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    How to handle sticky situations

    By Elizabeth Schatz Passarella



    Tactical tips and talking points that can help you survive an awkward social scenario.




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    180 comments

    • Trevor C  •  1 year 7 months ago
      What is the rule of thumb for buying wedding gifts when you weren't invited to the actual reception but receive an invitation to the party weeks later for people who didn't make the cut? What if you can't attend?
    • Big Brother is a S. O. B.  •  1 year 7 months ago
      Try this sometime when your with a friend - you'll get a laugh: When your in an elevator and it is about to stop to let some other people on - before the doors open, turn around and face the back wall of the elevator and start mumbling "this is the strangest room I've ever been in"

      It's a great laugh
    • Dexter  •  1 year 7 months ago
      Was talking to a girl today who had lipstick on her teeth. I didn't know what to say so I said nothing. Later she went to the bathroom and when she came out it was gone. She must have seen it and taken care of it.
    • princess nessa  •  1 year 7 months ago
      they shoulda add the more common sticky situations like
      stuff hanging out of ur noes

      bad breath

      u accidently let out gas

      or somthing on someones face
    • DaddyDuck  •  1 year 7 months ago
      Hell I been in a situation where not only was my fly open, but ole Freddy Flopper was hanging out. I dont wear drawers so I try and alway close the barn door. My friend told me yelling..."Hey put that damn thang away before it bites someone."
    • robert  •  1 year 7 months ago
      Duh, I know you've been calling. I thought you were dead. Please stop calling me, or I'll make believe I'm dead.
    • Telling It Like It Is  •  1 year 7 months ago
      We try so hard to be politically correct.
      What happened to just being open and honest??

      * You've got something stuck in your teeth.
      * Your fly is open......or even "xyz", like the kids say.

      What the hell are we afraid of? If they are intelligent, they'll probably thank you for saving them from being embarrassed.

      OK - so don't go mouthing off to a stranger - you might get shot.
    • coffee primero for me  •  1 year 7 months ago
      I assume someone had fun with the cartoons, but are they supposed to match the caption?
    • Laff  •  1 year 7 months ago
      God forbid people be honest anymore. If some clothes look like crap, and someone asks your opinion about them, then just say what you think FFS.
    • JASON P  •  1 year 7 months ago
      The truth might hurt a bit but really who is this author. This whole article is a faux pas of being a person if you see it do you trust it then let them know you see it and others will to. The other choice is to be a sheep led to slaughter with the rest of them. You are matter......there for. Think
    • mko  •  1 year 7 months ago
      I can't realy see anything seriously embarrassing in any of the situations described above. Years ago,in Nigeria, I was a census official required to visit people's homes and count them there alongside a young lady.We got to a house and the man of the home had a loincloth on. He was so happy to receive us because he had been waiting to be counted for like 2 days. He was yabbing about everything under the sun and sitting down so carelessly that his genitalia was visible to us.After about 5 minutes he realised what was happening and became very sober . Should we have told him?
    • Poesie  •  1 year 7 months ago
      Why should it matter if you're in a large group or if the person is the CEO? Tell them! Do it quietly, of course, but don't assume that because you're in a group, someone else will tell them or that it's "not your place" if they outrank you in a job.
    • Nacho  •  1 year 7 months ago
      I would rather know than not know, how a person finds out is just window dressing.
    • Jay L  •  1 year 7 months ago
      There is a wrong way to tell someone there is lettuce on their teeth? According to what moral law? Funny how we live in a society where people think nothing of gossiping behind other people's backs but become so delicate about telling someone they have lettuce on their teeth. There is something wrong in a world where people find it harder to say they like or love another than they find it to say they don't like or hate another.
    • Paradux  •  1 year 7 months ago
      I don't tell people they have a booger, I just try to pick it for them, I get a good laugh and they get embarassed. Just reach out and try to pick someones nose its hilarious their reaction.
    • Dawn L N  •  1 year 7 months ago
      My husband is easily embarrassed by my continuing efforts to "right" a bad situation. I am the first to tell you that your slip is showing, your zipper is down, toilet paper is hanging from you pants waist, you have a string, your tag is hanging out. I feel good about it because I am always thanked by the person(s). Also, I am grateful whenever I am reminded that I have something wrong with what I am wearing, (especially if its something I had not intended to wear, LIKE TOILET PAPER, or strings.
    • THOMAS S  •  1 year 7 months ago
      I always tell. Once, The woman ahead of me in a hallway had tucked the bottom of her skirt in her waistband in the back while in the bathroom. I told her immediately, before she entered the vestibule of a busy building. I'm sure she is eternally grateful.
    • crzywlfwmn  •  1 year 7 months ago
      so what do you do if you pass gas and everyone hears and smells it??????
    • Tony N  •  1 year 7 months ago
      This advice is for teenagers who are shy, dumb and have no experience in life. Stupid.
    • Geoff M  •  1 year 7 months ago
      laaaaame! was this article written for 13 year old home schooled children?

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