We’ve all been there. One second, you’re chatting away, feeling pretty good about the flow, and then—bam. It hits. The pause. The shift. That sudden, creeping feeling of awkward. Maybe you said ...

"That blue umbrella is still stashed under my bed," Carletta says, recalling the fateful evening that she was declared 'cringe' by a certified Cool person. Two years ago, the policy analyst met her ...

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