Back in middle school my brother and I were riding bikes and he got hit by a car. He was crossing the street and this lady was stopped at the stop sign, but let up off the gas for some reason as he crossed in front of her. Nobody was hurt, but she called the police so they could assess everything and make sure all was well. While we were waiting for them to show up she turned to me: "And who are you?" "I'm his brother," I answered. I didn't realize what I'd said until she was staring at me like I'd grown two heads. I then "corrected myself" and laughs were had... like Jay said above, for different reasons. I had a habit of doing stuff like this. Another example that springs to mind is when I told a friend I was the "king" of something and she said "Umm, you mean queen right?" "Oh... yeah..." So I started using gender-neutral terms like "person" to describe myself (and other people too--I always hated when people used gendered terms for me, so it felt natural not to use them for others). I really need to stop doing that now, it sounds weird.
