super awkward situation - what would you do, OOT?

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the real sadness here is that you are reduced to being a cold SOB who can't help out a little kid out of fear of something looking wrong. think how things may look but also look back to when you were 5-6 and were just starting to be thought of as a "big boy" and not a baby. How horrified would you be if you pissed yourself in front of all these people. If I was in my friend's situation and had to look at the terror in this kid's eyes as he struggles not to piss himself, I don't know if I could have just stood back and let him do it.


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Meh, kids piss themselves all the time. Also at no point in the OP was imminent pants-pissing or "terror in the kid's eyes" conveyed. That could be a different story.

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I'm the OP. My friend did say the kid looked like he was going to cry.

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OP can also stand for "original post". Hence "in the OP" which is either really weird or makes no sense the other way.