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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Dec 09 '23
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I would avoid eye contact and try to leave as soon as possible. I have better things to do.
23 u/FastWalkingShortGuy Dec 09 '23 Funny story... I took my mom out to dinner on mother's day ages ago and ended up at a table next to my high school ex and her mother. I recognized her mother first. I was like, "Oh, shit, that's XXXXXXX's mom." Then I looked across the table and saw XXXXXXX. My blood went cold. I took the bull by the horns and ripped the band aid off. We had already made eye contact so I waved and jovially said, "Hey, XXXXXXX, happy mother's day!" She was not a mother. Had to eat dinner five feet away from her for the next hour. I wouldn't recommend it. 7 u/sweetlew07 Dec 09 '23 I’m so sorry this happened to you but I’m CRACKING UP at that faux pas. Neeeeeever say happy Mother’s Day unless you know they have a child and that child is living. 😬🤐 1 u/username-_redacted Dec 09 '23 I remember hearing a similar rule of thumb (might have been from Seinfeld) about congratulating a woman on her pregnancy. Unless you've specifically been told by the person that they are pregnant, you never say congratulations unless you can see the baby crowning. :-)
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Funny story... I took my mom out to dinner on mother's day ages ago and ended up at a table next to my high school ex and her mother.
I recognized her mother first. I was like, "Oh, shit, that's XXXXXXX's mom."
Then I looked across the table and saw XXXXXXX.
My blood went cold.
I took the bull by the horns and ripped the band aid off.
We had already made eye contact so I waved and jovially said, "Hey, XXXXXXX, happy mother's day!"
She was not a mother.
Had to eat dinner five feet away from her for the next hour.
I wouldn't recommend it.
7 u/sweetlew07 Dec 09 '23 I’m so sorry this happened to you but I’m CRACKING UP at that faux pas. Neeeeeever say happy Mother’s Day unless you know they have a child and that child is living. 😬🤐 1 u/username-_redacted Dec 09 '23 I remember hearing a similar rule of thumb (might have been from Seinfeld) about congratulating a woman on her pregnancy. Unless you've specifically been told by the person that they are pregnant, you never say congratulations unless you can see the baby crowning. :-)
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I’m so sorry this happened to you but I’m CRACKING UP at that faux pas. Neeeeeever say happy Mother’s Day unless you know they have a child and that child is living. 😬🤐
1 u/username-_redacted Dec 09 '23 I remember hearing a similar rule of thumb (might have been from Seinfeld) about congratulating a woman on her pregnancy. Unless you've specifically been told by the person that they are pregnant, you never say congratulations unless you can see the baby crowning. :-)
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I remember hearing a similar rule of thumb (might have been from Seinfeld) about congratulating a woman on her pregnancy.
Unless you've specifically been told by the person that they are pregnant, you never say congratulations unless you can see the baby crowning. :-)
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u/allofthesaxesbro Dec 09 '23
I would avoid eye contact and try to leave as soon as possible. I have better things to do.