How to prevent interruption of conversation in cases where I laughed when I really shouldn't?

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I believe many people got into a situation where they were the only ones laughing in a large group. People usually start staring at the person, making the situation more awkward.

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How to avoid interruption of conversation, lecture, or some other verbal communication in cases where my laughing looked awkward?

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This usually happens when I am among my groupmates in university. The last time it happened others started laughing too, probably because of me. Then people pretended that nothing happened, though there was still a moment of awkwardness.

What concerns me is the fact that I interrupted the conversation. I don't mind being stared at.

Answer 1

Pretend like nothing happened.

This will be awkward. No escaping that. I remember having laughed out a little too loud in school and caused everyone to stare at me, on many separate occasions. I was probably talking to my friends in the adjacent seats.

I have then quickly tried to pretend as if nothing happened. Then the teacher would either continue the class or would ask me to get up and she'd be like "what's so funny? share it with the class, so we can all laugh!".

In essence, I'd suggest pretending nothing happened. That's the quickest solution. Any effort to explain why you laughed would stall the original conversation from continuing its course.