Awkward Silences

The awkward silence. In my opinion, the most tense moments among people.

One awkward moment ive expierienced was the craziest ever.

It was in TKD, and Richard's birthday was coming up. He's turning 12, but he looks about 14 for his size. Now in TKD, we're all friends, except for this one 'semi-crazy' women, who looks about 50. We nickname her 'Grandma'. We dont know much about Grandma, just that she doesnt really know anyone from our studio, and we try to stay a little away from her.

So after class was over, we just started hanging in the back where we just started talking about school, and other random shit.

Let me remind you, all the parents are with us in the back too.

So Grandma comes over to our circle, looks straight at birthday boy, and asks, " So, what do you want for your birthday, i cant decide between a CD player or some condoms......."

Now if it was one of us, we would be joking, but Grandma wasnt. We can tell because she was staring straight into his eyes, and she sounded dead serious.

We all stare at her, Richard looks confused and bunches up his face. All the parents stop talking. Everyone is staring at Grandma and Richard.

This was the longest awkward silence i ever expierienced.

You could just hear the crows outside cawing for the buzzards to come.

The moment was finally broken when Richard's Mom and some of the other parents laughed uneasily and took Richard home.

As Richard was going out and climbing into his car, Grandma yelled at him , "WAIT, YOU STILL DIDNT TELL ME IF YOU WANTED CONDOMS!!!!!"



And so that was the most f-ed up awkward silence i have been through........