This blog post has been authored by Stephanie Weichert, Stephanie Weichert Coaching
Months before I met my husband, I had dated someone casually for a few months. Both of us were swimmers. I had to quit swimming due to a shoulder injury. At my last practice, he had something to say to me that I would remember 20 years later.
On the side of the pool that day, he approached me for what would prove to be an awkward exchange. He said, “You know that warm feeling you feel when you see someone you like from across a crowded room? You are excited to see them and you smile.” I wasn’t sure where he was going with things, but I listened warily anyway.
He glibly continued. “I don’t feel that way about you.”
Interesting way for him to signal that he didn’t want to date anymore. If I were being super generous, I could imagine deep down he meant well. The truth was, I wasn’t interested either. I had already arrived…