Have you even unknowingly put your foot in it?

My speciality used to be asking people I didn't see regularly how their partner was, only to be told they had split up some time ago.

Asked a Bank clerk whether she was pregnant 😫- glad we’ve got internet banking

How can you know about something you did unknowingly?

On mumsnet there are always lots of complaints from pregnant women not being
offered a seat on the tube, bus or train. But which man or woman would dare to assume a woman is pregnant when in fact they may be just chubby. Unless they are wearing the baby on board type badge of course.

Probably. But if it was unknowingly I wouldn't know.

unfortunately it seems to be my default setting

I have been asked several times by one person ,"How's my father?"
Telling her that he's passed doesn't seem to sink in.
The one question that has filled with dread is wondering if someone is pregnant or fat .
I have made that mistake once .
I felt absolutely terrible over it.
She laughed.

An occasion that sticks in my mind that was very funny .
A few years ago -at a church lunch one of my friends ,who had been sitting chatting to our Vicar suddenly turned to her and asked "What do you do for a living ?"

Surely it happens to everybody?

What sticks in my mind from years ago is my asking a friend if she was pleased with her new nose after surgery, being positive that others present knew she was having it done. They didn’t. 😱. I’ve never forgiven myself although hopefully she’s forgotten.