LaPoo's Dinner Snafus

Last night I found myself in the private dining room  at the Burlington Arms with 12 Aussies and a Scandinavian woman for dinner.  Lots of old friends of Mr. LaPoo and a few unknowns.  All in all a delightful evening full of interesting conversations and only a couple awkward moments thanks to yours truly.  Faves of the evening were...

1.) When, out of 14 people in attendance, Mr. LaPoo and I managed to sit down next to and across from his ex-girlfriend.  Who, actually is super nice and smart.  Unless she's faking it, but I'm usually pretty good at picking up on such things.  

2.) How I kept obsessing all night about how funny it was that the ex and I both wore our hair in low side ponies.  What are the odds?  Oh and how my husband and the girl next to him, that wasn't me, had had sex before.  But mainly the side pony.

3.) When I ordered my cheeseburger medium rare and the waiter said they only made them well done I blurted out, "Are you kidding?"  Damn it feels good to be an American stereotype sometimes.

4.) Being caught in the middle of conversations about Afghanistan and the Copenhagen Summit, when really all I wanted was to be seated back with the interesting girl who makes chocolate discussing the possibility of Lloyd and Cheryl having an affair on X Factor.

5.) Chatting with the strange girl who assumed, as a fellow Jew, that I knew about the secret sign language thing.   Admittedly, I am the worst Jew in the world, but uh what?

6.) And finally, the fact that at the ex's office when someone brings forward a new idea, they are judged by their colleagues wearing either gold or green party hats.  Gold for when they like the idea and green for not so much.  I mean I've worked in fashion for years, and not once did I get to wear a gold party hat in a meeting.  Dang it!


P.S. Stay tuned for more on the chocolate girl.  It's like chocolate...but better!