Most awkward interaction of my life

[pumpkin]

Definitely awkward. But know we've all done and said things at one time that we later regretted; its part of life and we learn from it, hopefully. With any luck, you and C can find a way to interact without awkwardness in future encounters and maybe even rebuild a basic foundation for interaction that you enjoy.

[pumpkin]

Feb 28, 2015 21:02:03 GMT -5 @juno said:

Feb 28, 2015 20:49:09 GMT -5 pumpkin said:

Definitely awkward. But know we've all done and said things at one time that we later regretted; its part of life and we learn from it, hopefully. With any luck, you and C can find a way to interact without awkwardness in future encounters and maybe even rebuild a basic foundation for interaction that you enjoy.

That's...optimistic I have to figure out some way to get over it! I'll just hope she never comes with

haha, I was trying?  Really I can totally sympathize and just wanted to help you not have to hide away

[emoflamingo]

I didn't have a chance to respond last night, but I did stupid weird shit like that when I was younger too. You could just pretend it didn't happen and try to act casual or just say outright "hey, I was kind of an immature ass when I was xx age, I hope you all forgive me for being so self absorbed during that time of my life." and then move on.

[emoflamingo]

Mar 1, 2015 13:48:33 GMT -5 @juno said:

Mar 1, 2015 13:11:28 GMT -5 emoflamingo said:

I didn't have a chance to respond last night, but I did stupid weird shit like that when I was younger too. You could just pretend it didn't happen and try to act casual or just say outright "hey, I was kind of an immature ass when I was xx age, I hope you all forgive me for being so self absorbed during that time of my life." and then move on.

Haha, it's not in my genetic code to admit to someone that I was wrong, so acting casual is the only option here  Besides, I AM still peeved with A for siding with B(itch), rightly or wrongly.  It hurt my feelings a lot, so I'd probably choke on an apology.  And I think it would be weird to apologize to C for something that didn't even happen between the two of us.  So pretending away while dying inside!  At least I have a month to prepare for round 2 and I won't be gut-punched by it in front of a stranger in a professional setting!

Haha I get you. I have this issue with vividly recalling every stupid thing I've done in my life - including making a comment in class about watching nothing but PBS. My instructor was the general manager of the local PBS station. Thankfully he did NOT recall the comment so I am in the clear.

[dr.girlfriend]

Ha, I missed the story but I'll tell you mine (names changed to protect the innocent). As an introduction, just know that I am HORRIBLE with faces. When I interviewed for internship (a year at a different site that's required before your Ph.D.) my top choice was at this place working with a married couple, both of whom knew my grad school advisor did research in my area. I ended up matching somewhere else, and went on to live my professional life. I incidentally heard down the road that they got divorced, and it was kind of ugly and was in retrospect glad I didn't get caught in the middle of it.

Like seven years later I went out to dinner at a conference with my grad school advisor and a bunch of people he knew. He introduced me to the person next to him, but I didn't catch the name. Partway through dinner and totally stuck for conversation, I was like, "What ever happened to...you know...those students of yours at XXX place...they were married, and then they weren't anymore..." And he was like, "You mean Sarah?" and looked right at the woman next to him. It was her and I had totally NOT recognized her!

Fast forward like three years, and I am ducking away from this woman any time I see her at the yearly conference. I fly to X City to do the oral defense for the board examinations for my specialty, which takes place in front of a panel of three people who are already board-certified. You're supposed to indicate if you have a conflict of interest with any of them. Lo and behold, she's on my panel. I tried to weasel out of it by saying like, "Well, we've had dinner at some conferences..." and they were like, "Yeah, that's not a conflict of interest." I don't even know if she remembered my boneheaded comment or that I was the one who said it, but of course I was convinced she had it out for me and was just waiting to torpedo my career!