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TIFU by having morning wood at the same time as my best friend

Two of my closest buddies from college spent the night because we all had an early flight to catch the next morning. Out of consideration for my roommate (we didn’t want him to feel like we were completely dominating the apartment), only one of my buddies slept out in the living room and the other slept in my room on an air-mattress.

I woke up slightly before the alarm that he set went off, and when I turned over to see whether he was awake too, I quickly glanced and saw that he was still asleep, lying on his back pitching a tent in his boxers (which, while hilarious, was not at all a big deal to me, so I went about my business). I actually had morning wood too, but to be honest, I felt much less awkward after I noticed his and decided to just get up, start gathering my stuff, and make a dash for the bathroom rather than waiting in bed for it to go down. But as soon as I happened to get out of bed, his alarm went off, which caught me off guard. While reaching for his phone (alarm), I guess he noticed that his tent was on full display and quickly sat up to hide it. Then he looked over at me and I guess realized that we were in the same boat, laid back down again, and adjusted himself.

I said something to the effect of “Hey man, I’m headed to the bathroom unless you wanted to go first. Looks like we both really gotta go (lol)!”—ya know, just to make light of the situation. He awkwardly laughed it off as well and told me to go ahead, so I threw on some basketball shorts, headed to the bathroom, and thought nothing more of it.

However, I’ve felt like things have been awkward between us ever since—he’s been acting really weird. I mean, at the end of the day, we’re both dudes, so morning wood is natural and bound to happen. I get that he could maybe be self conscious but we’ve changed in locker rooms plenty of times after the gym together (albeit of course never bricked up). And if I’m being completely honest as a secure straight man, there’s nothing for either of us to be embarrassed about (if you catch my drift).

TLDR: Situation where me and my best friend both had/saw each other’s morning wood, leaving him to feel awkward or uncomfortable. How would you address this? Should I have handled the situation differently?

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