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I was trying to be polite, so let it go.[now with pictures]

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bluhairfreak:
This is one of those times when I think manners can be wasted on my family.  For Christmas I was given a shirt, the box labeled as coming from 2 aunts, 2 uncles and 2 cousins.  The shirt is a blue, crinkled polyester button down blouse with 3 rows of ruffles on each side, and a row of lace at the waist.  It's nice but not in anyway conceivable something I would wear(ok I think it's hideous, and it reminds me of the Puffy shirt from Seinfeld)  Later they asked me if I liked it, and I couldn't lie so I tried to cover by saying "it's interesting"  Naturally my mother and aunts picked up that I hated the blouse and immediately made my "it's interesting comment, the biggest joke of the christmas gathering.  Teasing me mercilessly and then making me try the shirt on, in short doing anything and everything to embarass me over the comment and the shirt.

I wonder if they would have prefer the full on truth from me.

jfulle5:
Some people just dont understand when "joking around" is appropriate and would rather laugh than spare your and the rest of your families feelings.

freakyfemme:
"Interesting" is so over-used these days, it almost always means something negative.  If I were you, I would have gone with "It matches my hair" instead, lol.

bluhairfreak:

--- Quote from: freakyfemme on December 26, 2006, 11:50:03 PM ---"Interesting" is so over-used these days, it almost always means something negative.  If I were you, I would have gone with "It matches my hair" instead, lol.

--- End quote ---

Maybe if I hadn't been put on the spot like that I could have come up with something better to say, as it was my brain froze.  Unfortunately I couldn't even have used "it matches my hair" as my hair is currently black(personal rule, when I go to see my 80+ year old grandmother, my hair is a normal color) but even when my hair was blue it would not have matched this shirt.

What's sad is my 19 year old cousin was just looking at them going "why are you giving her a hard time, she was just trying to be easy on you"  While they went on about how excited they had been over finding this shirt, and then going around to find the perfect accessories for it.

djinnidjream:
The same thing happened to me at my baby shower.  I unwrapped a box of books, they were child care books from the 70's.  I thought it was strange, but I was trying to find something kind to say.  I thought they were from GMIL- she gave us a house care checklist book from the 70s for our wedding.  My mom started laughing and said she got them at a used book place and thought it hilarious that I was trying to be nice.  I'm still scratching my head over that one.

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