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Awkward!
What is the most awkward conversation/situation you have been part of?
Mine was today... My mom started asking me questions about "adult toys". She was going through my drawers and found something 
then told me what I should use to clean them. It got better, she then told me she has the same "device" as me and asked if I would pick up some extra cleaner for her.
I really hope someone can top this.
Re: Awkward!
My mom talked to me about my dad's private parts.
My dad described what went wrong with the condom when my brother was conceived. My brother was 10. I was 11.
My mother described what she did to conceive me....while my husband was present.
I'd gladly buy my mom some toy cleaner if it means she'll stop talking about actual genitalia.
Yeesh, that's definitely awkward. lol How do you come back from something like that? Just curious, but why was she going through your drawers?
I don't have anything to top that. The last awkward conversation was on speaker with my parents when we told them that we're expecting. My mom asked what symptoms I was having, and not thinking about my Dad being on the line, I told her about my ever-expanding chest. Poor, poor Dad.
The first time I drove with MIL out to their beach house (about 2.5 hour ride) she asked me what kind of BC DH and I planned on using. I evaded the question and she proceeded to extoll the virtues of her diaphragm for the rest of the trip.
Did I mention I had known her for about two months at this point?
Yea, that's awkward! lol
I had to talk to a kid about not masturbating in class, and where a better place to do that would be. (expound on masturbation talk here) Awkward
That was not something we covered in school.
ETA: I think Ojo is a huge front-runner here.
I changed my name
My MIL hosted a sex toy party and guilted me into going a couple months after H and I started dating.
I had to sit there while she got drunk with her friends (I was underage and wasn't drinking), talked about FIL's d!ck, the nicknames she called it and their sex life. She then proceeded to ask me questions about my sex life, and when I wouldn't answer she went on to talk about how H had the biggest peen out of his brothers.
I was mortified.
67/200
Change that to "on school bus" and I'm right there with you.
Although she has limited contact with me, one of H's aunts stood up in the middle of a cousin's wedding shouting "when are they gonna kiss." She then proceeded to tell us about the toys she bought for the bride. The staunchly Catholic bride.
This same woman asked another cousin's girlfriend how often she danced on tables for the cousin. Ummmm.....
She referred to me as good Sibil instead of evil Sibil since I share a name with one of her sisters (disclaimer, Sibil is not my real name). Also, at the same dinner, the first time I met most of the family, she asked if H and I were engaged. We weren't at the time. She responded with, "so.... are you sleeping around?"
There's a reason we got married with an ocean between us since she wasn't allowed to fly.
LOL, I love y'all.
My mother once told me an equally horrifying story about how my brother's you-know-what was so much bigger than our male cousin's, and how they both used to run around naked and it was really obvious that my brother was going to be huge and the cousin was going to be tiny, but nobody ever talked about it. WAY TOO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT BOTH OF THEM.
My MIL went into detail with me and SIL about when she had an IUD and said it hurt FIL. Then she brought it up again in front of FIL.
Also, the first time we met, MIL asked me if I had found H's ticklish spot on his upper inner thigh, apparently he's had that since he was a baby and she remembered.
I got this beat twice.
My cousin was having an "adult toy demo". My mom and aunt (her sister) were in attendance as well. It wasn't too weird bc we're all grown women or whatever. So we're all drinking and talking and the subject of BJ's comes up. My mom blurts out "what's a BJ?" My mouth dropped open, I looked at my aunt and said "no way, you got this one and I'm getting another drink."
A few months later, I introduced A to my mom the first time at Thanksgiving. A went to change her flat tire for her. We're standing outside the little coffee shop across the street to get out of the rain. She says to me.
"D, why do so many white girls feel attracted to black men?"
"IDK. It's just a personal preference I guess."
"O. So it's it true what they say about black men and their diick size?"
"Jeez mom how many ppl do you think I fuucked?"
"Oh IDK I was just wondering. So, is true for A?"
"WTF MOM!! REALLY THO!? I'm out. I'm helping him change your flat now."
I had to have this same conversation Jilly. The whole time I'm thinking "where are all the men in the building when you need them?"