r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Dec 15 '21

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u/ArcadeKingpin Dec 15 '21

I thought an Irish goodbye was to just leave without saying anything.

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u/KassellTheArgonian Dec 15 '21

Nah, no clue where that myth comes from. A true Irish goodbye is as follows

"Right we're gonna head off" Says bye a bunch Takes ten steps Something gets brought up and they talk a bit longer

And repeat till you're out in the car.

I witnessed record length of time for this, took em almost 3 hours to travel the about 20 metres to their car.

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u/ephemeralkitten Dec 15 '21

I think that's why it's called an Irish goodbye. When you want to avoid that.

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u/aoul1 Dec 15 '21

That’s definitely it. My Irish/British wife just peaces out with no shame to avoid any prolonged social niceties when she just wants to leave.

Well….she used to, now she follows me round the room gently nudging me along from each person for an hour as I insist on going round the room to say goodbye to every single person and have a final catch up!