A guy didn't answer to my message of good lucj, should I ask how did it go if I know that he lost?

[Solodic]

I have a guy friend. We had a thing that we were flirting woth each other. But he said that he wasn'tookign for anything serious, so we decided to stay friends. I think we still like each other, but I don't know. We were chatting recently, and i wished him good luck in his game. He lost, then didn't answet. I do know that he is pissed of because of his perfomance, as his friend told me. Should i double text and pretend like i don't know how did it go?

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Basically, a game was quite general. We are fencers, so that was one of the competitions

[caring__1]

Just say, "I hear the match didn't go as we had hoped. I hope you were able to learn something from it, leading to better results next time. I'll be rooting for you."

[Solodic]

I feel like he will become even more pissed off. If he wanted to talk about it, he would have replied, right?

[caring__1]

Ignoring the elephant in the room will never make it go away. It's always better to address it and then move forward. Come across as supportive and caring, not ignoring, judgmental or focusing on what he should have done. No one likes people playing Monday morning quarterback, pretending they're better than others and saying what should have been done.

[Solodic]

Thank you for thjs message! You are completely right. I'll do my best to support him even if he doesn't want to speak now. He is still my friend, after all

[caring__1]

You're welcome. He'll bounce back soon. We all face disappointments in life, but we eventually move on.

[Avicenna]

Yeah, you should follow up with him

[Solodic]

But wouldn't he replied if he wanted to? Especially if he didn't answer alrrady

[Avicenna]

Maybe not. Don’t do it more than one more time, though.

[spartan55]

What game?

[spartan55]

What, like rec league 🤺.

[Solodic]

It was a comp on a antional level, but a small one

[spartan55]

I have to second @In_Trance you should call.

[Guy13]

What?

[In_Trance]

Call him

[Solodic]

We don't usually call each other. Just text.

[In_Trance]

That's the problem

[Solodic]

I mean, probably, yeah. But in person we always chat quite a lot. But as a texter, he's alwful. Yet i don't wanna call him as he's already pissed off

[In_Trance]

Good luck