My new housemate had his kids over yesterday and we had this conversation
Me: thats a pretty scarf. Is purple your favourite colour?
S: yes. Someone knitted this for me
Me: oh really, that was nice of them. Who was it?
S: Mums friend. K.
Me: that was very nice of her
S: Mums girlfriend
Me: ...
*WTF am I supposed to say to that???*
Totally left field. I knew she left him for someone else, but I wasn't informed of the gender of the someone else.
4 comments:
OUCH! didn't se that comin'... Well, Good southern breedin from the ole' US of A says you just say, "hunny, she did such a nice job makin' that scarf!" and then run to the nearest bar and drink Cosmos...
WOW. Good aussie etiquette says something similar - 'she did a nice job', followed by copious amounts of bourbon.
UK etiquette says: "It's really nice, you must love it."
Ignore the whole gender thing.
I'm with saddle up. It's about the scarf anyway, not the new girlfriend.
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