Don't stand so close to me A couple of months ago a friend shared a story of how at a fashion show he spilled red wine all over the front of a mans white suit. My first thought of course was it a saturday night fever theme? My second thought was oh poor thing how mortifying. Well, I've got my own oops to share. I tend to talk with my hands, perhaps I'm 6th generation Italian or something but I'm aware of this and I try to make a conscious effort to 1) keep my hands at my sides or 2) sit on them. Last night while chatting it up with my Splendora lovelies I forgot. So there I was, wine glass in right hand and my left hand was of course free to do the talking. Apparently my left hand needed a break and without any communication, my right hand decided to dominate the conversation and the wine went flying. Luckily I wasn't drinking red and I only spilled on my scarf. The horror! So ladies, this is my PSA: If you should ever see me with a glass of Red and don't have a desire to tye dye your clothes 1) remove the glass from my hand or 2) don't stand to my right.
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01:54 PM
Total hand talker
Usually I'm blind to my intensive gesturing, but every now and again I become acutely aware of it and think, wow, I must look CRAZY PERSON. My sister and I have a wine party every year and I have to be very, very careful.
01:10 PM
Gosh!
Would you tell that hand to listen!
12:22 PM
And if all else fails...
Have one of those Tide pens on hand.
10:53 AM
Always go with WHITE
...my own personal rules at parties for a good reason! Nice meeting you last night, Ms. Toi, so this must have happened after I got up from your right-hand side. Whew! The other thing flying my way was a piece of glass that missed me from the waiter's clutzy move behind me. The stars must have been shining in my favor.
10:31 AM
Good to know.
I'll make a mental note of that ;)
10:20 AM
Wish I could have been there...
to capture this on film. I come from a family of Colombians AND Italians...a great combination for hand-talking. The Colombians by far win with the most expressive and flamboyant hand-gestures. I've definitely been inadvertently slapped in the face one too many times from story-telling by a family-member next to me.