So this happened yesterday. I (18F) was walking through campus on my way to class when I saw a guy smiling and waving in my direction. I didn’t recognize him, but I panicked – maybe we had a class together? Maybe I forgot his name? I smiled big, waved back, really enthusiastically.
Turns out… he was waving at the girl walking right behind me.
I realized it mid-wave, but instead of just pretending I was fixing my hair or something normal, I committed. I walked up to him and said,
“Hey! How’s it going?”
He looked confused as hell and went,
“…Do I know you?”
So I panicked again and said,
“Oh sorry, I thought you were someone else”
and then speed-walked away… past both of them… and tripped on the sidewalk.
Still thinking about it.
TL;DR: I waved at a guy who wasn’t waving at me, tried to play it cool, made it worse, and ended up humiliating myself in front of two strangers.
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The only correct response to a mid wave is awkwardly putting your hand through your hair. You proceed to feel embarrassed for the rest of the day.
15 years later, you will be trying to sleep, and your brain will be like, “Remember that guy you waved at good times.”
Always commit to the bit
You’re never gonna live this down. Every time someone waves to you, you’ll remember this moment.
This happened to me my freshmen year of highschool. This very pretty girl that I had a big crush on appeared to be waving at me down a deserted hallway, and I thought I was the only other one there. I was shocked because she hadn’t really given me the time of day up until then. After a few seconds of processing, I smiled and waved back. As we got closer I could see she was looking past me at her friend right behind me. They both giggled as they met and it was pretty obvious they were laughing at me. Rightfully so…
Although I didn’t follow it up by wiping out on the floor. Bravo for that one.
While it was embarrassing at the time, they will likely forget about it by the end of the week.
Time to just practice waving at random people just for the heck of it across campus. Who knows , maybe you will make a friend if they wave back.
Everyones talking about it still
One time in AP stats the teacher was getting data from the class for an example and asked ” ok now how many girls in the class do x ” my friend ( who is a guy) wasn’t paying attention and just saw a bunch of people raise their hands so he did too. When he realized it was all girls raising their hand and people were laughing at him he took his hand started rubbing his eye like that’s what he meant to do which just made everyone laugh more lmao
I don’t understand why you doubled down, but I love that you did!