The elephant in the room

I've been in this situation many times. I've had to squirm without actually moving. I've been in a room with a figurative elephant, and it isn't ever a pleasant situation.

But this situation will keep recurring as long as I have good friends. It's called the stand off. Having a stubborn personality doesn't bode well for winning pointless arguments, especially if the other person in the argument is also stubborn. Silence just often seems the best way out. So we stay in silence until one of two things happen; one of us crumbles or we just ride it out and end up forgetting what we were fighting about. However, while riding out the silence its awkward to say the least. I have to hold my tongue, and that is something I can't do with ease.

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