Okay so this isn't really MY embarassing story, but I figured it might make some people laugh...
My parents go away to Florida every year, and usually they're joined by my Mom's sister & my Grandparents. This was several years ago; it was about a week before my parents were due to leave, and we were having a "family" dinner at my Grandparents' house.
My Mother, Aunt and Gram sat at one end of the table talking, while my Father, sister, brother, Grandfather & myself all had our own conversation going on at the other end of the table (
it was the end closest to the bottle of wine
). Apparently, my Gram was telling my Mom & Aunt about how she'd fallen the week before, and now had this enormous bruise on her hip. Of course, as the rest of us were fighting over the wine, only my Mom & Aunt heard Gram telling about the bruise.
Right after, my Aunt changed the subject to the oh-so-dinner-table-appropriate topic of "bathing suit readiness" for Florida (
bikini lines). Ya... I know. My aunt's a strange person. But, I digress. Anyway, I guess my Gram hadn't heard the subject change (
but the rest of the table had - hoo boy, there was an outcry when we heard the phrase "bikini line" at the table with my PARENTS and GRANDPARENTS! Just ICK!), and she suddenly stood up, saying, "Here, I'll show you..."
and began unbuttoning her pants!!
Holy crap - you have
never heard a louder outcry than when we thought Gram was trying to show us her bikini line at the dinner table!

There was a general scream, followed by the covering of eyes and random flailing, as we all tried to run away.

Turns out though, that she just wanted my Mom & Aunt to see the bruise on the top of her hip. To this day, she doesn't understand why we were so upset when she stood up!