oh crud!

Tonight, after a particularly wild game of crud at the Center, I was about to leave and there was a big group of people by the exit. I asked if I should go around and hug every single person goodbye, because that’s what a good Dane would do. So I was beginning to do this and I mindlessly approached Elder Larkin. He had just gotten a point, which is never a good thing in CRUD, so he was at a vulnerable moment. His vulnerability and our shared mindlessness resulted in me hugging him in front of EVERYONE. The senior missionaries and every Dane on this side of North Sea.

So embarrassing and funny. It was a complete accident. Since missionaries don’t hug people of the opposite sex and it’s a well-known fact it was really really embarrassing and stupid of me. As I was hugging him and he was beginning to hug me back I suddenly realized what was happening and I stopped and I’m pretty sure I shrieked or something.

The whole room burst into laughter. Including me and Elder Larkin. What on earth happened? We don’t know. It all happened so suddenly.

I’m slightly less embarrassed because Elder Larkin made the same careless mistake as I did. Otherwise it would have looked like me attacking him, still in front of the whole world. And that would have been just plain awkward, not funny.

So now I’ve hugged a missionary… whoops.