A new neighbor is building a house and I complimented her with, “Love the portal window, it’s super cute.”
“Oh, thanks! The port hole window was my idea.”
WHAT! Doesn’t everyone carry a catalog of Lord of the Rings and Sci-Fi canon in their brains and have it spit out at inopportune times?
And now we can never be friends because the compliment and the correction will echo forward throughout every awkward moment we would spend together. It’s a shame I didn’t lead with how much I hated the color scheme because then she wouldn’t be confused about why I avoided her.
