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Aughh.. stupid joke

I was talking to a friend on MSN and she was telling me how yet again she didn't feel like eating and how her parents are on at her because they think she has an eating disorder. I know that she doesn't have an eating disorder, so I said jokingly: "Oh yes I agree with your mother and I phoned her today about it". I knew she was going to say: "Yeah right" and then we'd laugh about it.. but instead she took ages to reply before saying: "Are you joking? If you are then that is not funny at all". Then she blocked me.

Anyway, I've tried ringing her and I sent her an email, but she isn't responding. I know it was stupid, as I told her this, but I thought she'd just laugh, especially considering I'm in the same situation as her- where my dad thinks I have an eating disorder but I definitely do not.

What's the best way to make it up to her, or even get her to speak to me again? I've tried sending a message, like and said, and ringing, but she's having none of it. And I know she's going to tell the rest of our friends and they'll hate me too.. aughhh..

God, I am so STUPID.

Reply 1

username54863

11

Nasty one, I've done something like that, if you can't get through to her, leave her an apologetic voicemail, she might not get it right away but she will soon enough and she will be feeling less emotionally vulnerable and insecure.

It'll be fine don't worry, everyone makes mistakes, I know more than most people....particularly when it comes to bad jokes....

Reply 2

Juicy Fruit

10

Wait for her to cool off, then try calling her (with your sender ID blocked).

MSN can be such a pain in the backside, things are often misinterpreted!

Reply 3

never_ending

12

It was a bit tasteless, but not overly so. Sounds like she overreacted; she should be able to take a joke from a friend. Unless she actually does have an eating disorder. Don't worry, I'm sure she'll get over it soon.

Reply 4

Anonymous #1

OP

Agent Z, you're exactly right- If I had said this in real life she would have known I was joking because I would have deliberately said in such a way that she knew I was. But MSN is terrible for misinterpretations- you can never tell the tone in which things are said- so they may be jokes, they may be sarcastic or they may be genuine.

I thought about whether maybe she really does have an eating disorder, even though it doesn't seem likely. If she does I can see why she would have reacted in the way she did.. but all of my friends and I were convinced that she doesn't have one.

If she does then I guess I hit the nail on the head.. augh I feel terrible.

Reply 5

Anonymous #1

OP

I'm leaving her to cool down and I think she's not online now anyway. I talked to a friend about it all and she just said to me: "What the? Of course it was a joke.." and that she'd over-reacted.

Reply 6

Revd. Mike

17

Man that sucks. MSN does cause problems sometimes. I tend to use <sarcasm></sarcasm> tags lol, just in case. I think she'll calm down eventually, and know that you were only joking.

Meanwhile, if you want a really awful joke: A friend of mine came into the 6th Form study room the other day with an outraged look and said "I'm writing to Cadbury's to complain! The joke on the back of my packet of buttons makes no sense!" the joke was as follows.

Q: What do you call a man who ate all the buttons?
A: Adum.

We sat for ages trying to puzzle it out, but we couldn't find any thing funny. The closest we got was a contraction of 'ad 'em (had them), but then we thought it surely would have been "Adem" had that been the case. Perhaps we're over analysing. Surely a child wouldn't have got that joke? Hmmm...

Reply 7

Champagne-Dahling

10

^ Yeh must have been a joke on " 'ad 'em". Maybe if they put "Adem", the stress would have been on the second part, "aDEM", so making it sound wrong.

Jesus, now who's over-analysing??? :hmmmm:

Reply 8

Anonymous #2

You're a fool...thats so stupid. Jokes arent as funny as u men often think

Reply 9

LawQueen

14

Her bad for taking it the wrong way. TBH if she runs bitching of to your mates she's acting like a ****** I've had someone try to do that to me before and the weird thing is they never have the guts to say it to your face when you challenge them so I just told her to f off being a waste of time. You make take a different approach :rolleyes:

Reply 10

Eccentric Man

8

Yes, if you read the threads ive put up recently email/msn language [including none-at-all] can be so easily taken the wrong way. l would wait for things to cool then speake face2face.

I once had a girl who wanted to kill me for something i said in an email that she didn't remember

Reply 11

so_this_is_sam

3

I tend to always do this face :P to let them know it was a joke but my ex bf used to get really annoyed at some of the things i said on msn or in a text, and id be like CHILL OUT, it was a joke!

Reply 12

Pandy

10

Anonymous

What's the best way to make it up to her, or even get her to speak to me again?

Buy her a Big Mac.

Reply 13

jovialtom

2

anyone who "yet again doesn't feel like eating" sounds like they have an eating disorder to me...

Reply 14

Anonymous #3

omg dude, she mite of eaten the hole of the flipping streat you know you could of caused her to go on a massive eating rage. she may be see people as bugers or hot doggs, dude you may need to ring the goverment about this one!!! people this is a very crazy situation, if you see a person walking down the street with legs handing out there mouths you may need to run... good luck to you all,,,, may god be with you!!! im off to book a flight to pakistan its got to be safer there!!!1

Reply 15

jovialtom

2

Anonymous

omg dude, she mite of eaten the hole of the flipping streat you know you could of caused her to go on a massive eating rage. she may be see people as bugers or hot doggs, dude you may need to ring the goverment about this one!!! people this is a very crazy situation, if you see a person walking down the street with legs handing out there mouths you may need to run... good luck to you all,,,, may god be with you!!! im off to book a flight to pakistan its got to be safer there!!!1

you sir, are an idiot.

Reply 16

MNBStyle

9

Tell her what you told us, that you thought she would just laugh as your in a similar situation and you know it was stupid..

Aughh.. stupid joke

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