Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Uncomfortable moments!

Russell and I are both off work for for today and tomorrow. So a little while ago his work calls and asks him to come in a do a bit of work....nothing major and it won't take too long. So Russell says I can come along. I assumed he'd be doing some work at the yard and I'd just go along with him. Well.....he didn't tell me he'd have to go off in the tanker and I'd have to sit there for a couple hours in the office with one of his bosses who I never even met before. Can I say...uncomfortable??? Russell did not tell me it would take a couple of hours. After about a half hour he called his sister to pick me up which I was thankful for. Russell's pickup truck was there at the yard and since I did not have a key to it I would have been stuck there. This is not the first time he's put me in a weird uncomfortable situation.
I remember when we first met online and we had just started talking on the phone. I was not really that comfortable talking on the phone with him at that time because we'd pretty much talked online. Anyhow all of the sudden he tells me....here talk to my daughter Staci and hands here the phone. Since we did not know each other we were both put on the spot and really did not have much to say. I think we talked about something she was cooking at the time. :0 Another time was when I met his 2nd ex wife when she came to SC to pick up their son to bring them to AZ. Talk about an awkward uncomfortable moment!
Russell just does not seem to have uncomfortable moments. When he first met my ex husband he acted like they were buddies and had known each other for years. hahaha.....he's a weird one.
Have you had such a moment lately?

8 comments:

  1. indigo incarnates

    I can't imagine meeting your husband's exes can be all that fun. Ugh :(

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  2. I haven't had any moments like that in a while. It sounds like Russell is one of those people that never meets a stranger. My husband is like that. I wish I was more like that. I tend to me on the shy, timid side.

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  3. Although we have been together for almost 4 years he's not my hubby. :) An no, it was really not too much fun but when kids are involved there is not really much you can do to avoid it.

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  4. Exactly shirla. I'm more like you and it takes me time to get to know people.

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  5. I had a sort of simular experience recently. My brother just got married and my parents, other brother, grandparents and I were brought to meet the friends and family members of his new wife the night before the wedding. Don't get me wrong, it was nice meeting them, but not so nice being told we were going out with Rachel and her parents (who I knew already) for a drink and suddenly being confronted by half a dozen people who wanted to introduce themselves to me first. I don't do crowds of people and big social events and only went in the first place out of duty to Carl and Rachel... I am Carl's sister after all. So the entire evening was uncomfortable for me.

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  6. You know, everyone is different and handles situations is various ways, Russell is different from you and doesn't realize you are uncomfortable. I have had many uncomfortable moments in my life...and I end up just getting the giggle...a nervuous habit but it helps the awkwardness roll off my shoulders!

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  7. I think I live life as a series of uncomfortable moments. I am generally pretty shy and have a hard time fitting in with people most of the time. I make an effort to avoid situations that will make me particularly uncomfortable and I have gotten a bit better with age but I often wish I could fit in better.

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  8. I don't know Barb, it seems that every time you go with Russell on the job, something breaks down or you get stranded for a lot longer than you planned! If it were me, I'd beg off of those trips!!

    But that's just me!

    I think it's gong to rain today... yippee!

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