The amount of awkward moments that I encounter seem to be increasing in number. It's as if everyday I experience yet another horrific event that usually ends in silence, wandering eyes by both parties, and the asking of inappropriate questions...which always seems to result in even more awkward-ness.
I hate them. I despise them. I wish they weren't an inanimate object....I would punch them in the face, stab them with a butter knife, and watch them die a slow, painful death.
It's a very harsh punishment, but they deserve it.
Because, awkward moments will never go away, we must simply embrace them. We should realize they're there, instead of trying to pretend there is, in actuality, no hint of awkward-ness at all.
We should flaunt the fact that we encountered the awkward moment and grow upon it, sparking a new conversation with the opposite party that exhibited the awkward-ness. A new topic has arisen...
It's a genius idea. I used it once in a grocery store.
I saw a teacher from my elementary school in a grocery store. She recognized me, but I barely recognized her. Awkward.
"How are you doing?!" she said in high hopes.
I was thinking...I'm swell, person I've never met before. But instead of actually saying that and ending with a disappointed kindergarten teacher, I said...
"I'm good. How are you?"
Brilliance! She bought it. She thought I knew who she was! HA!
We continued the conversation and eventually I used context clues to actually figure out who she was. By the end of the conversation, I told her I wasn't fully aware of who she was when the conversation first sparked.
She didn't blame me, for I have a young, forgetful, teenage mind.
The awkward-ness was admitted and accepted. It was embraced and we both proceeded with our lives even though we encountered a moment classified as "awkward."
So that's all you need to do. Follow in my footsteps, and you'll be alright like a piece of apple pie.
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