This isn’t so much awkward as it is friggin obnoxious!!! Ever go over someone’s house, and they have a dog or two or five, and you go into the house and suddenly you get STAMPEDED by said dogs the moment you open the door!? This has happened to me on so many occasions I’ve lost count. And then the owners try to yell at the dog(s), like that’s really gonna make them stop jumping on you. Meanwhile you’re getting clawed up and down your legs, arms, chest, face, wherever you’ve got exposed skin, and you’re cowering in the corner next to the door making a squinched-up face trying to protect yourself from the claws and the teeth and the saliva that are overpowering you. Eventually the owners stop yelling and try a different tactic: humor. “Oh, that old mutt,” they chuckle, “he always does that!” This of course does nothing to help the fact that you’re now bleeding from several different locations on your body. Somehow amidst the fury of teeth and claws, you extricate yourself and run for the nearest safe place, like a bathroom, and lock yourself in there until the dogs can be contained. When you finally emerge, your hosts are as nonplussed and cavelier as ever, even as they appraise your impressive new collection of wounds. Their nonchalance infuriates you, but you don’t show it. No one wants to look like a wuss who can’t handle dogs. But you’ll always dread coming over these people’s house from now on and you’re definitely judging them for their lack of animal control skills. So, if you don’t want your friends to hate you, lock up your unruly dogs before they come over, or bring them to obedience school (the dogs, not your friends).
