An Incomplete List of Awkward Situations (Part XI)

When you see men out in public who look like Santa Claus, and they want to be treated like they are Santa Claus (creepy) or maybe they don’t want to be treated like Santa Claus (in which case, shave the beard and stop wearing red, Fella!), and you’re never really sure, so you act like you can’t see them.

When your neighbor texts you that your garage is open, and there’s a strange truck in your driveway, but it’s your truck and you’re sitting in it. 

When you wave to a teenage boy at the gym because you think he’s your Aunt Lori.

When someone asks you to write them a check, and you didn’t know people still wrote checks.

When your van smells like iceberg lettuce, and you can’t find the source, so you just have to drive everyone around for a week listening to them talk about how it smells like rotten salad. 

When you make your kids some microwaveable mini pancakes, and they look like this: