1. Senior year of high school: I did nothing but eat and watch TV all summer, and for the first time ever I gained a little weight. I went from 160 to 180, which at 6 foot tall was not chubby or even pudgy. First morning of senior year, my girlfriend (who said nothing about it all summer) starts talking to all our friends about how fat I got, poking and patting my belly over and over. The only thing more embarrassing at the time was how turned on I was.
2. Gave a speech at work in front of about 30 people: The speech was right after lunch, and seemed to go well except for people seemed distracted. After, someone came to me and told me my shirt popped a button. I looked down to realize my belly had been peeking out the gaped area the whole time.
3. Went to lunch with my boss: when I tried to slide in the booth where he was sitting, I couldn't fit. He asked me (louder than necessary) if we needed to find a table somewhere else, drawing attention from other people. I said no, sucked in my gut as much as possible, and forced myself in- allowing part of my gut to roll into the table. His face was priceless, but mine was red and burning from the workout and the embarrassment combined.
6 years
