Most Embarrassing Mom-ents

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It’s that time of year again where we get to celebrate the most special women in our lives… our MOMS!  I love Mother’s Day and the opportunity I have to let my mom know how much she means to me. I know without a doubt that I wouldn’t be where I am today without my mom’s guidance and direction.  Thank you mom!

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Moms help shape the lives of their children and touch all around them.  But along with the shaping, may come some unforgettable moments…especially in their kids’ eyes. {WINK}  I think every mom means well, but might not accomplish certain things in the most tactful ways.  LOL! Below are some funny and really embarrassing moments in some of our very own Divas’ lives, delivered by their wonderful moms.  Get ready to smile, chuckle, and laugh out loud with these funny stories!

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 1- Tara’s Story:  When I was younger, my sweet mom SWORE up and down that if we didn’t make our beds before heading out for the day… she would come to school and take us home. We always thought she was full of it…

Weeeeellllll, she must have been fed up one day because she appeared in the doorway of my 3rd grade classroom… and announced to the WHOLE class that I had to go home because I didn’t make my bed. I was completely mortified! When you are only EIGHT, that is pretty devastating! LOL   …and I’ve made my bed ever since!

2- Catharine’s Stories:

  • My stepmom had high expectations for us to keep our home tidy, but she was loving with a great sense of humor all at the same time. She asked me to clean my room several times, but I kept putting it off to…”socialize.” She kept telling me that one day, if I didn’t do it – everything on my floor would wind up on the front lawn. Sure enough, one day I came home from school to see my teenage under-things scattered all over the green lawn like sprinkles on ice cream. The cherry on top? My pink bra in a tree! LOL!
  • My mom was never without her Polaroid camera. (Yep…it was the 90’s!) It was obnoxious, and probably could be heard from space. She used to come into my class before every major school play/Christmas concert/other big school event and insist on taking my picture…in front of everyone…DURING class. I have dozens of these pictures, and I can’t even bring myself to look at them. I’m beet red in every single one!

3- Shanelle’s HUSBAND’S Story: When he was younger (14 or so) he was sitting at the dinner table when all of the sudden his mom yelled, “What is this?!” while reaching under the table and grabbing his pants… you know the zipper part that sometimes pops up when sitting because they are new and stiff… Juuuusssst a little awkward for a middle school boy, sitting to dinner with him fam!

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4- Cami’s Story:  My mom hated when my siblings and I fought – like ever!  If we did, we had to hold hands and say 3 things nice about the other person while looking at them in the eye.  Oh, we just hated it!  If we kept at it, she had this uncanny ability to make herself laugh to try to get us distracted and forget about our fight.  Honestly, her laughter was usually so infectious that we literally would stop the fighting and join in the laughter.  One time I was utterly furious with my sister.  We unfortunately had to pick up my friends for an event we were going to, and I was just sulking in the back and didn’t even acknowledge that they were in the car with us.  My mom had had enough of my attitude so she started into one of her laughing spells.  My friends had never experienced one of these before, and just kept looking back and forth at each other with questioning looks like, “Is this lady okay? She’s laughing at nothing!” I was mortified, but still too stubborn to change my attitude.  My mom was even more determined to get me to smile and really turned on the laughter…she was driving the car and was hysterically laughing to the point she was crying!  She kept saying “Oh boy, I can barely see the road”, but kept right on laughing.  Soon, my friends were actually voicing their concern and wondering if she was okay.  I kept thinking “Please mom, just stop!  This is so embarrassing!”  But about 20 minutes of this hysterical laughter, the laughter finally broke my stubbornness… I started to smile, and actually joined in on the laughter – my friends thought we were both crazy, but we (my mom especially) got a great ab workout!

5- Julie’s Story: I had a bunch of friends over when  my mom came downstairs and asked if  we were having an orgy.  In her mind she was asking if we were having a big party, but in every teenage mind’s, well…let’s just say awkward!

6- Ferren’s Stories:  I don’t know if my mom ever embarrassed me, but I have definitely embarrassed her!  Here’s a few examples…

  • Even when I was in high school I would dance to the music in grocery stores (and I’m not a good dancer).
  • When she was a sub in my high school I would run up and give her big hugs and call her ‘mommy.’
  • When she became an elementary school teacher I would ‘mission impossible’ my way through the hallways (while singing the theme song).
  • For one April Fools’ Day, I called and told her the cops were bringing me home, her face was pretty priceless when she opened the door – my dad just sat and laughed on the couch for like an hour.

7- Caroline’s Lesson:  My mom never embarrassed me, but taught me a great quote which we lived our lives after…”If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.”  Growing up I rolled my eyes at this phrase; however, it definitely instilled a great work ethic in me. I don’t think I could have achieved everything I have in school, work, or life without her incredible guidance and example!

Aren’t all these stories priceless?!  Growing up we tend to roll our eyes and think our mom’s know nothing, but then as we grow older and can look back and reflect, we realize how amazing every single mom is.  Here’s to moms and celebrating their day!  Thanks to all the Divas’ moms and for their prime example to us.  We love you!!!!

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We had so much fun remembering these fun and awesome mom stories, we thought it would be even better to hear YOUR silly and embarrassing mom stories!  So, we want you to leave a comment on this post with your most embarrassing Mom-ent that your mom did to you or you have done to your kids!  AND, if you decide to share your story, you get the chance to WIN 3 fabulous products from our Diva store… and YOU get to choose!!

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So, get right on it, and tell us your most amazing mom story (or stories) in the comments.  If you win, you will be contacted and you get to pick 3 of the products from our store {we’ll be able to see your email address on the backend of our site so use the one you’d like us to email}.  I can’t wait to hear all of your stories!

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  1. My daughter was at that delicate, yet difficult age of 12 and in 7th grade at Middle School. Almost everyday she would come home from school crying because a boy named Jason told her she was ugly. Of course me being her mother, I thought she was beautiful inside and out. Each time this happened, it just made me a little more angry and hurt for my daughter. I am one of those people that never say anything to anyone and had always kept to myself. However, you can do most anything to me, but when you mess with my baby (no matter how old they get) you have crossed the line. My daughter was on the cheerleading squad and I was waiting outside the gym to pick her up after practice. Once again, she came to the car crying. Jason had told her she was ugly again. It just so happens, Jason was on the basketball team and they had practice that same evening. As she sat in the car crying, I saw the boy’s coming out of the gym. I asked her to point out which one was Jason and she did. I told her to stay in the car, I would be back in a minute. I walked right up to that boy and asked him if his name was Jason… He politely said, “yes mam.” I told him who’s mother I was. That is when my “bad mama” side kicked in. I told him that I was tired of my daughter coming home everyday crying because he had told her she was ugly. I told him if he wanted to see ugly he needed to look in the mirror. Meanwhile, other kids were gathering around us listening, but I didn’t notice at the time. I went on to tell him that my daughter was beautiful and one day he was going to look back and think, “Man, I could have had that, but it would be too late.” I went on to tell him that my daughter better not come home one more day crying because of something he had said to her. Did he understand? Was I making myself clear? Poor boy was trembling and stuttering. As he tried to speak he said, “Did she take me serious, I was just joking with her? I am sorry Mrs. Testerman. I said I’m not the one you need to apologize too. I will be keeping my eye on you, do we understand each other young man??? “Yesssss mammm,” he stuttered. I walked off and got in the car to find my daughter hiding in the floor board. The window was down and she had heard everything. She said, “mom, I will never be able to show my face at school again.” I told her not to think a thing about it, that everything would be fine. The next day she came home from school all smiles and said, “thank you Mom!” Jason came up to me at school today and apologized to me and told me how nice I looked. She went on to say that several of the other kids that had witnessed my “conversation” with Jason had told her what a cool Mom she had. All of them did not like him and said he had it coming and how glad that her Mom had stood up to him. He never bothered her again after that. She is now 32 years old with a 1 year old son. She told me she understood more now more than ever why I took care of that situation. No one better ever mess with her baby. lol I would still do it again today, even though she is 32. No matter how old she get’s, she will always be my baby girl.

  2. Here is one that as a child I thought was embarrassing for my mom, but now that I am a mom, I realize it’s truly an embarrassing story about me!

    I was in 1st or 2nd grade, and it was picture day. I was dressed up, hair was done, and boy, was I pretty! Apparently I had been talking back to my mom all morning, and was still being a snot over breakfast, I don’t really remember that part, but I do remember what happened next! All of a sudden she had enough of my attitude, so she picked up my bowl of cereal and dumped it on my head! I was stunned!

    My older sister told me later (as she walked to school, alone) that she could hear my tantrum from outside the house. At the time and as a young child I thought my mom had lost it-but now that I am a mom, I wonder and apologize endlessly about what I little twit I must have been in order to push my mom over the edge like that! I should probably be grateful that dumping some soggy cereal on my head was all she did! My poor mother!

    1. Cami Turner- I look back at my life and wonder how in the world my mom dealt with me sometimes. This story is definitely one of those moments for you! Now that you are grown and have kids of your own, isn’t it a wonder that we survive at all {WINK}. Thanks for sharing your story!

  3. We were at my grandparent’s house out of state for a summer trip, and we were all congregating in my grandma’s kitchen, visiting. Aunts, uncles, cousins, EVERYONE of all ages. Of course, someone started talking about the weather and how excited they were for summer. My mom blurts out, very loudly, how excited she is and how long she’s been waiting for it to get warm so she can pull out and start wearing her thongs again! (She still refers to flip flops as thongs, even after this…) She was SO embarrassed and red in the face! Poor thing!

    1. Cami- This story is awesome, and I love that not only did your mom refer to her flip-flops as thongs, but she was so excited it was super loud for everyone to hear! Classic. Thanks for sharing!

  4. I was a senior in high school. My mom and I were at the mall, with my exchange student and her friend, another exchange student. We were waiting outside the store for them, and mom thought she needed to embarrass me, so she began scratching my scalp to get the dandruff flakes out of my hair! Oh my gosh, I wanted to crawl in a whole and die! I swatted her hand away and she got all mad.

    1. Heidi Rees- wow! Not only did your mom decide to embarrass you, but she did it in a VERY public place AND in front of multiple friends. Great story! I hope you guys can laugh about it now!

  5. Darci Hansen- this story is just awesome! For a mom who wouldn’t be caught dead without being all done up, this had to have been a horrible day for her. I love that you were able to bail her out, give her an encouraging hug, and go on to class. What laughs still await your future over this. Ha! Thanks so much for sharing.

  6. I don’t remember my mom ever embarrassing me. In fact, I’d guess the experience I’m about to share was much more embarrassing for my mom than for me at the time. To fully appreciate the story- let me tell a little about my mom. She always made sure that everywhere she went, she was dressed very nicely with her hair styled, contacts in, and make-up on. I always knew when she was going somewhere when she put on lipstick.

    In high school, I was walking to a morning class when I heard my name over the PA system- I was being paged to a smaller building of the school. Curious, I turned and walked in the direction of the other building. When I got inside, I found my mom sort of hiding in the main office in her pajamas and glasses, with “morning hair” and no makeup. I couldn’t help but smile. She told me she’d gone into the garage to take out the garbage. The handle on our garage door was the type that, if it was locked, you could open it from the inside, but not the outside. She had accidentally locked herself out of the house. The front door was still locked and she didn’t have a cell phone, so she had grabbed her spare car key from her car and driven herself to the school, opting to head into the smaller building where less students would see her. I gave her my key to the house and she told me she was going to wait for all the students to get into their classes before going back to her car. I gave her a hug and headed off to my class.

    I absolutely adore my mother and we’ve looked back on this day and laughed about it together many times.

  7. I don’t think i was ever embarrassed by my mom but i remember once when my brother decided to stay home from school just because he didnt feel like going. Apparently school was boring. So my mom made him handwash all of his clothes in the bath tub which took him all day. I promise he never skipped another school day again

    1. Marisol Cera- Wow, your mom definitely had a way of teaching you guys your priorities! Every mom could take a lesson from her in how to motivate your children to do what’s best for them. Hand-washing clothes! Sign me up…NOT! Great story. Thanks for sharing!

  8. My mom used to always tell us, “Remember who you are and Choose the Right!!” every time we went anywhere, and if she forgot, she would holler it out the front door or car window! I got teased many times that I had to have a reminder from my mother so I didn’t forget “who I was.” Great advice, though!

    1. Michelle- What a great mom you have! Not only did she look out for your well being, but shared it for all to hear! But it is great advice, so you can’t really blame her right?! LOL

  9. My mom was the women who teach me about growing up and the changes that would take place in my body. She seemed to be a flawless exemple of womanhood, and all that it entails…. except for one time. We went out of town to meet my brothers new fiance. Everyone was dressed up so that we could attend church together after lunch with the fiance. We had a nice conversation with her and everything seemed to be going well. When we got up to leave for church however, my mom, who was wearing a white skirt, had a bright red patch on her bum! Aunt flow was a little heavy that afternoon, and made her presence known to everyone!

    1. Kathryn – oh your poor mom. I think every woman sympathizes with others when we hear stories like this. What a day for that to happen? What a way to say “Welcome to the family”! Thanks for sharing!

  10. I created my own embarrassing Mom-ment when my children were younger. My husband and I took our four kids to a Great Wolf Lodge – where they have those awesome water slides and pools. They also have an enormous water bucket that tips and dumps gallons and gallons of water down on whoever is standing under it. It looked like great fun when everyone got soaked – we couldn’t wait to try it! Well my youngest daughter was pretty small, so being a (over?) protective mom I stood behind her and was going to lean over her to deflect some of the heavy water as it was going to hit her so it would knock her off her feet. The bucket had filled and was starting to tip – down came the the water with a mighty whoosh – and off went my bathing suit top with it! My daughter was safe, but my suit sure didn’t make it.

    1. Oh Lisa- This is HILARIOUS!!!! As I was reading and trying to figure out what direction your story was going in, I wondered if this is what happened and to my delight it WAS! Seriously, laughing so hard. Love it. Your kids will never forget that day…

  11. I can think of one specific time where something my mother did made me want to shrink until I was no more.

    My mother, whenever we parted, would always recite this phrase, “Have a good day, Choose the right, I love you, Go get’em tiger”. This happened every time I left the house, left the car when being dropped off, and actually continued even when I made it to high school.

    It wasn’t so bad most of the time but one time in particular, she was dropping me off at school. I met up with some friends and waved goodbye. She started to leave and remembered she hadn’t said the phrase and stopped, rolled her window down, and yelled the phrase to me. If that wasn’t bad enough, she decided to add a tiger growl at the end of the phrase… O.O

    Oh mothers… what would we do without them. 🙂

    1. Melissa- Aren’t mom’s just awesome?! Not only did your mom have an amazing phrase for you, but decided your friends needed to hear it to, and with a growl! LOL…I can imagine her now, driving away that day, with a HUGE smile on her face – knowing that she probably just mortified you. I love it…

  12. so once upon a time I was a senior in high school and decided to go see a play that one of my best friends, and the guy I liked was in. The night I was going to go see it was on my birthday and my mom said that the only way I could go was if she could come too and sit next to me. Now my birthday is the day before Halloween so she decided to come in costume. It wasn’t just any costume either. It was the worst costume she could have possibly have; curlers, makeup all over had face, she blacked out one of her teeth, had the back of her skirt tucked into her underwear with toilet paper hanging out. I about died. Once I finally got her into the auditorium and sitting down it wasn’t that bad… Until… His family walked in. Cousins and all. My mom hadn’t met his family yet and I wasn’t about to let them meet in this condition. So during intermission I left to remove any possibility of that happening. Intermission was almost over so I went back to my seat. But as soon as I did she stood up and yelled to everyone in the auditorium that it was my birthday and made them all sing happy birthday. I haven’t gone to a play with her since. And I don’t plan on it.

    1. Oh my goodness McKenna- this story is great on so many different levels! Not only did your mom have the best costume EVER, she wanted to share her costume with the world, and it wasn’t even Halloween yet. Not only did she has this epic costume, she stood up in front of the whole audience in it, and asked them to sing you happy birthday! Boy, your mom is great! Amazing story…thanks for sharing!

  13. It is hard to find something embarrassing, because both my mom and I are pretty crazy, but I can definitely recount times that most people would find embarrassing. I took a trip from Michigan to Pigeon Forge TN with a group of people from my church. It was the JOY (Just Old Youth) group that was made of people age 50 and older with my parents being the exception and youngest. I was in high school and decided to tag along. For the entire trip I got weird looks being with 20ish older people. During the trip, we went to a production that used live camels. There was an opportunity before the show to ride one. At the urging of all the older ladies, my mom and I agreed to do it. it wasn’t until I went to get on the camel that I realized, I was wearing a skirt and this wasn’t going to be very lady-like.

    1. Bridgette Troyer – what a fun story. There aren’t many daughters that would want to tag along with 50+ year olds, but then to get on a camel in a skirt! Classic!

  14. Growing up, my mom called flip flop “thongs”. On the door coming in from the garage there was a sign reminding all of my friends “no shoes or thongs aloud inside the house” It always made for some awkward moments when I had friends over.

    1. Branden- I grew up calling flip-flops the same thing, so I totally relate to this story! All I can say is AWKWARD! LOL! Thank you so much for sharing.

  15. In high school, I had a boy over to hang out, my mom came out and simply stated, “I just finished going over the budget, getting your warts removed sure put a dent in it!” I was mortified!

    1. Kerie- Oh my goodness, she didn’t!!!! That is totally something my mom would have done/said. She was constantly telling me that we shouldn’t be ashamed of real-life things. Moms, they really do take the cake! Thanks for sharing your story!

  16. When I was 12 my class performed “We Are The World” (hey,it was the late 80’s!). I was given Kenny Loggins’ part and so my beautiful, detail-oriented mum went to town dressing me up like him, complete with a full-face eye-liner beard. I was horrified when we arrived at the concert to find that everyone had just dressed up generically – I certainly stood out on a stage full of girls dressed up like Madonna!

    1. Erin- wow! Your mom tried to make you all cute for your awesome part, but instead it back fired because no one else was dressed up! Embarrassing indeed!

  17. When I was 16, having just received my drivers license, my mom and I went for a ride, doing errands along the way. We came to one intersection and mom insisted that I turn left there. I told her that the sign said you couldn’t turn between 3 and 6pm but she insisted I turn, since it would save us a lot of time and it was 5:50pm. Well, a police officer observed me turn, stopped and ticketed us! My mom tried to argue with the officer, saying it was her fault but he wouldn’t hear it and gave me a citation to go to Juvenile Court. The following week, we went to court and when my case was called my mom, went up with me and tried to tell the judge it was her fault. That made him mad and he ended up giving me 24 hours of community service. On our way home, she apologized and told me to stop for sundaes at my favorite restaurant! hat was nearly 40 years ago and we still laugh about it!

    1. Paula Termeer- oh my goodness… your story just gets better and better. Not only does your mom (who is supposed to help you obey the rules) tell you to break the law, she gets you a ticket by arguing with the officer. Now, she doesn’t just stop there, she then argues with the judge who doesn’t like it and gives you community service! What?! Her talking got in you in a lot of trouble in this case! LOL. But I guess you got some good ice cream out of it! Awesome story!

  18. My story is about my grandma. (I hope that qualifies!) On my 14th birthday, my mom convinced me to go bra shopping with her. I was a very private person and I didn’t want to wear a bra, but all my friends wore them so I gave in pretty easily. It was, by far, the most embarrassing experience I had had in life to this point. But my mom was sensitive and tender about the whole ordeal, and when we were finished, we picked up several of my friends to go to our house to celebrate with ice cream. My dad got home at the same time we did. As we were walking toward the house, my grandma angrily asked, “Where have you been!” My mom ignored her and we kept walking toward the front door. Grandma asked again … but more angry this time. My mom whispered to her that we’d gone bra shopping for me. My grandma announced, in all seriousness, “She doesn’t need a bra! Just give her two band-aids and save the money!” It killed me, not just because my friends heard, but because my dad heard. I’m sure it embarrassed my mom too.

    1. Mary Taylor – In reading your story, I literally Laughed Out Loud! This story totally reminds me of my grandma and mother in law! Ha! I guess that’s what I get for marrying into a very well endowed family, and coming from one that is’t! What get me even more is that not only did your friends hear that, but your dad! As a 14 year old, that is just too much! Thanks for sharing your fun story.

  19. My mom taught the 11th grade bible study class at my church. She had always wanted to be a teacher and was one of the favorates. She even brought old cloths in so her students could act out scripture. However, when I was in her class she had to do the “birds and the bees” talk. Needless to say I skipped that class but all my friends went. Complete mortification, knowing your mom talked about THAT with your friends. It couldn’t have been easy for her either and everyone said she did a good job. I always did have a “cool mom.”

    1. Erin- I think that having the birds and bees talk is hard enough – but having your mom talk to all your friends about it…NOT fun! LOL. Thanks for sharing.

  20. My sweet mom decided to pick me up from highschool one day. The only embarrassing part was the vehicle. A bright blue, full size BUS. Mortification! I even heard someone ask “she has her own bus?” Not really a “cool” factor!