Bracing myself for social outing
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| Fri, 05-13-2005 - 2:19am |
My h and I are going out to dinner Saturday went 3 couples that we only see about twice a year. I want to go because I enjoy visiting with these friends, but I don't want to go with him. He thrives on situations like these to embarrass me in front of our friends. The last time we went to dinner, I guess I went overboard in my excitement on seeing our friends, because he told me to settle down right in front of them. Then a little later, I spoke spanish to the waiter, because he had mixed up our appetizer order, so when we started ordering the entrees I decided to just order in Spanish so we could get it right. My h proceeded to tell our entire table, "there I go showing off that I can speak Spanish!" Luckily one of our friends told my h that I was just trying to make sure our order went well. This is what I have to look forward to this Saturday. If it wasn't that it was a trip outside the house for me, I wouldn't dare go, I can't tell him to not say things either, last time I did that he said he could say anything he wants.
I know there are worse things that can happen, so I should just suck it up and be happy and grateful that I'm going out to eat somewhere and will get to enjoy my friends, even if I can't let my hair down. I'm always trying to find that silver lining.
Thanks for letting me vent.

Good idea! Thanks. I know there are worse things that women are going through, it's just hard to deal with public embarrassment.
Thanks again.