I feel you. I’ve gotten better at it, but recently had a much older woman flirting with me at a bar. She led into some story with, “Well, I’m much older than you, but…” to which I casually, mindlessly, obliviously, effortlessly, and to both of our near-instant horror, interjected a supportive-intended, “…obviously…”
I feel you. I’ve gotten better at it, but recently had a much older woman flirting with me at a bar. She led into some story with, “Well, I’m much older than you, but…” to which I casually, mindlessly, obliviously, effortlessly, and to both of our near-instant horror, interjected a supportive-intended, “…obviously…”
In real-time now:
Her: “Well, I’m much older than you, but…”
Me: “Obviously.”
She was literally stunned silent. Then me, too.