Not correcting clear factual errors for the sake of social niceties
Was at a stay and play for my daughter's school on Friday. The theme was bugs and nature with the kids all in costumes. My daughter was a butterfly. There's a boy who is for some reason in one of those generic primark style Brazil football kits, assume that was his choice he insisted on. Listen, fair play.
When out in the playground, this kid sees a football and runs and kicks it. At this point his seemingly nice enough middle aged mum goes "he thinks he's Ronaldo! " which instinctively had me impressed with the reference before she inexplicably added "wrong country I know!"
She meant Cristiano, she had enough knowledge to know about that Ronaldo and that he isn't Brazilian, but not enough to know about Ronaldo Nazario.
Let me tell you, her being so near yet so far to being right and me being in such close proximity to correct her was a very hard thing to stand by and allow to happen.
Wondering what other scenarios people have found themselves in where you have had to resist that urge to correct some clear and obvious mistakes?