 18
@jaboUK Don't ever try to get up on your own - God forbid it will not happen again. . You knees will get all the load and that is not good.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
I must admit I was struggling to get up before that kind man helped me, but I think I would have managed it.
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• Preston, England
19 Feb 18
yes @jaboUK it can feel more embarrassing than painful - glad you weren't hurt
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
Yes, you've hit the nail on the head.
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@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
19 Feb 18
When this happened to me I had the same reaction. Even before thinking "I hope nothing is broken" I though "I hope nobody is watching". I am glad it was nothing serious.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
It does seem to be the common reaction to hope nobody is watching
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@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
19 Feb 18
@jaboUK I feel so silly when I trip and fell. I surely do not tell to my husband.
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• United States
19 Feb 18
aw, healin' hugs comin' at'cha! yer liable to be really sore here'n a few days. please do take care. i'm prone to fallin' (mostly 'p stairs...) these days. fortunately, nobody comes 'round any longer so's there's ne'er 'n audience.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
Thanks Crazy. You fall UP the stairs? At least that shouldn't cause as much damage as falling down them.
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• United States
19 Feb 18
@jaboUK yer welcome. yepperz, aint ne'er fell down'em my entire life (knockin' wood), but've fallin' 'p 'em more times'n i care to share, lol. prolly not's damagin', but i've a few scars nonetheless :)
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@1creekgirl (40176)
• United States
18 Feb 18
I feel embarrassed if I fall and don't get hurt, but not if it's a bad fall like I had a while back.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 18
I remember you posting about your fall. I hope you are completely recovered now.
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@1creekgirl (40176)
• United States
19 Feb 18
@jaboUK I am recovered, but I think it led to the torn rotator cuff in my shoulder that I had surgery for in October. Glad you didn't get hurt too bad when you fell.
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• Eugene, Oregon
18 Feb 18
I think that we all would, but I have not lately. Glad you were not hurt any worse.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 18
Thanks James. Embarrassment seems to be the common reaction, but I don't really know why.
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@andriaperry (116876)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Feb 18
YES! I have to say " I was trying to do a skit and it worked" LOL. Not really I get up and act like nothing happened.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
Lol - I liked your first idea
@toniganzon (72317)
• Philippines
19 Feb 18
I had a very similar experience about 5 years ago in a very busy street in Bangkok, not my home country. I was walking and talking on the phone to my friend who was teaching me where to go exactly. Then I tripped and fell on my knees. Bruised ego hurt more than the graze on my knee lol! Nobody helped me up though so I just got up and walked again as if nothing happened. if it happened here in my country, I'm pretty sure strangers would gladly help me up. That's why I don't really like Thai people. They're rude to strangers.
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@toniganzon (72317)
• Philippines
19 Feb 18
@jaboUK They were kind to farang (white people), but never to their fellow asians. They don't say sorry or excuse me when they step on your foot or bump into you. I stayed there for 6 months. My French friend who owns a company there and have stayed there for more than 10 years have the same observation as I do.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
@toniganzon I have a Thai daughter-in-law and she's lovely in every way
@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
That's odd that you should think that about Thai people, I've always found them very kind. Sorry you had a bad experience with them, and you're right you do get your ego bruised when you fall.
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
19 Feb 18
First of all I hope you aren't feeling any ill effects today! Secondly, I have fell over a number of times while out walking the dog in the hills. My immediate reaction is to jump up and try to make it look like I intended falling in the first place. Of course this never works so I have to settle for hoping that nobody saw me!!!
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
Lol - my days of 'jumping up' are long over! Getting up after a fall can be a bit of a problem now.. Anyway, I'm fine thank you, though I have a nice scab on my knee. Good job I was wearing trousers or it would have been a lot worse.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
@WorDazza No, surprisingly the trousers remained intact
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
19 Feb 18
@jaboUK As long as you didn't rip the trousers at the knee too!!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
19 Feb 18
Of course I feel foolish and embarrassed. I felt like an idiot when I skidded on my bicycle and bruised my knee, but healed up quickly. Glad you didn't do more damage to yourself.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
Did anyone see you fall off your bike?
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
@DianneN Your reaction was the same as mine then - get home as quickly as possible, away from strangers' eyes
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
19 Feb 18
@jaboUK Someone was driving by and saw me fall. They were kind enough to stop and offer help. I was so embarrassed that I said that I was just fine, hopped on my bicycle, and headed home with blood dripping down my leg. Lol! A neighbor and my husband flushed out the embedded sand and treated my knee.
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@Mike197602 (15489)
• United Kingdom
20 Feb 18
Where there's blame there's a claim
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
20 Feb 18
The blame was mine I'm afraid.
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@Daljinder (23222)
• Bangalore, India
20 Feb 18
Good to know you weren't hurt badly. And yeah I did fall in the middle of the road.........in the busy market area. Talk about being embarrassed. lol I had so many witnessing my fall.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
20 Feb 18
Oh that was a bad place to fall - at least only two people witnessed my trip.
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• New Delhi, India
19 Feb 18
I feel dam embaressed if I ever trip down in front of others. I can understand your case. Even I had fallen down once like this. It was such an embaressing moment that I didnt even enter in my class for a while
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 18
Yes, it just makes you want to run away and hide, doesn't it?
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• New Delhi, India
19 Feb 18
@jaboUK Ofcourse dude.
• New Delhi, India
19 Feb 18
@jaboUK . Are in the field of writing? If yes then can you please tell me some sites where you are paid for writing blog posts?
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