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A local man has today gotten himself into an awkward predicament at a dinner party.
Ryan Mann reveals to The Advocate that he’d found himself seated next to some absolute bores and wasn’t sure how he could find a way to swiftly exit the conversation without being too obvious.
The situation was made even worse by the sounds of raucous laughter and clinking glasses coming from the other end of the table.
“I was seated in between Brenda and Shaun”, says Ryan, “Somehow Brenda always managed to steer the conversation back to her bloody kids.”
“Or some stupid fucking story with no climax.”
“And then Shaun starts talking about a podcast he was listening to.”
“Nobody cares mate.”
When Brenda started talking about an incident involving her labrador and the backseat of her Subaru, Ryan says he quickly began formulating an exit strategy.
“I kept waiting for a break in the conversation to come but it never came. I swear they didn’t even pause to breathe.”
“I even hovered out of my chair a few times but it just seemed awkward.”
In the end, Ryan reveals he ended up quietly excusing himself to go to the toilet before silently slipping back to the more interesting side of the table.
