Stories tagged “awkward situations”

  • An Awkward Lunch

    “This may come as a surprise to you,” I looked around the table at my new co-workers. I need alcohol. I sipped a little bit of the wine. Not strong enough. “I’d really rather forget the whole thing.” “Donna?” M...

  • An Awkward Lunch, part 2

    “We had our own house -.” I continued. I figured I might as well finish, like a snowball careening down a hill. “The mortgage was high.” “What’d you do?” Rachel asked. I knew she was dreaming up worse scenarios...