At some point everybody makes a comment that acquires blank stares and inappropriate giggles. Sometimes it takes a long time to laugh about certain incidents. One time, I was enjoying my afternoon at a friend's horse facility and her farrier was present. David, the farrier, was in his early forties, and I couldn't help but notice he wasn't wearing a ring. I ask "David, you're a young guy. If you don't mind my asking, are you married?"
He responds in an exaggerated drawl, "Ohhhh no. I went through that rodeo once and I ain't ever doin' it again."
I took this to mean he had experienced a rather unpleasant divorce. I muster all my tact to approach the subject, and respond with, "What? Was she a bitch?" At this point my darling friend pipes up with a bewildered look upon her face. She replies to my question on his behalf "No, Ashley, she's dead. she died of a brain tumor." I began to cry. I cried inconsolably for hours, stuttering apologies. They both laughed and assured me the situation wasn't as bad as it sounded. Jesse passed roughly ten years prior to my inserting both size ten point five shoes into my mouth. I learned a valuable lesson that day: keep your mouth shut, and never ask personal questions until you know someone for more than five minutes.
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Don't feel bad Ashley, we've all had that moment at least once. Some of us more often than that. As for me I have had several moments throughout my life when I shouldn't of said a word.
ReplyDeleteWow... yeah that was a moment when you stuck your foot in your mouth. But like brandy said... we all have been there. You learn from it and at least you did it in front of people who were understandable about the situation. Its really no that ad because most of the times people don't want to enter into marriage because they had a bad experience with somebody. But i'm pretty sure they saw that you are a good person at heart.
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