I was getting a filling done, and my dentist (who’s always been super nice) was chatting away, trying to keep me calm. I’m not great with dental work, and I get really tense. At one point, she says, “You’re doing amazing, just a little more,” while gently patting my shoulder.
And in a weird, semi-conscious panic response, I just mumbled through the mouth guard:
“Ah luh yoo.”
She paused.
I realized what I just said, and tried to backtrack by saying “THANK YOU,” but with my mouth full of dental gear, it came out like:
“BLUH GOO.”
She patted me again, said “Okay,” and didn’t speak for the rest of the visit.
I’ve replayed that moment 400 times since. I told my wife later and she laughed so hard she cried.
TL;DR by confessing my love to a woman holding a drill to my face.
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I assure you that anybody who administers local anesthetics gets used to weird things being said to them. The pain killers partly work by shutting down your ability to information parse/encode. This also turns off your “filter;” the conscious part of your mind that quashes the random shit your brain comes up with.
I can imagine that, at that moment, the dentist was just trying to be professional and not laugh out loud during the rest of the procedure…
Seems there’s a lot of “I accidentally told someone I love them by accident” posts lately
I just Googled how common it is to say random things during dental procedures and found out that dentists are used to hearing everything from love confessions to bizarre jokes, so you’re not alone in this one, though I hope your dentist didn’t take it too really, because that’s a tough spot to be in.