What is the stupidest thing you’ve done to impress someone?

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AmandaYVR · Accepted Answer

I'm really trying to think of something because it's a fun, human, q. But I don't know.

Here's an embarrassing story that I still remember to this day.
I had just started dating a guy, we were in our very low 20s. I knew him from school, always thought he was cool but we had almost zero interaction then. Ran into him at a bar, long after graduation, and we had a nice chat. He was very easy to talk to. I gave him my number, sort of asked him out-ish, and soon after he called me and we started a relationship.
He used to sell weed, quite a lot of it, to his friends, so he had a pager. He always had it on him. It would buzz and he'd check msgs often. That was the best way to get a hold of him (long before cell phones, right), so one day I called him, all happy, and left a message basically saying I wanted to get together, come over later, whatever. It was mushy, maybe sort of cute, but highly embarrassing. So after it said 'review your message' and I heard it, I thought "oh hellz no. I can't send that." So I re-recorded it. Sent that one.
Well apparently that wasn't how his pager worked. For I don't know what reason, he received BOTH messages. One playing it very cool, tempered, almost business-like, and the other all happy and flirty and shit.
How do I know he got both? Well he was too cool and too nice a guy (actually a real gentlemen underneath the facade, which is what I am good at - finding those rare types) to tell me himself. But he lived in a big house that his parents left to him and his brother, and there were always people crashing there overnight, and hanging out all day. It was like an open door policy. And it was one of his best friends, that I became friends with, that told me. He said he played the messages to him. I was mortified. I don't think I told him (the boyfriend) that I knew. It was quite comical, how that all went down.
Anyway, didn't last long at all (a friend came back into his life, and he wanted to try a relationship with her; fine), but right after he broke up with me to go pursue this other thing, his friend asked me out. And another friend, too. And I always wondered if that stupid double message thing was actually a negative... or maybe a positive.
(Goes back to the "mistake" concept, right. That's just one example. Shit like that haunts me. It's totally trivial, yet also somewhat impactful.)

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I don't even want to think about it. 🤣 Most of it was done when I was a stupid teen, and thankfully a lot of those memories have faded (or I have simply chosen to not think about them anymore, which is probably for the best).

I used to stretch the truth quite a bit and embellish things a lot in my teens trying to be "cool". I'm sure at least some of it was pretty obvious to most people and I made a huge ass out of myself.

I also did really stupid shit trying to be funny/cool and ended up looking like an idiot. Said and did some bizarre/off the wall things (you know how teenagers love shock value), and all of it was so far from my real personality it was insane. Moral of the story: just be yourself. If you try to be someone you're not, you will only make yourself look like a fool, as it is almost always very obvious (especially at a young age).

I also went through a very embarrassing ICP phase and thought of myself as a "Juggalette" 🤮, and was not afraid to be very open about that fact. I thought people would think I was some sort of edgy badass, but now I'm extremely embarrassed about it and am more than happy for that phase to stay in the past where it belongs! At least I never got around to wearing the clown makeup! 🤣

ImmortalHanma · Accepted Answer

Pulled the fire alarm at school I was walking by these two guys and a bunch of girls and one of them told me to pull the fire alarm and I took it as a joke laughed it off and kept walking but then the other guy said I won’t do it cus I’m scared and not gonna lie that struck a nerve like bitch I ain’t never scared and I pulled it then folded my arms and glared at him I looked so cool and didn’t even get caught

DCooper · Accepted Answer

It wasn't really to impress anyone, but I did a nice smokey burnout in the driveway earlier when I got back from the grocery store. It started when I got bored waiting for the garage door to go up, lol

jennifer_bloom · Answer

I once spent so much time staring at a guy I liked that I missed my bus home and had to call my parents to pick me up.

Apulu_3 · Answer

I think the worst thing I did was a sucide mission. Actually not that way, once I was playing truth and dare with my friends and as a fearless one I choosed dare. My friend took the nearest thing to her which was glue and said me "I will believe you are brave if you drink 5-10 drops of this at least". I was hesitant but agreed when she said she will give me a treat for that. I took a spoon and put 10 drops of glue and eat it like a person eats syrup. To be honest it felt like nothing but a sticky tasteless syrup at first them it started to taste bitter. I just spit out the glue on the friend who gave me that dare because she was literally in front of my face looking at my reaction. Then I think I went to vomit because it was so disgusting. But still I got an ice cream so I think it was worth it.

PrettyBama · Answer

He said Walt Whitman was his favorite poet. I already had a piece of Whitmans MOST FAMOUS poem memorized so the next time we hung out, I recited some of it and he had no idea what it was lol so yeah. I tried to impress him with a poet whose name he only dropped to impress me. It was embarrassing for the both of us.

Medlife · Answer

I got married 😬. I met my ex before a flight and I had no intention to saying yes to the guy, but just to hurt her I told her im getting married and I did. 11 years later she texted me out of the blue, and said I broke her heart. I broke both of our hearts that day🥺

snowgirl123 · Answer

I don't think it is about what is stupid, but about doing things for people who will not appreciate you, and will even complain. the smallest or greatest acts of love/friendship should be cherished and taken deep into the heart. unless you're committing a crime or hurting others, there's nothing that is stupid, but just lovely.

JenniferStar · Answer

When I was I Jr High, thought could get a guy to like me by getting him alone between classes and flashing him. Turn out all I did was get in a thank you from the guy and internal suspension from an assistant principal that walked around the corner. Dad still brings that up and laughs when I tell him about guys I'm dating.

tatianamay · Answer

I've never really tried to "impress" anyone romantically. That's just not my thing lol. But does trying to impress teachers in middle school to get good grades count? 😆

Siren777 · Answer

Paint them... now I paint myself and flowers, would be a waste for the wrong person. Or paint wild life in Africa.

19magic · Answer

I can't say I've ever done something really stupid I think the most out of character thing I've done was had a smoke of his cigarette, I didn't make a complete fool of myself since I smoked a bit of weed before but he still told me he noticed lol

OrangeTea · Answer

Back when I was 13 I put water in 2 small balloons and I put them inside my t-shirt to show the guy I had a crush on that I am growing woman and I have big boobs too. I ended up making a fool of myself and I never tried to do it again.

juliammm · Answer

I have done stupid things, but not to impress. They were stupid in a sense as they were counterproductive.

claryy · Answer

I have done some stupid things, but I never did a stupid thing to impress someone else

Simply_M3 · Answer

I've done my fair share of stupid things. Not to impress someone, but to show I loved them and or cared.

Mollynotgemma · Answer

Too many to think of!!! I suppose the stupidity is me! I’m the stupidest thing tol

Coulis · Answer

I've never had to do that. I just amplify my actual self when I want to impress someone. Works every time 😉.

dustybiker · Answer

Jumped a chain.. in new sneakers. It took three months to heal my wrists. Wasn’t the smartest move.

Arcreactor81 · Answer

I wore stilettos once to impress a person I'd just met.
(It's a girly thing, kinda, so I thought they wouldn't think of me as "boring")

I think it's safe to say that I'm never going within 2 metres of heels.

menina · Answer

Complimenting myself after being complimented by a man who didn't deserve my attention.

CrazyGirl2 · Answer

Probably writing a bunch of very embarrassing stuff here!

Cherry234 · Answer

I don't remember doing anything really stupid to impress someone

Gothrocker · Answer

Spent money on gifts for them and ferrying them around in my car.

exitseven · Answer

I dove off a bridge to impress a girl. The tide had gone out and if I didn't put my arms out in front of me I would have broken my neck.

JasmineSydney · Answer

I have never done anything stupid to impress anyone

t-8900 · Answer

Multiple, can't pick. In fact I can't even bring up recent events. Christ I'm having issues mentally dealing with them right now.

Laura456 · Answer

Stared for too long until I think I creeped him out :D

Anonymous · Answer

quit my job to get her attention. She was a coworker

Phoenix98 · Answer

Nothing, honestly. Never really felt the need to do stupid stuff to impress women.

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

Never bothered to attempt impressing people, or do stupid things.

Tiptoetamm · Answer

Spend money on them and shouldn't have

m33lad · Answer

Are used to now I actually don’t care and what’s funny is the more girls attracted to me now even though I’m old and uglier now.

Gwenhwyfar · Answer

Flashed my tits to a guy

Anonymous · Answer

I was trying be a bad boy so I started smoking 🚬 , now I can't quit it I'm addicted but I want to quit it's not good for me. But I don't smoke even for 2 days I get very uneasy.

And Sad part is I didn't even get the girl.

Anonymous · Answer

13 years old at camp, I pretended that I drink coffee and do yoga. It was my first cup of coffee ever and I hated it. And then I was so anxious that I would be asked to demonstrate some yoga poses.

LinaDaGoddess · Answer

Push my morals aside.

Assi2k · Answer

There’s no need to try. I just be me hon💕

GoldenCage · Answer

becoming religious 🤣

Slim57 · Answer

Used the stupidest pick up line ever that me and my friend came up with and it worked on my ex

SphynxUK · Answer

I don’t think I’ve ever tried to impress someone.

Anonymous · Answer

Tried flexing my "muscles" at my crush when I was in grade school

GaGirls · Answer

Killed someone

Nazgol · Answer

Agree to have sex in a college classroom..

serious · Answer

Never did anything like that.

sensible27 · Answer

Lived, i think it was better to die.

lilyanony1 · Answer

Acted mean

es20490446e · Answer

Talk about software development.

Justneedtokno · Answer

Spent money on them

ChiPaPa · Answer

I don't bother to impress people.

Anonymous · Answer

Sent nudes.

Morgador · Answer

Spend way ro much money

TheAfrikan · Answer

Shipping a gift to her.

lovedejj_xo · Answer

Nothing lol

Kroberts16 · Answer

Not be myself

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