Not just men's parents, no. My parents have done it too. I'm trying to remember what my dad said... I brought my boyfriend over and my mom looked right at him and said "Don't you hurt her!" I was mortified. Way to make it awkward, Mom.

Also when I apologized to his mom about what a mess our house was, and she replied "No need for apologies, we're practically family!" Alright, lets get to one year of a relationship before arranging the wedding, shall we?

I hate those moments where you run into someone you know (high school, classmate, etc) who you know knows you as well, but both of you don't know each other well enough to stop and say hi to. Instead both have the contend with the fact that you choose to ignore each other and walk by, nearly breaking each of your necks trying to avoid eye contact.

Most of the stupid things i do i don't feel very awkward about, since it's basically human to do those things - lulls in conversation don't bother me too much, using wrong responses to simple greetings person:good morning me:I'm fine, thanks.

But last week, my friend pointed out how awkward my situation was before i even noticed. I was going to a movie with two of my friends. We usually do this on fridays - nothing out of the ordinary. They both have girlfriends, who where with them. Their girlfriends are usually with them - nothing out of the ordinary. We drive out to the theater, go to dinner. I'm sitting talking, usual stuff, when my friend says something along the lines of "at least were not the kind of people who make you feel like a 5th wheel"

Wasn't till he said that that it hit me. Then i went and sat by myself for the movie.

Joking with a guy friend and kept calling him gay, and turns out he IS a real gay. :/

I felt horrible, and was worried that I might have hurt him unintentionally.
And yeah it got really awkward when we hang out after he found out that I knew.

I'm willing to bet that you turned him gay by constantly calling him that. :(

Running into the girl you hook up with at a party/dance/function/whatever. Especially if they don't remember you. Wait, no, even more if they remember you. And you're friends. And see each other almost every day. Yeah, that one's still biting me in the ass.

A real live gay? GET OUT!

I just thought of another one: Asking a person of the same sex on a "date." I'm referring to a heterosexual date. The kind where you meet someone of the same sex that you really like and think you'd want to be friends with, and you have to figure out a way to ask them if they want to do something with you without looking like you're hitting on them.

I think this is much more difficult for females. Guys just go, "Hey, you want to go grab a beer and some chicken wings?" Girls have to torment themselves over it for days before they think of the right thing to say. Then they have to spend a day or so working up to it and worrying about getting turned down or being given some lame excuse.

This is probably why I don't have many female friends.

For guys it's pretty simple. You tell them, "I know this proper dive across town, you wanna have a beer for lunch?"

It's not like you're gonna fuck him (unless you're Ben) and you get to meet new people.

You are right on the "Hay, let's go Do something!" part for guys (though I don't think that Beer and chicken wings are all that they think of), However I think that only you have that problem when it comes to girls Alice. The "Hay, let's go do something!" bit works for both sexes because it is terminology that is common. Another way could be "Hey, I was gonna go to a movie, wanna go with?"

I've only ever had men's parents, so my experience is limited. I should have known it was a universal thing though. I don't recall any of the parents of my previous girlfriends saying anything that I noticed as being in poor taste, or a really bad attempt at a joke... while it usually is an awkward moment, it's never been disasterous. I'm sure that I've just been lucky so far. This streak can't last forever.

Something about the chicken wings part made me laugh. Don't know why.

Refer to Tails for official answer.

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When having a very calm and quiet meeting and then someone comes running in yelling at someone specific for writing a terrible article.... embarrassing for all of us, but for the most part the guy who is a crappy writer.....

Talking with my father.

Learning that you're #7 of 8 children after growing up for 26 years of being an only child and never having seen said father before or ever hearing his voice among COUNTLESS other things that would require years of therapy and prayer to resolve internally tends to do that.