42 ^ Cosmopolitan ^ DECEMBER 2016

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“I hAVe

MeMoRISeD,

WoRD F oR

WoRD, The

eNTIRe FIRST

ePISoDe oF

FRIeNDS. NoT

AShAMeD.”

—nEtHRa, 18

“WHEn I Was 7, I snEEzED In cHuRcH

anD IT MaDE ME FaRT aT THE saME

TIME. IT Was DuRIng a sIlEnT

pRayER anD EVERyOnE In THE

cHuRcH sTaRTED laugHIng. yEaRs

laTER, I aM sTIll scaRRED.”

—talia, 21

i was Flirting with a guy in

Close proximity to a Fire and

got too near the Flames.

my sleeve and hair Caught

ablaze, and i had to end my

Flirting abruptly to stop,

drop and roll. not the Kind

oF Flame i wanted to start

t h a t n i g h t. ”

—aMas Hi, 25

“i was at a party when

i had the urge to vom.

t here was no bathroom,

so i threw up into the

Cup i’d been drinKing

F rom. then, i Found a

random lid, squeezed

it on the Cup, leFt it in

a Corner and Kept

danCing. party on!”

—kausHi, 25

“a gEckO clIMbED up My

THIgH anD I Was sO

nERVOus, I pIssED

MysElF In FROnT

OF 3 pEOplE. WHaT

HappEnED TO My sEnsE

OF blaDDER cOnTROl?! ”

—HasHini, 26

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“I WANTeD A SeAT

oN The BUS,

So I STUCK oUT

MY SToMACh AND

RUBBeD IT T o

MAKe IT See M lIK e

I WAS PReGNANT.

A GUY GoT UP

AND oFFeReD M e

hIS PlACe!”

—PRiya, 26

“The first time I had dinner at my boyfriend’s

place, I f looded the bathroom when I f lushed the

loo (too much paper and old plumbing!). I tried to

soak up the mess with fancy hand towels, but the

leak wouldn’t stop. Then his entire family came in

to see if I was okay. Mortifying.”

—natasHa, 24

8 “I’ M SeCReTlY

DATING MY C olleGe

RooMMATe’ S ex-

BoYFRIeND. She’D

hAV e MY heAD IF

She FoUND oUT!”

—sHEEna, 25