So we all have had those moments when we were placed in awkward situations, and we were forced to make quick judgment calls. Ofcourse we do the best we can under the circumstances , but sometimes in retrospect, we wanna kick ourselves for not responding with a clever one-liner or pulling off some cool gesture demonstrating that we were in control of the moment.

This thread is for people who wish to share their clever responses to awkward situations they encountered.

OR..

For people who wish to get a few tips from the forum in terms of how to respond to some common or not so common awkward moments.

2 awkward situations come to my mind.

How do you respond if ..

1. someone says they love you and you don't feel the same?

2. If the first line someone greets you with after they haven't seen you in ages is... "Oh my! You sure have gained a lot of weight!"

For #2 I would say: "Yup, all that weight training is really paying off"

Honestly it would be hard for me to say how I would respond.. Have never had a problem throwing out the quick witted come backs they just happen so fast I don't have to think..

Good one Nancy! The last time someone made that weight comment to my cousin, she exclaimed with a smile ...

YOU TOOOOOO!!!!

I can't relate. The perfect thing to say usually comes to me about 3 days later ...

Well I am usually out with it before I think.. So that can cause problems at times.
I have been told "I love you" when I was so no looking for that to happen. I answered with with a soft smile and I love the time we spend together.

As far as someone telling me I have gained weight or some other rude comment. I usually smile and answer Why Yes I have and don't I look great???

I don't usually stoop to the same level of rudeness that another person does. I find that I love to kill them with kindness instead. So that weeks later it dawns on them that I have just insulted the hell out of them.By then it is too late to do anything about it.

Kill them with kindness.. what a sneaky manoeuvre, i like it!!!!

Oh ... I have another one. In my country , if you are not married off by a certain time , people ask ... " what are you waiting on????" What is a clever way to respond to that?

So, on Sunday (Valentines) I was naked in front
of about 9 people (emergency kidney stone surgery,
operating room) I was all over groggy when they
wheeled me in, apparently I had a statement to make,
they tell me afterwards hahaha and here is what
they said I said, which sounds just like me so I
believed them:

"Okay people listen up..there is going to be some nudity
here..save yourselves..things once seen, cannot be unseen"
and I passed out.

On the last such surgery almost 4 years ago, they told me
afterwards I said this on coming out of screaming pain:

"You calmed down, we finally stepped away from holding onto
you, you cracked open one eye and said, "I think I just
saw Jimmy Hoffa."

Point is (apparently) I always find something to say even
in awkward situations :-)

I can see you doing this..And everyone rolling
I hope you are feeling better my friend
ouch

For the right one. I don't want to have to trade them in when they turn out to be a lemon

We want the video from your Valentine's Day.

Sorry Miss Rains..sweetie.
You know I like to watch comedy.

Whenever I come to, peeps are always laughing
so I always ask why :-)

Mucho betterish, have surgery scheduled again for
Friday, but tis only a 5mm stone, the first was
a 10mm, easy peasy :-)

The stent they left in..is not fun.

You musta missed the 'save yourselves' part :-)

I am sure there are better ways... To enjoy
Valentines day..

Well I guess I narrate the last book I have been reading or
making a grocery list in my head coming out of surgery..

Yours is so much better..

Yeah, we were in the emergency room all morning/afternoon,
trying to get me stabilized for the trip up to a Portland
Hospital, threw up the entire trip, poor Eric, driving,
he soldiered on.

It is a funny thing when they relate to you something you
said, of which you have no recollection, like another person
musta said it, and that makes me laugh.

Okay I really can't laugh with a stent in.

1. - never lie, won't do any good
2. - thank them for being honest, i don't like to be lied to

the only way #2 would bother anyone is if they already knew it, and were self conscious about being fat in the first place..

I'm torn between laughing at what you said and feeling sympathy for your discomfort .


I think I will do both.

@ what you said.

Hope you recover soon Soufie @ your recuperation process

Thank you :-)
Didn't mean to chat about it all but seemed appropriate
to the topic.

Have another surgery scheduled for Friday, fingers crossed :-)