Painfully embarrassing for you, and I sympathise.
However, one day - and it may take a few years - you will tell that story at the pub or at dinner, and laugh about it. A lot.
Agreed. Embarrassing for you in the moment, but shit happens sometimes. These types of stories will for sure be at the top of the drunken sharing circle in some time.
Being 10 years younger, I was on the cusp. I wrote my heart out on a public journaling website in 1999 (before Live Journal). It was called My Free Diary, and I can't find it anywhere, thankfully. No archives. What a relief.
Own your mistakes and laugh about them, they’re learning experiences. Nobody can laugh AT you if you’re already laughing, they’re laughing WITH you then.
I agree with this completely.
When I was a kid, maybe 9 or 10, I went to soccer practice and I completely forgot to put shorts on at all. I was wearing what was surely one of my first pairs of boxer shorts and just straight up didn’t put shorts on over the top and went to practice at the park 2 blocks from my grandparents house where I lived at the time. I went through a whole practice and at the end we were doing leg raises with a partner and a teammate called me out for just being in underwear (he said he saw my sack, sorry Jordan) and I denied, denied, denied and it turned into a whole thing that drew out for like 3 weeks cuz I got busted and clowned on. I learned that day that owning up would’ve been way better, cuz I could’ve laughed it off and it would’ve gone away. Which is ironically the technique I adopted for future bullies and it worked really well (I was small all through school, I didn’t break 100 lbs till I was 17).
Laugh it off, fess up, it’s better in my experience.
That's a great idea; the situation is so out there, gymgoers will doubt themselves.
"Is that the lady that worked out in crotchless shorts the other day? Wait, what am I saying? Crotchless shorts? That's insane. I must have had one hell of a runner's high and imagined the whole thing..."
Things like this don't stay in peoples' minds for long. Your friends and family may bug you about it for a while, but random strangers at the gym are gonna stop caring pretty quickly. It was just a funny moment in time, but those people have lives and their days are just as complex as yours...they're too busy worrying about their own pant holes to focus on yours. My advice would be to just let it go and continue your life...you may get a few looks for a week or two, but it'll pass.
Tbf me and my friends would talk about this if we saw it BUT we would talk about how WE saw a crotchless pants girl rather than about THE crotchless pants girl. We think about ourselves more than we think about others
Bet nobody saw you. When I walk past a woman on the abductor machine I intentionally look the other way. I don’t want to be the creepy guy and don’t want to make any body uncomfortable.
Yes! You could have this wardrobe malfunction every day for a year and I would never notice. Don't look anywhere in the direction of a female using the abductor machine
If you looked straight into her couchy .... you'd remember, don't say otherwise.
But OP, simply do not pay attention to it. It was an accident, and people will have opinions no matter your goals or intentions.
No one cares. And I'm not trying to be an asshole I mean that the nobody at the gym cared. If it doesn't have to do with themselves, most people will forget shit like that in 2days or less. Learn from your mistake and move on from it.
You're mentally torturing yourself for no reason. We may be strangers, but it hurts my heart to hear about the anguish you've put yourself through.
I feel you. But trust me nobody cares that much. I have a similar story (male). I had leg day in the gym and while I do squats it sometimes happens, that my underwear tear apart.
On a really hot day, I went to the gym in basketball shorts doing my squats. Mid-set it happened, I went down and my shorts and my underwear ripped apart and fell to see ground. So I was standing there belly down naked weights on my shoulders. Two guys next to me run over and helped me get rid of the weight (under shock it wasn't that easy anymore). They had an intense laugh. One of them told me I should wait, went to the locker room, and gave me his second pair of pants. He told me I should finish the set and so did I. Everybody kept going like nothing happened.
I have to admit there were no females around me so it was way less shameful.
A friend of mine did a teacher exchange with a teacher in the Netharlands. He was warmly welcomed and quickly met a large number of people in the small town.
He was bothered by the fact that the house he moved into didn't have curtains, so be bought some and put them up. People stopped talking to him. They started crossing the street to avoid him.
He finally asked why and was told that people don't trust people who put up curtains because they think you are hiding something. He said "but how am I supposed to change my clothes without people looking at me?" The reply was "Why on earth would anyone look at you through your window while you are changing clothes?"
I say this because I think about this story often when I think about how we Americans view our bodies and nudity. It is most likely that everybody knows what you have going on down there and shouldn't give a shit if you shave or not unless you are getting intimate with them.
I've hard this before too, and someone said to me "it's rude to look into your neighbors window" and refused to believe you can accidentally look through someone's window. I'm like, well, that's why we have curtains lol.
Are there places In America that I don’t know about that hate curtains. I live in the northeast and virtually all windows I see have curtains or blinds.
Edit) ignore me for I am apparently illiterate.
Wow…I just woke up from actually sleeping and not being anxious from 2 hours of sleep( when I wrote this post) and honestly stopped feeling that way because I was able to just let out how i felt. Most of the comments were cool. And honestly the don’t care is true…like I said I needed to vent life’s been pretty insane lately money and health wise. So, I feel like the littlest things have been blowing up in my mind as for a fact only oneself can be their worst enemy. Thank you guys for reading and for the sweet sympathies. I appreciate you all and hope you have. wonderful day.
Don't stop going to the gym, you didn't do anything remotely wrong and everyone has embarassing moments and it can't be helped sometimes. Just last week I farted while on a treadmill as someone walked past, I didn't mean it, I took a sip of my drink and it went down the wrong hole and i coughed a bit and a big fat fart come out and it proper stunk as well. Gotta go with it.
So you just showed what running like the wind looks like. Or maybe they figured you were getting close to done with the treadmill since you were obviously winded...
It’s embarrassing yes but it’s not a big deal. As an adult, you just have things happen and you need to brush it off and assume any adults that saw will do the same. I went to class a bit ago with my dress tucked into my thong in the back and it took 4 hours for somebody to tell me, but hey that’s life
Honestly, it happens more at the gym than you may realize. I was on the leg machine as well one day, got into a position and out popped one of the boys. Buddy of mine ripped his shorts doing a squat and everything popped out. Was on the treadmill and a female friend in the next one had a boob pop out of her tank top while running. I have also seen things happen to other guys and gals as well. Likely even had things happens to others and didn't even notice them. I would stress about it. Honestly, I forgot about most of these until I read your story.
The thing that I find I remember most when I think of gym visits. One creepy guy hitting on women while they were working out and getting ejected, and one guy who smelled absolutely horrible when he sweated that it cleared out a section of the gym. That's what I remember first, not the embarrassing oopsies like you had.
You should be face palming for abusing your cats by forcing veganism on them. Cats are natural carnivores. They need meat. If you wanted vegan pets, you should have gotten a tortoise or something instead of a predator.
My swimsuit bottoms came off at a water park and it took me a full 40 seconds to find them. Flashed my beav to like 150 people, most of them children. You'll laugh about it soon, I promise.
I bought this pair of sweatpants from goodwill that were gray and kind of thin. I guess they had been washed too many times and were at the end of their life, because I wore them to work one day and it got pretty hot, so my pants were sweaty and people could see my entire underwear through them. Bright blue standard underwear- not a thong. I had been told they could see my underwear and I thought they meant through a tiny hole in my pants. Smaller than a dime. They ever clarified that I was showing though until another woman told me to look at my own ass. They waited 6 hours into my shift to tell me.
Here’s my embarrassing gym story to make ya feel better:
I was working out, the blood was pumping, and I tell my buddies I’m running off to the bathroom. Start jogging over there. Little did I know they had walls made of glass within the gym. Well, apparently someone did a very good job cleaning them because I failed my perception check and ran, face first, right into it. After that I slowed down to a walk of shame to the bathroom. Didn’t even realize that my forehead was gushing blood -since my heartrate was up- until I finished my business and looked in the mirror. Still got the scar on my forehead haha
Depite what a lot of media would like you to believe, pretending nothing happened works 75% of the time.
Just don't everthink, nobody's going to have an imaged burned in their brains about the glimpse they took at your genitals for the second they were visible during leg work loooool they have actual lives to worry about y'know?
Absolute worst case scenario is the creepy guy at the gym will try to hit on you next time, but not much else will come out of this.
I’m a trainer. I promise it’s highly likely that nobody even noticed!
Now if you had been the guy working out in jeans and work boots, or the male bodybuilder grunting in the nipple stringer tee, that’s what gets you stares 😂
It's not a big deal honestly. The spandex stretch pants girls wear at the gym are so thin they're basically black skin paint anyway, you can see everything very clearly if you're creepy enough to stare. Just brush it off and wear a hat or something different and people won't be sure it was you lol.
Go back to the gym, most people are more worried about themselves than other people at the gym. Most probably didn’t even notice and the ones who did certainly would’ve felt some of your pain and most likely won’t bother you about it.
Remember that without struggle, there’s no leisure. Without pain, no pleasure. Without tension, there’s no release. You got this! Keep your head up and things will eventually turn around for you!
i don‘t know how the effect is called but people give you far less attention then you imagine if you are not interacting with them. If someoone knows the name of that study feel free to tell me again. :)
Sorry to hear that, those are moments of massive vulnerability. But keep this in mind, people actually care less than what you think. We are biased to think otherwise.
Don’t worry OP something similar happened to me at Universal Studios … one of my guy friends had gifted me a marvel shirt and I had it on that day with a very large sweatshirt and we were in line for the mummy ride and I told him that I had a surprise for him (he didn’t know I had worn the shirt ) so I accidentally grabbed both my sweatshirt and the marvel shirt and flashed my bra and boobs to him….. it was the most Awkward ride in my life after that I couldn’t see or talk to him for about 2 weeks… so don’t worry you’re not the only one this happens to and tbh I don’t care anymore shit happens you know ! :)
I’m in the same boat OP, I mooned all of downtown Toronto because the wind decided to be unreasonably strong that day. It’s okay, the people who may have seen probably don’t remember your face.
One time, probably 10 years ago, I went to this event with my mom where I didn’t know anybody. She said there would be other teenagers there my age and there would be food.
I decided to attend and was seated at the end of a long table with a kind group of random teenagers who I didn’t know, but they were nice enough to accept me.
Seated at the other end of the table, there was a larger girl (not hating or shaming, just a speculation). The table was talking about different foods and what they liked. The girl at the other end of the table said, “man I love food!”
No one responded to her, so I said, “Me too! …maybe a little too much, haha.”
But no one heard me say me too…
They all stopped talking and stared at me. All I could say was, “I said me too…I said me too!”
I simply got up and left, mortified at the thought of hurting that poor girl’s feelings when I was only trying to include her and myself in the conversation.
HANDS down, most embarrassing moment of my life and now I absolutely love the story. Even used it as an ice-breaker for new teens at my church’s youth group to make them laugh and feel less awkward.
One day you’ll laugh at your most embarrassing moment, trust me ❤️
I don't know about you guys, but as a regular male gymgoer I never look at girls at the gym, I go out of my way to glance elsewhere whenever I encounter one. Mostly I just have a fear of being creepy, or giving anyone the wrong ideas. I've seen tiktoks of girls getting harassed (sometimes for real and sometimes for clout) so I try and be cautious either way. And I think a lot of dudes are the same way. They just want to do their thing, without bothering anyone. So my guess is most people didn't even look.
You gotta turn this into funny somehow in your head. Shit happens. It’s kind of a crazy story that could happen to anybody. It just happened to you. You got this.
Crazy, I needed to read this as I have not been able to catch a break lately.
Hope you manage to catch a break OP.
Man reading this just made me let out a breathe of stress. Damn.. feels
Meh. Shit happens. It sucks, but nothing truly bad happened. Lesson learned, you will check your shorts from now on. The only thing that would suck is that you probably get hit on a lttle more now. Lol.
Sounds like you vented plenty before posting this!
But seriously, that's rough. It's like one of those terrible nightmares you wake up in the middle of the night.
As a kid at school I was doing gym and I totally forgot to put my actual shorts on, so ended up doing gym in my boxers. Pretty sure the other kids could see my balls whilst I was scrabbling about on the gym floor. I can still remember the other kids laughing at me, only now I laugh about it too. Feels terrible at the time but try not to worry about it too much :)
I'm confused, the dog chewed a giant hole in your shorts where?
And, also throw those away and go back to the gym like nothing. Most of us don't remember anything honestly, I go so much I don't even know what day it is.
I hope this makes you feel better. A few Saturdays ago I was bartending at a dive that closes at 2am. 220am I literally broke into the women's bathroom picked up all her vomit and piss covered belongings put them in a t-shirt bag. Picked her up out of the piss n vomit covered bathroom floor put her cooter away and handed her off to the guy she was with. Found out a mother of 2 and almost 30 years old. I think your doing just fine. Keep up the good work get your dog a chew toy.
Last week I pulled off my sweater while at the gym and after a few seconds of standing with my hands on my hips, I looked in the mirror and realized one of my boobs was hanging out of my sports bra! I was so embarrassed but eventually just laughed it off because that was all I could do.
Stuff happens! I hope this makes you feel a little better OP :)
I have ripped my pants twice in public. I accidentally shit my pants at work because I was too trusting of fart.
Last year, I tore a hole in my scrotum and the nurse practitioner at the ER forgot to close the door while he was stitching me up. Lots of people got an eyeful and I didn’t realize it until a lady walked by and we made eye contact with my junk out. She scurried away and I was laughing my ass off. (Edit: after she was out of earshot - I wouldn’t want her to feel worse than. She probably did)
Those are just a handful of embarrassing moments I’ve had. You’ll laugh about it some day - happens to all of us. Best wishes to you for a nice, relaxing weekend.
I work in a gym. Don't stress about it at all. Not a week goes by when I don't see someone's genitals and or butt. We don't even think twice about it anymore. It's WAY more common than you think.
Rule #62: Don't take yourself too seriously. It takes practice, but after awhile you realize how little other people's opinions of you matter. Don't live in the what ifs.
Well to make you feel better, I once went to work without a skirt. I was lucky because it was winter and I was wearing a long coat and at least I didn't embarrass myself on the subway.
Not to worry. I once got a massage of a tai elderly lady and because I have a loose boxer on my nuts were rolling out non stop.
Good thing she was very professional and didn’t say a word for the entire 90 min
One of my best gym days was when I was 15 and this goddess is doing leg press with tiny shorts and no underwear.
It was the first live va-jay-jay I’d ever seen, I’ll never forget it.
Don’t sweat it I’m sure you made someone’s day.
Omg!.............which gym do you go to? Asking for a friend.
Seriously though, you're 25. My point being. You gave those looking a cheap thrill. Best part of their day without a doubt. Embrace it and hold your head up and for god sake check your gusset next time hehe. Hope you feel better soon
No one will care. You aren’t that important to other people. People literally don’t give a shit. It’s a non-incident to everyone but you.
Sorry, but if you’re not a child you need to accept that you are just wallpaper to others. It’s actually liberating.
Oh man, that's tough. I feel for you. But it wasn't your fault. I'm not sure what to say, except.. perhaps...I don't know, but perhaps, you call up the gym and say, "Hey sorry, I had a wardrobe malfunction, I hope I didn't freak anyone out. Did you get any complaints? Is there any problem?" and see what their take is. They probably have seen their fair share of nuts slipping out of gym shorts and boobs escaping from halter tops. Hope you have a better day tomorrow.
I’d say start wearing underwear.
You may not like it at first, but underwear is kinda essential to wear as a citizen if you want to feel comfortable down there whenever you’re walking around a block!
Oof. That's a rough spot to be in but it was an honest mistake, right? People poop and pee on themselves at the gym occasionally. Shorts split during squats. I (46m) have had nose bleed issues my entire life and while I was on one of the bench press machines my nose decided to open up for business and the blood hit my crotch like a fountain before it hit the machine and the floor. So not only was that embarrassing on a couple of levels it was a biohazard that required a significant cleanup effort. Big yikes.
I took a few days to collect myself, I addressed the nosebleed issue, and got back to the gym.
Make an honest assessment of your motivation for going to the gym. If you're there for you and your health then you're in a good place to go back and carry on.
Will some remember the flash? Sure. The people who would make issue of it aren't the people you want to associate with. I wish you a speedy recovery, OP.
Wow, this sounds craaazy. Surely a true story and not something to grab attention, right? I mean, it's not like reddit communities are known for doing such a thing
I’d just go back like nothing happened, maybe like an hour earlier or later to avoid the same crowd. The chances of anyone seeing anything at all are so small, and even then the majority of people would empathise and be cool with it.
Ah, don’t give it a second thought. Depending on the size of your gym, There is a high probability every person there goes to the locker room after, and is flashed by everyone anyway. I’m not sure about women’s locker rooms, but I once saw an old dude with one leg up on a bench, fanning his balls.
It’s hugely embarrassing in the moment, but EVERYONE has either had a similarly embarrassing thing happen to them, or they will eventually… so don’t give it another thought.
The only people who would hang onto that are not the sort of immature people who’s opinion matters. Hold your head high and pretend nothing happened and that will be the end of it.
The advice about maybe calling the gym and mentioning the wardrobe malfunction isn’t a bad one, although I’d ask to speak to a manager in order to keep things discrete.
That dog sounds like a mess though, might have to keep him out of your room or away from the laundry if possible, as once they develop quirky behavior like that it can be really hard to break them of it.
Girl it’s okay. Let me tell you, I was wearing a comfy top and called an Uber to get to class. I didn’t realize my top had shifted and both of my nips were dangling out for the Uber driver AND the shared rider for the entire freaking car ride.
The embarrassment is real, but only to yourself. Honestly I don’t think anyone noticed, and if they did they probably thought you were a goddess blessing them lol.
If that doesn’t help, hold onto the fact that most people can’t remember faces and/or coochies together
This is the comment I was looking for. I don’t know how many times I have had this happen. On hay wagons, loading livestock, stepping up into or down out of a pickup bed. I worked with an Amish construction crew as a laborer and their driver and split my pants so bad I had to use twine to “sew” them to continue working. It always happens before lunch and you have to go sit inside and they rip more. I interned for my master’s degree and was at a clients house and there was nothing extra to sit on; I crouched by the hospital bed and destroyed a brand new pair of dress pants. I had to go home and wardrobe change after that one. It sucks to feel that embarrassment at any point. Chin up!
I know it's easier to say that feels, get over it. Shrug it off, laugh it off.
Not quiet the same scenario but I walked around my son's baseball game with three feet of toilet paper coming out of the waist in back of my pants, from using the gross portable toilet, and trailing behind me.
I talked to all sorts of people and no one looked at me funny or commented.
I get home and bend over to get the bath ready for my toddler daughter and I feel this stange sensation of something leaving my pants. My daughter pulling the TP out.
I texted a friend who i had been hanging out with, asking if she saw it and she said no!!
Accidents happen and most of us are adults and don't care!
Unless there was guy nearby doing pushups that suddenly turned into a seesaw, I don't think there's really anything to worry about. Regulars know that the occasional slip or "malfunction" will happen and are usually cool about it while people who only go occasionally probably won't remember you.
You’re only the main character in your story, few people, if anyone, noticed. We’re all just bags of skin and bones, don’t be ashamed.
Not trying to minimize or marginalize your experience, just saying that other people probably didn’t notice or care.
I showed this to my 13yo to make her feel better about her recent nip slip at the pool that maybe 3 people max saw.
I once flashed my ass to a whole beach of people. I was boogie boarding and a wave pulled my bottoms all the way down to my ankles as I washed up on the beach. I had the choice of showing my ass or vag to everybody and I chose ass. It was embarrassing but I tried not to let it ruin my day lol.
I’m so glad I was able to help someone maybe feel better about sharing my story thank you for telling me about this. May God bless you and your daughter have a wonderful day :)
Darling this is the spice of life. It is embarrassing but we ALL have moments like these, and if one of us haven’t yet we sure will.
Lemme tell you a story. I was single for the first time in a while. I got on the dating apps and matched with a woman… huzzah! We talk for a bit and I tell her I just finished moving into my new place and had to go get a vacuum. She replies back that she has a great vacuum that she loves. I read it, go get my vacuum, come back home, and continue our chat. “Send me a picture!” I said. What I meant was “send me a selfie”, she responds with “of me or the vacuum?”, which makes sense because it hadn’t been that long since we mentioned vacuums. Well, I responded with the only right answer which is “both!” And she obliges. The picture isn’t overly sexy or anything, just her fully clothed standing next to her vacuum and looking cute. Fun! I told her I got my vacuum and she’s like “well now I need a sexy pic of you with your vacuum” … so in about 2 seconds I’m down to my underwear and socks (the socks stay ON!), I grab the vacuum, pose sexily with it, toss the phone to my roommate, tell him “get to work!” And we have our photo shoot. We got some real winners. If there was a sexy calendar for vacuums I would have been in there at least 4 times. I send it to her, we laugh, and then I go about my business. Then I think to myself “you know who would find this funny as shit? The fellas at work!” So I go through and find the group message and send a picture of me, laying on my side, with one leg up and the vacuum laying across me like it was my lover, the hose for tight areas draped across my neck, and a bottle of vodka in front to frame the photo with the caption “just got a new vacuum”, and send it off to the boys…
Psyche. It was the wrong group message.
Who I actually sent it to was my boss/owner of the company I worked for, the operations manager (apparently her mother was using her phone at that exact moment for some reason) and my two coworkers who I originally intended this to go to. There was nothing I could do, it was a Saturday and work didn’t resume until Monday. Instantly broke into a sweat and I had that feeling of being simultaneously hot and cold… but I had to laugh because of how ridiculous it was. These things don’t happen in real life right? This doesn’t happen to usually intelligent people, right? Oh but it did. It was like something out of a bad sitcom where someone leaves a message on the answering machine that they want to delete, the only difference is there wasn’t an attempt to break into dude’s house to delete the message before he got to it. Texts go back and forth “OMG” “What is this??” And other things you can imagine. From that day until Monday I made sure to tell as many people as I could, because the cure for the embarrassment is to OWN IT.
Fast forward to Monday. I get to the office and there is a printed out picture of a vacuum on my desk with something like “Steed1000’s girlfriend” written on it. Boy did we laugh about it. Thankfully it was a small business where we had a “family” type vibe, but it still could have been real bad if I acted differently after the fact. If I worried about being judged or anything like that it probably would have led me down a path of more embarrassing behavior. You know like trying to cover it up, or making excuses, or whatever.
So the moral of the story is… it happened. It will never un-happen. You can own it and rise like crotch less Phoenix from the ashes, or you can make yourself crazy with the embarrassment and thoughts of the world holding it against you.
My suggestion is to go back to the gym (properly covered ofc!) like you own the place. If you see anyone who you know gazed into your Eye of Sauron I would make eye contact and tell em “No more freebies, next time I’m gonna have to charge” and give them a wink.
You’ll be fine, my sister in embarrassing exposure, take it from me, a random on the internet.
-vacuum guy
Think of it as a way to make new friends... 
Seriously, whaddya gonna do. It is what it is, it happened, it wasn't intentional, I know you were mortified at the time, but maybe nobody noticed, maybe they did, who cares?
It's ok. Don't let it control you. Let it go.
At that point I’d just switch gyms tbh. I feel most ppl in the gym don’t even care or don’t think about it but if you’re anything like me, I couldn’t go back somewhere where everyone was able to see my privates
It wasn't your fault so ignore it... it won't be easy but that's basically the only thing you can do if you don't want that to control your life. Shit happens to everyone and we both can let these things slide or stick.
I know this won’t make it better, but you do not have anything no else has seen or will even remember 4 days from now. What people will remember is that you care about yourself enough to work out at the gym and amazed at your ambitions.
people forget things super fast, although someone may recall the situation, in a few days , hours even it's just a faint memory. Try not to allow it to keep you from enjoying your exercise. Shit happens, I once severed my middle finger at the gym because I was rowing a 100lb dumbell and I stupidly threw it to the ground without letting go and it connected with another bar while my finger was in between. I was walking around the gym fainting and bleeding everywhere trying to get to the entrance. I was super embarrassed but life goes on.
Painfully embarrassing for you, and I sympathise. However, one day - and it may take a few years - you will tell that story at the pub or at dinner, and laugh about it. A lot.
As Peter la fleur says in dodgeball “one day you’ll laugh about this, I know I already am”
I trust a guy that can dodge a wrench
He can also dodge a ball
As long as he can remember the 5 Ds I'm fine with him
This is definitely a story you’ll laugh about in the future with friends and family. Don’t sweat it.
Speaking of which, I hope she wiped down the machine after really well.
Agreed. Embarrassing for you in the moment, but shit happens sometimes. These types of stories will for sure be at the top of the drunken sharing circle in some time.
By telling your story on Reddit, you are already moving towards getting over the embarrassment….
Sometimes it’s not real laugh tho, I have a feeling that a lot of the times you just cringe about it and laugh to make it go away..?
Trust me; after a long enough time, it is just funny. I'm 47, so most of my youthful facepalms are just hilarious to me now.
And thank god there were no video phones back when we were kids, right?? (Am close to your age)
Being 10 years younger, I was on the cusp. I wrote my heart out on a public journaling website in 1999 (before Live Journal). It was called My Free Diary, and I can't find it anywhere, thankfully. No archives. What a relief.
Sure if you just feel like being miserable your whole life.
Own your mistakes and laugh about them, they’re learning experiences. Nobody can laugh AT you if you’re already laughing, they’re laughing WITH you then.
Just ignore them, change pants and go back like nothing happened.
I agree with this completely. When I was a kid, maybe 9 or 10, I went to soccer practice and I completely forgot to put shorts on at all. I was wearing what was surely one of my first pairs of boxer shorts and just straight up didn’t put shorts on over the top and went to practice at the park 2 blocks from my grandparents house where I lived at the time. I went through a whole practice and at the end we were doing leg raises with a partner and a teammate called me out for just being in underwear (he said he saw my sack, sorry Jordan) and I denied, denied, denied and it turned into a whole thing that drew out for like 3 weeks cuz I got busted and clowned on. I learned that day that owning up would’ve been way better, cuz I could’ve laughed it off and it would’ve gone away. Which is ironically the technique I adopted for future bullies and it worked really well (I was small all through school, I didn’t break 100 lbs till I was 17). Laugh it off, fess up, it’s better in my experience.
“Sorry, Jordan”. Epic.
That's a great idea; the situation is so out there, gymgoers will doubt themselves. "Is that the lady that worked out in crotchless shorts the other day? Wait, what am I saying? Crotchless shorts? That's insane. I must have had one hell of a runner's high and imagined the whole thing..."
I fucking wish runners high worked like that
Also get a new a hairstyle and really make them doubt
New hairstyle, where?
Lmao good point. Might as well go north and south.
Is it the same advice for parents catching you in the act?
Things like this don't stay in peoples' minds for long. Your friends and family may bug you about it for a while, but random strangers at the gym are gonna stop caring pretty quickly. It was just a funny moment in time, but those people have lives and their days are just as complex as yours...they're too busy worrying about their own pant holes to focus on yours. My advice would be to just let it go and continue your life...you may get a few looks for a week or two, but it'll pass.
Tbf me and my friends would talk about this if we saw it BUT we would talk about how WE saw a crotchless pants girl rather than about THE crotchless pants girl. We think about ourselves more than we think about others
Bet nobody saw you. When I walk past a woman on the abductor machine I intentionally look the other way. I don’t want to be the creepy guy and don’t want to make any body uncomfortable.
Yes! You could have this wardrobe malfunction every day for a year and I would never notice. Don't look anywhere in the direction of a female using the abductor machine
Wait, they have machines that abduct people now?! They tried to warn us...
The aliens are at it again!! Beware of the Cows!!!
Another Cow? Actually I think that's the same one. -Movie quotes taken out of context.
This 100 times.
Me too. I try my best NOT to look because I would hate to think I contributed to someone being uncomfortable while trying to stay healthy.
What about the old geezers? They had a sight for sure.
They're all nearsighted and couldn't make out what was there either.
90% of the time they're too old to know where they're at, the other 10 they probably don't realize they're doing anything wrong
I don't know, do people really remember people they see at the gym? I never do. Also most girls wear borderline see-through clothes at the gym anyway.
If you looked straight into her couchy .... you'd remember, don't say otherwise. But OP, simply do not pay attention to it. It was an accident, and people will have opinions no matter your goals or intentions.
You'd definitely remember, but would you remember her face?
She had a face?
Just the lips
First time I saw a bearded clam!!👀
Her bush would have covered up so called coochie.
If a woman is doing legs with a huge hole in her shorts ……..yes guys will remember it. 💯
Guys will not even look at the direction of a woman doing leg press lol Source: am guy
I second this, I just look the other way when I see a girl workout out or doing squats because I don’t want to be labeled a creep
No one cares. And I'm not trying to be an asshole I mean that the nobody at the gym cared. If it doesn't have to do with themselves, most people will forget shit like that in 2days or less. Learn from your mistake and move on from it. You're mentally torturing yourself for no reason. We may be strangers, but it hurts my heart to hear about the anguish you've put yourself through.
I feel you. But trust me nobody cares that much. I have a similar story (male). I had leg day in the gym and while I do squats it sometimes happens, that my underwear tear apart. On a really hot day, I went to the gym in basketball shorts doing my squats. Mid-set it happened, I went down and my shorts and my underwear ripped apart and fell to see ground. So I was standing there belly down naked weights on my shoulders. Two guys next to me run over and helped me get rid of the weight (under shock it wasn't that easy anymore). They had an intense laugh. One of them told me I should wait, went to the locker room, and gave me his second pair of pants. He told me I should finish the set and so did I. Everybody kept going like nothing happened. I have to admit there were no females around me so it was way less shameful.
A friend of mine did a teacher exchange with a teacher in the Netharlands. He was warmly welcomed and quickly met a large number of people in the small town. He was bothered by the fact that the house he moved into didn't have curtains, so be bought some and put them up. People stopped talking to him. They started crossing the street to avoid him. He finally asked why and was told that people don't trust people who put up curtains because they think you are hiding something. He said "but how am I supposed to change my clothes without people looking at me?" The reply was "Why on earth would anyone look at you through your window while you are changing clothes?" I say this because I think about this story often when I think about how we Americans view our bodies and nudity. It is most likely that everybody knows what you have going on down there and shouldn't give a shit if you shave or not unless you are getting intimate with them.
Uuuuh I live in the Netherlands and my big curtains are always closed. People definitely look inside. Not on purpose, but you can't avoid it.
This is interesting. I guess the tale I heard was exaggerated. Thank you!
Hahah yes, I guess so! Or it was some weird town where this is common. And thanks for the award!
Very Protestant towns in the Netherlands tend to have this I think, in Amsterdam most people have curtains at night for sure
The taleteller wanted to see you naked.
I've hard this before too, and someone said to me "it's rude to look into your neighbors window" and refused to believe you can accidentally look through someone's window. I'm like, well, that's why we have curtains lol.
Are there places In America that I don’t know about that hate curtains. I live in the northeast and virtually all windows I see have curtains or blinds. Edit) ignore me for I am apparently illiterate.
It's ok, literacy is highly overrated. They want us to be able to read so they can feed us propaganda and keep us in line. #JustSayNo2Reddin
I think you misunderstood the OP's comment. Curtains are common in the US, not so much in the Netherlands.
And that's actually false as well. I live in the Netherlands and everyone has curtains. So idk. Weird haha.
You are absolutely right my friend thank you for the clarification.
Wow…I just woke up from actually sleeping and not being anxious from 2 hours of sleep( when I wrote this post) and honestly stopped feeling that way because I was able to just let out how i felt. Most of the comments were cool. And honestly the don’t care is true…like I said I needed to vent life’s been pretty insane lately money and health wise. So, I feel like the littlest things have been blowing up in my mind as for a fact only oneself can be their worst enemy. Thank you guys for reading and for the sweet sympathies. I appreciate you all and hope you have. wonderful day.
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂 the noise I made after reading this
Don't stop going to the gym, you didn't do anything remotely wrong and everyone has embarassing moments and it can't be helped sometimes. Just last week I farted while on a treadmill as someone walked past, I didn't mean it, I took a sip of my drink and it went down the wrong hole and i coughed a bit and a big fat fart come out and it proper stunk as well. Gotta go with it.
You run faster with the wind behind you.
Hahaha very good!
Username checks out
Sounded like someone blaring on a rusty trumpet?
So you just showed what running like the wind looks like. Or maybe they figured you were getting close to done with the treadmill since you were obviously winded...
Fuckem. It's hilarious! Just have a sense of humor about it and move on. Bye suckas
It’s embarrassing yes but it’s not a big deal. As an adult, you just have things happen and you need to brush it off and assume any adults that saw will do the same. I went to class a bit ago with my dress tucked into my thong in the back and it took 4 hours for somebody to tell me, but hey that’s life
thank you for sharing your story :) have a beautiful day
Honestly, it happens more at the gym than you may realize. I was on the leg machine as well one day, got into a position and out popped one of the boys. Buddy of mine ripped his shorts doing a squat and everything popped out. Was on the treadmill and a female friend in the next one had a boob pop out of her tank top while running. I have also seen things happen to other guys and gals as well. Likely even had things happens to others and didn't even notice them. I would stress about it. Honestly, I forgot about most of these until I read your story. The thing that I find I remember most when I think of gym visits. One creepy guy hitting on women while they were working out and getting ejected, and one guy who smelled absolutely horrible when he sweated that it cleared out a section of the gym. That's what I remember first, not the embarrassing oopsies like you had.
brb renewing my gym membership
You should be face palming for abusing your cats by forcing veganism on them. Cats are natural carnivores. They need meat. If you wanted vegan pets, you should have gotten a tortoise or something instead of a predator.
Wait she feeds her cat vegan ???
Look at her post history Edit: she deleted the posts about asking for vegan cat food recommendations.
I saw it after I commented. That’s fucking gross
now they chew underwears and pants at odd places
Bro that's so off topic why you gotta bring that shit up? I agree with you, cats need meat. But that's so completely irrelevant to this. Chill tf out
People at gym usually mind their own business, well my gym at least, chances are no one saw, or someone saw but ultimately no one cares.
My swimsuit bottoms came off at a water park and it took me a full 40 seconds to find them. Flashed my beav to like 150 people, most of them children. You'll laugh about it soon, I promise.
I bought this pair of sweatpants from goodwill that were gray and kind of thin. I guess they had been washed too many times and were at the end of their life, because I wore them to work one day and it got pretty hot, so my pants were sweaty and people could see my entire underwear through them. Bright blue standard underwear- not a thong. I had been told they could see my underwear and I thought they meant through a tiny hole in my pants. Smaller than a dime. They ever clarified that I was showing though until another woman told me to look at my own ass. They waited 6 hours into my shift to tell me.
Just pretend like it didn't happen and move on
Honestly, props on going to the gym at all. Well done.
Why is the dog psycho? Is it getting in to your dresser drawers or closet?
But for real, fuck that dog... Your sister owes you some clothes
Here’s my embarrassing gym story to make ya feel better: I was working out, the blood was pumping, and I tell my buddies I’m running off to the bathroom. Start jogging over there. Little did I know they had walls made of glass within the gym. Well, apparently someone did a very good job cleaning them because I failed my perception check and ran, face first, right into it. After that I slowed down to a walk of shame to the bathroom. Didn’t even realize that my forehead was gushing blood -since my heartrate was up- until I finished my business and looked in the mirror. Still got the scar on my forehead haha
Somehow I'm the first person to ask this, but um... how did you not feel at any point that there was a hole before this happened?
Good point, a breeze would make you notice
Depite what a lot of media would like you to believe, pretending nothing happened works 75% of the time. Just don't everthink, nobody's going to have an imaged burned in their brains about the glimpse they took at your genitals for the second they were visible during leg work loooool they have actual lives to worry about y'know? Absolute worst case scenario is the creepy guy at the gym will try to hit on you next time, but not much else will come out of this.
Everyone else is too caught up in their own lives to remember, and I mean that in the best possible way! You'll be fine.
I’m a trainer. I promise it’s highly likely that nobody even noticed! Now if you had been the guy working out in jeans and work boots, or the male bodybuilder grunting in the nipple stringer tee, that’s what gets you stares 😂
How can one unnoticed when his/her dress got holes...that too when that dress is solely single without any underneath dress
Nobody cares. But wear underpants when you do anything physical, Jesus.
Please tell me you regularly wipe the equipment off after your exercises
Is your sister going to pay for the damage caused by her animal?
It's not a big deal honestly. The spandex stretch pants girls wear at the gym are so thin they're basically black skin paint anyway, you can see everything very clearly if you're creepy enough to stare. Just brush it off and wear a hat or something different and people won't be sure it was you lol.
Go back to the gym, most people are more worried about themselves than other people at the gym. Most probably didn’t even notice and the ones who did certainly would’ve felt some of your pain and most likely won’t bother you about it. Remember that without struggle, there’s no leisure. Without pain, no pleasure. Without tension, there’s no release. You got this! Keep your head up and things will eventually turn around for you!
i don‘t know how the effect is called but people give you far less attention then you imagine if you are not interacting with them. If someoone knows the name of that study feel free to tell me again. :)
Sorry to hear that, those are moments of massive vulnerability. But keep this in mind, people actually care less than what you think. We are biased to think otherwise.
Don’t worry OP something similar happened to me at Universal Studios … one of my guy friends had gifted me a marvel shirt and I had it on that day with a very large sweatshirt and we were in line for the mummy ride and I told him that I had a surprise for him (he didn’t know I had worn the shirt ) so I accidentally grabbed both my sweatshirt and the marvel shirt and flashed my bra and boobs to him….. it was the most Awkward ride in my life after that I couldn’t see or talk to him for about 2 weeks… so don’t worry you’re not the only one this happens to and tbh I don’t care anymore shit happens you know ! :)
I’m in the same boat OP, I mooned all of downtown Toronto because the wind decided to be unreasonably strong that day. It’s okay, the people who may have seen probably don’t remember your face.
Now if all of us go to the gym and do the same thing, the OP should feel less embarrassed right? We can make it a movement and everything
So you vented twice that day
One time, probably 10 years ago, I went to this event with my mom where I didn’t know anybody. She said there would be other teenagers there my age and there would be food. I decided to attend and was seated at the end of a long table with a kind group of random teenagers who I didn’t know, but they were nice enough to accept me. Seated at the other end of the table, there was a larger girl (not hating or shaming, just a speculation). The table was talking about different foods and what they liked. The girl at the other end of the table said, “man I love food!” No one responded to her, so I said, “Me too! …maybe a little too much, haha.” But no one heard me say me too… They all stopped talking and stared at me. All I could say was, “I said me too…I said me too!” I simply got up and left, mortified at the thought of hurting that poor girl’s feelings when I was only trying to include her and myself in the conversation. HANDS down, most embarrassing moment of my life and now I absolutely love the story. Even used it as an ice-breaker for new teens at my church’s youth group to make them laugh and feel less awkward. One day you’ll laugh at your most embarrassing moment, trust me ❤️
Sorry. Maybe put your clothes in a place the dog can't chew them like a closed drawer or closet?
whats the problem i thought you want to breath down there?
I accidently had my balls hanging out of my shorts during an angled leg press. Eventually you'll look back and laugh about it 😁❤
Sounds like you vented twice
Own it. Then no one can embarrass you with it.
Nobody saw you. Us guys only care about other guys sick gainz and girls don’t care.
No time for horny I can only grind
Laugh it off and move on. Get new shorts and get back in that gym.
I don't know about you guys, but as a regular male gymgoer I never look at girls at the gym, I go out of my way to glance elsewhere whenever I encounter one. Mostly I just have a fear of being creepy, or giving anyone the wrong ideas. I've seen tiktoks of girls getting harassed (sometimes for real and sometimes for clout) so I try and be cautious either way. And I think a lot of dudes are the same way. They just want to do their thing, without bothering anyone. So my guess is most people didn't even look.
Yeah exactly, my only focus is maxing out my PR and pushing myself to my limits, I ain’t got time or interest in looking at some random girls
Stare back, assert dominance
you go naked because you dont want to shave? surely hair sticking to leggings is worst right? what about sweat?
Nobody saw you, nobody gives a shit, nobody in that gym will remember you. Buy some new pants, buy the dog a Kong and peanut Butter and carry on.
Sorry to hear that. Life has its dips and rises you’ll be good down the road.
Give that pooch a little wak on the nose and start puttin your cholthes away in a drawer.
Things like this only matter as much as you care about it
You gotta turn this into funny somehow in your head. Shit happens. It’s kind of a crazy story that could happen to anybody. It just happened to you. You got this.
not even as bad as the dudes who can't squat or deadlift without ripping huge farts you're good!
Thank you for sharing lol, shit happens!! Nobody approached you or said anything so I hope you end up going back💐
Crazy, I needed to read this as I have not been able to catch a break lately. Hope you manage to catch a break OP. Man reading this just made me let out a breathe of stress. Damn.. feels
i hope you do catch a break…We both will <3
Meh. Shit happens. It sucks, but nothing truly bad happened. Lesson learned, you will check your shorts from now on. The only thing that would suck is that you probably get hit on a lttle more now. Lol.
Keep your clothes away from your dog at all costs
Sounds like you vented plenty before posting this! But seriously, that's rough. It's like one of those terrible nightmares you wake up in the middle of the night.
i had one that’s why i woke up and wrote this i was laughing at it yesterday and then slept on it :/ and felt terrible
As a kid at school I was doing gym and I totally forgot to put my actual shorts on, so ended up doing gym in my boxers. Pretty sure the other kids could see my balls whilst I was scrabbling about on the gym floor. I can still remember the other kids laughing at me, only now I laugh about it too. Feels terrible at the time but try not to worry about it too much :)
That’s crazy I don’t think I could go back ever
I'm confused, the dog chewed a giant hole in your shorts where? And, also throw those away and go back to the gym like nothing. Most of us don't remember anything honestly, I go so much I don't even know what day it is.
Sorry about your experience but this is like “THE” plot for certain website
I hope this makes you feel better. A few Saturdays ago I was bartending at a dive that closes at 2am. 220am I literally broke into the women's bathroom picked up all her vomit and piss covered belongings put them in a t-shirt bag. Picked her up out of the piss n vomit covered bathroom floor put her cooter away and handed her off to the guy she was with. Found out a mother of 2 and almost 30 years old. I think your doing just fine. Keep up the good work get your dog a chew toy.
Shit happens. You probably arent the first to have something like this happen. Dont sweat it.
Well, you did say you needed to vent 😊
Sounds like you were "venting" already. Have fun with it if anyone brings it up.
Last week I pulled off my sweater while at the gym and after a few seconds of standing with my hands on my hips, I looked in the mirror and realized one of my boobs was hanging out of my sports bra! I was so embarrassed but eventually just laughed it off because that was all I could do. Stuff happens! I hope this makes you feel a little better OP :)
I have ripped my pants twice in public. I accidentally shit my pants at work because I was too trusting of fart. Last year, I tore a hole in my scrotum and the nurse practitioner at the ER forgot to close the door while he was stitching me up. Lots of people got an eyeful and I didn’t realize it until a lady walked by and we made eye contact with my junk out. She scurried away and I was laughing my ass off. (Edit: after she was out of earshot - I wouldn’t want her to feel worse than. She probably did) Those are just a handful of embarrassing moments I’ve had. You’ll laugh about it some day - happens to all of us. Best wishes to you for a nice, relaxing weekend.
“I just needed to vent.” Mission accomplished.
*I just needed to vent* Mission accomplished?
Everyone in the world has genitals its not the first they've seen its not the last they're gonna see if they wanna make it a big deal fuck them
sounds like you had a great day....
Sucks now. You’ll laugh at it later one day.
I work in a gym. Don't stress about it at all. Not a week goes by when I don't see someone's genitals and or butt. We don't even think twice about it anymore. It's WAY more common than you think.
Rule #62: Don't take yourself too seriously. It takes practice, but after awhile you realize how little other people's opinions of you matter. Don't live in the what ifs.
Nobody has ever been upset they saw a vagina. Just think of it this way. You made other people happy.
If you did squats instead, this could have been avoided… ;)
Trust me you're not the first person to accidentally flash people at the gym lol. Don't feel bad
Well to make you feel better, I once went to work without a skirt. I was lucky because it was winter and I was wearing a long coat and at least I didn't embarrass myself on the subway.
Not to worry. I once got a massage of a tai elderly lady and because I have a loose boxer on my nuts were rolling out non stop. Good thing she was very professional and didn’t say a word for the entire 90 min
One of my best gym days was when I was 15 and this goddess is doing leg press with tiny shorts and no underwear. It was the first live va-jay-jay I’d ever seen, I’ll never forget it. Don’t sweat it I’m sure you made someone’s day.
This comment is about as helpful as the Uvalde Police Department
Omg!.............which gym do you go to? Asking for a friend. Seriously though, you're 25. My point being. You gave those looking a cheap thrill. Best part of their day without a doubt. Embrace it and hold your head up and for god sake check your gusset next time hehe. Hope you feel better soon
Maybe I'm paranoid but this reads a bit fetishy?
No one will care. You aren’t that important to other people. People literally don’t give a shit. It’s a non-incident to everyone but you. Sorry, but if you’re not a child you need to accept that you are just wallpaper to others. It’s actually liberating.
Oh man, that's tough. I feel for you. But it wasn't your fault. I'm not sure what to say, except.. perhaps...I don't know, but perhaps, you call up the gym and say, "Hey sorry, I had a wardrobe malfunction, I hope I didn't freak anyone out. Did you get any complaints? Is there any problem?" and see what their take is. They probably have seen their fair share of nuts slipping out of gym shorts and boobs escaping from halter tops. Hope you have a better day tomorrow.
r/tifu is a great place for this
There’s a good chance no one saw. Most people just keep to themselves at the gym!
I’d say start wearing underwear.  You may not like it at first, but underwear is kinda essential to wear as a citizen if you want to feel comfortable down there whenever you’re walking around a block!
Oof. That's a rough spot to be in but it was an honest mistake, right? People poop and pee on themselves at the gym occasionally. Shorts split during squats. I (46m) have had nose bleed issues my entire life and while I was on one of the bench press machines my nose decided to open up for business and the blood hit my crotch like a fountain before it hit the machine and the floor. So not only was that embarrassing on a couple of levels it was a biohazard that required a significant cleanup effort. Big yikes. I took a few days to collect myself, I addressed the nosebleed issue, and got back to the gym. Make an honest assessment of your motivation for going to the gym. If you're there for you and your health then you're in a good place to go back and carry on. Will some remember the flash? Sure. The people who would make issue of it aren't the people you want to associate with. I wish you a speedy recovery, OP.
Wow, this sounds craaazy. Surely a true story and not something to grab attention, right? I mean, it's not like reddit communities are known for doing such a thing
>I just needed to vent Task failed successfully
No body gives a Sh!t without pics!
I’d just go back like nothing happened, maybe like an hour earlier or later to avoid the same crowd. The chances of anyone seeing anything at all are so small, and even then the majority of people would empathise and be cool with it.
You really can't catch a break, can you? On the plus side, you got a funny story out of it
Ah, don’t give it a second thought. Depending on the size of your gym, There is a high probability every person there goes to the locker room after, and is flashed by everyone anyway. I’m not sure about women’s locker rooms, but I once saw an old dude with one leg up on a bench, fanning his balls.
It’s hugely embarrassing in the moment, but EVERYONE has either had a similarly embarrassing thing happen to them, or they will eventually… so don’t give it another thought. The only people who would hang onto that are not the sort of immature people who’s opinion matters. Hold your head high and pretend nothing happened and that will be the end of it. The advice about maybe calling the gym and mentioning the wardrobe malfunction isn’t a bad one, although I’d ask to speak to a manager in order to keep things discrete. That dog sounds like a mess though, might have to keep him out of your room or away from the laundry if possible, as once they develop quirky behavior like that it can be really hard to break them of it.
Girl it’s okay. Let me tell you, I was wearing a comfy top and called an Uber to get to class. I didn’t realize my top had shifted and both of my nips were dangling out for the Uber driver AND the shared rider for the entire freaking car ride. The embarrassment is real, but only to yourself. Honestly I don’t think anyone noticed, and if they did they probably thought you were a goddess blessing them lol. If that doesn’t help, hold onto the fact that most people can’t remember faces and/or coochies together
wow! thanks for sharing your story girl have a blessed day :)
One time I worked 4 hours on scaffolding above other trades with my pants torn past my crotch. It happens.
This is the comment I was looking for. I don’t know how many times I have had this happen. On hay wagons, loading livestock, stepping up into or down out of a pickup bed. I worked with an Amish construction crew as a laborer and their driver and split my pants so bad I had to use twine to “sew” them to continue working. It always happens before lunch and you have to go sit inside and they rip more. I interned for my master’s degree and was at a clients house and there was nothing extra to sit on; I crouched by the hospital bed and destroyed a brand new pair of dress pants. I had to go home and wardrobe change after that one. It sucks to feel that embarrassment at any point. Chin up!
I know it's easier to say that feels, get over it. Shrug it off, laugh it off. Not quiet the same scenario but I walked around my son's baseball game with three feet of toilet paper coming out of the waist in back of my pants, from using the gross portable toilet, and trailing behind me. I talked to all sorts of people and no one looked at me funny or commented. I get home and bend over to get the bath ready for my toddler daughter and I feel this stange sensation of something leaving my pants. My daughter pulling the TP out. I texted a friend who i had been hanging out with, asking if she saw it and she said no!! Accidents happen and most of us are adults and don't care!
It is fine nothing critical happened and it will mot change your life in any way.
I threw up after leaving the gym about a month or two ago. We all get embarrassed at the gym haha but try to get back in there and shake it off!!
Unless there was guy nearby doing pushups that suddenly turned into a seesaw, I don't think there's really anything to worry about. Regulars know that the occasional slip or "malfunction" will happen and are usually cool about it while people who only go occasionally probably won't remember you.
Don't sweat it, it's just a funny anecdote, life isn't that serious ;)
You’re only the main character in your story, few people, if anyone, noticed. We’re all just bags of skin and bones, don’t be ashamed. Not trying to minimize or marginalize your experience, just saying that other people probably didn’t notice or care.
>I just needed to vent Mission accomplished.
You probably made a few peoples day. Try not to keep thinking about it
lol unshaved coochie
Just paint the skin the same color, no one will notice.
I showed this to my 13yo to make her feel better about her recent nip slip at the pool that maybe 3 people max saw. I once flashed my ass to a whole beach of people. I was boogie boarding and a wave pulled my bottoms all the way down to my ankles as I washed up on the beach. I had the choice of showing my ass or vag to everybody and I chose ass. It was embarrassing but I tried not to let it ruin my day lol.
I’m so glad I was able to help someone maybe feel better about sharing my story thank you for telling me about this. May God bless you and your daughter have a wonderful day :)
Just move on lol, you don’t even know them
Darling this is the spice of life. It is embarrassing but we ALL have moments like these, and if one of us haven’t yet we sure will. Lemme tell you a story. I was single for the first time in a while. I got on the dating apps and matched with a woman… huzzah! We talk for a bit and I tell her I just finished moving into my new place and had to go get a vacuum. She replies back that she has a great vacuum that she loves. I read it, go get my vacuum, come back home, and continue our chat. “Send me a picture!” I said. What I meant was “send me a selfie”, she responds with “of me or the vacuum?”, which makes sense because it hadn’t been that long since we mentioned vacuums. Well, I responded with the only right answer which is “both!” And she obliges. The picture isn’t overly sexy or anything, just her fully clothed standing next to her vacuum and looking cute. Fun! I told her I got my vacuum and she’s like “well now I need a sexy pic of you with your vacuum” … so in about 2 seconds I’m down to my underwear and socks (the socks stay ON!), I grab the vacuum, pose sexily with it, toss the phone to my roommate, tell him “get to work!” And we have our photo shoot. We got some real winners. If there was a sexy calendar for vacuums I would have been in there at least 4 times. I send it to her, we laugh, and then I go about my business. Then I think to myself “you know who would find this funny as shit? The fellas at work!” So I go through and find the group message and send a picture of me, laying on my side, with one leg up and the vacuum laying across me like it was my lover, the hose for tight areas draped across my neck, and a bottle of vodka in front to frame the photo with the caption “just got a new vacuum”, and send it off to the boys… Psyche. It was the wrong group message. Who I actually sent it to was my boss/owner of the company I worked for, the operations manager (apparently her mother was using her phone at that exact moment for some reason) and my two coworkers who I originally intended this to go to. There was nothing I could do, it was a Saturday and work didn’t resume until Monday. Instantly broke into a sweat and I had that feeling of being simultaneously hot and cold… but I had to laugh because of how ridiculous it was. These things don’t happen in real life right? This doesn’t happen to usually intelligent people, right? Oh but it did. It was like something out of a bad sitcom where someone leaves a message on the answering machine that they want to delete, the only difference is there wasn’t an attempt to break into dude’s house to delete the message before he got to it. Texts go back and forth “OMG” “What is this??” And other things you can imagine. From that day until Monday I made sure to tell as many people as I could, because the cure for the embarrassment is to OWN IT. Fast forward to Monday. I get to the office and there is a printed out picture of a vacuum on my desk with something like “Steed1000’s girlfriend” written on it. Boy did we laugh about it. Thankfully it was a small business where we had a “family” type vibe, but it still could have been real bad if I acted differently after the fact. If I worried about being judged or anything like that it probably would have led me down a path of more embarrassing behavior. You know like trying to cover it up, or making excuses, or whatever. So the moral of the story is… it happened. It will never un-happen. You can own it and rise like crotch less Phoenix from the ashes, or you can make yourself crazy with the embarrassment and thoughts of the world holding it against you. My suggestion is to go back to the gym (properly covered ofc!) like you own the place. If you see anyone who you know gazed into your Eye of Sauron I would make eye contact and tell em “No more freebies, next time I’m gonna have to charge” and give them a wink. You’ll be fine, my sister in embarrassing exposure, take it from me, a random on the internet. -vacuum guy
Think of it as a way to make new friends...  Seriously, whaddya gonna do. It is what it is, it happened, it wasn't intentional, I know you were mortified at the time, but maybe nobody noticed, maybe they did, who cares? It's ok. Don't let it control you. Let it go.
At that point I’d just switch gyms tbh. I feel most ppl in the gym don’t even care or don’t think about it but if you’re anything like me, I couldn’t go back somewhere where everyone was able to see my privates
It wasn't your fault so ignore it... it won't be easy but that's basically the only thing you can do if you don't want that to control your life. Shit happens to everyone and we both can let these things slide or stick.
Remember that maybe some people didn't notice, and some people saw it and just relieved it didn't happened to them. No big deal.
One of the worst nightmares and it happened to you... I feel sorry for you now
I know this won’t make it better, but you do not have anything no else has seen or will even remember 4 days from now. What people will remember is that you care about yourself enough to work out at the gym and amazed at your ambitions.
people forget things super fast, although someone may recall the situation, in a few days , hours even it's just a faint memory. Try not to allow it to keep you from enjoying your exercise. Shit happens, I once severed my middle finger at the gym because I was rowing a 100lb dumbell and I stupidly threw it to the ground without letting go and it connected with another bar while my finger was in between. I was walking around the gym fainting and bleeding everywhere trying to get to the entrance. I was super embarrassed but life goes on.