Whether you like it or not, awkward situations will happen.

For the sake of comedy I have laid out what I consider the top 10 most awkward situations.

Many of you know what I am talking about and for those of you who don’t, consider yourself warned–one of these might just happen to you.

10. Who pays on a first date?

Men and women alike will know what I mean. A first date is an awkward encounter already, but when the check comes it only gets worse.

What are the implications? What will he or she think? Well, I don’t know the answers to these questions, but one thing is for certain: You are being awkward.

9. The False Wave

That moment when you think someone is waving at you, but in reality they are waving at someone behind you. In an effort to be friendly, you wave back (even if you have no clue who the person is).

You think to yourself, “What an idiot, I don’t even know you.” Well, I guess the joke’s on you.

8. Why is this person holding the door open?

Yup, you are 50 feet from the door and you see that someone is holding it open for you. Speeding up doesn’t help. The damage is already done.

7. The wait for the urinals.

Something that all men hate: waiting for an open urinal. For those of you who have never experienced this before (ladies), imagine standing next to a toilet, needing to pee and having no way to do it. Yeah, I can tell you that it’s awkward.

6. Dialing the wrong number

Whether you are the caller or the callee, this encounter is not too pretty, and let’s just hope the other person speaks English.

5. Falling in public (and pretending it didn’t happen).

It’s happened to you, admit it.

4. Where’s my credit card?

The line is a mile long and as you search every inch or your clothing while what seems like a million eyes stare you down. Hopefully you find it, but if not– well, that another can of worms.

3. Should we shake hands or hug?

You never know if that distant cousin that you haven’t seen in years is worthy of the hug or if he will judge you if you shake hands. Since he is thinking the same thing, you both do a strange dance resembling sculptures of modern art.

2. The Hallway Dance

You know what I am talking about. You see someone approaching in the hallway and in an effort to avoid collision you both move right, then left, then right until one of you figures it out.

1. Pulling out a tampon from your bag in public and thinking it’s a pen.

I don’t want you to get the wrong idea, this has never happened to me, but hearing about it sounds like the most awkward of situations.

Well, unless it did happen to me–then that would be the most awkward of situations.

I think this can only be summed up one way…nervous laughter.