Blog Post #2

The mistake he made wasn’t just embarrassing for himself but it was a mistake that was hurtful to some of the people he loved most. That’s just the sort of trouble Olivier Orban was in as a young 15 year old boy. Olivier is a sometimes quiet, but confident young man who finds little embarrassment about anything, but when I ask him about his most embarrassing moment he delves through his memory bank and quickly his eyes light up. “Oh there was this one time, but I don’t know if I can even say it.” That’s when I knew I found the gold mine.

He starts his story as he lights up a cigarette, something he does a lot just to calm himself. “I was 15 at the time and I was emailing my girlfriend because we had just...well, you know, the week before, he said as his cheeks were turning slightly red even. “I was explaining to her that we could still take things slow and that I loved her. I don’t remember what the email said exactly, but I know that it was mushy things you tell your girlfriend.” Then is where he made the biggest mistake a young teenager could afford to make. “I hit the send to all button on accident,” he said as I laugh directly in his face. No guy wants anyone to see their private conversations with their girlfriend, but they definitely do not want everyone to see  very private conversation about their sex life. I couldn’t help but prod him with more questions asking him how he felt. “As soon as I hit that button I panicked,” he says through his French accent. “I did not know what to do I just felt frozen. I wasn’t worried about myself or my reputation however, but I was worried about my girlfriend.”

Once he recovered from his frozen stage he knew what he needed to do. He called his girlfriend over and over, worried about the consequences he would have to face. He said,“I expected her to be pissed off, and she was upset, but in the end she did not care all that much, except she did have one request.” The one request was that Olivier find a way to delete the email from his Richard’s computer, his best friend, who just so happens to be Olivier’s girlfriend's brother.

As school went on the next day a few people he knew made fun of him which was he fully expected, but he took it all in with a sense of humor and pride. “I did not really mind the other boys at school making fun of me, I just cared about Richard not finding out, he said.” So during school he ditched a class with his girlfriend to delete the important email. “I was shocked when I got to his computer to see that he didn’t read it, and I quickly deleted it, he said.” I felt relieved that and ask him if everything ended up alright in the end. “Nope,” he replied quickly. “A few friends sent him the email anyway later that day. Some friends they are”