1. you meet a totally obnoxious person who will not stop talking to you, someone you cannot imagine ever being friends with
2. your husband comes home from a work function with a piece of green food stuck between his 2 front teeth, and you know it was there all night
3. you notice someone very obviously staring at your engagement ring while in the midst of an exercise class
4. you really really have to let one rip but if you do everyone will hear it and know it was you
5. you have met the same person over and over again but cannot for the life of you remember their name
6. you bump into someone from high school who looks absolutely awful but used to take amazing pride in their self appearance
7. you meet someone and their really really homely baby
8. you realize that you had a booger hanging out while you were out lunching with your good friend (and she never mentioned it)
9. the back of your pants get all wet because of the rain and it looks like you peed your pants
10. someone asks you what your husband does for a living and looks horrified when you tell them
All of these things have recently happened to me. Just wondering if my reactions were similar to what yours would have been...
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1. you meet a totally obnoxious person who will not stop talking to you, someone you cannot imagine ever being friends with: Keep obviously looking at my watch, and if they don't get it interrupt them to make my excuses to leave or talk to someone else.
ReplyDelete2. your husband comes home from a work function with a piece of green food stuck between his 2 front teeth, and you know it was there all night. Ignore it. Too late to do something anyways.
3. you notice someone very obviously staring at your engagement ring while in the midst of an exercise class. Be flattered. Engagement rings are to be seen. I've seen your engagement ring, of course people will look at it. It is beautiful.
4. you really really have to let one rip but if you do everyone will hear it and know it was you. Sneak off to the side of the room or the washroom. I hate when I dont get away in time. I don't try to hide it anymore, I just say "excuse me", make a joke about my lunch, and blush.
5. you have met the same person over and over again but cannot for the life of you remember their name Ask about work, spouse (if they are wearing a ring), etc, hoping to get a hint. If it doesn't work, see answer to your first question.
6. you bump into someone from high school who looks absolutely awful but used to take amazing pride in their self appearance. Nothing. Not my problem. Maybe tell other friends from high school, but nothing at the time. Everyone has their priorities.
7. you meet someone and their really really homely baby, Say the baby is cute, and feel secretly pleased mine is cuter. Interestingly, some of the ugliest babies end up very attractive kids and adults, and vice versa.
8. you realize that you had a booger hanging out while you were out lunching with your good friend (and she never mentioned it) Assume she didn't notice.
9. the back of your pants get all wet because of the rain and it looks like you peed your pants Wrap a sweater or jacket around my pants, or joke loudly to everyone I see about the rain. Hope they don't think I am like Fergie!!!
10. someone asks you what your husband does for a living and looks horrified when you tell them. People are like that with me sometimes. Adam is an accountant, but not yet finished his designation and still in school...they give me that look when I say he is an accountant and they ask if he is a CA and I say "no, in school finishing his CGA". I feel bad, but remind myself that he is home a lot more than their husbands, and I make more money than most of those wives! There are more measures of success than profession, and life can change in a heartbeat. As for them, I just say how percfectly it works for us. He likes it and works close to home, and is always able to be home on time which is great because I am not.
1. Keep looking at my watch and politely excuse myself and say I have to go.
ReplyDelete2. Kindly mention it to him, but not make a big deal since it's too late anyways. If I mention it to him, perhaps he'll be more conscious of it next time. It's happened to me and all I said was, "Honey, you've got something between your teeth." "Oh, I do?" End of story :)
3. Take it as a compliment. Everyone always looks at everyone else's engagement rings. Plus, yours is gorgeous!!!
4. Leave the room and let it rip when out of ear-shot from everyone else...if you can hold it that long! LOL! Otherwise, do what Jill said...if you can't hide it, just go for it and kind of joke about it. A little "oooops! Sorry about that!" and a chuckle sometimes works if you're with friends! LOL
5. I'm horrible at this. I never remember anyone's name! I usually just ask them their name again.
6. I wouldn't say anything- who knows what the circumstances are...
7. I once heard someone say that "all babies are cute", but some are not as cute as others! I'd just say that the baby is cute. I know people who were the cutest when they were kids, but grew up to be not so attractive adults. The kids who were ugly turned out to be gorgeous. My aunt told me (take this with a grain of salt though), that two gorgeous people sometimas make ugly kids, two ugly people sometimes make gorgeous kids, and one not so attractive person and one gorgeous person make good looking kids. Hmmmm...
8. kind of laugh it off (after being slightly horrified!) These things happen to everyone though, so no biggie! Most of my really close friends would tell me if I had something hanging out of my nose--maybe she didn't notice it at all then.
9. hide it by wrapping my sweater around my waist or if I had a long coat or jacket, it may just be able to hide it.
10. I wouldn't do anything. Just know that your husband has a very respectable job and be proud of him. I get that from my "city friends" sometimes when I say that John is a farmer and runs a 750 acre farm, he's a sawmill owner, president of the island co-op, firefighter and first responder...sometimes they just say, "ohhh" and I can see in their faces that they're thinking, "ohh, he doesn't work in an office and make a pile of money and for 9-5?" I don't think anyone has to justify to anyone else what their spouse does or why. The important thing is he is working an honest, respectable job, making a living and helping support his family, being the best husband he can be, able to provide...who cares what someone's spouse does :) Now if someone told me that their husband was in the "adult entertainment" business, working as an amateur actor, THEN perhaps the look on my face may be a little horrified :) J/K
All of these things have recently happened to me. Just wondering if my reactions were similar to what yours would have been...
thanks girls- my responses were all almost exactly as yours would be...except in situation #1 it was impossible to leave AND I will continue to see this person everyweek for the next 5 weeks as she just joined my fitness class - argh!
ReplyDeleteOH yeah, that is a bad one if she is in a class with you...hmmm...make some good friends in the class and go straight to them?
ReplyDeleteDoesn't it feel kinda like high school?
Yeah, #1 is a tough one! Could you not 'conveniently' end up on the other side of the room during the class? Like, sort of stay with a bunch of other friends, while at the same time not appear to be rude? LOL...it's so funny how it can sometimes still feel like highschool, even when we're in our 30's.
ReplyDeleteyeah it does seem like high school to some degree...instead of competing about who has nicer shoes and better makeup it's about who had a Bugaboo and an SUV or how big your diamond ring is OR about how cute your baby is and if your baby is wearing the latest GAP and gymboree clothes OH...this one is the best "do you have lululemon workout pants?" = i never even heard of that brand until this class!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, Luluemon is big. They are coming to the Promenade. My Yoga pants?? Wal-mart!!! $12!!! Not sure what a pair at Luluemon costs, but I don't need them...
ReplyDeleteI hated that part of my maternity leave. I was in a pretty good group of moms (only one of them was braggy and competative), but I met a lot of very annoying competative moms in my classes and such.
Hey Dina!
ReplyDelete1. Obnoxious person: Rush off after the class if you can. Or if she follows you to the changeroom and keeps talking. Just do your own thing, respond politely but few and far between -- and get out quick as you can. I know it sounds haughty, but she'll get the idea and leave you alone. Eventually.
2. Green between the teeth (with my boyfriend): yeah, mention it, comfort him for a second and laugh it off. It is too late anyway.
3. STARRY DIAMOND: As long as you're careful with your ring, enjoy the stares. Alot of times is just unmarried girls looking enviously at married women's possessions. It's nothing against you personally. If it's really a married woman quietly critiqing your husband's symbolic token of love, just give her a sweet story how it's his grandmother's diamond or something like it.
4. Let one rip: I was in Yoga class, and the nightmare happened, we were doing a pose with our faces turned to the side when this woman farted in my face. I just moved back to my sitting position. The woman was too embarrassed to say anything, and I was too embarrassed to mention it -- till now! So honestly, if you can't sneak off to let it rip comfortably, try to control the sound, but don't worry about it.
5. I'm awful at names. That's my usual line. Or just do the funny and ask them to spell their name, unless it's something super easy like, Joe. Anyhow, I've learned to input names, phone numbers, and take a picture of the person in my camera phone so I might (God help me) might remember everyone I associate with in my daily life.
6. If they're proud of their looks, good for them. If they're overkill on the confidence, don't bother. But if they're carrying themselves with confidence and happy with the way they look - why not? Truth is, it's really what's inside that counts.
7. I agree with Jill and Christine, ugly babies can become beautiful people, because they understand they have to work at it. Looking good when you're young is a freak of nature, but looking good when you're old, is a work of Art.
8. Oh well. She's your best friend, so it wouldn't bother her if she hadn't mentioned it.
9. Rain in your pants: If you NEED to be presentable in social occasions, go to the bathroom and take a few minutes to dry off your pants either by hanging it (and pat yourself dry, let you bodyheat dry it off more when you put it on), or via handdryer if the bathroom has one.
10. Husband's occupation: WTF? That's so rude of them to look horrified. Ask them what their husband do and what THEY themselves do. If they're snobs about it, then give them a "good for you" smile and move on to better companies. If they're stupid about their own occupations, then give them a blank look -- or better yet, give them a quizzitive look look, who are you to judge? And shrug it off and move on to better companies.
BTW, can I add your link on my blog?
LOL! H, you are too funny! I love the answers you gave to all those questions!
ReplyDeletehey H,
ReplyDeletenice to hear from you!! Sure add the my blog to your links!!