Awkward Moment Forty Seven: Why Parents Shouldn't Use Technology

This is probably the most awkward thing that has ever happened to me. So Georgie and I have been hanging out with these two boys, Mitchell and Noah (shocking right? That in itself could be a whole post), and my mum was super excited. I did have a small crush on Mitchell and my mum totally thought we were going to date. Talk about jumping the gun. Anyways, I realized that I didn't really like him so there goes that. The other day I receive a text from him saying, "Btw your mum friend requested me on Facebook." I started freaking out. I couldn't even ask my mum what happened because she had already gone to sleep. I was lying in my bed sweating to death because I didn't even know how to react to that. I ended up blaming my brother for doing that in attempts to embarrass me. Meanwhile Georgie has about 100 texts from me freaking out. I could just picture her killing herself laughing while I'm sitting over here thinking the world is over. Luckily he wasn't weirded out by the whole situation and he thought it was funny. I asked my mum about it the next day and she thought it was hilarious but she didn't mean to send the request. I guess while creeping his page she accidentally clicked it. All I have to say is thank god it wasn't someone I actually really liked. AWKWARD!

PS. In case you were wondering, no they are not Facebook friends.

Awkward Moment Forty Six: Seniors and Their Wild Antics

Hey, you know what's super awkward? EVERYTHING!

But what is particularly awkward is when you're standing on platform 9 and 3 quarters and you run straight at the barrier between platforms 9 and 10 and the barrier has sealed itself shut!!!!! And you can't get through!!!! You just crash straight into the wall and the security guard tells you to watch where you're going and you hang your head in shame and say "sorry, lost control of the trolley". And your owl goes crashing to the ground and everyone around you thinks you are crazy and an animal abuser. SO AWKWARD.

But really. What's awkward is when you're standing on the platform at lougheed skytrain station and an old lady standing near you comes over and points to the person near you and says in a loud voice "is that a boy or a girl???" and you just smile as if smiling will make you disappear into thin air, as if smiling really big will save you from the awkward and say through your teeth "I think that's definitely a girl". And the old lady says "wow, I couldn't tell!" And you say "yup" through your teeth, still smiling and staring straight ahead.

And the whole time you are just praying that the girl didn't hear any of this because that would be extremely..

AWKWARD.

-Millie

Awkward Moment Fourty Five: Crazy Grandparents

I know I'm not the only one that has a crazy grandparent. To be honest, all my grandparents are, including my great grandma. The other night we were all out for dinner. I noticed a guy that was semi-cute but kept it to myself. As we were leaving he just so happened to be cleaning the table behind us. Then my grandma thought it was a great idea to introduce us. She looked at his name tag and said "This is Ethan. Hi Ethan, this is Georgie." Then she walked away. He looked amused and smiled and said hello. I however felt extremely awkward, murmered a hi, and quickly ran away. My sister thought it was hilarious, and my grandma said "What!? I thought he looked like a nice boy!" Oh gosh, it was funny and shocking but mostly it was super super super AWKWARD!

-Georgie
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Awkward Moment Forty Four: Family Functions

I don't know if anyone feels the same way that I do, but I find family events to be a smorgasboard of awkward moments. Don't get me wrong, I love my family and I enjoy spending time with the huge bunch of them at birthdays, weddings, reunions, baptisms, dinners just because etc.. but I can't pretend that there aren't moments where I wish that I was standing on a trap door, that I could turn invisible or that whatever I was drinking at the time was a little bit stronger. Whether it is accidently kissing a complete stranger because I think they are related to me (very easy to do if your family is Portuguese like mine and a standard hello is a kiss on both cheeks), strained small talk with relatives from Boston that you have never seen before in your life (but oh my god they remember when I was this big and do I remember the time when... and the answer is no but I nod my head yes, I try to smile convincingly, and I strategically search for an exit), or my personal favorite, when your family demands you go to the children's table because there isn't enough room for everyone at the table you are already sitting at. So there I am, I just finished my first year of University, but I am sitting at a table where the average age is twelve to fourteen. So I can say goodbye to eye flirting with any cute guys who are hanging around the restaurant. It just feels like the eighth grade all over again! I feel like a little girl wearing my mothers high-heels wishing that I could sit with the big girls! I love explaining to my seven year old cousin why I can't marry my brother and telling my ten year old cousin that saying you have sexy boobies to women twice your age isn't appropriate. I really love it! No, it would actually be hilarious if it was someone elses issue! Seriously awkward.

- Flora

Awkward Moment Forty Three: Accidentally Talking to Yourself

Hello, this is awkward. I hate those times when I accidentally talk to myself. I know you're probably thinking, how the heck does that happen? How does one "accidentally" talk to oneself? It is a lot easier than you would think. There are actually two ways for this to occur.

Scenario #1: I am walking down the street. Shoot, I have to cross the road now. I step out onto the pavement and a car almost doesn't stop. "Don't hit me!" I say. Shoot, I just said that out loud. I hope no one heard that. Or saw that. Too bad the whole world has stopped to let me cross the road so everyone did. Unless they are all coveniently and simultaneously blind/deaf.

Scenario #2: I am walking down the hallway with a friend blabbing on about some story (probably one of those ones that are hilarious to me and no one else). I turn my head to look at this "friend" and she's gone. Must have been some story I was telling. Where the heck did she go?! I stop and laugh to myself because I am just so cool and because I spent a yet to be determined amount of time talking to myself in loud and dulcet tones, for everyone to hear. Love it.

So you get the idea. It happens to the best of us but that doesn't make it any less AWKWARD!!!

-Millie

Awkward Moment Forty Two: Hotel Rooms

During Spring Break my family and I went to Seattle! We stayed in a really nice hotel, it was so posh! I was so excited! Of course, being the immature 17 year old girl that I am, I wanted to run up and down the hallways. Don't worry I restrained myself. On the first night, I went to get ice for our room. We really didn't need it, but because it was free and I was staying in a hotel, I wanted it. Me, being the jokster I am, wanted to play a trick on my family. I go up to my door and knock on it really loud, saying room service in a weird voice. No one answers. Hmmm, those buggers must be ignoring me. I pound on the door saying have you checked the children. To my surprise a little Asian lady answers the door. That is definitely not my mother. I stand there shocked. I quickly apologize and admit I thought this was my room. Too bad she barely understand English. She looks confused and I just smile, apologize again, and quickly walk away. I am left feeling awkward and embaressed. Of course, my family thinks it is hilarious! AWKWARD!!

Update!

Hello followers! Sorry we have not updated this blog in three weeks! Wow! We did not realise it was this long! While we were on Spring Break we decided to take a week break because some of us were going away, and to be honest we needed a break from writing on this everyday. Well that one week break turned into three, but now we are back at it. School has been really busy, with scholarships due, as well as grad trans, but that is no excuse. Instead of blogging everyday, we are each going to post one awkward moment a week. It was starting to become a bit of a hassle and we wanted to keep this fun. But don't worry we are not stopping anytime soon! Thank you to everyone who reads our blog, even though it is about 5 of you. We really appreciate it!! Oh! Also we are trying to upload more videos to our youtube channel, www.youtube.com/theawkwardbloggers so stayed tuned for those!

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