Everyone's entitled to mistakes; sometimes those mistakes are a person...
Nerd By Northwest #349 – “Poor Life Choices”
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"I guess you're okay" remark is based in part off an old manager I worked with years ago. The guy was a retired Army colonel, and if you did your job well, the way you were supposed to without any headaches or problems, his response would be to say "adequate job". And if you really outperformed, he just might praise you with an "adequate-plus"! (who says military people don't have a sense of humor? 😁)
As for meeting the parents, I'm happy to say that I have not been a "Skyler"-level of regret for a girlfriend introducing me to her parents (or if I was, they were really good at hiding it!). And likewise, I haven't had a girlfriend who's bombed like that in meeting my folks. But I have had friends that freaked my folks out a bit. Not in being obnoxious, but rather due to their eccentric choice in hairstyle and such. The most dramatic example being a ten-inch multicolored mohawk with lip, eyebrow, and nose piercings. You could almost see my stepdad's brain rebooting in the attempt to process what his eyes were seeing...
Lastly, can anyone guess what classic movie the line "did you eat paint chips as a kid" is originally from? Hint: If you were around for the 90's, at least in the USA, you've almost certainly seen it.
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