Aubrey Carter

That would be exactly the same for me, for sure.

Yeah.

So this is that fun construction to be at first it was this, but then it became something else.

And then I say, oh, it quickly became more than just a once a week thing.

So this is that other chunk of it became more than, and then you name what it was at first.

At first you thought it would just be once a week.

Though at least it's FOMO for something really positive.

I'd be the opposite.

I'd be like, it became a zero a week thing the moment I found out how much I hate running.

Yes, which happens to the best of us, right?

So you should be able to connect about it in English.

I really love this vocab for connection today, right?

You do want to share what you value.

And when something escalates, especially if it's good like this, something was kind of meh and became amazing, you should be chatting about that.

Absolutely.

And there's a really good connection moment at the beginning of this roleplay when I just asked like, oh, hey, what did you decide about the running club?

That means I remembered a previous conversation.

I care to find out.

That's a big part of connection is remembering what people care about and tell you about.

And instead of just being like, hey, how's it going?