I work for my ex-girlfriend's father.
Does that qualify? While I was dating his daughter, sometimes he would say things specifically designed to put me in an awkward or embarrassing situation.

For example, the time when he was talking about human nature, and how the primal urge is to reproduce.

Or the time he said "You know, Grokthought, I was 20 years old, once, too." giving me that knowing glare; the one that says 'I know what you were doing in your car at 2am with my daughter when the police pulled you over in August.'

You know the one.

Things are still pretty cringeworthy now that we've split up, as my boss is now trying to set me up with a ton of other girls. It's not a terrible situation, to be certain, but there is still a factor of uncomfortability involved. Part of me sees him as a boss, part as a friend and part as my ex-girlfriend's father. The ex-girlfriend's father bit really trumps the rest sometimes, as he constantly wants to talk about her to me. I think he either feels sorry for me or regrets that we're no longer together. She gave me mononucleosis then dumped me when the symptoms cleared, led me to falsely believe we would get back together for two months, and is with someone else now. Nice that she could move on to the next poor sod while I've had to wait a few months for the mono to clear.


Also, I have never found anything more true than this.


It's weird when writing these QOTW answers. I'm a writer, but when writing this kind of stuff it seems like I'm trying to butter a piece of Tesco Value bread with the minuscule amount of spread that's left around the base of the tub. With a spoon. I should probably stick to what I know, eh?
( Grokthought wouldn't pay that for Chinese 5-Spice, Sat 29 Nov 2008, 10:03, Reply)