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You may be
familiar with the phrase, kids say the
darndest things, but I have learned that friends also say the darndest
things. There are friends we see regularly, those we see infrequently and yet
others we’ve met through acquaintances.
Friends are
all dear to our hearts, but sometimes you just don’t know what will come out of
their mouths. Because they’re your friend they can get away with saying certain
things.
My mother
attended a prayer breakfast a few months ago. While mingling with guests, she
came across someone she hadn’t see in a long time. The woman came up to her and
said, “Annie is that you? Somebody told me you had died.”
Mom wasn’t
sure how to respond, but after a pregnant pause she managed to say, “No, I’m
still around.” She wasn’t offended, but brought out the humor in the situation.
I told mom that maybe she should check-in with her friends a little more often.
My brother,
not wanting to be left out of a family bonding moment had a friend story to
share. I must say that my brother in no spring chicken, actually he’s over
forty years old, but still actively plays basketball. Not long ago he played in
a thirty and over recreation league. He had a great game where he was shooting
from the top of the key, making layups and just scoring every chance he got.
After the
basketball game, a coach from one of the other teams came running over to my
brother and said, “Sam that was a
good game. I want you to play on my fifty and over team.” My brother glared at
him and said, “Don’t you have to be over 50 years old?”
My brother
concluded that it must have been his grey hair that led the coach to believe he
qualified for the fifty and over basketball team.
Now for my
story…
Shortly
after my oldest son was born, someone I hadn’t seen for a long time spotted me
from across a room. As she walked toward me she pointed at my stomach and said, “When
is the baby due?”
I mouthed
the reply to her, “He’s five months old.”
It was at
that moment that I realized I needed to step up my post baby weight loss
efforts.
Have any of
your friends ever said anything that made you want to cringe?
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I actually made the mistake of asking someone I work with when she was due. I could've sworn she was pregnant, because every time I saw her, she looked a little bigger in her belly. She wasn't pregnant. Oops! That's the last time I'm ever saying anything like that!
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DeleteI actually made the mistake of asking someone I work with when she was due. I could've sworn she was pregnant, because every time I saw her, she looked a little bigger in her belly. She wasn't pregnant. Oops! That's the last time I'm ever saying anything like that!
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