Are there any social faux pas you fear?

For example, I'm terrified of smelling bad

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200ok@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y

Unintentionally saying something insensitive

WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 1y (2 replies)

All of them, real or imagined.

ptz@dubvee.org · 22 pts · 1y (1 reply)

WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y

Yes.

Both before and after.

DeceasedPassenger@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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klemptor@startrek.website · 8 pts · 1y

Yup, women have something similar: "perfume should be discovered, not announced"

200ok@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y

Overstaying my welcome

thatradomguy@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

I sometimes choke on nothing. Happens very, very rarely but it gets ugly when I do it.

grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Passing out in public. I've done it 3 times, none of them because I was drunk, and let me tell you, that embarrassment lasts a lifetime. It hasn't happened in like 25 years, but if I feel even slightly off, I'll excuse myself and go find a quiet corner, because I would rather die there alone than be remembered as that person who fainted in public.

Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

I feel this as well. I have a condition that makes it hard to breathe, so sometimes I just blackout from lack of oxygen. The only time this happened in public, I had a seizure to accompany and wet myself. I woke up with a bunch of dudes looking over me and had some stranger's fingers in my mouth because he was worried I'd bite my tongue. Yeah. No thanks

xylogx@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

When the waitress says, “Enjoy your meal!” and I respond, “You too!”

Sheer existential dread.

flubba86@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

One time someone said to me "Happy Birthday", on my birthday, and I said "Thanks, you too". It wasn't also their Birthday.

insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Laughing really hard when I haven't been to the toilet recently and I pee myself.

So I go to the toilet a lot just in case.

napkin2020@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y

Not really faux pas per se, but I have a very minor condition that makes my walking look slightly uncomfortable. I can either walk with very much tolerable pain or look a tiny bit funny. I am always self aware of it.

OceanSoap@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y

Bad breath. I have a toothbrush and paste at work so I can immediately fix it if I even think my breath might be funky.

temporal_spider@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

It's not a social faux pas, it's a severe mental health condition, but I have some fear of becoming a hoarder. My partner and I have several of the risk factors, so I keep trying to get rid of stuff.

BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

Laughing at an inappropriate moment

I do it farly often so I'm very scared of it