I think then, you can trully appreciate this...
..once, in a forum thread where we were all being a little.. crazy, silly even (oh perish the thought, that never happens here!), I wrote something foolish. Not knowing that my girlfriend, a forgiving saint who more than tolerates my game-playing, was watching. Afterwards, it became a little in-joke that we would toss at each other, in a good natured ribbing way...
Oh, how cruel Fate chooses to play itself out. I soooo understand your experience.
Not too long ago, I was happily tossing photons on the LB3 server, when I hear my apartment door open, and 'Hi hon, what are you up too?'... I was in Fed must-micro-adjust-for-those-precious-few-points-of-power mode, and didn't even take my eyes off the screen when I said, very loudly and with attitude...
"HOW DARE YOU INTERRUPT ME WHILE I AM EXECUTING MY EVIL PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE UNIVERSE, WOMAN?!?'
Translation: Playing Star Trek honey, I missed you today.
Hmm... dead silence. I turn, thinking maybe she needs help with something...
... to see the jaws dropping on her parents, who are standing right behind her.
"...umm, it's a private joke, sorry... really, it is..."
Translation: OMG I'm dead
Finally, her father speaks up, obviously not impressed with my tone of voice, "We came by to invite you two to our cottage for the weekend. So, did you have any plans?"
Translation: I don't care what you thought you were doing, you're coming to visit.
'Nuff said... I feel your pain.