There is nothing more awkward than trying to get out of a mistake. Backpedaling is never the answer yet so many people try to do it anyway. Everyone has done some cringeworthy things before, everyone has said things they regret, sent a risky message, and been rejected, but the best thing to do is own up to it. There is nothing worse than sending a message or doing something that was clearly on purpose and then trying to claim it was a total accident. It's middle-school behaviour at best.

Reddit's /r/oopsdidntmeanto is a subreddit where people are exposed for trying to say they didn't do something they so obviously did. Instead of admitting they did something a little messed up or vain, they blame it on their brothers, cousins, cats, and any other seemingly reasonable cause. Here are 25 people who totally didn't mean to do these things, except they definitely did.