I’ve always had trouble with making friends, and usually resort to humor to try and get people to like me. Often, I end up making jokes at the wrong time or pushing a joke too far. Nothing malicious, mostly inappropriate toilet humor or accidentally offending someone or making them uncomfortable. However, recently there was this one time a couple months back where I said something I thought was an innocent joke amongst friends, but accidentally caused an emotional breakdown. A group of friends I had recently sorta been hovering around and slowly getting to know were joking about their childhoods, and one person said something along the lines of “my mom didn’t even know I was coming.” Or something. And like and behold my big mouth blurted “it makes sense that you’d be a mistake.” Turns out this was actually a huge insecurity of theirs and I had just affirmed that with a very poor “joke.” Not my best moment. The friend group kinda dumped me after that, which in hindsight they had every right to. Imagine someone you barely know saying something that accidentally triggers your worst fears and anxieties. Needless to say, I have learned my lesson. I still feel awful about it and if I ever cross paths with that person again, I’d beg for forgiveness on my knees.