The most embarrassing moment of your year will be your funniest story by next summer.

The same event can be unbearable now and excellent material later, while nothing about the event itself changes in between. What changes is that you stop being defensive about it. Most good stories are just embarrassments that have finished being dangerous.

You can shorten the wait by telling it sooner, to one person who will laugh alongside you rather than at you. Watch how fast it loses weight once it is out loud. And keep some kindness for whoever is currently living through theirs.