Alison Wood Brooks

Yeah, so we were at this sort of trendy restaurant downtown, and there was music thumping, and we were eating delicious foods and having cocktails, and I worked up the—finally mustered the courage to tell her what had been on my mind. And I could tell that she was both—

Yeah, so we were at this sort of trendy restaurant downtown, and there was music thumping, and we were eating delicious foods and having cocktails, and I worked up the—finally mustered the courage to tell her what had been on my mind. And I could tell that she was both—

intrigued and interested in what i was telling her and she engaged with me on it so nicely but you know as so many hard conversations hard topics become more difficult over time i realized that she'd heard me she was maybe getting a little bit emotional and so i didn't want to push it and i switched topics and we moved on but

intrigued and interested in what i was telling her and she engaged with me on it so nicely but you know as so many hard conversations hard topics become more difficult over time i realized that she'd heard me she was maybe getting a little bit emotional and so i didn't want to push it and i switched topics and we moved on but

intrigued and interested in what i was telling her and she engaged with me on it so nicely but you know as so many hard conversations hard topics become more difficult over time i realized that she'd heard me she was maybe getting a little bit emotional and so i didn't want to push it and i switched topics and we moved on but

So after this dinner, I felt so proud that I had worked up the courage to be direct and honest with my friend and proud of her for being so receptive to my perspective. And it just I felt like the conversation had gone really well. So fast forward two days and a text message pops up on my phone from my friend. And immediately I'm so curious. I'm thinking, oh my gosh, did I change her mind?

So after this dinner, I felt so proud that I had worked up the courage to be direct and honest with my friend and proud of her for being so receptive to my perspective. And it just I felt like the conversation had gone really well. So fast forward two days and a text message pops up on my phone from my friend. And immediately I'm so curious. I'm thinking, oh my gosh, did I change her mind?

So after this dinner, I felt so proud that I had worked up the courage to be direct and honest with my friend and proud of her for being so receptive to my perspective. And it just I felt like the conversation had gone really well. So fast forward two days and a text message pops up on my phone from my friend. And immediately I'm so curious. I'm thinking, oh my gosh, did I change her mind?

Had she been thinking about this? Is she ready to open up about this? Maybe she's been wondering about this guy too. And maybe she kind of knows they're not a good fit for each other. And she's going to say, thank you so much for empowering me to really say this out loud. I was excited to see how she was going to react. And I opened my phone. I opened the text message. And what do I see?

Had she been thinking about this? Is she ready to open up about this? Maybe she's been wondering about this guy too. And maybe she kind of knows they're not a good fit for each other. And she's going to say, thank you so much for empowering me to really say this out loud. I was excited to see how she was going to react. And I opened my phone. I opened the text message. And what do I see?

Had she been thinking about this? Is she ready to open up about this? Maybe she's been wondering about this guy too. And maybe she kind of knows they're not a good fit for each other. And she's going to say, thank you so much for empowering me to really say this out loud. I was excited to see how she was going to react. And I opened my phone. I opened the text message. And what do I see?

I see a photo. It's very clearly her hand. It's the same bright red nail polish she'd been wearing at our dinner just two nights before. And a beautiful... diamond ring on her ring finger. Her boyfriend had proposed and she had said yes.

I see a photo. It's very clearly her hand. It's the same bright red nail polish she'd been wearing at our dinner just two nights before. And a beautiful... diamond ring on her ring finger. Her boyfriend had proposed and she had said yes.

I see a photo. It's very clearly her hand. It's the same bright red nail polish she'd been wearing at our dinner just two nights before. And a beautiful... diamond ring on her ring finger. Her boyfriend had proposed and she had said yes.

That's right. And that she had already helped him pick out the ring. Oh, wow. I think she was grappling with a lot of feelings in that moment. She didn't want to embarrass me. She didn't want to hurt me. She didn't. Maybe I made her feel embarrassed that she was ready to go forward with this huge step in her life. Or maybe she didn't really hear me.

That's right. And that she had already helped him pick out the ring. Oh, wow. I think she was grappling with a lot of feelings in that moment. She didn't want to embarrass me. She didn't want to hurt me. She didn't. Maybe I made her feel embarrassed that she was ready to go forward with this huge step in her life. Or maybe she didn't really hear me.

That's right. And that she had already helped him pick out the ring. Oh, wow. I think she was grappling with a lot of feelings in that moment. She didn't want to embarrass me. She didn't want to hurt me. She didn't. Maybe I made her feel embarrassed that she was ready to go forward with this huge step in her life. Or maybe she didn't really hear me.

You know, I kind of mentioned it quickly and I didn't want to make it a dramatic thing and we moved on quickly. So maybe she wasn't even really able to process what I was saying. I don't know because we never talked about it again. Yeah.

You know, I kind of mentioned it quickly and I didn't want to make it a dramatic thing and we moved on quickly. So maybe she wasn't even really able to process what I was saying. I don't know because we never talked about it again. Yeah.

You know, I kind of mentioned it quickly and I didn't want to make it a dramatic thing and we moved on quickly. So maybe she wasn't even really able to process what I was saying. I don't know because we never talked about it again. Yeah.