Submitted 1 day ago by SAGEGREEN@leminal.space to [deleted]
Last night, I was drinking alone at the bar counter when an older man sitting next to me, also drinking alone, started talking to me. He said, “I got divorced last month. Back when I was married, I used to come up with all sorts of excuses to go out drinking by myself. But now that I’m actually single, drinking alone just feels… lonely.” So I ignored him.
Hey if you didn’t have the emotional capacity for that good for you.
My feelings were on low battery.
Totally valid reason to not respond. Take care of yourself before you take care of someone else.
You missed out on a very pleasant conversation, I bet this would have been fun, so I understand the FOMO. Don’t beat yourself up, maybe you can bump into him again and get a second chance to have this exciting conversation?
Are you married too, OP?
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 1 day ago
A bus driver once pulled over and sat there crying. I was the only one on the bus. He looked up at me in the rearview mirror and said “my sister just died”.
I pretended to listen to music and ignored him. I dont have much empathy on an individual level, probs something to do with Neurodivergence. He sat there for a bit and said “ok then” and then started driving again.
I still think about it sometimes, dont know why.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My guess? Probably because you know you should’ve forced yourself to be a bit more humane, it wouldn’t have killed you.
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Maybe