It was one of those moments when I didn’t just need Minties – I needed a great big hole in the ground to open up, so I could step in and be buried alive!
It’s Moments Like These …
At the Problogger Conference a couple of weeks ago, I met a lovely couple and was making small talk (as you do) – when out of my mouth came the words that I swore would never cross my lips. In effect, I asked her when her baby was due.
I didn’t put it quite that baldly – I think I asked if they had children, as well as the one on the way ….
You guessed it – she wasn’t pregnant!
I just wanted to die.
They were very gracious about it, but I quickly learned they were childless and not expecting a visit from the stork anytime soon. We chatted for a few more minutes, but I Must Confess I couldn’t concentrate after that – I was absolutely mortified that I had said something so blinking stupid!
In my defense, I was nervous – hey, who wouldn’t be with 500 new people to meet! They did look very cute and loved up – and she did have a lovely curvy, ripe-looking figure (NOT fat, so if by any chance you are reading this, please don’t think you look fat, because you don’t – you looked beautiful!).
If only I had the quick wit of the hubster, because when I told him about my faux pas, he said, “You should have told her she was glowing, and that’s why you thought she was pregnant!” .
She actually did look glowing, come to think of it.
So now I’m trying to console myself by thinking that maybe I was right – and she WAS actually pregnant – she just hadn’t realised it yet!
Now it’s your turn to confess – what is the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever said to someone?
Linking up with My Home Truths for another edition of I Must Confess.