A little too familiar between friends

[bubbalin]

Ah yes, love the paper towel story - a classic case of mistaken identity. Happened to me once. My wife (Kriskrafts) and I were active in a historic reenactment group that portrayed the everyday life of the ancient Scot. We were at a Highland Game in Massachusetts and I went off site for a few minutes. When I came back I walked up to Kris from behind to give her a hug and kiss on the neck - and it turned out to be her 13-year-old sister! The sister had joined us that day and was the same height and had the same color and style of hair as Kris, and while I was off site they had dressed her up in a spare outfit of Kris's. Both forgave me, but boy was I embarrassed.

Lucky you didn't grope her or something.

I was once taking a picture with a group of friends and placed my arm around my girlfriend. Only, it wasn't my girlfriend. Lucky I noticed before I went to give her a kiss and pinch her ass. Turned out it was my friend, they're about the same height and on that day were both wearing a grey singlet...

 

[Uzumaki]

I used to game with a guy who used to call me 'Dear.' I presume he picked it up from a very affectionate girl we were friends with. It was sort of patronizing, and I'm older than he is anyway, so I made him stop.

 

[mythago]

Wow! Sounds more like you needed to take her out for an operation to get that funny bone put back in

I'm more surprised that nobody took Ms. Towel-Thrower to task for trying to stir things up between jgsugden and his wife.

The guy in question here has been a good friend of the family for years. He calls everyone "hun".

Does he also paw everyone whether or not they are comfortable with it?

I mean, using endearments is one thing. Unasked-for and unwanted back and shoulder rubs is just freaking weird. Somebody needs to tell this guy to get a clue before a clue is forcibly got for him.

 

[WanderingMonster]

I can't imagine saying anything at the gaming table that would offend someone, or be taken the wrong way. Being misheard is another thing entirely. While playing Vampire, I said, "I put my DRINK on the table." The whole group busts out laughing thinking I had just stated my intention to lay my junk on the table. They won't let me forget that.

 

[Impeesa]

Heh. I remember at one game a few years back, one guy basically crawled into another girl's chair behind her and started giving her a backrub. She didn't have much of a reaction either, which is the funny part - he'd already been hitting on her, she was quite frankly disgusted by it (she and I were of late high-school age, other dude was in his early 20's), but she wasn't going to turn down a free backrub. It's funnier still because pretty much everyone else at the table knew or could guess that's what was going on, partially because she has this uncanny ability to incite infatuation.. The majority of the group has either dated (or tried to date) her at some point (I never really got why, but then, I've been dating her best friend for four years ).

--Impeesa--

 

[Frostmarrow]

I have this a wee bit older yet very pretty lady at the office. She calls me darling. And this being in Swedish, "darling" is not something you'd call just anybody.

I was pretty surprised the first time she called me that but I figured it had have been an accident. There were more people around, too. Now it seems she is covering up by always calling me darling no matter who's around. She doesn't call anyone else that, though.

I just smile and call her by name.

 

[The Spectrum Rider]

I once called my 1st-grade teacher "Mommy." Does that count?

It was very embarrassing....



The Spectrum Rider

 

[Frostmarrow]

Argh. -The trauma! I feel you pain, mate.

 

[Buttercup]

As a result of hurrying, I've told my boss over the phone "I love you" twice, and his secretary at least once.

It's a nice habit gone terribly, terribly wrong.

My staff all seem to think that my husband and my boss sound alike. One time, one of them told me that my husband was on the phone, and so when I picked it up, I said "Hi sweetie, what's up?" It was my boss, who replied "Uh, I didn't know you cared so much." We had a good laugh, but now I never believe anyone when they tell me who is on the phone for me.

As far as gaming goes, there have been instances where I have had to role play an NPC flirting with a PC. Right now, for example, the male dwarf cleric (played by a woman) has a crush on the female dwarf propiretor of a tavern. This has been going on for a couple of sessions, and it's amusing, but I find it a bit uncomfortable too. Still, I'll be doing my best to run with it. At the very least, I figure it's a source of future adventures.

 

[Calico_Jack73]

The only issue I've had was when one of the female players in the group was having her character try and sweet-talk an NPC into helping her out. She did a little flirting with him, I had the NPC flirt back. This went on for a few minutes - very good roleplaying - until I saw the look I was getting from my wife, another player. I quickly put an end to the encounter at that point. I wonder if I'm still paying for that or if I've done something else since...

I hear ya... that is why I prefer not to run my game at my house but my wife hates when I go off to game for 5+ hours and prefers me to host. She is even so tricky that she's gotten the players on her side by baking and cooking for our gamedays (my wife is an AWESOME cook) so obviously they don't want to go anywhere.