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author_by_night ([personal profile] author_by_night) wrote in [personal profile] dolorosa_12 2025-01-25 12:03 am (UTC)

FWIW, by the sounds of that guy, I think he would've asked you out no matter what. But yeah, awkward!

I can think of a few examples, honestly. One that came to mind just now was when in high school, I went to a school event with a friend and her parents, who had been chaperones. They stayed at a hotel and we stayed with her sister, whose university happened to be near the town we were in. I was really excited because I was expecting a girl's night, except her sister ended up having friends over and kind of shoving my friend and I to the side. Not in a mean way, she was nice about it, but it still happened.

When we went to bed, my friend started jerking wildly in her sleep and I had to drag her sister from her friends because I thought my friend was having a seizure. She was fine, that was just how she slept.

In fairness, IIRC it was their last weekend of the semester, so I'm sure she wanted to see her friends one last time before the summer.Also, there were potentially conversations I can see her not wanting her sister around for. (Either crazy college stories, or could've just been very personal stuff.) I'm also certain now, with the benefit of hindsight, that us staying over there was a request from her parents. In other words, I think it was more of a babysitting gig to her, despite us being teenagers.

Still, it was a little awkward and disappointing.

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