2019-09-01 Cosmopolitan South Africa

‘Oneweekend

afternoon,

I decidedto go

hangoutwith

mymanager

duringhisshift

at therestaurant

wherewe

worked.I had

a majorcrush

onhim,so

I figuredI’dflirt

shamelesslyat

thebar.When

hisshiftwasover

andthesexual

tensionwasat

its peak,we

wentbackto

myplaceand

hookedup.It

wasn’tuntiltwo

weekslaterthat

I foundouthe

wasmarried.’

• AU B R E Y, 24

‘While sipping

bottomless

mimosas with

my friends, I got

up to go to the

bathroom, and

halfway between

my table and the

bathroom, I fell

right on my ass.

When I stood up,

I looked down

to see I had

slipped on an

effing pancake.

Everyone

laughed, but

then the waiter

brought me

complimentary

pancakes.’

-TAYLOR, 24

‘After a few drinks

at brunch with

my best friend,

we decided we

should have

a podcast.

I e-mailed someone

I knew and

requested

a meeting with

her producer.

I guess I’m

productive while

tipsy because

we landed the

meeting! We

recorded a few

episodes, but

since we fully

BSed our way

through it, we

had to say we just

didn’t have the

time to pursue it.’

• LU CY, 26

‘Duringa very

boozySunday

Funday,my

friendsand

I startedchatting

witha family

sittingnearby.

WhenI looked

at myphonethe

nextday,I found

a tonof selfies

I didn’tremember

featuringmewith

thatentirefamily

• evena group
  shotof us with
  myheadresting
  onthegrandpa’s
  shoulder.
  I wonderwhere
  theyarenow...’
  -ATHENA, 23

‘Duringa funweekendwithmy

varsityfriends,wewenttothis

barknownforbuild-your-own

BloodyMarys.Whileinlinetoget

one,I bentovertotiemyshoe.

AsI stoodup,I bumpedintoa

shelfofBloodyingredients. That

shelfsmashedintoa secondshelf,

whichfellintoa third.Therewere

wings,beefsticksandolives

everywhere.Everyoneassumed

I waswasted,butI wassober!The

hostaskedmetoreturntomyseat

andbroughtmewater .’

-MORGAN, 24

If youdidn’tspillyourthirdmimosa,

wasit evenbrunch?

Confessions:

brunch edition

Tal

king^

sh*tand

get

tin

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lit

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