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Peregrine Took

(7,556 posts) Mon Dec 30, 2013, 08:33 PM Dec 2013

Anyone else feel so awkward at (family) get togethers that you just blurt something out? [View all]

I usually just sit quietly for a long time but (esp after a few drinks) I just say something and everyone looks at me like I'm insane.

Nothing offensive but I think, sometimes, its not the right time to say that particular thing...but it can definitely gets the conversation rolling if into uncharted territory.

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Anyone else feel so awkward at (family) get togethers that you just blurt something out? [View all] Peregrine Took Dec 2013 OP

Naw, they already knew I was insane. Warpy Dec 2013 #1

I do that all too often, even find myself a thread killer on forums. Sorry. Hoyt Dec 2013 #2

Sigh...I don't know why I bother to write on these forums. Peregrine Took Dec 2013 #3

I seem to be suspended in goo when applegrove Dec 2013 #4

Yep. My son is always telling me that I say things that make my daughter's boyfriend uncomfortable. Still Blue in PDX Jan 2014 #5

If a conversation has bored you into brain freeze, you're not entirely responsible for what IrishAyes Jan 2014 #6

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