Here’s how to redeem yourself after an embarrassing moment strikes.

We’ve all had our share of embarrassing moments. (Basically, if I’m conscious I’m embarrassing myself in some form.) Whether you just spilled a drink on the hottest guy you’ve ever seen or bitched about somebody without realizing they’re standing right behind you, some blunders are easier to move on from while some are the stuff of decade-long nicknames amongst your friends.

The thing to always remember as you’re hiding under your proverbial rock: You’ve survived embarrassing moments before, and you’ll survive this one too. Below, 9 simple ways to recover—you know, with as much of your dignity in tact as possible.

1. Ignore it

There are times when you’re lucky enough to sidestep an embarrassing moment just before it’s about to happen—or it happens but nobody’s paying attention. Simply continue on with your day (and make time to high five yourself later).

2. Apologize for it

If the embarrassing moment impacts someone else—especially when it comes to those lovely foot-in-mouth fiascos—all you can really do is apologize and assure them you’ve learned from your mistake.

3. Explain yourself

Usually embarrassing moments happen when we’re not paying attention or our mind has wandered elsewhere (for example, accidentally emailing the wrong person or spelling their name wrong). Explaining why it happened shows you’re thoughtful about other people’s feelings and that you own up to the whole being human thing.

4. Laugh about it

It’s always a relief when you’re able to tackle an awkward situation with a sense of humor. Make it so that people are laughing with you, not at you. Most embarrassing moments turn into hilarious stories for future cocktail parties (filled with more embarrassment) anyway.

5. Make a joke of it

If it’s an embarrassing moment that happens to you often—for example, being my mother’s daughter means walking around with food on my shirt—turn it into a funny running gag throughout your interactions with people. Embracing your flaws instead of feeling bad about them will make future embarrassing moments feel less so.

6. Play it up

The one move I admire most is when something embarrassing happens and the person turns it into an epic moment. As everybody’s watching (and laughing their asses off), they stay in the moment a little while longer and turn it into an Oscar-winning performance. Not only does it help lighten the mood, but it shows you can handle whatever’s thrown at you like a boss.

7. Vent about it

Call up your BFF and vent about your mortifying day. It’s the best way to get it off your chest and move on. Plus, BFFs are all about encouraging you to not be so hard on yourself—it’s basically their job.

8. Learn from it

Use them as learning curves to avoid embarrassing moments in the future. For example, I now know not to ever (ever) wear white at the dinner table.

9. Get back on the horse

If you told a cringeworthy joke at the last budget meeting, don’t call in sick for the next one: Step right back into that room and get on with your life. Because everyone else will be so focused on their own embarrassing moments, they probably won’t even remember it happened anyway.

How do you deal with embarrassing moments?

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Drunk sex: The good, the bad, and the really, really drunk.

Ah, drunk sex. For the awkward girls in the crowd, it’s sometimes the one thing that makes you feel a little less like Steve Urkel and a little more like Stefan Urquelle – until the next morning, of course (I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!). And this phenomenon occurs no matter your relationship status: The stumbling, the nausea, the losing your spot, the forgetting his name (of course, that last one could just be me).

Drunk sex can only go one of two ways: Really good or really bad, but in the moment you totally don’t notice the difference (thank gawd). Here are 19 insanely embarrassing (yet totally normal) things that happen during drunk sex:

1. The face plant on the way to the bedroom. (If there’s only one thing on the floor to trip over, your feet will gravitate in that direction.)
2. You go into the bathroom to freshen up beforehand and momentarily forget there’s a guy waiting for you, so you start getting ready for bed.
3. He touches your ass and you start laughing, a la the Ross and Rachel incident.
4. He launches an ungodly beer burp in your direction. You promise yourself you’ll get back at him for it later.
5. As he goes to grab a condom, your vibrator rolls out from the back of your nightstand drawer and you can tell he’s comparing himself to it.
6. He can’t find your g-spot… because he can’t find your vagina.
7. That thing where everything feels like it’s happening in slow motion.
8. When he tries to talk dirty he sounds like Boomhauer.
9. You scream out the wrong name and he totally doesn’t care.
10. The chafing. Oh looord, the chafing.
11. You’re both so loud you can hear your roommate giggling in the other room.
12. Fantasy: You’re sexing like Beyonce. Reality: You’re sexing like McLovin.
13. Motion sickness.
14. When rendezvousing at his place, you notice a picture of him and his girlfriend on his nightstand and think it’s really great he’s so close to his sister.
15. At one point you wonder who’s going to start crying first.
16. Oh em gee is this ever going to be over?!
17. He passes out on top of you and you almost suffocate.
18. Queefing. That is all.
19. You wake up the next morning to discover you’ve slept with a guy sporting a soul patch that moves in the breeze as he snores.

What’s the funniest thing that’s happened to you during drunk sex?

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