Open Mouth, insert foot

BaileyP3
BaileyP3 Posts: 151 Member
edited January 12 in Chit-Chat
Anybody ever notice that when someone has a sunburn on their back, that's the only time you decide to touch their back? And you're drawn to touching their burnt back over and over again? Seems like a strange phenomenom.

As a rule I don't tend to stumble over words, I'm capable of stringing words together to make a reasonable sentence, generally choosing appropriate words. I have a strange situation at the gym lately. One of the trainers/front desk guys is blind. He's a very friendly sort and always says hello and goodbye and of course I return the greeting. Unfortunately I seem to always respond to his 'have a good day' with 'see ya'. WTH?? I never say 'see ya'! and ll of a sudden that's the best I can say to this nice blind man?

Geez. So I'm wondering about the rest of you. Anyone else have stories of stumbling over their words like this?

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  • dirtnap63
    dirtnap63 Posts: 1,387 Member
    Maybe your just an insensitive boob. A well spoken, eloquent insensitive boob.


    (jk)
  • Wolf_
    Wolf_ Posts: 442
    Mmmmm. Boob.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    I like sunburnt backs. Aloe.
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    Yep. We all do it one time or another. Well, maybe the blind man did not even give it a second thought?
  • MissJanet55
    MissJanet55 Posts: 457 Member
    I can sympathize. I once asked a blind woman at a bus station to watch my bag.

    ps I bet he hears it all the time. It's kind of you to be conscious of it.
  • sunsnstatheart
    sunsnstatheart Posts: 2,544 Member
    My worst is remembering names when someone introduces themselves. It's like my brain shuts down as soon as the conversation moves from "hello, my name is . . ." to the actual name. I'll remember the entire conversation except for the name.
  • dirtnap63
    dirtnap63 Posts: 1,387 Member
    Lets just say I learned the hard way not to assume that two women are mother and daughter, not sisters.
    Ouch.
  • Silver_Star
    Silver_Star Posts: 1,351 Member
    im perfectly organized in my brain....

    when i have to talk to a good looking guy....Open mouth, insert both feet.
  • CaffeinatedConfectionist
    CaffeinatedConfectionist Posts: 1,046 Member
    Lets just say I learned the hard way not to assume that two women are mother and daughter, not sisters.
    Ouch.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    My son is legally blind and he would find that kind of thing funny and probably respond with " but i wont see you" or somthing of that nature, you are overthinking this. Relax and just be as natural as you can.
  • Micahroni84
    Micahroni84 Posts: 452 Member
    I once met a girl who had only one arm. She happened to compliment my feet and i was like "thanks. Im only now comfortable wearing sandals because i hate that i barely have toenails on my small toes." As soon as i realized i was complaining to a teenager with one arm i felt like a complete and total *kitten*.
  • toddis
    toddis Posts: 941 Member
    Mole, Moley mole mole.

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  • toddis
    toddis Posts: 941 Member
    im perfectly organized in my brain....

    when i have to talk to a good looking guy....Open mouth, insert both feet.

    I knew a girl who was a bit more forward once..
  • Tecia1970
    Tecia1970 Posts: 94 Member
    A friend of mine is paralyzed from the chest down and when we would be acting silly and he would jokingly say something smart *kitten*, I would slap him on the leg. He always replied with, "Oh ouch?" LOL! And another thing he used to do to get me before I started thinking and falling for it was when I would roll him into doorway because it was steep and he couldn't roll himself in. It seemed like I would always accidentally bang his knee into the doorway and he would yell out in pain like I had hurt him really bad. I would start apologizing and he would start laughing lol. I would usually just pinch him on his ear and say, "You feel that though, don't ya?!" LOL!
  • ChapinaGrande
    ChapinaGrande Posts: 289 Member
    HA! This is my life. Don't feel bad.

    I had untreated ADHD my whole life (recently diagnosed and treated) and, even though I was a really sweet person and didn't really say a lot of bad things on purpose, the impulsive part of my brain would produce horrific things that came out of my mouth. For example, one day, I saw the neighbor boy running down the street. I rarely make fun of people, but I made fun of the way he was running to my mom. Mom said that he was autistic and, when he was little, it was so bad that they were surprised he was able to function at all.

    I am a teacher. Another time, I was in front of my class after a reading about a Virginia Community College. As I started the discussion, however, instead of Virginia Community, I said "virginity." I screeched loudly in horror and put my hand over my mouth. Luckily, I teach ESL and only one student actually understood what I said.
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