I have found myself being in the position of saying something that maybe I just shouldn't have said. However this morning I was on the receiving end of such a moment. I walked into the kids school to deliver a package for a friend of mine. The lady that I was giving it to asked if I was this friends mama. Now let me just say that the friend is 27. That is a grand total of 5 years younger than me.
It has been a running joke in our family that my mother is often mistaken for my aunt's mom. There is only 8 years between them. I called her this morning and said you want me to make you feel a lot better about being mistaken for Tricia's mama. I then told her what happened. She of course found the humor in it. I did to, thankfully. I told her it was so hard for me not to say yes, I have a 6 year old an 8 year old and a 27 year old. I was the whore of the kindergarten play ground. That got even more laughs out of her.
There are times it is best to really think about what you are saying before you say it. Ya know, to keep from asking a pudgy lady if she is pregnant (had that happen to) or if the teenager with a woman with gray hair is her grandson(that would be my mother) or any number of other awkward moment questions.
I am so thankful I don't offend easily.
