Samia and the City

Sometimes I say stupid things

And then I wonder if I should apologize. Ex: I had a gay friend in college, Benny. One Halloween one of our guy friends dressed up as a girl, and when I saw him, I laughed and said, "You make a beautiful faggot." And then I realized Benny was listening, and probably not appreciating what I had said. At moments like these, is it better to apologize, or to not make an issue of things?

I do dumb shit like this all the time. Last week, I told one of my coworkers that I wanted to drink the Ethidium Bromide in the lab so I wouldn't have to work anymore. EtBr is a mutagen. And then I remembered that her dad had prostate cancer about a year ago. Should I have said sorry I'm a dumbass, or nothing at all?

I never really mean anything mean. But I sound like it all the time. What to do?

posted by Samia @ 2:12 PM