sky.
told a close friend i liked her. she wanted to stay friends. then she got distant and weird and i realized i needed actual space to stop hoping.
i said i'd reach out when ready. i probably won't. now i feel like i ruined something just by being honest.
for the newly figuring-it-out crowd: how do you not turn every friendship into a landmine.
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honesty didn't ruin it — mismatched wants made it awkward. space is the adult move, not a crime.
Fran
next time look for clearer mutual queer signals before confessing into a void. still: you learned something without dying. that's the bar.
sky.
without dying is a solid metric rn
Lina
guilt is normal. don't let it rewrite the story into "i shouldn't have spoken." speaking is how you find people who say yes.
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