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Humor and awkwardness go hand in hand. If you find yourself in an uncomfortable situation, laughing it off could be one of the best ways to respond.
You can also join an online community like the Awkward Relate Facebook page. Here, you can share experiences with people who often find themselves in the same cringe-worthy predicaments. With 3.7 million followers, it’s safe to say you will connect with at least one person.
We’ve collected the best ones that touch on forgettable wedding speeches, family revelations, and social media discoveries. Some of them, however, are just about relatably funny moments from daily life.
Scroll through and see if you can count the number of times you say, “Yup, I’ve been there.”
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Since we’re on the topic of awkwardness, let’s begin with conversations. We’ve all been through those uneasy discussions that involved a lot of silence, making you want to escape to the nearest exit.
However, you don’t always have to run and hide. Writer and mental health researcher Arlin Cuncic, MA, advises finding the humor in the situation, much like these memes and posts.
In an article for VeryWellMind, she wrote, “Keeping the mood light will help to break the ice and move the conversation forward.”
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Anne Nielsen 3 months ago
My husband traveled a LOT. Then the kids left home. Their friends went away too. Silence was deafening. I turned on several TVs to different channels now throughout the house. Just to a low murmur. My husband would come home and think that I had lost my marbles.
The Phantom Stranger 3 months ago
Not so much when I'm on the computer, but when I'm cleaning or doing other work around the house. I tend towards shows like Law & Order, CSI, or Bones, that are so exposition heavy that I can follow the plot without actively watching the screen. Then I tell myself I'm actually listening to a '40's era radio drama.
Orange Panda 3 months ago
Close, I do it for noise and rewatch things I've seen a million times so I can follow along when I'm baking, cooking, etc.
Dogcat vet (retired) 3 months ago
I need a box for 'to entertain the dogs while on the internet or reading"
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 3 months ago
I pay for unlimited WiFi. I'm using as much as I can.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago
YouTube on my second screen in my case. Specifically the MST3K Forever-a-Thon. 24/7 MST3K is soul saving for me.
Linda Riebel 3 months ago
I wish people didn't do that. Global warming is real and wasted power is part of the problem.
Here’s the situation: you’re in an elevator with a co-worker, and they begin some small talk. As someone who isn’t a fan of these chitchats, you start feeling like the walls are closing in. What do you do?
Cuncic advises having open-ended “go-to questions” you can pull out of your pocket when the need arises. One example could be, “What have you been up to?” It shifts the spotlight onto them.
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Small talk with a stranger is an entirely different ballgame. You don’t have anything in common with the other person and know nothing about them, which leaves you with mundane, cliché topics like the weather.
In such cases, Cuncic offers two options: giving a genuine compliment or keeping quiet. You can try the former, but chances are the other person is likely not in the mood for small talk anyway. Feel out the situation and see what works best.
Awkward situations come in many forms. Sometimes, it happens during family gatherings with your in-laws. In this case, you should step aside. According to educator and etiquette expert Sara Jane Ho, you’re better off letting your partner handle things.
“If you want to piss off your in-laws, let your spouse do it, not you,” Ho told CNBC.
There are times when someone’s name just slips our minds, and that could be another embarrassing moment. However, you wouldn’t want to come off as rude by doubling down and saying you forgot who they are.
Ho recommends a smoother approach. Say you’d like to keep in touch, then have them input their social media handle or personal number into your phone.
Let’s switch the conversation to you. How do you handle awkward situations? Do you run from them, or do you face them head-on? Let yourself be heard in the comments!
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Anna Boes 3 months ago
Feet, carts, horses and at most cows on one, built into softer ground so the stones could move and the sand could take the impact of the weight - other side trucks, cars the weight of baby elephants, non-stop, and a surface that does allow for way faster travel while at the same time not quite as good at dealing with the heavy and fast impacts... do you wanna go back to walking twenty miles into town?
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Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
Due to a typo on a news page, I saw athletes trying to run 5000ml yesterday :)
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TotallyNOTAFox 3 months ago (edited)
"You're an adult, do it yourself!" wouldn't be the most responsible answer
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Satan Laughs 3 months ago
In California the youngins say BRUH. That’s what we get for saying DUDE in the 90s.
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Brenda 3 months ago
My cousin LOVED chocolate chip cookies as a toddler. My mom taught her that they were called sh!t. Uncle & aunt & cousin at fancy restaurant for anniversary. Waiters and waitresses ohhing and aching over cousin (blond curly hair, bright blue eyes, adorable). Time for dessert. When asked what she wanted, cousin sweetly says "Sh!t, please." Aunt mortified, Uncle calls my mom long distance from a payphone. "Truce, truce!". He had taught my sister to say "Damnit!" when someone told her no, or she didn't get her way. I can only imagine what he would have taught me!
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Chihuahua Mama 3 months ago
Or when you have water stuck in your ears and you feel it finally drain while lying down
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Jeremy James 3 months ago
Good luck! If my identity could get you money, don't you think I would have tried that by now?
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k1ddkanuck 3 months ago
Guest at restaurant: I'm gluten free, nut free, soy free, dairy free, sugar free and low carb/keto. What can I get? Every server ever: Dafuq out
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Barbara Wilcock 3 months ago
The struggle is real. Especially if there is a sleeping cat on your chest
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Multa Nocte 3 months ago
You don't have to worry about this if you are a responsible pet owner and spay/neuter your pets.
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I_need_a_nap. 3 months ago
My dad once got mad at me because I answered the phone in .02 seconds, I don’t think my family understands that I am never busy.
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Kathrin Pukowsky 3 months ago
I know it's just a joke, but I took the time to think about it and it's fairly simple. It would have been hard for our ancestors to miss the fact that new mothers produce milk. Observing the animals around them would've informed them that other mammals do that, too. You can even come up with a tragic story of a mother dying in childbirth, and her tribe going "Whaddowedo?" and catching a goat with a kid.
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