Spinning the wheel to break the quiet

It was one of those lulls in conversation where everyone just sort of looks at their phones. The silence was getting a bit thick, you know? I remembered the wheel app on my phone and figured it was worth a shot.

Everyone leaned in a little

I just said, "Alright, let's see what the wheel says we should do." I didn't make a big deal of it. I tapped the screen, and the wheel started spinning with a soft, digital whir.I remember looking around and seeing everyone's eyes fixed on my phone screen. No one was talking, but they were all watching it closely, waiting to see where it would stop. It was a small thing, but it gave us all something to share for a second.

The relief of a shared laugh

It landed on 'Do your best celebrity impression.' There was a beat of silence, and then someone groaned playfully. Another person immediately launched into a surprisingly good impression that had us all cracking up.That was it, really. The awkwardness just dissolved. We weren't a group of people trying to make conversation anymore. We were just people laughing at a bad British accent. The wheel gave us a permission slip to be a bit silly.

What was on the wheel

I'd filled it with things that were low-stakes but had the potential to be funny. Nothing that would make anyone feel put on the spot in a bad way.