miketanner Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 I made a complete fool of myself in front of my girlfriend last week and it's still bothering me. We went for a walk on some trails because with this time of year the trees are pretty and all and she's into that. Everything was fine until we went to cross the river. While on the foot bridge I tripped on something and fell. Got a little bump on the head from the hand rail but that wasn't too bad. What was bad was that my glasses got knocked off and fell in the river. I should probably explain that my vision is terrible. Without my glasses everything is just a mess of shapeless, blurry colors. One of my biggest fears is losing or breaking them. Well, after a few seconds it registered with me that my glasses were gone with no hope of finding them. I panicked. I was a very un manly, trembling, scared and helpless idiot...in front of my girlfriend. It didn't help that she had to first, calm me down and second, guide me back to the car because I couldn't see a thing. Of course I have a another pair for emergencies, but they were 800 miles away with a family member (don't ask...long stupid story). And since the one-hour places can't even begin to handle my prescription, I had to wait for two days to have my other glasses shipped to me. Which meant that she had to stay with me until I got them. That I didn't mind. What I did mind was her having to watch me feel my way around, jump at every sound I didn't recognize and bump into things. She was great the whole time and I love her for that but I'm afraid she thinks less of me now after seeing me like that. Yeah I know, I should talk to her about it but you know how guys are with the whole talking about feelings stuff. How would I bring that up without looking like even more of an idiot of myself?
Ronni_W Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 I agree with SS. Also, to not always take yourself oh-so-seriously -- your sense of humour would have gone (and will go) a long way in helping you feel better about the whole episode. Any case, THAT is exactly how some happy family memories start out looking. When you think about it again, is it not also a delightful, early-romance tale that the two of you can share with your kids and grandkids???
CommitmentPhobe Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 Didn't you laugh about it at the time? any long term R I've been in my OH would have found something like that hilarious. After all that's all part and parcel isn't it? You can't have the exciting without the funny and the stupid, and if you can't laugh about this together what else are you going to do?
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