What?

I hate those moments when I get tongue-tied and the thing I want to say comes to me 20 minutes after the incident.

The incident...
A man old enough to be my father said to me:  "You look really pretty today, Angie.  I wish I was closer to you because I could just kiss you!"

My initial reaction:  GAG ME WITH A FORK!!!!!  This is soo 1992...but for real!!!!

My second reaction:  THANK YOU, LORD, FOR A PEW AND THE PEOPLE INBETWEEN US!!!!!

Why did this seem appropriate?  Why say this outloud?

Not cool.

I did not reply but rather awkwardly smiled and then when it came time to greet one another and shake hands, I made a beeline to the safety of normal people...Mrs. Whitt and my friend Julie.

Perhaps he was taking the "greet one another with a holy kiss" literally.

The "you look pretty" part felt cheapened and made me wish I did not infact look pretty.

*Sigh*

What should I have said?  For starters, "Just because Paul said to greet one another with a holy kiss does not mean that we should do that here at Windsor!"