Every person has a fear to find him or herself in an awkward situation, like falling from the steps in front of a large audience on a special event, or making his or her boss the butt of a joke while he’s standing right behind, or being on the verge of wetting his or her pants with no restrooms available. People try to avoid such situations, but nevertheless they happen whether we want it or not. Yep, doo happens. But it is up to us to decide how to handle embarrassing situations.

Women seem to be an unlimited source of funny and not so funny ‘oops’, but the way they get over the situation is another reason for men to take their hats off. Would you continue to dance if your top was falling off? Or continue to walk when you’ve just fallen off your heels? Twice? Being recorded on video and shown in the news? Some of us would simply run away and hide.

Embarrassing situations are often reproduced on TV: comedies and different commercials offer us a great variety of scenes to laugh at while thanking God we’re not the main characters of the episode.

Anyway, there are some good tips to follow if you managed to perform an ‘oops’. First of all – you should learn how to laugh at yourself. Our sense of humor often helps us to cast away the awkwardness of the situation. Secondly – learn to accept your mistake or the event that had happened. And at last – don’t stick to the problem: never return to it in your talks and in your mind. Tell yourself: ‘Yes, that happened but it’s over now’.