Awkward Moments Bite

Pat wrote about embarrassing moments today and it reminded me of a story I think you guys will enjoy.

It starts in 1977 - I was in preschool with a little boy named Lennox Patterson* and apparently I was a biter. 

Flash forward to 1993, the summer before I went away to college, and I am working the front desk at a doctor's office.  In walks a boy named Lennox Pattington in a hat from the college I'd be attending in a few weeks.

So, do I open with, "Hey, I'm starting at that fine university in August"?

Nope, I say, "Hey, I think I used to bite you."

Awkward much? 

It's even better when you learn that, while his name was very unusual, he wasn't even the boy I'd gone to preschool with.  Note the different, yet very similar last names.

What's so ironic about the story is that this Lennox attended the same small private school that my preschool friend Lennox attended; Mr. Pattington was just a year ahead of us.

We did spend the next 3 years together in college.  And, we did become friends.  And, he did introduce me to my college boyfriend.  And, he did make me look pretty cool to know some fraternity boys before classes even started.  And, he did marry a friend of mine from high school.

So, I guess it turned out okay.  Pretty funny too :)

*Names changed in an attempt to protect anonymity while preserving the irony of the story.

If it can lick, it can bite.

-French proverb