When I was in high school I attended a school theater play with some friends. I had grown up with one of the guys in the play, but we fell into different crowds and my friends bashed him pretty bad, so I suppose I joined in and started making fun of him on stage with some pretty offensive language. It was pretty dark in there, so I figured he'd never know I was one of the asshats being cruel. It turns out his mom came to watch him that night, and because she saw me and thought her son and I were still good school friends...she, unknown to me, was sitting directly behind me. When I realized this I hurried out of the theater and couldn't face going back in.

I always wanted to apologize to her and to him, but time slipped away and I never did, but I still feel horrible all these 15 or 16 years later. Sorry!