*This was a texting conversation*
So basically what happened is I asked some girl about where she went with her friend the weekend prior.
Not even in a notoriously creepy way or anything. She told me about it earlier and so I just asked “where was that place you were talking about earlier?”
They went hiking someplace and so I just wanted to know where it was so I could look into it and possibly make plans of going there myself.
I wished her luck on her own plans for the weekend, which she says fell through.
So I tried to express sympathy without overdoing it “awh that sucks, I’m sorry”.
And then I tried to strike a tone of optimism, “You can definitely still give it a try with your family sometime”
But I was left on read.
The point I was trying to make was “hey I know it sucks but don’t worry about it too much, you’ll have an opportunity to do this again in the future, and things don’t always go according to plan the first time”
But I guess perhaps maybe I should’ve been more empathetic.
At the same time though I didn’t want to be a pushover and completely overdo it.
Either way I thought about inviting her to do some things with me and my friends because I felt kind of bad about her situation but I dediced against it because I wanted to be respectful of her situation and give her some space.
Naturally from my perspective, if I was in the same situation I wouldn’t want someone being like “oh that sucks, so will you join me instead?”
