Here’s how to get out of those totally awkward, FML moments (without having to buy that oneway ticket to nowhere).
Sex tapes, ruining someone’s day, embarrassing drunken pics – no, we’re not talking celebrities gone wild, we mean the dreaded faux pas that you committed. We’ve all done something so #face palm that a triple root canal would have been more pleasurable. So, to avoid further sticky situations, we have come up with a little survival guide on handling the aftermath of every #FML moment.
AWKWARD SITUATION
Asking someone when their baby is due when they, um, aren’t pregnant.
Ack, we’ve done this before, and had absolutely no comeback. “If you’ve made this blunder, you can only say, ‘Really? I’m surprised. Your skin has that lovely glow that only pregnant women seem to get’,” is the advice offered by Patsy Rowe, author of The Little Book of Etiquette.
Apologise, profusely. “Start with, ‘I’m terribly sorry’ and continue to explain your victim that you’re a baboon. This shows you’re sincere,” says Australia based manners expert Anna Musson (goodmanners.com.au).
AWKWARD SITUATION
B*tching about someone and getting caught.
Try the honest route. Whether it’s a close friend or your boss, honesty is the best policy: ‘I’m sorry you had to hear it this way, Christy, but we all know you’re fooling around with Susan’s fiancé, and we all know’,” says Patsy.
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