Freudian slip?

[John]

Ok, I was talking with a couple of my flatmates in the kitchen just now (who I am not out to) about the houce I should be staying in next year and the (weid) people in it. One of them cut me off and said "wate, you said 'four other boys'."

Woops.

I passed it off as a slip of the toung (although when he said "you had me woried for a second" I told him to 'be woried').

But... oops? When did I start speaking like that? I have no idear... Guess it means I'm axepting my male self a lot more.

(O.K, admitidly not exactly a freudian slip, but still)

But I was thinking, do any of you guys tend to find you're self in situations like that, where you say something that realy confirms who you want to be without realising it? (that makes sence right? or not...) (Oh, answers from every little peep out there welcome)

[Felix]

Hi Josh yeah I do it a lot especially with my partner and funny enough she does it too about me and we laugh at each other it's quite amusing really xx Felix :hugs:

[Evert]

WEll I have that "me and 3 other guys" thing a lot.. :eek:

[Kieron Andrew]

im forever putting my foot in it with the he and she thing lol

[John]

yeah, definatly a moment of the 'open mouth, insert foot' veriaty.

[Tristan]

I make dumb little slips all the time too, Josh. Like when my mom wanted me to wear a dress for christmas.... "You'll see me in a tie before you'll ever see me in a dress again." Boy did I get a strange look. Heck even last night some coworker of mine asked me about having kids and etc and I was like ick no not my own. I really hate being a woman. Again, met with an odd look.

[CaptLex]

Yeah, that sounds kinda Freudian to me. I can't remember ever doing that, but who knows . . . maybe I did it and didn't realize it. I'm know there were plenty of times when I almost said something and then bit my tongue before it would come out. It's hard having a secret identity. :p

[Dasein9]

Once or twice it's happened to me in class. Last semester, a kid brought up shaving against the grain as an example of something. A female student asked, "Huh?" and I explained that shaving the face is different from shaving the legs. Then some of the male students asked about shaving against the grain. I -- a bit too enthusiastically -- explained why it can be bad and cause ingrown hairs.

Then I noticed the class just staring at me, mouths open.

I just said something about a long train ride and nothing but an Esquire Big Black Book to read.

I think they bought it.

[pocoyo]

Haha Josh! I did that exact same thing last week.
I was talking about something with my mum and I said "yeah with the other boys..."

Lol! She didn't even look at me weirdly now though because I think she's used to my little "gender accidents" haha!

When I was telling her about the Christmas party from work I was like
"the girls all sat over that side and all the boys sat together here...."
(Meaning I was one of the boys as I was on that side hehe).

Yeah stuff like that happens all the time... I guess you're right, it's almost like a subconscious sign of acceptance perhaps! :D

[ZenFrost]

I've been doing that kind of thing forever and I always get away with it. I happen to have a really sarcastic personality so since half the things I say are sarcastic anyway, people can't really tell if I'm being serious or not so they let it slide. It's a very convenient excuse.

[bi_weird]

Hah fun. I don't remember a moment like that, but I've definitely had times (usually after I've been hanging out here for a while) where I get confused in conversation as to which gender words to use in reference to me. I'll want to say something about "us guys" then think "wait no the guys and I" then "NO us guys" and then there's this awkward pause in conversation where I look really weird. Always a good laugh.

[false_dichotomy]

I say stuff like that too. Being one of those nuts who sometimes talks about himself in third person, I have baffled classmates and family members by using masculine pronouns on myself when I should've been fibbing and saying "she". I've also said "a guy like me" in front of the wrong people... that was awkward, but thankfully the gift of unintelligible sarcasm saves the day.

-Neil

[Abraxas]

Sarcasm is quite possibly the most effective self-preservation device ever invented. I pity whoever thinks it's the lowest form of humour.

By the way, fabulous to meet you. We always like having fresh meat-- *ahem* I mean, new guys!

[ZenFrost]

Sarcasm is quite possibly the most effective self-preservation device ever invented. I pity whoever thinks it's the lowest form of humour.

I always thought it was puns that were the lowest form of humour. And I'm rather inclined to agree with that. I've heard that sarcasm was born of anger, and sarcastic people were angry people. I think I agree with that too.

[Stacy GG]

Heck even last night some coworker of mine asked me about having kids and etc and I was like ick no not my own. I really hate being a woman. Again, met with an odd look.

well, a while back I said I wasn't even sure I wanted children, and I got odd looks. Even when I tell people how long I've been married the first question is usually. " Do you have kids?" I think if you don't want to add to the massively huge world population people look at you wierd. So not necessarily a open mouth insert foot kind of thing there. :2c: hope I didn't intrude !

[false_dichotomy]

I always thought it was puns that were the lowest form of humour. And I'm rather inclined to agree with that. I've heard that sarcasm was born of anger, and sarcastic people were angry people. I think I agree with that too.

John Knowles wrote in A Separate Peace that "sarcasm is the protest of those who are weak." Which kind of makes sense since one can always weasel out of a sarcasitc comment by claiming to be sincere, or the other way around.