So...when spooning gets...awkward..............
Not like oh-my-word-this-is-so-awkward-I-wish-one-of-the-worms-from-Tremors-would-come-eat-me-alike awkward. More like middle school dance awkward, where you avoid eyecontact as you slow dance. Though I'm sure for some of you, the Tremor-worm-awkward and the middle school dance awkward are the same thing. (Heck, I'll admit it, they are for me.)
Anyways, spooning can get awkward and get awkward fast. Now I know past entries have been filled with tips, and I've specifically chosen topics that will hopefully enable you to minimize the awkward, but still, occasional awkwardness is as inevitable as spooning is awesome.
So, say something awkward happens (i.e. someone falls off the bed, someone toots, you spontaneously burst into an inappropriate song, your mom calls, someone is inappropriately aroused, your hair gets tangled on your watch, etc.). You have the following options:
#1. Ignore the awkward. It can be like covering the pink elephant in the room with yellow wallpaper, but sometimes, the elephant conveniently wanders out the door.
#2. Run out of the room screaming (preferrably screaming obscenities or the lyrics to Spice Girls songs-ZIG A ZIG AH!). This will be MORE awkward, making the previous awkward moment pale in comparison so much that hopefully your fellow spoon will forget about it.
#3. Make a joke. The joke can be relevant to the situation "I'm practicing for my career as a champion bed-faller-offer!" Or it can just be a normal joke, like "Why did the chicken cross the playground?" "To get to the other slide!" Or, you can make it a really dumb joke, like "Why did the chicken cross the road?...Mayonnaise!" Again, your spooning buddy will forget about whatever awkward thing just occurred and hopefully surrender to an onslaught of giggles...or else they'll just be really confused. Either way, the awkwardness gets diffused!
#4. Call in the ROFLcopters. Those LOLcats are right: LOLing fixes everything. So just make this face, have a nice laugh, and it will all be okay!
Hopefully that will help some. At any rate, they seem to work for me, especially the Spice Girls one. That one's a classic.
Happy spooning! (And happy awkward turtle slaying!)
