The things he could have said

The things he could have said

First of all, he could have said “Hi, how are you doing?  I know you said you wanted some space, but I wanted to let you know I was thinking of you”.

Instead, he said, “Went on my first date Friday. After much  deliberation, I  decided to share that, although it was nice, I couldn't shake the feeling that I wish it was you. Crazy as that might be”

When I got back to him, telling him that I’ve been miserable, and why on earth would he send this message to me?  How was he trying to make me feel?  Because it upset me! 

After that, he could have said, “I’m sorry, I should never have sent that to you.  I didn’t realize how that would make you feel.  And I’m sorry things haven’t been going well for you”.  But he didn’t. Nope.  While he did say, kind of, that the message wasn’t intended to hurt me….he didn’t seem very sorry, not at all.

I asked him more than once to explain his reasoning in contacting me in such a way.  He said, “We have nothing more to say to each other”. (In his language meaning he didn’t want to talk about it).  He could have tried to say something nice.

I told him I wished he had tried to reach out to me in a different way.  He said, “I’ll never bother you again”.  (In his language meaning I’ll never hear from him ever again).  He could have said he’d try to more sensitive of my feelings.

Oh, the things he could have said, but didn’t.