Dial A for Awkward

"You are made of awkward!" One of my friends exclaimed to me as I tried to subtly ask her crush over IM if he had a girlfriend by pretending to have a girlfriend myself.  "I'm impervious to awkward!"  I contested and told her about the conversation.  "Ohmigod.  that is painfully awkward."  she winced as I continued talking about my made up girlfriend.  The conversation ended in me scaring him away with my love of board games.  

Alright, I'll admit.  I can be pretty awkward.  The upside: it's pretty funny.  Even if you're hiding your head in your hands because it's so awkward, you can't help but laugh.  I'll tell you another story.  In seventh grade our class went on an overnight field trip to New Hampshire.  My friend had her period and needed to go to the nurse and get pads.  To go to the nurse, however, we had to ask our teachers, two of whom were female, one male.  Unfortunately, they traveled in a pack, always together.  And since time was of the essence we approached the three of them and asked to go to the nurse.  "What for?"  They asked.  "Ummm..."  We stumbled.  "Do you need to get meds?"   We shook our heads.  "Are you bleeding?"  They tried again.  "Uh, well...umm.'  Our faces were pretty red.  We were staring at the younger female teacher, hoping she would catch on.  "Oh!" Our male teacher said.  The others still hadn't caught on.  "Go take care of your, um, needs."  He told us.  We scurried out.  Oh god.  Awkward.  I mean, how did he get it before them?  

Whether it's going up and hugging the wrong person, or a conversation in which a well meaning but misguided friend is trying to set you up with someone, awkwardness happens to everyone.  So from all of us to you, welcome to dial-a-for-awkward.  Embrace your inner (or outer) awkward.

Sachi