(Please tell me if this is in the wrong forum)
There's an incident during high school, many years ago, that I still mull about from time to time.
I was a strongly-involved member of my Science Olympiad club in high school, and became strong acquaintances with several other members. Some of the boys invited me to attend a LAN party at one of their houses. One of them was a guy who was one grade above me; he wasn't that talkative, but it's because of him that I began to play DDR seriously. They had planned another LAN party, and invited me to attend, but it never happened for one reason or another.
I received an email from him sometime later (it could have been days or weeks), apologizing for the LAN party not working out, among other things. I wasn't angry or disappointed about the LAN party, so that surprised me a little bit. What got me was him saying that he really liked me.
I was at a loss as to what to say or do...no one had ever written or spoken anything like that to me before. I didn't reply to that email. I couldn't even read it, it caught me so off guard. I felt terrified at the thought of any sort of relationship other than simply friendship. It occupied my thoughts for quite some time, but since then I'd lost the message and forgotten most of what he'd written.
Anyone regret missing an opportunity which could well have evolved to something more serious than just friendship?
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"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -- Albert Einstein
24 Feb 2008, 6:42 pm
