Today, I had a guest at my house. I stood up to shake her hand and kiss her on both cheeks, which is common in my culture. When she was kissing my cheeks, I went the opposite way from her and I ended up kissing her on the lips instead. Her eyes went big and I ran away. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went in for a hug with my friend, but she leaned in for a kiss on the cheek at the same time. What followed was a full-on awkward face collision where I ended up kissing her on the lips. We both stood there, staring at each other before I muttered, “Sorry, gross." She really took it personally. FML
Today, I went to kiss my girlfriend on the cheek at school. I missed, and walked away awkwardly. Later on, a teacher stopped me and told me how bad I failed. FML
Today, at a funeral family gathering, I greeted an elderly relative and kissed her palm (it's a family thing). She then took my palm and brought it near her lips, then dropped it and went on her way. I didn't even wanna do that in the first place. FML
Today, while on a first date, I leaned in to kiss her, but my lips somehow brushed against her nose instead. I panicked and ended up kissing her forehead like a grandma saying goodbye to a child. FML
Today, I was saying goodbye to a friend after a long day out. I went for a hug, and as I pulled away, I kissed her on the cheek for some reason. Realising it was an awkward mistake, I pulled back even more and said, "Sorry, I thought you were my mum." She looked at me confused, and we both stood there in complete silence for what felt like hours. FML
Today, a girl and I were flirting and it was going well. Feeling bold, I asked what she would do if I kissed her. She smiled flirtatiously and said "Why don't you try it and find out?" I went in for a kiss, and she slapped me. FML
Today, I was walking down the hallway at work when I saw a coworker I hadn't talked to in a while. I went for a high-five as a friendly greeting, but she didn’t see me coming and instead awkwardly grabbed my hand like she was about to hold it. We both froze for a second, and then awkwardly sighed and practically ran away. FML
Today, I went in for an interview with a firm where I'd done some interning before. After shaking hands with both the directors, I went to shake hands with one of the director's wives, who also works there. Turns out she was going for a hug and kiss on the cheek. I ended up kissing her on the lips. FML
Today, I went to meet a friend for coffee. When I arrived, I mistakenly thought it was a casual meet-up, but apparently, it was a date. I didn’t realize this until she leaned in for a kiss at the end, and I awkwardly offered her a fist bump instead. FML
Today, I went on a date with my really attractive neighbor, and at the end, when I leaned in to make out with her, she shook my hand. FML
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Redhacked 7
where did you run to if you were at your house? why would you run if you were at your own house? so many questions, such small fml character limits.
Tripartita 45
I considered that, #16, but went ahead and made the joke anyway. It'd be a shame to let reality get in the way of a good—well, almost adequate—joke.
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PeopleAreRude 10
Are you a living anime?
Delial 14
Don't worry OP, I'm sure she realizes that it was just an accident. The same thing happened to me once when I was in France . . . except I was 12 and he was 50. (I was the one that went the wrong way.) Talk about awkward . . . we pretended like it didn't happen and never spoke of it again.
FerusBlade 8
A different culture unseen by many in the far away land of ............ Ohio USA?
metalcrazed 21
Imigrants exist or exchange students
yellowzinnias 20
This is how I accidentally kissed my professor's husband. I ran into an ex-professor in public and went over to say hello. She introduced me to her husband, who is from Nicaragua. He leaned in, with the intention of kissing my cheeks, but I had no clue what he was doing, so I did some awkward hug thing and turned my head, and his lips landed right at the corner of my mouth. I said, "Okay, great to see you, bye!" and ran away. Then I had to ask my ex-professor for a letter or rec two years later, because she was my PBK nominating professor. Incredibly awkward. :/
its3esa 8
هلا بالعيال
Lazer_Katz 10
Why leave? You got a new gf now!
tsantor18yolo 2
did you at least enjoy it
AmeliaPond21042 20
My in laws are arabic and do this even with my brothers in law took a bit to get used too xD