Awkward: Daily Post Prompt

Today’s word prompt is AWKWARD.
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I’ve had my fair share of awkward moments, several with my first husband, including an awkward moment after our divorce when he turned up at the same club as me, and a classic with the ex partner.

Imagine the scene:
A posh dinner party with equally posh guests, and I, who is definitely NOT posh but a friend of the host, attend with Partner of the time.
He complains that his ham tastes funny.  I point out that it’s smoked salmon.
He moans that his chicken and stuffing tastes off. I inform him it’s roast duck with an orange stuffing.
He sulks that his meringue isn’t cooked, and I tell him it’s baked alaska.

But the true awkward moment (not including him getting out the roll up baccy)?
When he holds up his brandy snifter glass and makes a big thing about it not being filled to the brim. I cringed, and there just wasn’t a big enough hole I could crawl into, or better still, push him in!

There is a second part to this story though.
After he’d embarrassed himself and sat moodily in a corner nursing a half full brandy glass as he’d helped himself, I was chatting to one of the other guests about music. He played in a quartet who were quite popular in the area and I mentioned I played the piano. Bear in mind this is a posh party, with posh people.
He said he expected I had done very well in my lessons and asked which grade I’d reached. I told him straight that I couldn’t read a note and played by ear.
His laugh was priceless as his posh persona was thrown away, and he put his arm round me saying in a totally UN-posh voice ‘I knew there was a reason I liked you!’

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