Today, I went to a Mexican restaurant with my family. I got stuck trying to decide whether I should get the fajitas or the tacos. I ended up getting the tacos because I didn't want the fajitas to come in sizzling, and I didn't want to "make a scene". My social anxiety has hit a new low. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I decided to work on my social anxiety by ordering some food. I waited in line, practicing my order in my head all the way. When I got to the front, I said my order with no mistakes. The cashier just stared blankly at me until I mumbled, "Never mind..." and left. FML
Today, my family and I went to Olive Garden. Due to my autism, I sometimes have a nervous tic, which presented itself while I was looking at the menu. I would have appreciated it if my mom hadn't then screamed at me to stop in front of the entire restaurant. FML
Today, I was at a food truck festival and I spotted a taco truck and eagerly ordered a spicy taco. As I took my first bite, the spice hit me like a freight train and I began to choke. In an effort to save myself, I dropped the taco into the lap of the guy sitting next to me. He looked up, lap splattered in salsa, and asked if I was having a stroke. FML
Today, I went to a very crowded restaurant. Being really shy, I requested to sit in the corner, but instead they placed me in the center of the dinning area. I started to eat my food and got really spaced out. Suddenly I sneeze-farted and everyone turned to look at me. FML
Today, I was at my favorite Mexican restaurant when I realized my really cute waiter, along with his buddies kept looking at me and smiling. Trying to be cool, I took a bite of my burrito, choked, and spilled ground beef down my new shirt and in my bra. They laughed the whole time. FML
Today, my wife took me to Taco Bell for the first time. I said, "Isn't this where all those FMLs happen to people?" She said, "You'll be fine." I am writing this from the toilet. I am not fine. FML
Today, I have an awful stomach virus. I can only drink liquids and can't eat anything solid, especially anything spicy. My dad forced me to eat the fajitas he'd made for dinner and screamed at me when I told him I couldn't, then screamed at me again for "wasting food" when I predictably threw up all over the floor. FML
Today, my friend asked me to order take out for him because he gets nervous on phones. I called a Chinese restaurant, only to get nervous, and hang up. FML
Today, while standing in line at a local Mexican fast food place, I was feeling generous and let a little kid behind me go in front. Turns out he had a list, and was ordering food for his whole family. I had to wait 30 minutes to get my food. FML
Today, I got up the courage to go to a nice place for lunch alone. I wasn't expecting the Tilapia I ordered to be the whole fish, so I asked the waiter for a box because, "I forgot about an appointment in 20 minutes," just so he wouldn't think I was an idiot who didn't know what I was ordering. FML
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br0ccoli 15
Everyone is born with a big entrance. But when you grow up, people tell you to be demure and unassuming. **** it! Order the sizzle!! It's worth it. If other people have a problem, that's their fault ;)
MrBoredGuy 1
The ****?
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Comments (135)
musicluvr2000 11
You're on a hurry to make first comment I see
lunaC 2
I guess if that's the biggest issue u have to deal with then ur doing ok! I'm too broke to go to a restaurant right now and if I had enough to go I sure couldn't be ordering fajitas b/c their so dang expensive!!
CadillacPimpen 6
84 did you get nervous responding?
geminibby300 0
Awww. Im sorrry sweetheart. But i bet youll get better.. Just start going places with your friends more and it should help..
spbenge 1
Figure it out nerd.. Quit being a pussy
MatthewTN 0
That's exactly why I don't order sizzle plates
GetDirtyDoWork 1
Its okay OP i feel ya.
hateevryone 15
that's sad
Glassmaster 0
That isn't social anxiety. You know what social anxiety is? Social anxiety is feeling extremely uncomfortable in public to the point where you feel like you're going to have a panic attack just from being around other people. Stop making up symptoms for yourself and get on with your life.
soldiermedic 2
Couldn't agree more! Well said!
bubo_fml 11
There's only one way to overcome such social anxiety...Extreme brashness! Next visit to the Mexican establishment, say; "Bring me a Crepé Suzette, ya fukkin' frog, or I'll leave this shit factory faster than ya left us at Dunkirk!"