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OK, now I am REALLY mortified.
Oh my god, I am so embarrassed. I do not know what to do...this is bad.
A week or so ago, an old high school friend of mine joined Facebook. I hadn't talked to him in years. The last I knew, he had one daughter and a second kid on the way. This was 7 or 8 years ago.
I was excited to reconnect. I flipped through a couple of his pictures and saw that he had three kids. They all have weird, trendy gender-neutral names that I hate, but they were all really cute kids. So, over a week ago, I wrote on his wall something to the effect of thinking his three girls were really cute.
Because I thought they were all girls.
Except just now, he wrote to tell me that the middle one is a boy, but apparently other people confuse him for a girl too.
HE HAD LONG HAIR! HE LOOKED LIKE A TOM BOY!
If I had looked through all the photos, I would have seen him in a bathing suit. But I just looked through a few, where he was wearing plaid shorts, a blue t-shirt, and was wearing one of those woven necklaces. Jesus, I have no idea how to respond now. And I'm sure a dozen of our mutual friends have seen this exchange now and are getting quite a kick out of it.
I'm such a jackass.
Re: OK, now I am REALLY mortified.
I'd play it cool. A simple "gotcha, thanks for correcting me!" would work.
Nah, they don't cut his hair. That's what they get.
Just brush it off... Je m'excuse! he's certainly going to be a heartbreaker with those locks!
I just called another friend of mine from high school to tell her the story and she thought it was hilarious. She also thought he had three girls from the photos, so that makes me feel better.
Part of the reason why I lost touch with him is because I always sensed his wife didn't like me. I'm sure she just hates me now...lol...
Heheh. I'm glad you see the humor in it now, ESF, 'cause it's pretty funny!
And if other people have made that mistake as well, you shouldn't feel so bad!
lol this reminds me of a story about my brother. When he was 12 or so, he was into the whole skater thing and had his hair long. Everybody wanted him to cut it but he thought it looked cool. He was at my dad's house in the driveway once and apparently some of my stepsister's male friends had driven by their house. Later her friends told her, "Hey your stepsister is really cute!" and she said "Really, when did you see her?" "Oh the other day, she was outside. You know, with the dark hair." She said "uhhh my stepsister is blond" .....and realized they were talking about him.
I think it was the very next day he went and had it cut short.
Yeah, this was me. All through Kindergarten, I was called "the boy in the dress" because my mom gave me a really short hair cut. Never again.
Don't feel bad, ESF! At least the child didn't hear it, and maybe it will be a wake up call to his stupid parents.
Oops... just say 'oh i just saw the names of your kids, and they're trendy, gender neutral names like i LOVE'.
Or don't say anything. If their kid looks like a girl and they don't like it then they should do something to make him look like a boy.
LOL!
Seriously, one of these days I will post a picture of five year old me with a bowl cut.