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<p>It&#39;s impossible to be perfectly graceful and aware of your surroundings at all times, and every so often a faux pas can be construed as landing in the creepy zone.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/sejjdj/when_did_you_realize_oh_crap_im_the_one_being/">Reddit thread</a> had people diving into their repressed memories with the question,&quot;When did you realize &ldquo;oh crap, I&rsquo;M the one being creepy?&quot;</p><p>Let him who has not accidentally been a creep cast the first stone.</p><h2>We&#39;re all a bit creepy when we have a crush.</h2><p>1. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/loadedbakedpopaypo/">loadedbakedpopaypo</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I had a huge dumb crush on a way older coworker (37) when I was 19. He said something like, &ldquo;yeah and some people just don&rsquo;t get the hint to leave you alone even if you make it obvious&rdquo; while looking at me. Whoops!</p> </blockquote><p>2. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jocelyn_paradoxx/">jocelyn_paradoxx</a>:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>When I was in grade 5 I had this crush on this guy from the grade above. I would ask my friends to help take or find pictures of him and send them all to me. After 2 years I realized how creepy I was and damn was I embarrassed.</p> </blockquote><p>3. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/redditorbali/">redditorbali</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>In 5th grade, I would call my crush only to hang up once it&#39;s picked up. It was the time of pre mobile phones. There was a chance that his dad or his sister and they did, multiple times.</p> </blockquote><p>4. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/abysmalme/">abysmalme</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>In college, I had a huge crush on this girl (she knew). I used to follow her around, during dates with her boyfriend at the time, her commute home, wherever I can. I would make sure she saw me and say hi from the background. I realized it was SO CREEPY now that we&#39;re married.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>5. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MetalDetectorists/">MetalDetectorists</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I had a one night stand with a guy at a music festival, and knew he was from my city.</p> <p>I knew his first name, city he was from, job he did, and favourite band. I just used Facebook to find him using those tags, found him and then messaged him asking him to come out with me.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>It wasn&#39;t until a little bit later that it dawned on me how fucking creepy that was. I would be horrified if someone did that to me</p> </blockquote><h2>Sometimes creepiness is an occupational hazard.</h2><p>6. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/coffeeblossom/">coffeeblossom</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>When I learned how to do phlebotomy for my job (med tech), I started finding myself staring at people&#39;s veins. And then I&#39;m like, &quot;Okay, Self, stop it, you&#39;re being creepy!&quot;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Ignorance is bliss.</h2><p>7. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/gor8884/">gor8884</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>When Snapchat first came out, I didn&rsquo;t know that screenshot-ing someones photo notified them.</p> </blockquote><p>8. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Jimcompetent/">Jimcompetent</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>At the gym I often look around between sets, not really at anyone or anything, but a few times I&#39;ve glossed over and then realised I&#39;ve been staring at someone. I then proceed to avoid all eye contact.</p> </blockquote><h2>Timing is everything.</h2><p>9. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/JohnEKaye/">JohnEKaye</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I was really, really high one night and got up at about 3:00am to use the bathroom. My hallway leading to the bathroom faces the apartment building next door. As I was walking over; I noticed a woman completely naked by the window in her apartment. In the less than 5 seconds that I noticed it, and processed what I was seeing, she happened to look up right at my window.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>I had turned on the bathroom light already, so she could fully see me. I then slowly kneeled out of frame, like I was doing the elevator bit, because I was so high and didn&rsquo;t know what else to do. I felt so awful and uncomfortable.</p> </blockquote><p>10. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/DisgruntledFlamingo/">DisgruntledFlamingo</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Went home to a friend&rsquo;s place and slept on her couch. Woke up in the morning and she&rsquo;d already gone to work but left me a note to help myself to cornflakes for breakfast. Her roommate and I hadn&rsquo;t met yet and when her roommate walked out of her room she found this random woman eating breakfast in her kitchen. Poor thing.</p> </blockquote><h2>They had good intentions.</h2><p>11. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Cessily/">Cessily</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>It was raining and I was driving back to my office from a meeting and I saw two kids walking a busy stretch of road heading for an apartment complex that was still a bit off. I pulled over and offered them a ride cause I&#39;m a mom and dunno. They both refused and trudged on.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>It literally took 30 minutes before I realized I asked 2 random kids to get in my car. Of course they refused!</p> </blockquote><p>12. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/sujal456/">sujal456</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>My wife and I were at her sister&#39;s house, and I walk into the kitchen, where I saw my wife talking to someone (I forget who). Anyway, I started caressing her ass. As she turned around, I was mortified to see it was her sister, who looks exactly like my wife from the back, apparently. We all laughed about it, but I was completely embarrassed.</p> </blockquote><p>13. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/whereisthestuff/">whereisthestuff</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>A few years ago, Instagram had this feature where it would show you what your friends are liking and following. I was new to Instagram and on vacation. So, I stalked my friends through this. I noticed that one of the friends had liked a lot of sad posts. When I saw him the next time, I asked him if he had broken up with his girlfriend and he had! He was shocked how I knew. In that moment, I felt pretty creepy.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>14. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/redditorbali/">redditorbali</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>In 5th grade, I would call my crush only to hang up once it&#39;s picked up. It was the time of pre mobile phones. There was a chance that his dad or his sister and they did, multiple times.</p> </blockquote><p>15. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/DownAirShine/">DownAirShine</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I was taking a bus from downtown late at night when I saw a woman reading a book I recently finished and tried to talk to her about it. It was incredibly awkward</p> <p>Sometimes, creepiness pays off.</p> </blockquote><p>16. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jsscool/">jsscool</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Back in high school I was dating a girl I really really liked... and when I would be dropping her off after a date. I would always go like 10 miles under the speed limit so I could spend more time with her.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>17. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/NeutralGoodguy/">NeutralGoodguy</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>When I asked my friend when she switched to a very specific shampoo and she just looked at me weird for a few seconds.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I immediately explained it to her though; I happened to use that very same shampoo a couple of years ago, and I simply thought it suited her really well. She also knows I&#39;m very smell-sensitive, so that helps I guess.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

17 people share a time when they realized they were the creep in the room.

It&#39;s impossible to be perfectly graceful and aware of your surroundings at all times, and every so often a faux pas can be construed as landing in the creepy zone.A Reddit thread had people diving into their repressed memories with the question,&quot;When did you realize &ldquo;oh crap, I&rsquo;M the one being creepy?&quot;Let him who has not accidentally been a creep cast the first stone.We&#39;re all a bit creepy when we have a crush.1. From loadedbakedpopaypo: I had a huge dumb crush on a way older coworker (37) when I was 19. He said something like, &ldquo;yeah and some people just don&rsquo;t get the hint to leave you alone even if you make it obvious&rdquo; while looking at me. Whoops! 2. From jocelyn_paradoxx: When I was in grade 5 I had this crush on this guy from the grade above. I would ask my friends to help take or find pictures of him and send them all to me. After 2 years I realized how creepy I was and damn was I embarrassed. 3. From redditorbali: In 5th grade, I would call my crush only to hang up once it&#39;s picked up. It was the time of pre mobile phones. There was a chance that his dad or his sister and they did, multiple times. 4. From abysmalme: In college, I had a huge crush on this girl (she knew). I used to follow her around, during dates with her boyfriend at the time, her commute home, wherever I can. I would make sure she saw me and say hi from the background. I realized it was SO CREEPY now that we&#39;re married. 5. From MetalDetectorists: I had a one night stand with a guy at a music festival, and knew he was from my city. I knew his first name, city he was from, job he did, and favourite band. I just used Facebook to find him using those tags, found him and then messaged him asking him to come out with me.  It wasn&#39;t until a little bit later that it dawned on me how fucking creepy that was. I would be horrified if someone did that to me Sometimes creepiness is an occupational hazard.6. From coffeeblossom: When I learned how to do phlebotomy for my job (med tech), I started finding myself staring at people&#39;s veins. And then I&#39;m like, &quot;Okay, Self, stop it, you&#39;re being creepy!&quot; Ignorance is bliss.7. From gor8884: When Snapchat first came out, I didn&rsquo;t know that screenshot-ing someones photo notified them. 8. From Jimcompetent: At the gym I often look around between sets, not really at anyone or anything, but a few times I&#39;ve glossed over and then realised I&#39;ve been staring at someone. I then proceed to avoid all eye contact. Timing is everything.9. From JohnEKaye: I was really, really high one night and got up at about 3:00am to use the bathroom. My hallway leading to the bathroom faces the apartment building next door. As I was walking over; I noticed a woman completely naked by the window in her apartment. In the less than 5 seconds that I noticed it, and processed what I was seeing, she happened to look up right at my window.  I had turned on the bathroom light already, so she could fully see me. I then slowly kneeled out of frame, like I was doing the elevator bit, because I was so high and didn&rsquo;t know what else to do. I felt so awful and uncomfortable. 10. From DisgruntledFlamingo: Went home to a friend&rsquo;s place and slept on her couch. Woke up in the morning and she&rsquo;d already gone to work but left me a note to help myself to cornflakes for breakfast. Her roommate and I hadn&rsquo;t met yet and when her roommate walked out of her room she found this random woman eating breakfast in her kitchen. Poor thing. They had good intentions.11. From Cessily: It was raining and I was driving back to my office from a meeting and I saw two kids walking a busy stretch of road heading for an apartment complex that was still a bit off. I pulled over and offered them a ride cause I&#39;m a mom and dunno. They both refused and trudged on.  It literally took 30 minutes before I realized I asked 2 random kids to get in my car. Of course they refused! 12. From sujal456: My wife and I were at her sister&#39;s house, and I walk into the kitchen, where I saw my wife talking to someone (I forget who). Anyway, I started caressing her ass. As she turned around, I was mortified to see it was her sister, who looks exactly like my wife from the back, apparently. We all laughed about it, but I was completely embarrassed. 13. From whereisthestuff: A few years ago, Instagram had this feature where it would show you what your friends are liking and following. I was new to Instagram and on vacation. So, I stalked my friends through this. I noticed that one of the friends had liked a lot of sad posts. When I saw him the next time, I asked him if he had broken up with his girlfriend and he had! He was shocked how I knew. In that moment, I felt pretty creepy. 14. From redditorbali: In 5th grade, I would call my crush only to hang up once it&#39;s picked up. It was the time of pre mobile phones. There was a chance that his dad or his sister and they did, multiple times. 15. From DownAirShine: I was taking a bus from downtown late at night when I saw a woman reading a book I recently finished and tried to talk to her about it. It was incredibly awkward Sometimes, creepiness pays off. 16. From jsscool: Back in high school I was dating a girl I really really liked... and when I would be dropping her off after a date. I would always go like 10 miles under the speed limit so I could spend more time with her. 17. From NeutralGoodguy: When I asked my friend when she switched to a very specific shampoo and she just looked at me weird for a few seconds.  I immediately explained it to her though; I happened to use that very same shampoo a couple of years ago, and I simply thought it suited her really well. She also knows I&#39;m very smell-sensitive, so that helps I guess. 

It&#39;s impossible to be perfectly graceful and aware of your surroundings at all times, and every so often a faux pas can be construed as landing in the creepy zone.  A Reddit thread had people diving into their repressed memories with...