Friday, November 4, 2011

Foot in the Mouth Friday

Happy Friday Everyone! It's pretty chilly in Dallas today and I am loving it!

So...I have a story.  I am an idiot.  Don't you hate it when you say something and immediately want to put your foot in your mouth?

Well, your girl Alex definitely had one of those moments the other night.

"Where/How is (insert your ex that I think you are still dating)?"

I was with a group of people for dinner that I know, but that I do not know very well.  I knew that a girl had been dating the same guy for awhile and as far as I knew, they were still together.  Yes...you know where this goes.  I asked if he was coming to dinner as well and her response "I don't know."  She was so sweet about it, but I turned bright red and just wanted to hide under the table.

Some other recent good foot on the mouth stories and lessons for us all to learn (so that hopefully you don't learn it the painful and humiliating way that I did):

"When are you due?" 

1)  To the woman who is not pregnant:  I keep hearing stories about people asking non-pregnant women when they are due.  Talk about ruining someone's day and causing permanent damage to both the person who asked and the person who is asked!  Moral: Don't ask, ever.  Even if they look 9 months pregnant, refrain, unless you know for sure from a legit source that they are indeed with child.

2) To the woman who recently gave birth:  This poor tale happened to a friend of mine who asked a girl that had already had her baby when she was due.  My poor friend was just mortified when the response was that she had the baby two months prior.  I start breaking out in hives thinking about being in this situation.  Moral:  Just never ask.  Ever.

The problem is that we really are just trying to be nice and interested in these people's lives, but these personal questions are ones that we have to learn the hard way to steer completely clear of.

The bottom line, and as my friend Ben told me yesterday, you can never assume anything. This much I have learned, be it the very painful, mortifying, humanly degrading way.  :)

Happy Weekend!




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