This is a great question. It’s not about one-upmanship; it’s about being sympathetic and hearing out a good story. Life is full of broken bones, cuts, and surprise trips to the emergency room. Let’s talk about how we got into all those messes! This question could be asked of lots of people, but it seems like a great date question in particular. (I don’t always answer the questions myself but I just have to share that one of my best friends and I played a lot of paintball in high school and early college. My best friend’s roommate’s mom’s boyfriend (seriously) tagged along with us one time. We lent him one of our extra paintball guns. Super nice guy. So nice he wanted to help clean the gun at the end of the day when we were all relaxing in the parking lot of the paintball field. We said it was fine, we’d handle it. He kept fiddling, removed safety features, and accidentally shot me RIGHT between the eyes from less than 3 feet. Didn’t lose my eyes but came REAL close. The resulting welt/wound was hideous.)

Source: From a conversation with a friend – Patricia – who just had a surprise appendectomy!

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