Things that make you feel awkward.. - Page 4

AGDee · #1 05-08-2011, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by agzg

Mother's day makes me feel awkward.

I was just coming to this thread to post that. *hugs*

GammaPhi88 · #2 05-08-2011, 02:51 PM

I feel awkward when people bring up uncomfortable things in public, and since I'm in college where people still think its okay to be consistently wasted, it happens pretty often. For example, my sorority is rather large and while I love all my sisters, there are a number of them that I either do not know well, or am friendly with but not really that close to. One of the latter used to have a gigantic crush on the guy I happen to be seeing, and since I'm not really close with her, I had no idea until he and I had already got together. She comes up to me EVERY time she sees me out, and goes into a loooong speech about how she used to like him. I honestly don't know what she wants me to say..."okay, you can have him"? Mostly I keep quiet about him and don't flaunt him in front of her, but I didn't know until after I started seeing him and its beginning to drive me nuts! /rant

I'm a person who is terrible with names, great at recognizing faces, but I couldn't place them in so many cases if my life depended on it. I can't tell you how many times someone will start a conversation as if they know me really well and I can't figure out how they know me so I'll just go with it but feel very awkward. Sometimes I am completely sure I have never seen the person before...perhaps I look like someone else? This happens to me really often, and I'm not sure why. I'm not even much of a drinker, so that can't be it!

Also, I am just five feet tall and a pretty tiny person...lets just say I can fit into the larger sizes of children's clothing. However, it makes me REALLY uncomfortable when people comment on it...I've had people try to pick me up, pat me on the head, yell OMG YOU'RE SOOOOOO CUTE AND LITTLE and it really freaks me out. For the record, I usually like being little, but people can get really weird about it and act like I'm some sort of doll.

christiangirl · #3 05-08-2011, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by agzg

Mother's day makes me feel awkward.

This is what I'm going to be saying on Father's day. Mother's day made me remember that.

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

This is why from the day my mom joined Facebook, her permissions on my account are nil.

"Limited profile" is now spell "m-o-m."

aephi alum · #4 05-08-2011, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

"Limited profile" is now spell "m-o-m."

Indeed. I can't picture my parents signing up for Facebook accounts, but my MIL has asked us more than once about FB. The only thing stopping her from signing up is that you have to provide your date of birth. (Come on. It's not like you have to provide your real DOB.) But if she does ever sign up - well, I'll have to friend her or she won't stop whining - but she will go in her own little security group that will be on total lockdown - no status updates, no gaming posts, no photos or videos, nada.

Mother's Day sometimes makes me feel awkward too. People tend to ASSume I'm a mom. Last night, I was at a temple fundraiser, and one of the coordinators announced, "Happy Mother's Day to all the ladies here." AFAIK, I'm the only adult female congregant without children. Does that mean I'm not a lady?

But I held my tongue and took the announcement in the spirit it was intended - all the other women who were present are mothers.

33girl · #5 05-08-2011, 06:30 PM

Mothers includes furry children too, as I was reminded by a friend who called me and told me Happy Mother's Day. And once a mom, always a mom.

als463 · #6 05-09-2011, 06:57 AM

What makes me feel awkward is being so upset with the one thing that made me so happy that I no longer want to even be involved with it. It sucks to be so excited about something to the point of feeling major disappointment when something that might appear to be small/ minute feels like a real slap in the face. When you go back through the last few years and try to erase something that you absolutely loved out of your life (or seemingly so) because it seems to be one thing after another that hurts your feelings, it's a horrible feeling. Maybe I'm better off just fading into the background.

Gusteau · #7 05-09-2011, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by als463

What makes me feel awkward is being so upset with the one thing that made me so happy that I no longer want to even be involved with it. It sucks to be so excited about something to the point of feeling major disappointment when something that might appear to be small/ minute feels like a real slap in the face. When you go back through the last few years and try to erase something that you absolutely loved out of your life (or seemingly so) because it seems to be one thing after another that hurts your feelings, it's a horrible feeling. Maybe I'm better off just fading into the background.

As reflected in your signature? Don't feel obligated to answer, I'm just nosy and following your lead.

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Count me in for people who feel awkward when people fight in front of them, especially couples and parents and children. I'm not always a model son, but I'll be damned if someone catches me yelling at/arguing with to my parents.

sweetmagnolia · #8 05-09-2011, 11:58 AM

When one of your sisters has a facebook status about getting her body bikini ready and another sister's boyfriend likes it...

sanjiyan69 · #9 05-09-2011, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetmagnolia

When one of your sisters has a facebook status about getting her body bikini ready and another sister's boyfriend likes it...

I wonder if the boyfriend got the talk from his gf?

33girl · #10 05-09-2011, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetmagnolia

When one of your sisters has a facebook status about getting her body bikini ready and another sister's boyfriend likes it...

I feel bad for sister #1, but damn I am laughing so hard right now. That is such a sitcom-y moment.

als463...<hugs> and I got your back!!

als463 · #11 05-09-2011, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

I feel bad for sister #1, but damn I am laughing so hard right now. That is such a sitcom-y moment.

als463...<hugs> and I got your back!!

33girl, thanks. You have no idea how much that really means to me. I really appreciate it. I've always got your back, too.

IrishLake · #12 05-09-2011, 12:32 PM

When your neighbor breaks up with his longtime girlfriend, and you go over to his house to chat, and she stops by...

We really REALLY liked this chick, but neighbor and her just had soem issues that he couldn't work through. I felt so weird yesterday when I saw her, I wanted to say "Hey how's it going?" But I knew things were going BAD, so I didn't, so instead I jst said "Hi!" and gathered my kids and left.

TonyB06 · #13 05-09-2011, 01:29 PM

when asked if I want ketchup I sometimes say "yes" even if I'm not sure, sort of a just-in-case yes. Of course, then I feel obligated to use one, even if I don't really want to...

...but if they don't ask me, and put like 19 ketchup packets in the bag, I can easily leave every one of them in there unused if I don't want any.

psusue · #14 05-09-2011, 03:31 PM

You know what's freakin' awkward? Having to tell your ex-boyfriend's family that you broke up because he was too much of a chicken to do so. Hello, you have another girlfriend listed on facebook... don't you think that they were going to start asking questions soon?

thetaj · #15 05-09-2011, 07:35 PM

The writing for Secret Life makes me feel awkward.

What high schooler says "oral sex" like twenty times in a conversation? And haven't these kids heard of con-dams?

BLAH BLAH BLAH SEX SEX BLAH SEX ORAL SEX BLAH BLAH CRAZY SEX BLAH BLAH