Funny Moments with Women You Dont Know That Well.

I actually had something similar happen. While I was in the pediatrician's office, I was talking to the mother next to me. When someone in the office called my daughter (using her formal name Eleanor), the mother said, "Oh. We were going to call my daughter Eleanor too. But my husband was afraid people would call her Ellie. Yuck." I said, "Oh, well my daughter actually goes by Ellie." I was not upset at all, but she was very embarrassed! Oops!

Thank goodness for your sense of humor! I once asked a long lost school mate that I ran into if she was pregnant. She said no. So, then to make it worse I said oh so you must have just had it then. She said no.

Damn!!!!!! I had just had my son and still had the baby bulge so I thought the same was with her!!!!!!!! We were still in our 20s so I was not expecting her to have gotten a midlife bulge yet. Damn that was 20 years ago plus some and I am still embarrased!

You mean like telling someone that you absolutely HATE the name "Jean" for a girl only to find out that it's her middle name and her mother's name? Yeah, I've done that. Thankfully she's a pretty good friend and admitted that she hates the name too.

I work in public education in New York State and we recently elimated the IEP Diploma as an option for students with disabilities and replaced it with the Skills Achievement Commencement Credential... also refered to as "The SACC". I was seated next to the assistant deputy Commissioner at our last meeting and when the presenter announced that we would be spending "the next 30 minutes discussing the importance of the sack", she snickered which immediately plumetted my maturity level as well. I don't know her, but we definitely shared a mutual chuckle at the Commissioner (a younger man) that morning as he went on and on about the importance of "the sack".

I have this one friend who is convinced that blondes are stupid - as in, the mere act of having blond hair growing out of your head means the person has a lower IQ. She truly believes this. So, my hair is light blond naturally, and in order to give myself some volume, I actually have it highlighted with bleach to damage it (yes, really) and then my colorist adds darker colors in. So to look at me, you might think my natural color is light brown, with blond highlights.

Anyway, after about 6 months of her making these comments that so-and-so can't be faulted for her dumb opinion on X because she's blond and just doesn't have the brain capacity to understand these things, I pointed out that I'm a natural blond. She looked at me and said, "Oh, I thought you went to the salon for your color." I replied, yes, my colorist makes my hair darker! She said, "But you're really smart. I'm so confused." I could only laugh at the whole situation (and to be fair, had kind of been laughing to myself for months ;). She still makes blond jokes all the time, which we both find very funny now.

Super funny,Molly.

I haven't had any of these yet, although I've had a handful of 'rolling my eyes in my brain where you can't see it' moments. Sometimes, the gap is just too wide...

and you live up to it wonderfully=)

sorry i had to =)

someone told M. my cousin (3rd..not super close)was pregnant and I hadnt seen her in a year or 2 and she seemed bigger. we were in our 20's and she was always a bit bigger but was really big this time. i went up and said congrats to her and she said "for what?"...and i said for being pregnant.
no jen i'm not pregnant!
DOH!!!! trip over words for 10 minutes and then go back to other cousins im closer to as they all make fun of M.

Referring to a name as being a synonym of an insult can depend on experience or other people we have met in the past or the "idea" movies can put. For example the name Vivian, I've heard people refer to it as a prostitute due to "Pretty Woman." Generally people shouldn't judge a book by its cover though in this case, a name. I think laughing in this instance was the best thing to do and a true laugh clears away the insult and breaks the ice. Specially after just meeting, never know when you might come across and have to interact with each other.