6. Describe a time you made things awkward.
Making things awkward is something I excel at. I’ve shared about that time I was brought on stage to dance hula in front of an audience in Hawaii. Or that time I dressed up as Mrs. Claus for my son’s Kindergarten class. I also showed up with bags of cheeseburgers for Laina’s class and mortified her (and myself) in fifth grade. I shared about that time I wore a transparent skirt to school as a teacher, but didn’t realize it was transparent until the end of the day. Honestly, I’ve lost track of all of the awkward and embarrassing moments I’ve blogged about, but I think staying consistent with my ability to make things uncomfortable is important…so I’m glad yesterday happened.
Yesterday I went to my 7th graders volleyball game.
A parent behind me yelled at her daughter to “kick some ass” and then followed it up with “I’m gonna embarrass the hell out of you!”
I thought it was funny. This lady is literally yelling cuss words across the gym at her daughter. So I tweeted about it and included a gif of Joe Dirt.
Later that evening I was all “Laina do you have a girl on your team named (fill in the blank because I learned my lesson after tweeting the real name)?”
And Laina was all, “You mean the one you tweeted about?”
And I was all, “HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?”
And Laina was all, “Because she just texted me and asked me if that was you on Twitter.”
And I was all, “What did you say?”
And she was all, “I said it was.”
And I was all, “And what did she say??”
And she was all, “kms”
And I was all, “….what…does…kms stand for??”
And she was all, “kill myself.”
Laina assured me she was joking and that she didn’t need me to delete it and she didn’t care. I deleted the tweet anyway and told Laina to make sure her friend knows I only tweeted it because I thought it was funny, but pandora’s box has opened.
You would think after all these years on the internet, I would know better. That the people out there can still find me. But no. The temptation of sharing her mother’s battle cry was just too much for me to resist.
I guess the mom was right. She really was going to embarrass the hell out of her daughter. Even more than she bargained for. Glad to be of service.
John Holton says
Isn’t seventh grade where kids are embarrassed by everything? I wouldn’t worry so much about the Internet Police showing up at your door to arrest you for tweeting something you thought was funny. I think everyone’s tweeted out something they thought was a riot and ended up having to delete it and/or apologize for it.
There used to be an anonymous form of Twitter where you could post stuff without fear of recriminations, but I haven’t heard about it lately, leading me to think it’s gone.
That last GIF made me think of Nellie Olsen from “Little House on the Prairie.” I always wanted to read her memoir (http://a.co/493vuGJ)…
Mama Kat says
Yes, they ARE embarrassed by everything. I think in the future I could at the very least not use the REAL name. lol!
Nellie from Little House was such a brat. I loved to hate her and kind of wanted to be her.
Abby says
HA! Isn’t it a big part of our job to embarrass our kids? You really helped a sister out!
Mama Kat says
And maybe embarrassed my own daughter in the process. I really am such a giver.
Cheryl says
If I were the mom of she who shall not be named, I’d have sent you a thank-you gift. I’m all about having help embarrassing my kid. :)
Mama Kat says
Right? At the very least we should get together for coffee and conspire. ;)