Absent Friends

Folks, I'll be away for 10 days or so. The annual work conference - a marathon of eating, drinking and chatting. But rest assured when back I'll be bursting of stories of social gaffs, all my own. Think I said that last year, and think I blew cover on the first night by getting two names wrong, as well as the really bad faux pas of asking one of the lovely wives how her daughter "Susie" was, with her replying "Susie, who's Susie".
Guaranteed.

Enjoy some sun, enjoy some summer.

Another bad Facebook experience

I got ridiculously excited a couple of days ago when I searched on Facebook for some random guy I used to work with a zillion years ago, and found him and all his friends which included many people I also used to work with. Now as this guy used to be my boss I thought I'd better do a quick scan to make sure he had friends at my "pleb" level not just at the "exec" level. All good! I did one of those inocuous kind of "howdy stranger, wanna be my friend" friend invites to him and sat and waited for his confirmation. And waited. And waited. "Aaah well" I thought "even though he has 276 friends he may not be the Facebook type". But only a matter of hours later I saw he'd confirmed someone else as his friend. Still no response for my invite though. So I have bundled this into the "Awaiting confirmation" file along with a couple of other yet-to-be-confirmed friends.
I call this kharma for the time I accepted a Facebook invite from someone I barely knew, who sent me guardian angels and who I discreetly erased as my friend two years later.
What comes around.

Have you...

Have you...ever been at the beach in one of those kind of sun/sand/sea induced fugues and wandered up to your husband, put your arm around him and at that very same time realised that the waist you are putting your bikini clad self against is a lot squishier and whiter than the waist your husband had only a minute or two ago? And then have you ever pretended that it wasn't you who just wrapped yourself around a complete stranger?

Happy New Year. I'm back.