>be me
>at appointment
>nothing interesting, sexual, or medical, but too specific to be specific. sorry. and i don’t like using placeholders because if i forget what placeholder i used and tell the story again later, it’d seem like i lied about the whole thing so i just opt to leave blanks. anyway…
>i can tell we are both feeling sad
>not as talkative, we usually talk casually about our lives each time i’m there, we are the same age
>i say “i’m sorry if i’m not as talkative, i’m just going through a hard time” to break the silence because it was obvious
>”oh me too. i just dumped my fiancé of (same exact amount of years me and my ex were together)”
:’))))))))))))))))))))
>plsdontmakethisaboutyourselflikeyoualwaysfuckingdoplsdontmakethisaboutyourselflikeyoualwaysfuckingdoplsdontmakethisaboutyourselflikeyoualwaysfuckingdo.jpeg
>”oh my goodness… i am so sorry. are you okay?”
>*lets her talk about it for some time without interruption*
>i swear to god i’m so socially retarded… it’s so hard to know how to navigate sensitive conversations like this in the moment but i figured i should just let her talk.
>”oh yeah that sucks i’m so sorry…”
>she says ”it’s all good, at least i got to keep our dogs!”
>”oh! well that’s great!” :D
:’DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
you gotta be kidding me
>okay fine i’ll say it
>”yup. me too. same amount of years. that’s great you got to keep your dogs though, i wish i could’ve.”
(he offered. it’s a long, too-specific story as to why i couldn’t)
>”i’m so sorry i need to stop making everything about myself i’m so so sorry”
>i think she senses i’m just not good at socializing so she reassures me and is like “no, that’s normal! this is relating!”
>have a nice chat about it
>she lists the reasons why she dumped him, all the same reasons my ex would certainly give
>tear duct dams working overtime but i managed
fucking kek
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