That Awkward Moment When: Mermaid Edtion!

[Mermaid Jaffa]

There is an ad in the local paper, for a children's entertainer. I took the ad and went to my consultant from the job agency...

That awkward moment when you suddenly realize the whole class room is quiet and listening to you, because you've spent the last 10 mins trying to convince your recruitment consultant (from the job agency), that you don't need to travel all over the place nor lug your stuff on public transport when you can meet the clients at the local pools and beaches. And they ask why, you reply, "Cos I'm a mermaid. We need water to survive and mermaids don't go on buses!" That's they give you a funny look and then you get them to look it up on their computer, and they still insist that you need a car license...

[Mermaid Catkid]

thats so true catherine!

[angelstarfish]

That awkward moment when you're swimming in the public pool and your seashells come off...

[Mermaid Adriel]

That awkward moment when you're swimming in the public pool and your seashells come off...

this is a classic xD

[SeaGlass Siren]

ohhh man angel i feel you.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

That awkward moment when, everyone in the bank is staring at you because, you've spent the last 15 mins in queue practicing your undulating move!

[Mermaid Adriel]

That awkward moment when you think that people who made joke of you at school could do the same thing about your mermaiding.
(i've a little fear of this, lol)

That awkward moment when your parents say to you "why do you always wear a tail even if you're not in the water?"
(I think this will happen, when I'll have my tail xD)

That awkward moment when you are swimming in public and your fabric tail starts unstitching...

[Ashe]

That awkward moment when you wrap yourself up in cellophane to make a duct tape dummy, and then realizing you left your scissors on the OTHER side of the room... and then realizing you really need to pee after you put on the DUCT TAPE -_-

[Anahita]

That awkward moment when you wrap yourself up in cellophane to make a duct tape dummy, and then realizing you left your scissors on the OTHER side of the room... and then realizing you really need to pee after you put on the DUCT TAPE -_-

All I can think of is this demotivational

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[Azurin Luna]

That ackward moment when you need to get out of your tail, but the string is to tangled up to be untied, so my brother goes to get some scissors at the desk. He asks the desk employee, "Can I get some scissors to persuade the fish to let go of my sister?" He told me she stood there staring for a few moments before she realized he was talking about my tail, to bad I couldn't see her face

[Mermaid Adriel]

That awkward moment when you imagine someone you hate in a tail x.x

[Mer-Crazy]

The awkward moment when my friend asked me if I've ever peed in my tail...

[SeaGlass Siren]

What awkward moment when you make a fart bubble in the pool. by accident :$

[Fun123joker]

I GET ASKED THIS ALL THE TIME OH MY NEPTUNE IT'S AWKWARD. (Especially since my boyfriend always follows with "Well, when a man loves a fish very much...)

the awkward moment when kids ask you where mermaid babies come from and your pretty sure they dont know where HUMAN babies come from. ( i will never forget that day O-O)

[Mermaid Jaffa]

That awkward moment when all that exercise is causing you to make more bubbles than just your usual one or two fart bubbles. You hope that no one surfaces at the spots that you "let go", and if they do, you blame it on somebody else in lanes! (Yes, this has happened to me. I pointed to the old lady who was sharing my lane!:$)

[Mermiah]

Genders are hard......:/

[Mary Marine]

That awkward moment when you're in a dive shop looking for potential mermaiding supplies (neoprene socks, belt weights, etc.) and the assistant is trying to help you, but all of their questions don't apply to mermaiding.

Assistant: "So do you dive?"

Me: "No, the closest I've come is snorkling."

Assistant: "You do snorkling then?"

Me: "Not really, what I do is more like freediving. But I float like a marshmallow and was considering a light diving belt."

Assistant: "Generally do you don't use a weight belt for freediving."

Me: "Yeah, I know, but I'm not freediving. Do you guys have any monofins?"

Assistant: "Any what?"

[Mer-Crazy]

That awkward moment when you're in a dive shop looking for potential mermaiding supplies (neoprene socks, belt weights, etc.) and the assistant is trying to help you, but all of their questions don't apply to mermaiding.

Assistant: "So do you dive?"

Me: "No, the closest I've come is snorkling."

Assistant: "You do snorkling then?"

Me: "Not really, what I do is more like freediving. But I float like a marshmallow and was considering a light diving belt."

Assistant: "Generally do you don't use a weight belt for freediving."

Me: "Yeah, I know, but I'm not freediving. Do you guys have any monofins?"

Assistant: "Any what?"
Oh my gosh I actually had a similar experience to this! I think I manged to find the only store in Australia that sells Finis Monofins so I drove about 40 minutes to go visit it (I called ahead to make sure they had monofins in stock).
Once there the woman came over, asked what I was looking for.
I said monofins
She directed me over to the shelf and asked what one I was interested in.
I told her the competitor or something to help me train up to the competitor.
She asked if I was a free diver or if I had ever used a monofin before.
My friend then butted in and said "No. She's a mermaid."
I just groaned as the woman told me the competitor was 'too big for a mermaid tail' and I spent the next few minutes trying to explain to her that, 'no, I have actually swam in a tail with a competitor before'.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

@ Mary Marine - That sound like the conversation I had with the club pool when I bought my Finis Wave. I rang to check that they allowed people to bring fins in. The receptionist didn't even know what it was! I had to explain to her what it was and how to put it on and use it. Then she went to explain to the Head Lifeguard... Luckily, minutes later, she said yes. Also, the swim and dive shops where I live, don't even know what freediving is!

[Kelphinea_Kelp]

That awkward moment when you can see yourself becoming a mertail creator as a serious job. And no one around gets you and you have to explain how your not the only person who wants to do it or isn't doing it already and they dont take you seriously at all and doubt you will amount to anything. *sighs*

[Carolina Mermaid]

The awkward moment when your swimming for the first time with your tail, on vacation, and when you pop up out of the water, you come face to face with a raccoon. :O_o:

[Mermaid Jaffa]

The awkward moment when your swimming for the first time with your tail, on vacation, and when you pop up out of the water, you come face to face with a raccoon. :O_o:

Raccoon probably thought he had a big fish!

That awkward moment when you finally realize you can't complete the look, no matter how hard you try with other fins, that the only way to fix your tail is by chopping off the fluke and stitching in a bigger one to fit the monofin you bought which didn't come with your tail. (I am going to do this, after I have decided which purple is closes to my magictail.)

[MermaidMichelle]

That awkward moment when you realize that the swim fins which you welded together as a homemade monofin are positively-buoyant...and you have to use your arms to avoid kicking air.

I'll have to double-check this massive thread to ensure that this hasn't appeared elsewhere already....Anyway, much love to you all, these are very funny! :mermaid kiss:

[Mermaid Jaffa]

That awkward moment when you try doing barrel rolls at the bottom of the pool like all the pro mermaids, and no matter how hard you try, you can't stay at the bottom, so your rolling ends up at the surface and you're flopping up there like a dying fish.

[Kishiko]

That awkward moment when you're chillin in your tail on the couch and your heel starts itching in your monofin O.o

[Merman Arion]

That awkward moment when you go to the surface and the lifeguard comes to you and ask if he can borrow your tail to attract the ladies :doh:

(Indeed, at the French pool where I swim, lots of girls and women come to talk to me lol)


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[Kelphinea_Kelp]

you sure its just the tail?

[Merman Arion]

Who knows?
My gaydar is off about this guy so I'm confident it's just the tail. He's cute but I prefer his colleague who is more muscular. And when that person wear a speedo, I call it a good day lol :p


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[Kelphinea_Kelp]

lmao

[PearlieMae]

(Indeed, at the French pool where I swim, lots of girls and women come to talk to me lol)




Well, why wouldn't the girls come talk to you? You are cuter than a speckled pup in a red wagon, and oh! Dat ass! ;)

[Kaila Mermaid]

That awkward moment when you're swimming along and a little girl comes up to you and is ecstatic at seeing a mermaid. Well, that's not the awkward part. The awkward part was when she asked me how my lungs got so strong. I said many activities help, including singing. She took that too literally and began diving to the bottom of the pool and coming up to the surface singing (waling). She did this every time she took breath, and I tried so hard not to laugh.

[MermaidMichelle]

Since, like 75% of all hermaphrodites, I was brought up as a male, I have a slew of awkward mer-related moments to share related to that experience! I'll start with just one, though, in case this is too difficult for the other mers to relate to....

That awkward moment when you're first placed as a lifeguard for the summer and your female manager is really excited about the life-sized Little Mermaid wall decorations which she was able to install; you were already excited just at leading a small "mermaid battle-squadron" in a video game earlier that same month, but you are socially-compelled to act as though you are only being sympathetic to her 'girly' interests....

(...and people wonder why it's so hard to get men to put on tails....)

Well, it gets better! :meditation::mermaid kiss:

[mermaid|spark]

That awkward moment when you're in the bath wearing your tail and your Auntie calls saying she's coming round!

[Mermaid Dottie]

That awkward moment when you're gluing seaweed strands to your friend's top.

That awkward moment when you're helping your friend make a duct tape dummy of her legs.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

That awkward moment when you are hopping in your monofin to face the other end, because you haven't learnt how to do the swimmers turn in the lap pool.

That awkward moment when you feel someone staring at you, and turn around to find some of the lifeguards smiling and giggling at you.:lol:

[Kishiko]

That awkward moment when you're on the side of the pool trying to get out of your tail while attempting to keep a towel around your waist I case more comes down than expected........ All while an adult aerobics class is just sitting in the pool staring directly at you.

That at awkward moment when the adult aerobics class says things like "wow her tail is so tight" "looks like she's having a hard time getting it off" "it must be even harder with 29 adults staring at her" *continues to stare*

[Mermaid Adriel]

That awkward moment when you fall asleep in your tail and when you wake up you don't remember you are wearing it...

[MermaidBrandie]

Lady I was sharing a swim lane with wanted to know where to buy my monofin (oceanika) and so before I left I went to the lifegaurd office to ask for paper and one of the lifegaurds immediatly said "I WANNA BE A MERMAID WITH YOU!" I'll be honest, it startled me. The male lifegaurd in the office with her just looked at her like "wtf?" then when I started telling her my plans to make a full tail he turned the look to me. lol

[Alcyone]

that awkward moment when your fiancé asks you if you have dreamt of him and you nod, knowing that it's half lie half truth, and you stat telling your dream, omitting the merman part..

[Naufra]

That awkward moment when your dad starts talking about your tail in front of your highly-judgmental brother-in-law, whom you hadn't told about your tail because you knew he would give you a hard time about it. Thanks, Dad, thanks.

[PearlieMae]

My favorite reply to this sort of thing? "SCROOM!"

(It means 'Screw 'Em!')

:D

[lamplighter]

nice maybe another one for our meet up in july. we may have finally woken some mers up in Colorado. a guy from texas started this meet.

[Kishiko]

That awkward moment when you almost squeeze silicone onto your toothbrush instead of tooth paste XD

[Mermaid Ellowyn]

Lol Kishiko! I've done that with other materials... Good thing it never made it to my mouth (and yours too hopefully!)

[SeaGlass Siren]

WHY DO YOU HAVE SILICONE BY YOUR TOOTHPASTE O.O;

[deepblue]

lol @ seaglass siren. :D

[MermaidLuna]

TAMW your boyfriends name is Erik.

[SeaGlass Siren]

ERIK! the phaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaantom ooooooof the oooooooperaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

[Kishiko]

@seaglasssiren hahaha because I was using GE silicone on ozone thing on my bathroom counter and just never put it away :P

[Nyx]

The awkward moment when you get allergy therapy (aka shots in both arms every day) and thus have very prominent bruises that are plain as day to see while you're swimming.

Awkward moment when you swim up to your friend and grab their leg to spook them, and then realise it's not actually your friend. Hahaha oops. :$

[MermaidMichelle]

ERIK! the phaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaantom ooooooof the oooooooperaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Major points for being a mermaid AND a Phangirl! It's OK that you didn't immediately think "Prince Eric" instead; it ended with a "K"! :mermaid kiss:

[Naufra]

ERIK! the phaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaantom ooooooof the oooooooperaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! It's official, you rule. XD

[SeaGlass Siren]

aw thanks guys xDDD

[Mermaid Adriel]

That awkward moment when you dream to go to a mermaid meet up where nobody (except you) wants to swim x.x
(it's happened to me tonight, lol!)

[Mermaid Wesley]

That awkward moment when a kid thinks your real and the parent asks you where you bought your tail, crushing the little girl's dreams u-u


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[Mermaid Adriel]

That awkward moment when your tail gets dirty in public.

[MermaidMichelle]

That awkward moment when a girl thinks you're a real mermaid and their older brother insists there is no such thing...and you are sworn to reply truthfully.:pirate::shark:
Remember the original story of The Little Mermaid; if you are a good person, you may become a real mermaid yourself someday! It may not be official Catholic doctrine, but I don't see why there can't be merfolk in Heaven! (angel) :mermaid kiss:

[Fun123joker]

That awkward moment when you fall asleep in your tail and when you wake up you don't remember you are wearing it...

The akward moment when you wakeup in your tail wondering why people are staring at you like that

[Fun123joker]

the akward moment when you get a little kid in trouble for running to the deep end where they're not suppose to go just because you're mermaid

[Mermaid Wesley]

That awkward moment when a family friend comes over and I'm siting in my tail and a bathing suit top and sculpting a fluke on the dining room table. Hehe hi Bob!


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[Fun123joker]

the awkward moment when your family friends sees you in your tail ONCE and they send you a mermaid birthday card every year
this year. pop up
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[Mermaid Wesley]

^ this omg. I got 4 pieces of mermaid themed jewelry and mermaid pjs for Christmas. And a mermaid themed cook book. And mermaid Christmas tree ornaments


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[Aziara]

the awkward moment when your family friends sees you in your tail ONCE and they send you a mermaid birthday card every year
this year. pop up
19863
^ this omg. I got 4 pieces of mermaid themed jewelry and mermaid pjs for Christmas. And a mermaid themed cook book. And mermaid Christmas tree ornaments


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[Gem Stone]

That awkward moment when you're aunt is trying to explain to a group of adults what a mermaid is and how its made when she doesn't even understand what a monofin is and you're trying not to correct her in front of all her employees but she's botching it up so badly you cringe

[MermaidMichelle]

I'm inclined to agree with Aziara; I don't care if I get Disney Little Mermaid gear intended for those 20 (or more) years my junior. I love mermaids! :mermaid kiss:

[Mermaid Wesley]

Okay that's true, I love my mermaid stuff


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[Kaila Mermaid]

It's ok, I keep receiving Barbie mermaids from my friends as a joke so I've positioned them all over my shelves XD :cthulhu: side note: my life is made, there's a Cthulhu smiley.

[Mermaid Sirenia]

That awkward moment when your parents won't stop calling you fishbutt.

Or that awkward moment when you tell your guy best friend your plans to become a mermaid, and he becomes your number one fan and is more supportive than anyone you know, yet you thought he would be the one to laugh the most


~Mermaid Sirenia~

[Mermaid Adriel]

That awkward moment when you are wearing your tail for the first time in front of your parents.

[MermaidMichelle]

^ NOO! I'll have to "come out" all over again! ;)

[Mermaid Jaffa]

That awkward moment when the lifeguard pull you over in the lane like a traffic cop, and tells you to slow down.

It hasn't happened yet, but I imagine with the kinds of speed some people can swim with a monofin, I could prob put their fastest lane swimmers to shame!

[Arella]

That awkward moment when you leave your business cards in your dorm on your desk and your friends come over before you go out...

[Mermaid Wesley]

that awkward series of moments when you forget to clean up the tailmaking stuff and everyone who comes over demands an explanation. including my friends sister's friend's mom.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

That awkward moment when you've put your wet tail back on, flopped back into the water, do one lap and you have to pee... Again...

I hate having a weak bladder!!:$

[MermaidMichelle]

Raina wrote of the annoyances of performing whilst having to pee; it's not as if a mermaid can swiftly run to the washroom! When I was lifeguarding at inservices (practice/tests to maintain our skills delivered on a bi-monthly basis) I would find my bladder to be somewhat indecisive; I would emerge from the washroom after only a minimal passage and then find that my real need to pee emerged/was felt almost immediately thereafter. Perhaps being in the water exacerbates it....

[Mermaid Adriel]

That awkward moment when you have to explain to your psychologist what mermaiding is...

[Sammyantha171]

That awkward moment when you keep wanting to tell everyone you know about mermaiding, but you're too scared because you've never really shared anything so personal before?...
Does that count?

[MermaidMichelle]

I think that counts as one of the ultimate "awkward moments", Sammyantha, and as one which virtually all of us can share! :mermaid kiss:

[Mermaid Sirenia]

That awkward moment when you have to explain to your mom why you need adult toy cleaner for your tale as well as lubrication... Oh Lordy


~Mermaid Sirenia~

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Tail* and I meant I will need lubrication too just to clear that up lol


~Mermaid Sirenia~

[MermaidMichelle]

Ah yes, I went through that a couple of months ago....Though I was explaining it to the sex shop cashiers!

[MermaidSidian]

That awkward moment when you're practicing swimming(With your feet bound because you dont have a tail yet) and then the SAR swimmers jump into the lane next to you... the looks! haha

[Mermaid Jaffa]

What is a SAR swimmer?

[MermaidSidian]

Search and Rescue Swimmer, They aren't Navy SEALS, but they do assist in similar things... They are really buff and manly(some of the variety of pick things up and put them down) and they always have this confused look on their face when i'm there lol

[MermaidSidian]

the struggle is REAL! lol

[MermaidSidian]

That awkward moment when you are watching Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief, and think to yourself, "DAYUM, Poseidon is FINE!"

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That awkward moment when you read the word "FINE' in a country accent *facepalms*

[MermaidSidian]

That Awkward moment when you try to look up "Mermaid groups in Norfolk VA" and the first thing that pops up in google is a strip club...

[MermaidMichelle]

:mermaid kiss: to you, with your quote from The Return of the King's "Into the West" and your reference to Percy Jackson and the Olympians (I've been told I look like Alexandra Daddario!) I also know how having one's legs bound can be misinterpreted.... :help:

[Naufra]

That was probably one of the only stories the sex-shop employees HADN'T heard yet, Michelle! Just walk up to the counter with your lube and toy cleaner with a big smile and no explanations, they're used to it. ^_^

[MermaidMichelle]

True enough! Thank you for the reassurance, though I feel safer with an explanation....At least I wasn't wearing the veil at the time!

[Mermaid Adriel]

Just happened to me:
that awkward moment when nobody's at home, you want to relax with the laptop pc, with your tail on... then the battery discharges and the socket is on the other side of the room!
You go to charge the battery (jumping in the tail, lol) and return to bed with your pc, then suddenly the phone rings!!! O.O

[MermaidMichelle]

That does sound dreadfully annoying! Not yet having a tail myself I am intrigued by all these mentions of mers donning their tails for some entirely dry-land alone time; I imagine simply wearing a mermaid tail must be a delightful feeling!

[Little_Orca]

That awkward (and awesome) moment you are transported with another mermaid on a luggage caddy to the pool so the kids don't see you walking with legs.

[Mermaid Wesley]

That awkward moment when mermaid Kishiko has a whole bunch of neat accessories and I have none! That awesome moment when she gave me a lovely mermaid necklace! Thanks, girlie!


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[MermaidMichelle]

"That awkward (and awesome) moment you are transported with another mermaid on a luggage caddy to the pool so the kids don't see you walking with legs."

That is the proper description of such an experience, I imagine! Nigh-helpless on land, somewhat superhuman in the water, we mermaids are quite a sight and quite dependent on our mertenders! :mermaid kiss:

[Thalassa]

That awkward moment when you start to sob because you miss your tail!!!

When someone asks why you're crying and you tell them you miss your tail.

When you throw a fit because you have to wear your crappy Fish Butts tail AGAIN...#spoiledmermaidproblems

[MermaidSidian]

:mermaid kiss: to you, with your quote from The Return of the King's "Into the West" and your reference to Percy Jackson and the Olympians (I've been told I look like Alexandra Daddario!) I also know how having one's legs bound can be misinterpreted.... :help:

haha, we all have to start somewhere right? one step at a time(oh the irony! lol)

[Mermaid Jaffa]

That awkward moment when after reading of other mermaids wearing their tails on dry land, you decide to wear yours in the house at night time. 2 mins in you suddenly feel nauseous and hot, then you have to pee, you peel off your tail as fast as possible. And as you are running to the loo, you wonder how those other mermaids can do it without breaking a sweat.

[Fun123joker]

the akward moment where you want to go swimming in your fabric tail but you're pretty sure your period will come up soon and your mom dosnt let you wear tampons but you dont want to stain your fabric tail so you end up wearing 2 sets of bikini bottoms just incase it comes early >^< (sorry if its too awkward)

[Ashe]

Too awkward? Ha, nonsense. We're all merpeople here, I doubt anything can get too awkward xD

[Mermaid Melanie]

That awkward moment when your boob falls out your mermaid top on a photoshoot ! LOL

[Ashe]

That awkward moment when your new tail starts falling apart right when you start to show it off in front of your mer friends

[Frecklefish]

That awkward moment when you order your first set of business cards, and two days later decide on what you want your mersona to be named, effectively turning the cards more or less moot =____= (at elast I'm only out $10 XD ))

[Aziara]

That awkward moment when your new tail starts falling apart right when you start to show it off in front of your mer friends
Well, there weren't any other mers there, but it was my first full test of my tail. First kick: "OMG, I'M A MERMAID!" Second kick: "Something doesn't feel right..." third kick: "Why am I not moving?" I looked back, and my lexan had come free from the footpockets. *cue Skywalker scream here* Guess I didn't use enough polyzap.

[MermaidSidian]

:mermaid kiss: to you, with your quote from The Return of the King's "Into the West" and your reference to Percy Jackson and the Olympians (I've been told I look like Alexandra Daddario!) I also know how having one's legs bound can be misinterpreted.... :help:

*Naveh, you can just call me Naveh =3 And i wish the you best on your endeavors!

[MermaidMichelle]

Naveh....That means "beautiful" in Hebrew! :mermaid kiss: I wish you the best in your endeavours also!

[Mermaid Jessica Pearl]

That awkward moment when a child asks you how mermaids have babies... :S

[Echidna]

^^that's a nobrainer!
"we lay our eggs, which then hatch into little mermaids! why, how else would we have young?"

[Nicky-Katz]

the akward moment where you want to go swimming in your fabric tail but you're pretty sure your period will come up soon and your mom dosnt let you wear tampons but you dont want to stain your fabric tail so you end up wearing 2 sets of bikini bottoms just incase it comes early >^< (sorry if its too awkward)

Found a solution for this: a menstruation cup.

[Nicky-Katz]

That awkward moment when your boyfriend is a lifeguard and a swimming trainer, being your personal trainer, when what he does is making you swim rounds and rounds in any style he can think of... and then you're just too tired to swim with a monofin, dive two rounds with it and go shower.

[Fun123joker]

the awkward moment when your local radio station brings up the topic of best Disney princess to date and all 3 of them agree Ariel with legs would be perfect (except intern john who says her hair is too orange for him) but not fins because showing her to thier parents would be "awkward" and then close off going to the next song with all of them trying to sing "part of your world" (expect intern john who starts singing "i'll show you the world" god damn it john get your act together!) I love hot 99.5 :lol:

[Mermaid Ixa]

That awkward moment when you are swimming with your monofin in the gym and surface to see and old man standing there and he tells you to be careful because "someone can sue you if they got hit with that"

[Mermaid Jaffa]

That awkward moment when you feel eyes upon you and turn to look, you see an old guy and a lifeguard looking in your direction and you see the old guy mouth "mermaid" or at least you think that's what he's saying.

That awkward moment when the old guy is warming up in the lane next to you, and comments on your monofin, "That's a mean looking thing." To which you try to flick water at him with your tail but fail because you haven't got used to the weight of the fabric and only make little splashes!

[Fun123joker]

the awkward moment when you looking at other mer's facebooks just cuz and you find fan art from the gay swimming anime that you love so much

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WHY CANT I ESCAPE THIS FANDOM!

[Nicky-Katz]

That awkward moment when you feel eyes upon you and turn to look, you see an old guy and a lifeguard looking in your direction and you see the old guy mouth "mermaid" or at least you think that's what he's saying.

That awkward moment when the old guy is warming up in the lane next to you, and comments on your monofin, "That's a mean looking thing." To which you try to flick water at him with your tail but fail because you haven't got used to the weight of the fabric and only make little splashes!

That is a rude thing to do. No nice mermaid should spalsh water in people's faces :)

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Oh its ok. I wasn't aiming for his face. Was trying to splash his body since he was just warming up with lane walking before his swim.
I've seen him there before, so I'm starting to know the regulars by sight, though not by names yet.

That awkward moment when I'm relaxing trying to write fiction and I'm writing "tail" instead of "tale" and "mermaids" instead of "merchants".

[SeaGlass Siren]

when you're protesting in your tail, and the hottest model in Toronto (who's also protesting) asks YOU for a picture. WHOOOT!

is that awkward? NOPE :D

but, her boobs were in my face. yeah. oh well LOL

[angelstarfish]

oh dear God...

[Naufra]

That awkward moment when a customer reads that your name tag says "Ariel" and tells their daughter that you're a mermaid, and the words "only on my days off" just fly out of your mouth before you can stop them.

[MermaidMichelle]

^ Still, it's pretty epic that you're a mermaid named Ariel! :mermaid kiss: To elaborate on yours:

That awkward moment when, having replied that you're a mermaid "only on your days off", you instinctively cover your mouth to stop yourself and thus make it appear that you have just let slip a huge secret which you were desperate to keep! This, of course, causes the daughter, parent, and everyone around to become uncomfortably ​curious....

[Mermaid Mhara]

That awkward moment when you're speaking to your friend on the bus about the British Mermaid pod, and how we'll be meeting soon. And talking about how long it's been since I got to just jump in the water and stretch my fins so I really can't wait...
All the while an old lady keeps turning around looking extremely confused and curious....hehehehehehe

I think i enjoyed that a little too much...

[Nicky-Katz]

That awkward moment when I asked a guy who owns a business on making acrilic glass windows for boats and trailers (and also other stuff out of acrilics) about if he could make me "a really big fish tank". And he asked me what did I need such a huge thing for. The only way I could reply was "cause I'm a mermaid".

P.S.: I could be getting a tank someday :D

[Echidna]

^^pff, figures that this happens in Germany- the country where pool manufacturers start being like "may I ask why you want a pool deeper than 3 feet? We've nevar, evar heard of anyone wanting something like that!!!!".

same on pool forums, exactly same phrasing.
yea...must be genetic...

[Nicky-Katz]

caltuna (http://mernetwork.com/index/member.php?2197-caltuna)


In my case it was a tank measuring 3 x 1.5 x 1.3 meters :D So a pretty big one. And, yes, this guy can make it :D

[MermaidMichelle]

Alternative response: "I. Need. A tank large enough. To hold. Two hump. Back whales. So I. Can bring. Them into the future. And save. Earth."

Special points to anyone who can point out that reference! :mermaid kiss:

[Kishiko]

Alternative response: "I. Need. A tank large enough. To hold. Two hump. Back whales. So I. Can bring. Them into the future. And save. Earth."

Special points to anyone who can point out that reference! :mermaid kiss:

STAR TREK IV

[MermaidMichelle]

"That was not the full title of the film."
"Dam*it Spock! She obviously knows the right answer; just give it to her! Remember you're dealing with humans -er, merfolk, here."
"Spock. Bones. I'll. Take it from here.'

'Kishiko. I'm. Impressed. With your knowledge. Of our culture. But. I must admit. I'm not familiar. With your species. Perhaps. We could become more. Acquainted. Does that tail go. All the way up?"

[Kishiko]

Okay okay...

I must admit I just googled the reference........ XD


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[Fun123joker]

its star trek iv: the voyage home!
it was the movie where some space sallilite thing was gonna destroy a planet or somthing and it ewas sending out a signal and the only way to stop it was to give back any type of signal. after a quick anyalsis they figured out the signal was pointed to the exstinct humback whale. so the enterpise had to travel back in time to the late 20th early 21st century to get the humback whales to the future. thing is the enterprise crew dont know how everything in this culture works.
my favorite part was when kirk, spock, and bones when to the whale museum and then spock decided to take a dip with the whales they had during the tour
http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6lcnqgik91qac0gjo1_400.gif



..... i use to be a huge trekkie

[MermanOliver]

'Kishiko. I'm. Impressed. With your knowledge. Of our culture. But. I must admit. I'm not familiar. With your species. Perhaps. We could become more. Acquainted. Does that tail go. All the way up?"


Hm. Deep Space 9? Just a guess, and don't ask me about which episode. By the way, spotted sides would look nice on a tail :)

[Lucinda]

Alternative response: "I. Need. A tank large enough. To hold. Two hump. Back whales. So I. Can bring. Them into the future. And save. Earth."

Special points to anyone who can point out that reference! :mermaid kiss:



I must applaud you for your Shatner imitation *grins* Every. Imitation. Of. The. Captain. Needs. Plenty. Of. Pauses. Meh, I think I overdid it.

[Lord Wukits]

That moment you look at your daughter and say. "Sure lets make some mermaid/selkie tails." And you begin making tails for every suit top she has.(To accessorize)

AND

That moment you surf the internet for ideas, only to find a huge following of merfolk/the mernetwork. (and decide that I need a tail as well now.)

[MermaidMichelle]

Welcome aboard/overboard, Lord Wukits! :mermaid kiss:

[Mermaid Saoirse]

That awkward moment when you're so excited to put your monofin on and get in the water that you've forgotten your smartphone is clipped to your swimsuit...

[MermaidMichelle]

OUCH! One guesses that they don't generally come in "waterproof"?

[Mermaid Ixa]

That awkward moment when you are swimming and have to burp and try to do it underwater to find out you can't. You then come up to burp, look around and keep swimming as if nothing happened.

[AnnaAbyss]

~The awkward moment when you first find out about the mer community and your sister accuses you of joining a cult and is really mean to you about it.
I think she finally came around, but I don't talk about the whole mermaid thing often since it's embarrassing for me and I get the feeling that people are like
"Jesus, she's already weird and antisocial enough..." ~Insert look of disapproval here~. -__-"

~The awkward moment when your family members accidentally find your sketches of tail designs and comment about it...Even if they're nice comments.

~THE AWKWARD MOMENT WHEN YOU REALLY WANT TO GO AND BUY MATERIALS FOR A TAIL BUT YOU'RE TOO SCARED AND HAVE NO MONEY.
._.

[Mermaid Miel]

Cheer up AnnaAbyss! If you save up your pennies it could work... Even better, if you have Sewing&Textiles class or a Craft/Art class at school then you could do it as your big project and the school will pay for materials and paint! It also helps you to talk your parents into buying the monofin if you can say "My Grade depends upon this!"

[Mermaid Miel]

That Awkward moment when parents ask you your age... my answer is 28... they usually then ask why I'm still doing this/haven't I grown out of this yet?

That awkward moment when kids ask you your age... my answer is almost 29... They then say "I thought you were 16." :D

I love kids.

[Kaila Mermaid]

That Awkward moment when parents ask you your age... my answer is 28... they usually then ask why I'm still doing this/haven't I grown out of this yet?

That awkward moment when kids ask you your age... my answer is almost 29... They then say "I thought you were 16." :D

I love kids.


Haters gonna hate :jelly:

[Mermaid Adriel]

That awkward moment when someone asks if you ever had erotic dreams about mermen @_@

[JessieMermaid]

And the answer is "yes" but you don't want to tell the truth

[MermaidMichelle]

Fortunately, my erotic dreams have ceased since I became a Sister-in-training (seriously, they have!)

AnnaAbyss (I really like the name, btw) I agree that DIY is the way to go at first. Home (or school)-made fins will give you practice and let you flex your creative muscles (not to mention those muscles used in mermaid swimming!) If you save your extra money long enough, you will be able to purchase/co-design your own film-quality silicone tail! :mermaid kiss:

[MermaidIndie]

that awkward moment when you go to a hardware supply store and load up supplies and the cashier asks you what the project is
me: a mermaid tail
cashier:oh........



That happens all the time! I was getting like 6 rolls of duct tape to make a body cast thing and the the cashier asked me jokingly if I was hiding a body. I live in a very snotty town so I wasn't going to say I was making a mermaid tail. So I said yes, grabbed the duct tape off the counter and ran out of the store


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[AnnaAbyss]

Cheer up AnnaAbyss! If you save up your pennies it could work... Even better, if you have Sewing&Textiles class or a Craft/Art class at school then you could do it as your big project and the school will pay for materials and paint! It also helps you to talk your parents into buying the monofin if you can say "My Grade depends upon this!"

I dropped out of school so I don't think that's an option. :/

[AnnaAbyss]

Fortunately, my erotic dreams have ceased since I became a Sister-in-training (seriously, they have!)

AnnaAbyss (I really like the name, btw) I agree that DIY is the way to go at first. Home (or school)-made fins will give you practice and let you flex your creative muscles (not to mention those muscles used in mermaid swimming!) If you save your extra money long enough, you will be able to purchase/co-design your own film-quality silicone tail! :mermaid kiss:

Thank you for the compliment on my name. :3 And I'll take your advice.

[Merman Arion]

I dropped out of school so I don't think that's an option. :/

You did WHAT?! :eek:
Why would you do that?


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[Winged Mermaid]

The schooling system isn't for everyone. I dropped out because I missed so many classes from my illnesses that my credits "didn't count" - because I didn't have the mandatory amount of time in class (they dismissed all my doc notes). I would have had to go anther year, which would have been miserable as the stress from school actually made said medical issues way worse. Said screw it and got my GED instead. I know a lot of people who the system just isn't made for them. It's too unforgiving to all kinds of things that are common problems. As long as you get homeschooling or your GED it doesn't matter IMO.

[MermaidMichelle]

Thank you for the compliment on my name. :3 And I'll take your advice.

You are very welcome! I look forward to seeing what you come up with. :mermaid kiss:

[Lily]

Found a solution for this: a menstruation cup.

Hell yes to this. It's the most awkward thing ever for the first two days, and then you wonder how you ever lived without it. I cringe whenever I think about going back to tampons.

Anyway.

That awkward moment when you're at Michael's, holding different shells up to your boobs to gauge their fit, and a little old lady walks by and blushes and smiles at you. I just knew she was thinking, "Aw, how cute, she wants to be a mermaid!"

[Aziara]

^The awkward moment when you're furtively glancing back and forth before you put said shells up to your boobies, to make sure no one is watching. Then someone walks right into the aisle as soon as you're fairly sure no one is around...

[Lily]

LOl that's exactly what happened! The seashells are right on the end of side aisle that butts right up to the main way to get to the cashier. It is SO HARD to be stealthy when pretty much everyone in the store has to walk by that aisle at some point.

[Naufra]

Lol, I didn't bother trying to be stealthy! I held them on, turned to my sister, and asked a bit loudly if she thought they fit. The other people in the aisle assumed I was joking, a few even laughed while she assessed the fit and announced that she thought they'd work fine. :lol: Being shameless really works sometimes. ;)

[angelstarfish]

that awkward moment when you're talking to a guy who you know likes you back and a little girl whose birthday party you were at comes up to you and asks, "Are those your legs?"

and your crush doesn't know that you're a mermaid....

[SeaMansa]

Lol id love to know how you reacted to the little girl as well as how he reacted to you xD I would have said "No, I'm just borrowing them from a friend" xD

[Fun123joker]

~The awkward moment when you first find out about the mer community and your sister accuses you of joining a cult

:cthulhu:have you accept our lord and savorier cthulhu :cthulhu: :)

[MermaidMichelle]

^ That reminds me of one I saw on an old Knights of the Dinner Table online cartoon back in 1999:

"No Nyarlathotep, know peace. Know Nyarlathotep, no peace."

It wasn't until years later that I learned that the original phrase was inverted and about ​JESUS!!!

[Blaze]

:cthulhu:have you accept our lord and savorier cthulhu :cthulhu: :)

Heehee! I just brought this tshirt home this weekend for my Hubby:
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[PearlieMae]

LOVE it!!!

[PearlieMae]

...That awkward moment when you're at Michael's, holding different shells up to your boobs to gauge their fit, and a little old lady walks by and blushes and smiles at you. I just knew she was thinking, "Aw, how cute, she wants to be a mermaid!"

Either that, or SHE is a mermaid, too ;)

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[MermaidMichelle]

Yes, like Dolores Decerto in American Dragon Jake Long! Also, is that Dr. Walter Kornbluth or do the glasses simply give that impression Clark Kent-style?

[Lily]

Either that, or SHE is a mermaid, too ;)

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*gasp* OF COURSE! How could I have been so blind?

@MermaidMichelle - that's Will Ferrell, of SNL, Elf, Old School, and a dozen other things that make me laugh uncontrollably :)

[MermaidMichelle]

I see; his facial structure was all wrong for Kornbluth, but the line is so him!

I've seen Elf​, but Peter Dinklage stole that show...lol

[Lily]

I've seen Elf​, but Peter Dinklage stole that show...lol

I have such a crush on Dinklage. Game of Thrones needs more male nudity in general, and Tyrion nudity in particular.

[MermaidMichelle]

That awkward moment when a Mernetwork thread is hijacked by mermaids crushing on a handsome dwarf with a Shakespearean British accent that could melt butter...even when he's speaking crudely and isn't even British! :mermaid kiss:

[Lily]

Such is the power of the Dinklage :swoon:

[Ayla of Duluth]

I hated Tyrion so bad when we first met him, he's 3 feet tall and he's talking to kings and warriors like he's better than them, challenging their ego. I was like "come on, I could punt you over the wall, don't talk to them like you're anything." aaaaand now he's my favorite character.

[Lily]

I think people love Tyrion much faster in the books because you get his POV very early. And his interaction with Jon Snow at the Winterfell feast is more detailed and really shows his good side, and how his outward jerkish persona is his armor against the world.


don't talk to them like you're anything

In Westeros, blood is everything. Tyrion is the heir to Casterly Rock and the son of the richest man in the kingdoms. His sister is the wife of the King and his brother is widely regarded as one of the greatest warriors alive. He's a powerful man in his own right and, while people certainly mock him behind his back, it would be a big mistake to do it to his face. He's definitely something, and always has been.

Also, thought this was relevant:

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[MermaidMichelle]

WOW that is a fine piece of cardboard; one must look closely to see that it isn't Photoshopped! I assume that it was some manner of Renn-faire prop whose new queen has an understanding mertender, but it is cool to think of King's Landing going all "Atlantis" via a submerging cataclysm (like Istar from the DragonLance:cthulhu::shark: saga); it would be a fitting and well-earned end to the place!

[PearlieMae]

Dinklage was wonderful in The Station Agent.

[MermaidMichelle]

...Not to mention X-Men: Days of Future Past! He looks a bit different, but as soon as he opened his mouth and spoke in that same "Tyrion" accent my brother and I just looked at each other in the theatre and grinned....

(As a side note, even the name "Tyrion" evokes fond memories for me; as the daughter of a military history buff I played a LOT of Warhammer, in which Prince Tyrion is the greatest High Elven hero and lover of the Everqueen of Averlorn. We can only hope that our dear Tyrion meets with such a happy fate in Game of Thrones​ (where mermaids are legendary but have not yet been proven to exist)!) :mermaid kiss:

[angelstarfish]

That VERY awkward moment when the dress you're wearing to your friend's wedding is an EXACT MATCH to the bridesmaids dresses...

[Azurin Luna]

That awkward moment when a colleague is discussing with out what a safe way would be to drop you overboard and a colleague steps into the room and just stares at you blankly and you both burst out in a laughter while the last colleague quickly leaves the room without him ever asking what he wanted to ask.

[Naufra]

That awkward moment when you're buying seashell-shaped snack-cakes for a silly photoshoot in your tail, and the cashier asks if your (non-existant) daughter is having a mermaid birthday party. Then, that awesome moment when you tell him exactly what they're for with no hesitation whatsoever and watch his jaw drop. ^_^

[Lily]

TAMW you're driving home from the grocery store and see the FedEx truck 3 blocks from your house and you FLOOR IT home because you know your monofin is out for delivery today... and then it doesn't get delivered for about 5 more hours.

[Lily]

TAMW you're trying to design your own fluke shape and, no matter what you do, it comes out looking like... uh... lady parts. :$

[Mermaid Lily_Pad]

LMAO.....wait...maybe I need to check mine.

[MermaidMichelle]

TAMW you realize that you now run the risk of thinking about that whenever you look at a fluke...and, when typing this, you notice that there is a frame of animation in Lily's sig gif which shows the mermaid's nipple....

[Lily]

Well the gif is from a Japanese anime of The Little Mermaid. There's a tentacle monster, talking cat, the whole nine yards.

What's weird about the fluke design is that I'm trying to base it on this wing tattoo I have. Now I'm worried that the tattoo it self is super yonic (looked it up, opposite of phallic) and I've just never noticed! Has there seriously been a vulva on my back for 10 years and no one's ever said anything???

[MermaidMichelle]

Ah, I thought that was from the 1979 Japanese anime of The Little Mermaid. I haven't seen the whole thing, but I must admit that as anime goes it has more excuse than most to feature a tentacle monster...(You know, because stuff with tentacles generally is aquatic....) :cthulhu:

Your vulva-wings take me back to art class at uni; the professors there would surely suggest that your subconscious association of the female genitalia with wings/flight/freedom is a powerful feminist statement!

[Raayvhen]

I think we need pictures. I promise brutal vulva honesty.

[PearlieMae]

Well the gif is from a Japanese anime of The Little Mermaid. There's a tentacle monster, talking cat, the whole nine yards.

What's weird about the fluke design is that I'm trying to base it on this wing tattoo I have. Now I'm worried that the tattoo it self is super yonic (looked it up, opposite of phallic) and I've just never noticed! Has there seriously been a vulva on my back for 10 years and no one's ever said anything???

Ah, I thought that was from the 1979 Japanese anime of The Little Mermaid. I haven't seen the whole thing, but I must admit that as anime goes it has more excuse than most to feature a tentacle monster...(You know, because stuff with tentacles generally is aquatic....) :cthulhu:

Your vulva-wings take me back to art class at uni; the professors there would surely suggest that your subconscious association of the female genitalia with wings/flight/freedom is a powerful feminist statement!

Must....restrain...from...highly inappropriate comment...Must....restrain...from...highly inappropriate comment...Must....restrain...from...highly inappropriate comment...

I based my fluke on cicada wings and had the vulvar issue, too... I ended up making hearts over them!

(Edit to add: ...and it's a dot. Not a nipple. In one frame.)

[MermaidMichelle]

To think, the more radical feminists at times suggest that high-heels provide the representation of a second (and third, if one wears them on both feet) vagina!
Of course, that becomes rather ironic when one considers that they were originally intended to increase the stature of men....

Irregardless, all this talk of mermaid flukes being vulvae may not help our dearth of mermen any....

[PearlieMae]

omg...you just said irregardless. Please tell me you're being ironic.

[MermaidMichelle]

Yes, I've seen that episode of American Dad that takes down the word "irregardless"....Seth McFarlane really shouldn't have that much power....

I used the term here because "regardless" wouldn't have worked. Despite a desire to disregard my previous statement that is not possible; the very fact that high heels are so sexualized and associated with femaleness prevents them from being widely used by men, just as the mermaid fluke's increasing association with femaleness would discourage men from being mermen (unless they didn't mind such association with feminine roles)....

Edit: If it's a dot on that mermaid's breast, it's a very well-placed dot! *Ponders revealing that she has seen enough pre-Turn-of-the-Millennium anime to know that that certainly qualifies as a nipple by such standards, especially if it is normally covered by tactically-placed hair*

[Lily]

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This photo is about 10 years old, taken just after I got the tattoo. :)

[MermaidMichelle]

First of all, Lily; you have a beautiful back! I've been told my skin is "alabaster"; yours reminds me of porcelain! :mermaid kiss:

As for the wings, they are quite innocuous so long as they are apart. Only when placed together could they remind one of a vulva. You're a living work of (Post-Modern Feminist) art!

[Lily]

Aw, thank you! I'm never quite sure how to take compliments about my skin. Sometimes it's sweet, and reminds me of my grandmother, who had the same skin and was always telling me to be sure to take good care of it. And then sometimes it's creepy, like the guy in Silence of the Lambs, and I think maybe this person wants to wear my skin home like a Lily Suit.

(I'm taking yours in the vein of my grandmother, in case you were wondering.)

As for the tattoo... vulva-esque or not, I totally love it! I designed it 2 or 3 years before I was actually old enough to get it done, to make sure I'd like it, and even today it still makes me happy every time I see it. Totally worth the cost and the 2 1/2 hours of pain. Heck, it being vaguely yonic just makes it better, because damn straight I'm a feminist fairie mermaid :)

[PearlieMae]

"revealing that she has seen enough pre-Turn-of-the-Millennium anime" The nerd is strong in this one... :mermaid kiss:

American Dad? TV show, I take it?

[MermaidMichelle]

Aw, thank you! I'm never quite sure how to take compliments about my skin. Sometimes it's sweet, and reminds me of my grandmother, who had the same skin and was always telling me to be sure to take good care of it. And then sometimes it's creepy, like the guy in Silence of the Lambs, and I think maybe this person wants to wear my skin home like a Lily Suit.

(I'm taking yours in the vein of my grandmother, in case you were wondering.)

Are you sure? I'm a transsexual, which means that according to Silence of the Lambs I'm a horrible monster!

Of course, I'm also a Roman Catholic sister (in-training), which means that according to certain films such as the anti-Mother Teresa 'documentary' Hell's Angel I'm a horrible monster....

Well, that's just hate-fueled propaganda, so it's better to take it grandmother style! :mermaid kiss: to you you feminist fairy!

[MermaidMichelle]

The nerd is strong in this one... :mermaid kiss:

American Dad? TV show, I take it?

American Dad is an animated television show from the creator of Family Guy and in the same vein of humour. It's intent was to sardonically deride the wave of conservative American patriotism following 9/11 (at a safe distance of a few years later, of course).

[PearlieMae]

Ah! I remember it now. :D

[Mermaid Heather]

That awkward moment when you drive for several hours to go to your first ever mermaid meet-up, encounter a torrential downpour as you reach the spring's front gate, see on the sign that the spring is full to capacity, and then decide "oh well, I'm going to go shopping at thrift stores all the way home instead". You then see on Facebook that the mer-group is meeting at a parking lot 1 mile away to try to get special permission to enter the spring, so, full of enthusiasm, you turn around and approach the only vehicle in that lot. You then get it's occupants to roll down the window, and you ask with barely pent up excitement "are you a mermaid??" The reply from the heavily bearded, rather portly man inside was "do I look like a mermaid???"

[Mermaid Heather]

Even more awkward was the next vehicle I saw, the only one in the adjacent parking lot. I drove over to ask the same question, "are you a mermaid" and saw the window roll UP quickly, and a horrified young man turn away and look over his shoulder at me in terror through the window. Thinking, "WTF?" I then caught a whiff of their pot smoke in the breeze. Funny for me, awkward for them!

[MermaidMichelle]

I admire your persistence and enthusiasm! :mermaid kiss:

[Mermaid Heather]

Haha, thanks! As it turns out we lost contact (storm interfered with my internet connection) with the rest of the mers and so my friend and I did A "mermaid stranded on little league bleachers" photo shoot instead! That new tail of mine still hasn't seen the water!

[MermaidMichelle]

I'm sorry that you weren't able to meet with the other mers, but I'm glad you made the best of it. I also find it amusing to imagine the events that would result in a mermaid being stranded on Little League bleachers!

[MermaidMichelle]

Oh, and double-post again to add something that just happened:

That awkward moment when you are performing a Google search for a memorial church and automatically start typing merm... instead! Mermaid appears to be the "m" word I use most often besides my own name!

[Mermaid Wesley]

That awkward moment when there isn't anything wrong with my resin and now I feel super awkward. I guess the oil in the monster clay is actually moisture enough to contaminate the resin. Smh.


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[Mermaid Sirenia]

That awkward moment when you're out in a restaurant with your friends talking about being a mermaid, and you hear all the people in the tables next to you go quiet


~Mermaid Sirenia~

[PearlieMae]

That awkward moment when you're out in a restaurant with your friends talking about being a mermaid, and you hear all the people in the tables next to you go quiet


~Mermaid Sirenia~

That's awesome!

[MermaidMichelle]

At least you didn't have someone disguised as a waiter pull out a hose and drench you crying, "BEHOLD THE MERMAID!"...lol

Mermaid Wesley, I'm sorry about your resin and contaminants, but I'm glad you've decided upon a mermaid name! I remember when you were "MerHopefully"! :mermaid kiss:

[Fun123joker]

the awkward moment when your swimming in a pool next to a building and someone throws bread at you. ????

[Raayvhen]

You should have a sign that says "Please don't feed the Merfolk"

[Aziara]

the awkward moment when your swimming in a pool next to a building and someone throws bread at you. ????
Uhm.... what? I have no words.

[PearlieMae]

the awkward moment when your swimming in a pool next to a building and someone throws bread at you. ????

You made me laugh hard enough to scare the cats!

[MermaidMichelle]

That is very funny, especially if it actually happened (and I like your new ningyo bishonen gif)!

Of course, it also reminds me of that iffy question which affects all hybrids: dehumanization. We respond differently to mostly-humans with wings than we do to those with horns, hooves, scales, or fish tails (and more positively in the latter case than we do to those with fish heads) but the overall result is similar: people think of such things as less human.

(Thus everything from the fish-feeding mentioned just now to the government scientists' feeling that they can freely dissect Madison in Splash! I was watching a friend play Breath of Fire​ last night; perhaps that is what has gotten me so sensitive to this sort of thing...lol)

[Merdude Ricky]

That awkward moment when your shower takes a lot longer than usual, and your mom yells at you from outside the bathroom "Oh my god, you're going to be a merman by the time you come out"
Then you look down at your legs and think "I wish....."

[MermaidCelesteFL]

That awkward moment when a kid badly wants to see you out of your tail so much, that they follow you and your mertender all the way down a 1.5 mile nature trail. I told them that I needed a magical amulet (that I didn't have at the time) to change me back into a human, but I only need to put it on once (and only once my tail was dry) to change me into a human. Oh, the power of storytelling!

...They really wanted to see my amulet.

[MermaidMichelle]

That was a clever story! :mermaid kiss: I'm glad you had such a strong and understanding mertender, though, as said story essentially rendered you immobile until you could retrieve said amulet....

[Lily]

Today's awkward moment:

Forgot I left my monofin to dry in the bathtub. Walked into the bathroom a few hours later and saw a huge dark shape out of the corner of my eye. Actually screamed a little and just about jumped out of my skin.

The really awkward part: It keeps happening every time I go into the bathroom. I'm too easily startled lol
http://i.imgur.com/NDYiEJ3.jpg

[Fun123joker]

awkward moment when its been 6 months since you went to the beach and there is still sand trapped in your monofin

and yes someone actually did throw bread at me, it happened 3 days ago. i didnt see the person but i saw the bread thrown. i think it was a kid trying to feed the mermaid:no-no: sorry on a gluten free diet :no-no:

[Mermaid Sirenia]

That awkward moment when a girl you know and are sort of friends with starts trying to look like you. Like I'm not even joking. She's doing my exact makeup, dyed her hair to my color, and is even getting a tattoo now when a month ago she did none of this and hated the thought of getting a tattoo. It's so creepy and then she sends me pictures of her hair and makeup that day asking me if I'm proud of her. More like creeped out


~Mermaid Sirenia~

[MermaidMichelle]

There was actually an episode of Sailor Moon S where that very thing happened to Sailor Mars/Rei Hino. A younger girl starts working with Rei and then dresses like her even to the point of wearing a wig. Rei gets mad at her and she is heartbroken, and I think that is a fair representation of her response in such a situation. Please be careful how you deal with this person; imitation is the sincereist form of flattery, but it can also be an indication of emotional or psychological problems. Perhaps you should encourage them to develop their own style and increase their self-confidence.

[PearlieMae]

That awkward moment when a girl you know and are sort of friends with starts trying to look like you. Like I'm not even joking. She's doing my exact makeup, dyed her hair to my color, and is even getting a tattoo now when a month ago she did none of this and hated the thought of getting a tattoo. It's so creepy and then she sends me pictures of her hair and makeup that day asking me if I'm proud of her. More like creeped out


~Mermaid Sirenia~

Single White Female (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105414/?ref_=nv_sr_5), anyone?

[Lily]

TAMW you honestly can't tell if the lifeguard at the pool is flirting with you or just thinks your monofin is really interesting. Luckily he saw I was swimming with ear plugs in so he didn't really try to engage in more conversation after the initial "hey what's that on your feet." (Or if he did, I couldn't hear him!)

I'm a married mer! Also probably at least 10 years older than this kid. I'll be getting carded 'til I'm 60.

[Naufra]

That awkward moment when a girl you know and are sort of friends with starts trying to look like you. Like I'm not even joking. She's doing my exact makeup, dyed her hair to my color, and is even getting a tattoo now when a month ago she did none of this and hated the thought of getting a tattoo. It's so creepy and then she sends me pictures of her hair and makeup that day asking me if I'm proud of her. More like creeped out


~Mermaid Sirenia~

Maybe when she asks if you're proud of her you should say something to the effect of, "I'm glad you're taking care of yourself . . ." and finish it with suggestions on going back to her natural hair color because "it looked so good on her." Just kind of very sweetly encourage her to be herself without telling her outright that her stalkerish, obsessive behavior is creeping you out to no end. You're walking on eggshells with this one.

[Mermaid Dottie]

Photo by Robert "Dolph" Lee.
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[Mermaid Wesley]

Lol


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[Mermaid Isabel(:]

That awkward moment when you're in a flea market with your mom for the Fourth of July looking at faux plants and she points to some asking what about that and you touch it and say no it's too prickly I wouldn't want to wear that and some people look over at you with confused/concerned faces haha

[MermaidMichelle]

Mermaid Dottie - You look beautiful, and your floppy fin only makes you stand out more from the crowd! :mermaid kiss:

Mermaid Isabel(: - You could go on about how strange humans are with their plastic and how you merfolk would never be so irresponsible and always use natural fibers...lol....As long as you explain yourself afterward!

[Mermaid Isabel(:]

Hahaha! Darn next time I shall remember that ;)

[Mermaid Dottie]

Haha, oh, I know. I love my floppy fluke. It was just funny. Thank you.
🌺

[Naufra]

That awkward moment when you get caught singing "Dumb Ways to Die" to the lobsters in the fish department at your local supermarket.

[MermaidMichelle]

Are you singing it in the context of "death by lobsters" or regarding said lobsters' imminent deaths?

[Naufra]

There really was no intent behind it, it was just stuck in my head at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw

[PearlieMae]

Hahaha! Did the lobsters flip you the claw?

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Speaking of lobsters, that awkward moment when kids ask you if you have a pet, and you say a lobster. But your mind is so out in space that when they ask his name you just blurt out "Joseph".... REALLY. OUT OF ANY NAME MY MIND SAID JOSEPH. Lol I literally just said what first came off my mind then explained to them that it's not a common name in the sea, so when I heard a human named Joseph I just had to name my pet that xD


~Mermaid Sirenia~

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Oh and that awkward moment when two teenage guys see you in your tail and walk in yelling "DO I SMELL FISH?" "WHERES THE SEAMEN?!" With a bunch of kids around. They thought they were a riot. And yes all this happened today lol


~Mermaid Sirenia~

[Fun123joker]

^ ok im sorry but those play on words. i just love puns

[Fun123joker]

Speaking of lobsters, that awkward moment when kids ask you if you have a pet, and you say a lobster. But your mind is so out in space that when they ask his name you just blurt out "Joseph".... REALLY. OUT OF ANY NAME MY MIND SAID JOSEPH. Lol I literally just said what first came off my mind then explained to them that it's not a common name in the sea, so when I heard a human named Joseph I just had to name my pet that xD


~Mermaid Sirenia~

actually i just finished my comic about this akward moment right before i read your comment

The awkward moment when

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(sorry if its hard to read this site made me make the picture smaller like 4 times so it could fit the dimensions)

im thinking of making a web comic out of mini comics called Loser Fish where i draw about the struggles of being a mermaid... basically the comic version of this thread. actually i might just take some of these comments and put it in comic form (with credit to the poster ofcorse,)

[Mermaid Sirenia]

actually i just finished my comic about this akward moment right before i read your comment

The awkward moment when

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(sorry if its hard to read this site made me make the picture smaller like 4 times so it could fit the dimensions)

im thinking of making a web comic out of mini comics called Loser Fish where i draw about the struggles of being a mermaid... basically the comic version of this thread. actually i might just take some of these comments and put it in comic form (with credit to the poster ofcorse,)

That is literally so perfect and exactly how I felt!


~Mermaid Sirenia~

[Fun123joker]

The awkward moment when

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The tan line says it all


clue: there is 3 mers. tilt your screen to see #3

[Naufra]

Hahaha! Did the lobsters flip you the claw?

Nah, they just pointedly ignored me, though some climbed over each other to get away.

Fun123joker, I like your Loser Fish comics! I hope to see more of them. ^_^

[MermaidMichelle]

Fun123joker, the merfolk are the ones on either end and the third from the right...right?

Also, Loser Fish is brilliant! It's title actually reminds me of a line in Spice World wherein Melanie Brown (Scary Spice) is comparing fish to people and comes upon "this ugly loser one that reminds me of my ex-boyfriend, Steven." The thought of an "ugly loser fish" made me smile....

[Lostariel Telrunya]

That awkward moment when you have just finished making your first tail, have finally gathered enough will power to swim with it in public, are successful in getting your mom (who may not actually know that you are into mer stuff) to drive you to the pool without her seeing your tail, getting in the pool, and then you spot one of your high school friends at the pool, walk directly back to the change room, and take the bus home. And having to make up a clever excuse for coming home early while on the bus. I guess I haven't really come out of my shell yet, have I?

[Naufra]

Aww, don't worry about it, Lostariel! You'll be ready when you're ready.:)

[Mermaid Lily_Pad]

Okay, that awkward moment when everyone thinks your a bad mom because you took your 2 year old who had just started talking to a lobster restaurant and they put whole cooked lobsters before all of the family. She points and says "WOBSTER!" And I say..."Yes! Good..it IS a lobster!" (All enthusiastic) and she is smiling and clapping her hands and then my husband who is sitting next to her breaks his lobsters tail off....

Her little face goes all horrified...she points at the lobster and says.."Wodster Hurt!"...."Wobster Hurt daddy"....omg.....every time my husband went to pick up his lobster she would give him the saddest look and say..."Wobster hurt"....

I'm a bad mommy. :( My husband hasn't really eaten lobster since LOL.

[Fun123joker]

^thats so cute!


akward moment when you react to these and then someone in the other room replies
example:
me: nooooooo
bro in other room: *muffled* yeeeesssss

thanks for your feedback! btw the answer is going from left to right #1 #3 and #6 i made #3 really pale to keep the group diverse but made him too pale

[Grey Gambit]

TAMW you find out there's a mermaid in the same little town as you and you call you see if you can meet up to talk about mermaiding things and the phone call is filled with gaps of silence and awkward talking. OTL I'm not very good at speaking over a phone, I think I confused her. But she agreed to meet up tomorrow so we could at least kinda talk about monofins?

[MermaidMichelle]

Well, I wish you the best in your gambit, Grey! :mermaid kiss:

[MermaidCelesteFL]

That awkward moment when a kid asks you what you eat, and you say fish- and then realize that you had also just told them that fish were your friends only a few minutes ago. YOU EAT YOUR FRIENDS NOW, YOU MONSTER.

[MermaidMichelle]

....One must think on one's fins at that point! It's sort of like that moment in Splash! when Madison starts chomping barehanded into that lobster and says, "That's how we eat lobster where I come from." (Hence why the dinglehopper is such a foreign object to merfolk....)

I would suggest being specific as to which species are sentient enough to be friends and which are more like livestock. HINT: Cuttlefish may look like little squid, but they are surprisingly intelligent (the beat lab rats in IQ-related tests, for example).

[PearlieMae]

That's life in the ocean...someone is always someone else's lunch. :shark:

[Blaze]

Photo by Robert "Dolph" Lee.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/10/8evusu8u.jpg

LOLOL! Everyone else have a competitor? Mine isn't going to have one either so yep... I'm sure I'll be there someday! :p

[MermaidSasha]

That awkward moment when you go to your friends pool to practice swimming with your monofin some more and the group of people in the hot tub ask what the hell you are doing and what the hell I'm using a monofin for:-P

[MermaidMichelle]

That awkward moment which you turn into an even more awkward moment (albeit for them) by launching into a long explanation of why cetaceans' legs evolved into a single fluke for added power and that by this same principle monofins actually allow humans to swim faster than would normal swim fins...also you're a mermaid.

(Looking at Mermaid Dottie's floppy fluke again, it looks like its hugging her head! <3 )

[PearlieMae]

That awkward moment when you go to your friends pool to practice swimming with your monofin some more and the group of people in the hot tub ask what the hell you are doing and what the hell I'm using a monofin for:-P

That's when you stand up tall, look at them like they've got rocks for brains (which they probably do) and announce "Because I'm a freakin' MERMAID. Duh!"

[MermaidSasha]

Lol that's what I pretty much told them. I said I was a Mermaid in training lol :)

[Gem Stone]

TAMW a child who knows and has seen you remove your tail, asks if you're a real mermaid because you go underwater for 'air'. I was actually going under water to get the hair out of my face, but I guess I was doing it a lot and he thought I needed to go underwater to breathe


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