1. Andy Robin, Cavet Gregg How to get away with it. The art of getting out of the most awkward life situations
2. Authors Acknowledgments
3. Foreword
4. Introduction: our arsenal
5. Our arsenal
6. 1. Unhappy Hour: How to Survive at Parties and Other Gatherings
7. 1. You are dressed too or not formally.
8. 2. You came without a gift
9. 3. Are you confused about the choice of greeting: a hug, a kiss, or a handshake?
10. 4. You forgot someone's name
11. 5. You missed the definition of gender / status
12. 6. You only pretend to understand what it is about.
13. 7. You drink with an alcoholic to the eyeballs.
14. 8. You fell for a lie while telling a story.
15. 9. You don't like food
16. 10. You leave too early
17. 2. Service industry: what to do so that you do not spit in a sandwich
18. 1. You are talking to a person who allegedly stole something from you.
19. 2. This isn't the first time you've lost prescription drugs.
20. 3. You found out that the person you were about to fire had money problems.
21. 4. Leave for tea?
22. 5. You are being scammed for money
23. 6. You undressed too early at the doctor
24. 7. You “did it yourself” and regretted it
25. 8. You changed your hairdresser
26. 3. Workplace: how to protect your dignity from nine to six
27. 1. You have an office romance
28. 2. You want to end an office romance.
29. 3. You fell asleep in a meeting
30. 4. You constantly meet with the same colleague
31. 5. You get fired
32. 6. You are waging an undeclared war.
33. 7. You sit next to your boss on a plane.
34. 8. You were placed in the same room with a colleague
35. 4. Sex: how to hear the cherished "Yes, yes, daaaaaaa!"
36. 1. You shouted the wrong name during sex.
37. 2. You mistakenly thought that wedges were being driven under you.
38. 3. The person you want to break up with is in trouble.
39. 4. You were too hasty to undress
40. 5. You regretted asking your partner about his fantasies.
41. 5. Friends and relatives: how to hide the worst in yourself from those who know you best
42. 1. You missed a family event.
43. 2. You were asked to rate a girlfriend/buddy
44. 3. You gave away a gift and got caught
45. 4. You did not call your relatives when you were in their city
46. 5. You didn't call back
47. 6. You are trying to send guests out
48. 7. You give hope to someone you shouldn't.
49. 8. You left a bad message on your answering machine
50. 9. You feel obligated to own your friend's creations.
51. 10. You ruined a borrowed item.
52. 11. You buy sensitive goods.
53. 12. You are asked for a recommendation by someone who is not worthy of it.
54. 6. Closer to the body: Very private things in public places
55. 1. You are looking for a toilet
56. 2. You are in a toilet that doesn't lock.
57. 3. You are in the toilet, from which everything is perfectly audible
58. 4. You need to hide your erection
59. 5. You clogged someone else's toilet
60. 6. You passed gases on people
61. 7. You didn't have toilet paper on hand.
62. 7. Clash of Civilizations: How to Earn the Favor of 6.3 Billion People
63. 1. You order from a menu of foreign cuisine
64. 2. You have exhausted your knowledge foreign language
65. 3. You can't tell one person from another
66. 4. You participate in unusual ceremonies
67. 5. You can't understand if they speak English to you
68. Afterword
69. About authors

Come out dry from water get out/get out of the water Razg. More often owls. past temp. Avoid deserved punishment; go unpunished (about cunning, clever people). From noun. with meaning persons: a teenager, a young man ... came out dry from the water; to whom? criminal, violator ... do not get away with it.

The case is being investigated successfully, and no one will be able to get away with it.

It even happened twice that Vershinin himself was hanging by a thread, but he always knew how to unravel all this confusion ... and always got away with it. (D. Mamin-Sibiryak.)

Pavlik ... had a happy ability to always get away with it. (V. Kataev.)

Educational phraseological dictionary. - M.: AST. E. A. Bystrova, A. P. Okuneva, N. M. Shansky. 1997 .

See what "get out of the water" in other dictionaries:

come out dry from water- See to be released... Dictionary of Russian synonyms and expressions similar in meaning. under. ed. N. Abramova, M .: Russian dictionaries, 1999. get rid of the water dry, get rid of Dictionary of Russians with ... Synonym dictionary

Come out dry from water

come out dry from water- Avoid deserved punishment; go unpunished (about cunning, clever people). And about the fact that someone came out unscathed, it's strange to me. S. Landau, On the edge of the ninth circle. He always found a way out of any situation perfectly ...

come out dry from water- To remain unpunished, to evade a well-deserved punishment ... Dictionary of many expressions

Get out / get out of the water- Razg. Unapproved Avoid deserved punishment, remain spotless, uncompromised in difficult and unpleasant situations. DP, 426, 661; BMS 1998, 90; SPP 2001, 22; SERGEEVA 2004, 205; BTS, 139, 172; Versh 6, 432 ... Big Dictionary Russian sayings

Come out / come out dry from the water More often owls. past temp. Avoid deserved punishment; go unpunished (about cunning, clever people). From noun. with meaning persons: a teenager, a young man ... came out dry from the water; to whom? criminal, violator ... do not get away dry ... ... Educational Phraseological Dictionary

Get out of the water dry- GO DRY FROM THE WATER. COME OUT DRY FROM WATER. Razg. Express. To remain unpunished, to avoid the deserved punishment. Neither before nor after that he coveted someone else's, but here, on a drunken bench, one dodger knocked him out to look like official alcohol. ... ... Phrasebook Russian literary language

go out- you/go, you/go; you/go; you / walked, walked, walked; you/walker; you/going; St. see also go out 1) a) Leave from where l., leave, leave what l. place, room, limits You/go out of the house, out of the garden, out of the subway. The troops left the city ... Dictionary of many expressions

go out- go out, go out; come out; went out, went, went; released; going out; St. 1. Leave where l., leave, leave what l. place, room, limits V. from the house, from the garden, from the subway. The troops left the city. V. from the car. V. from the environment. B. through the door, ... ... encyclopedic Dictionary

moisture - dry- get out of the water dry dry water dry river dry wine dry milk dry ice dry alcohol dry ocean ... Dictionary of oxymorons of the Russian language

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There are 1.5 thousand phraseological units in the Russian language. They are unique features of the language. The use of set expressions is the formation of beautiful and varied speech.

Meaning

Phraseologism "get out of the water" has two interpretations:

1. "Avoid Punishment" Such an explanation of the phraseological unit suggests that the subject himself performs an action: he avoids a well-deserved censure. For example: "He constantly lies, dodges, as if in a frying pan, but in the end he always comes out dry from the water."
2. "Stay unpunished." In this sense, we do not see the direct actions of the person himself, since he could be unpunished through the fault of other people. For example: "I don't understand how he managed to get away with it. He just got lucky!".

The meaning of the phraseological unit "get out of the water" is understood without a dictionary, since it has figurativeness. You surely know set expressions"pull the rigmarole", "not visible at all", which are not associated with anything at first glance. Their meaning is found only in special literature: a dictionary of phraseological units, etymological reference books, etc.

The meaning of the phraseological unit "get out of the water" is based on a metaphor. If we take the statement literally, then it describes something unreal. To get out of the water and not get wet, you need to come up with a special system of protection against liquids. Hence the meaning: a person will go to all sorts of tricks, invent different schemes so as not to get a well-deserved "spanking".

Synonyms

The meaning of the phraseological unit "get out of the water" can be conveyed by other expressions similar in meaning:

• "You can't take it with your bare hands." So they say about a cunning person who can stand up for himself. This is the antonym of the phraseologism "to take with bare hands", that is, without effort and additional funds.
• "Do not miss" - man. Used with a personality specification, for example: "He's a good guy."

• "It will crawl without soap" - another synonym for "get out of the water dry." This is the name of the sly and deceitful. The expression came from the proverb "to climb into the soul without soap", that is, to act by deceit, causing harm, pain.
• "Cuts soles on the go." That's what they say about a dead person. This expression comes from a Russian fairy tale about two thieves: the elder and the younger. The experienced one gave the task to take the eggs from the duck so that she would not notice. The young thief not only followed the instructions, but quietly stole the old thief's soles, cutting them off with a knife.

Antonyms

We have compiled a list of expressions that are opposite in meaning. If "to get away with it" means "to remain always unpunished," then its antonym will mean "to be constantly extreme."

• "Step into history" So they say when about an often naive person who has earned himself trouble. Phraseologism is negatively colored, pronounced in a condemning manner. For example: "Your spoiled boy got into some kind of story again!".
• "Out of the frying pan into the fire". So they say, if a person finds himself in a worse situation than before. This phraseological unit means an unfavorable or even dangerous situation. The phrase expresses disdain, condemnation. For example: "Again you are out of the fire and into the fire!".

• "From a bag to a matting" is a rare phraseological unit used in the same meaning - from bad to worse.
• "To please / get caught like chickens in cabbage soup." This phraseological unit means that a person finds himself in unexpected trouble. This feeling is compared to how a rooster gets into the soup. Why this particular bird? In Russian villages, cabbage soup was cooked with beef and pork, while chicken was rarely used. What could these situations be? Either unexpected guests, or lack of livestock, or even hunger. Therefore, getting into the soup of a rooster is an unexpected thing.

Examples from the literature

Phraseologisms are best revealed in literary and journalistic texts. Let's look at some passages:

• "... in any high-profile criminal incident, one had to look for the sleek physiognomy of Lev Naumovich. But he always came out dry." This is an excerpt from the Gioconda Mtsensk district"writer Irina Pavskaya. The author uses interesting word describing the hero is a cunning. This reinforces the meaning of phraseology. Here the hero is an outright criminal, but he does not bear punishment, because he does evil with the hands of naive "stooges".

• "... he "came out unscathed" where others were swallowed up by evil waves of repression." An excerpt from "Ten Decades" by publicist B. Yefimov. The author creates an interesting metaphor about repression. The word "wave" is taken from the same semantic field as the word "water", i.e. it has a common "theme". This is another advantage catchphrases- to serve as a field for creating new meanings, interesting images, the unique style of the author.

Get out of the water dry GET DRY FROM THE WATER. COME OUT DRY FROM WATER. Razg. Express. Stay unpunished, avoid deserved punishment . Neither before nor after that he coveted someone else's, but here, on a drunken bench, one dodger knocked him out to look like official alcohol. The trickster came out of the water dry, and Vasily Petrovich immediately got caught(N. Pochivalin. Past).

Phraseological dictionary of the Russian literary language. - M.: Astrel, AST. A. I. Fedorov. 2008 .

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come out dry

Get out / get out of the water- Razg. Unapproved Avoid deserved punishment, remain spotless, uncompromised in difficult and unpleasant situations. DP, 426, 661; BMS 1998, 90; SPP 2001, 22; SERGEEVA 2004, 205; BTS, 139, 172; Versh 6, 432 ...

come out dry from water- get out / get out of the water unscathed More often owls. past temp. Avoid deserved punishment; go unpunished (about cunning, clever people). From noun. with meaning persons: a teenager, a young man ... came out dry from the water; to whom? criminal, violator ... do not get away dry ... ... Educational Phraseological Dictionary

GET DRY FROM THE WATER. COME OUT DRY FROM WATER. Razg. Express. To remain unpunished, to avoid the deserved punishment. Neither before nor after that he coveted someone else's, but here, on a drunken bench, one dodger knocked him out to look like official alcohol. ... ... Phraseological dictionary of the Russian literary language

Get out of the water dry- Gorky. The same as getting out of the water dry. BalSok, 29 … Big dictionary of Russian sayings

On the water to be dry- Novg. The same as getting out of the water dry. NOSE 1, 104 ... Big dictionary of Russian sayings

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Andy Robin, Gregg Kavet

SAVING FACE: How to Lie, Fake, and Maneuver Your Way

Out of Life's Most Awkward Situations

Originally published by Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc.

Text copyright © 2005 by Andy Robin and Gregg Kavet

Illustrations copyright © 2005 by Mike Pisiak

© Petrenko A., translation into Russian, 2012

© Design. Eksmo Publishing LLC, 2012

All rights reserved. No part of the electronic version of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including posting on the Internet and corporate networks, for private and public use, without the written permission of the copyright owner.

© Electronic version of the book prepared by Litres (www.litres.ru)

If the book you purchased does not have a cover, be aware that the copy is stolen. In the publisher's reports, it appears as "unsold and destroyed", and neither the author nor the publisher received any profits from the sale of the "stripped" book.

This book - piece of art. All names, characters, places, events and incidents are either invented by the author or used in a fictional context. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, events or places is purely coincidental.

Authors Acknowledgments

We thank Tricia Bochkovsky of Simon Spotlight Entertainmentmet for the idea of ​​the project; our editor Patrick Price for improving it, and all those who helped us get out of awkward situations before we learned it ourselves: Lindsey, Anna, Roxanne, Peter, Jackson and Kirsten Larson.

Foreword

Awkward like pornography difficult to define, but easily recognizable: cold sweat, stupor and the feeling that everyone is looking at you.

Ask anyone to list the ten worst moments in their life. Most likely you will be named a bereavement and a couple of bouts of illness or acute pain, but there is a good chance that disgusting, annoying, terrifying embarrassments will fall into the number of the remaining seven or eight.

All our lives we try to avoid embarrassing situations, but ... again and again we find ourselves in them. We get into trouble, don't know what to do, and end up saying and doing things that only make things worse.

The problem is that we were not taught this. No one has ever done a systematic study of awkward moments and suggested easy ways to deal with them.

Nobody except us.

We have personally tried thousands of remedies that can help in such situations. Most of them turned out to be completely untenable. We were slapped in the face, we were yelled at and sued, we were expelled from everywhere. We've lost our jobs, estranged ourselves from relatives, and screwed up our sex lives.

And all for you, dear reader.

But some methods did work. On the pages of our book you will find specific recommendations on how to extricate yourself from all sorts of unpleasant situations. How do you greet someone whose name you can't remember? How to evade responsibility by clogging the toilet of the wife's parents? How to break an affair with a colleague? How to return to the neighbors a car with a burnt engine taken from them?

So even though awkward situations waiting for you literally everywhere, you will no longer have an excuse to hide at home, like some clean-shaven Ted Kaczynski 1
Theodore Kaczynski is an American mathematician, social critic, and terrorist known for his mail-bomb campaign. An integral part of his image was a thick beard. - Note. per.

Go out, communicate, work, live, desire and love. But always keep this book handy. Because you never know when a situation might... hmm... get awkward.

Introduction: our arsenal

The techniques described in the book will suit anyone, from a simpleton with a damaged brain to an unbridled genius.

However, all readers will benefit from learning some techniques and then combining them into a system that we call "our arsenal."

Our arsenal

Lies

Lies should become your good friend. You will have to lie again and again, in small things and in a big way. Practice the art of lying.

Lie so that they believe you. If there is anything worse than not lying at all, it is lying unconvincingly.

Modern telecommunication equipment

Since the telephone saves us from personal confrontation, we will use it extensively throughout the book. But to maximize its capabilities, you will need to use a variety of modern gadgets: an answering machine, voice mail, caller ID, call forwarding, waiting and selective blocking, as well as the multifunctional STAR 69 system.

Carefully study the capabilities of your phone. What is the maximum number of messages his voice mailbox can store? What is the connection code for the "anti-identifier"? In what places does your phone usually not catch, so that at the right time you can be successfully “disconnected”?

dejected look

Let this be your default facial expression. A dejected look helps people forgive you for a lot of tactless or deadly stupid actions. Practice this facial expression in front of a mirror. One of these thoughts will help you get in the right mood: your mother has just died; you have already delayed the delivery of a major project by a week; you are terminally ill. Such situations cause the very inner torment that usually excuses irresponsible actions.

lack of money

Money is a great thing. But for our purposes, lack of money is more useful. Well, or at least his visibility. Referring to the lack of money, you can bring down the prices of services, fire the housekeeper or kick out the workers, save on a gift and cancel the agreement. For greater persuasiveness, often complain about emergency expenses that have recently befallen you. You lost your case in court. Your child has thrombophlebitis and needs treatment. Your car hit a sinkhole. You need to dig, reconstruct and replace the foundation of the house.

Scapegoats

Nothing relieves us of responsibility faster than having someone to blame, be it a secretary, assistant, wife or husband. They do not even have to really exist - the main thing is that they are to blame. Set the stage ahead of time by complaining about the scapegoat: “I have the worst secretary in the world! I need to find someone else. By the way, do you have a decent secretary in mind?” For more extreme cases, consider an identical twin.

Here we have completed our arsenal. Keep it clean, tidy and alert. You will need it soon.

1. Unhappy Hour: How to Survive at Parties and Other Gatherings

God himself commanded to begin our book by examining the party—that orchestrated sequence of ridiculous rituals designed specifically to confuse and embarrass all those invited through a barbaric culling of anti-social elements. Arrivals and departures, greetings and farewells, gifts, food, conversation, and appearance are all governed by a myriad of unwritten laws. It is worth a little blunder, and the withering eyes of other guests will immediately rush at you, crushing your ego and responding in the soul with painful waves of shame.

If you're hoping to survive the party, the only way out is to take our advice to heart. Learn the rules, practice the tricks, and visualize your escape now, instead of waiting for your “moment of truth” one fine festive evening many months later.

1. You are dressed too or not formally.

Thinking about what to wear A person spends an average of 5 minutes a day. But when we are going to a party, this time increases to five hours.

Sometimes there are hints in invitations, alas, as a rule, they are very vague and misleading. phrase evening dresses stands for: “We are having a party. Don't come naked." Casual evening style means "dress like a schizophrenic". Black tie, creative- the most tricky of all tips. Are you invited to a Republican fundraiser or a gay pride parade?

But no matter what the invitation says, most likely you will still miss and look either a puffed-up snob, or, conversely, a sloppy simpleton. And the only question is how to justify its appearance in this form.

tricks

explain where you came from

Tell people you just got home from work. If you are dressed too pretentiously, then you are a big boss. If your outfit does not fit, you - creative person People: musician, sculptor, Richard Branson 2
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is a British entrepreneur, founder of Virgin Corporation, one of the seven richest people in the UK. Known to the general public for his non-standard actions and extravagant appearance. - Note. per.

explain where you are going

If the audience knows what your real job is, refer to where you go after the event: to a pool party, to a debutante ball, to a "scavenger hunt" 3
A fashion game in which participants must find and collect certain items in a limited amount of time. - Note. per.

Or at the Grammy Awards.

Blame everything on your health: “My doctor says that I have jugular vein sclerosis. He said that if I put on a tie, my blood would be on his hands. Literally." If you're too formal, try this text: "My Achilles tendon is so worn out that these heels are the only thing that keeps my foot from falling off my leg. Well, this robe is the only thing that suits them.”

turn the situation inside out

If you're dressed too casually, call other guests "prim bores" and encourage them to "relax." Shout: “People, what are you doing! It's a party!" Spill drinks on guests' jackets. Push them into the pool. Playfully pull off someone's tie and tie it around your head like a samurai headband.

2. You came without a gift

If at the entrance to your friend's house you are greeted tied to the mailbox air balloons, this is the first sign that something more than just a friendly gathering awaits you. And - to confirm your fears - no one enters the house with empty handed: who is carrying a colored box, who is a gift bag, and who is a bottle! You look like an idiot, a bad friend and a miser.

tricks

enter the share

Approach a group of people who have pooled their money for a generous gift and ask if you can share. Most likely, they will be delighted with the opportunity to reduce their costs. Be sure to write your name on the birthday card in large, legible letters, and mention your gift a few times while chatting with the birthday person.

come up with a complementary gift

If no group is willing to bail you out, or if participating in a group gift would cost more than you're willing to spend, try the complementary gift idea. This is a kind of substitute that seems to be associated with a collective gift, but has the advantage that it does not need to be given immediately. For example, if several people chipped in for a tennis racket, give the owner a note saying that you are giving him free lesson tennis.

Such a move will give your gift an aura of thoughtfulness and care, although in fact it doesn’t smell like it.

Secret Santa

Remember, you are not Santa. You are Secret Santa. All you need is to bring something with you, at least something and you will surely get something of value in return. Wrap old magazines in gift paper. Stuff a box of Lipton tea bags. Grab a knitted hat from the lost and found office.

When your gift is opened, do not forget to express strong dissatisfaction with everyone. Suggest your own answer to the question: which of those present turned out to be a bad Santa?

look what's in your pockets

Nice pen? Folding knife? Almost new wallet? A cute key chain? If you're wearing a new sweater or pullover, take it off, pull the gift box off the table, and voila, you're already an example of mindfulness!

What God sent

If there is a decent restaurant or market nearby, you can contribute to the common table at the last moment. Well, what if there aren't any? If the only available source is a regular supermarket or a snack machine? The key to success is to attach your bullshit to something better. If someone was not too lazy to cook meat stew, start laying out slices of bread around the dish. “Sit down” to boiled beans, sprinkled with crispy chips crumbs. Stick chocolate bar pieces into ice cream. And if someone asks what you brought, point vaguely in the direction of the dish you “completed” and modestly say: “It turned out better than I thought!”

Extreme measures

Write a short and depressing note indicating that you have made a contribution to a mythical charity on behalf of the hero of the occasion. The name should sound tragic: "Let's help children with cirrhosis of the liver" or "Save the puppies." For any questions, go in a fit of coughing.

3. Are you confused about the choice of greeting: a hug, a kiss, or a handshake?

You are invited to a party to a familiar couple. The hostess opens the door for you, and panic begins: which is better - to shake her hand, hug or maybe kiss? She seems to be quite uninhibited, but I don't know her very well!..

Without any confidence, you try to portray an awkward hug and immediately stumble upon an outstretched handshake hand, so that it is sandwiched exactly between your torsos. You pull away abruptly, and your clumsy, convulsive gesture looks very unsightly.

tricks

quarantine

The gold standard for anyone who doesn't want to kiss someone with slobbery, lipstick, or smelly mouths. However, it's also a great way to avoid a potentially awkward greeting and simply wave to the person.

When people approach, cover your mouth with your palm and say regretfully, "I'm afraid of giving you the flu." If that doesn't stop them, cough a few warning times, or blow your nose deafeningly into some tiny chewed patch. If that doesn't work, you might have to tell them that you've recently been to a bird market in Guangdong or a monkey nursery in Kinshasa.

be the leader, not the follower

To prevent the greeting from turning into a game of “who is the first to chicken out”, warn about your actions in advance. After choosing a poison, let the victim understand what exactly awaits her: spread your arms for a hug, purse your lips for a kiss, or reach out in advance. If time or distance can interfere with recognizing the message, voice your intention: “Now I will kiss you!” or “High five, old man! Now I'll shake your paw."

collective greeting

If you need to greet a lot of people, try to reach everyone at the same time. Grab everyone's attention with an energetic "Hi everyone!" Then shift your gaze to the faces of those furthest away from you, wave your hand, and call out a few recognizable names: “Dave! I'm glad to see you! How are you, Sam? Mary! Susie! Joe! Just look, everyone is here! That's great! Wow!"

in the heat of battle

If possible, find something useful to do with your hands: grill meat, cook, pour drinks, soothe a crying baby. In this situation, you can get by with a welcoming smile. Moreover, everyone will quickly move away from you until you ask for help.

Handshake "cool pepper"

Sometimes the problem arises even when both parties choose to shake hands. This gesture has many variations, the most laborious of which is a complex sequence of strange finger and palm manipulations that is almost impossible to master unless you buy or sell large quantities of dope. If you suspect that you have a “cool pepper” in front of you, then in order to avoid embarrassment and confusion with your fingers, in advance and with enthusiasm, stretch out a clenched fist to him, which should also be met with a fist. By ending the clash of fists with a guttural “Yeah,” you signal that you can do without further finger waving, pinky clasping, and other annoying hand games.

4. You forgot someone's name

you enter the room, where there are a lot of your friends, and you begin to greet each one individually: “Hi, Grace! Hello Terence! How is it, Ted? And then your eyes land on… that guy. The one with the short, bushy eyebrows and a little eczema… You worked with him for eight years. He still has a lot of cats at home. Damn it!.. Yes, you must know his name!

tricks

universal appeal

Let it be a baby, a dude, a guy, an old man, a tiger, a friend, a lady, a big boy - or at least Miss Cool. The main thing is to sound convincing. And for this, openly use such words, referring to people whose names you certainly know, for example, to your wife or boss. If there is no one suitable nearby, start calling everyone kids, dudes and buddies in a row, and only then approach the mysterious anonymous person. And the word "tiger" will suddenly sound like an expression of friendly affection, which, of course, did not spend the night there.

tactile contact

Memory lapses can be compensated for with a touch, a pat, a hug, a handshake, a kiss, or a playful brawl.

create the appearance of participation

Even the most vague references to shared memories will serve as an excellent cover, if you voice them in a penetrating, soulful tone. Talk about that wonderful fishing trip. Ask how his wonderful kitties are doing. And even better - share the details from your life: now your grandmother cannot do without lithium, your niece jumped out for a non-Christian, and there are some suspicious dark spots on your last ultrasound of the esophagus. If possible, use the formula: “You are now one of the most important people in my life".

try to get information

Swap email addresses, compare license plate photos, tell each other your childhood nicknames, or ask the other person why their parents chose that name for them.

If you manage to find out necessary information, do not rush to immediately use it. You should wait a little, and then loudly and confidently address the person by name.

You made a mistake in the name

Annoying option, because you nearly remembered the name and would like to receive a well-deserved trust. You can make a mistake in stress or in the longitude of a vowel, as is the case with names Alicia and Andrea. If you don't dare give a guess, try to make up a funny nickname from the part of the name that you are sure of. For example try Sri Man instead of Srivastava and Lady A- instead of Alicia. You can use the surname (although with anthroponyms like Srivastava Megasartavi it obviously won't work).

You blurted out to a friend "nice to meet you"

Realizing that your previous meetings did not affect a single neuron in your brain, a person may be offended. To avoid the problem, instead of "Nice to meet you!" every time say "Good to see you!" – even if it seems to you that this is the first meeting. If you have already blurted out “Very nice!” and noticed that all the paint has disappeared from the face of the offended interlocutor, try to rehabilitate yourself by continuing the phrase: “It’s very nice ... to meet you here!” Such a turnover assumes that you have already met in general, but in this situation - for the first time. Back up your excuse by explaining why this place is so special. For example: "It's nice to meet you here...at a party where we can finally relax and chat." Or like this: “It is very nice to meet you here, in the technopark, where we can see how our country works!”

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Complain to the interlocutor that you cannot remember the name of one of those present. Wouldn't he be so kind as to help you out by conducting a ritual of acquaintance in all form? Your task is to hear how a person will pronounce his name. By the way, asking for a pseudo-favor will also bring you extra points in the “spiritual friend” piggy bank.

5. You missed the definition of gender / status

Pregnancy– such a wonderful and life-affirming state that even busy strangers are tempted to stop and note the fact. Well-intentioned questions like “Is this the first?” tend to elicit a smile in return and a cheerful—albeit not overly original—response.

Unless the person who asked the question mistook body fat for a fetus.

Let me remind you that the fetus is a source of pride and a living symbol of motherly love. But body fat is a source of shame.

And if their volume is so large that it creates the appearance of pregnancy, then it is also a symbol of nightly eating ice cream and unused subscriptions to a fitness club.

What follows from this? Never rush to classify people into one category or another until they themselves talk about it. An older man holding a teenage girl's hand may not be a grandfather at all. A stocky, short-haired mover probably peeing sitting down and will ask his boyfriend to clean your face if you say otherwise. And two slender men holding hands could well be brothers, Siamese twins, well, or Italians.

If the damage has already been done, you can always try one of the following tactics.