Back in freshman year I lived in a duplex with 2 other girls,and we all got along fine the 3 girls that lived in the other part of the duplex always came over especially on the weekend,and one of my roomates hated one of the girls next door and always talked about her behind her back then when she came over my roomate was all smiles and being  two faced to her.

I got sick of her complaining about her so i just suggested that the next time Julie came over tell her what is bothering you about her,and my roomate then said yeah okay I will and then proceeded to still bash her. 5 minutes later julie came over and my roomate was being all nice and fake to her,so I finally got pissed and said "hey abbie,didn't you say you would confront julie about so and so the next time you saw her? after that my roomate chilled on the back talk.

Something similar: I've had relatives who thought I did not understand a word they were saying just because they were speaking in their native tongue, and they were saying some derogatory things about me (with a smile). But I would just smile at them and say "Thank you."

A few minutes later, (and remaining hospitable) I would come back, and in their native tongue, ask them how they were and if they needed anything.

The look on their faces was...priceless.

Unless you meant for them to hear it.

It happened to me a few times, but I turned my charm and played it out.

This embarrassment could be avoided simply by not talking about someone else.

This has never happened to me, but I can see and have seen how a person would want to bury themselves under a rock afterwards.

This is why I don't talk about anybody unless I know that they are at least a mile away, not on the phone with who I'm talking to, and of course, I make sure that squealers and gossip hounds don't hear it.

It can be if I did not want them to hear me. I probably would have it coming to me, like everyone else would. I would not care if i were really furious with this person, it would be more like, good, I wanted you to hear me!

This can be fairly embarassing. I have done this on several occassions, but I'm not usually mean or untruthful about what I say to people, so I do not get too embarassed. I would usually not have a problem saying it to their face if they asked what I was talking about.

I've never said anything bad about someone I would not say to their face. And I say alot of bad things.

Be careful about who you trash, because they could be right around the corner.

If I was angry enough, it wouldn't embarass me because I wouldn't really care where they were. Otherwise, I think it would be as kamylienne and GoneAway said.

::shrug:: Well, that's embarassment that's rightfully earned.

I try not to make a habit of talking bad about people, so this doesn't happen very much.