How do I get out of a karaoke duet I signed up for by naming a floor lamp?
Funny'Floor Lamp and Dave, you're after the next song,' the host announced.
Floor Lamp was apparently me. In our karaoke chat, Dave had asked for duet partners. I thought we were helping him invent a stage name and suggested 'Dave and the Floor Lamp'. He replied, 'Perfect,' and I added a laughing face.
At the party he handed me the second microphone. I told him I wasn't singing. He said he'd chosen a song we both knew and had skipped asking anyone else because I'd already volunteered. He looked genuinely disappointed, not just theatrically abandoned by his furniture.
I don't sing in front of groups. Dave has heard me singing in the car and says this is only twelve friends, but those twelve friends are precisely the audience I don't want. I stayed to cheer him on; he sang solo and changed the name to 'Dave and the Missing Lamp'.
Can I explain the misunderstanding without making it sound as though he's foolish for reading my reply as a yes?
