Take and give
The fine art of a conversation, it is about bringing together the moment while keeping the movement flowing and not letting the other side show, not letting the ugly and the plain dominate the give and take, not the take and give
What I would like to say is there is nothing you can do to help or make it better, but perhaps you could explain why when he said it was best for me not to tag along you said ok. Because I don't care if he doesn't want me to tag along, but it does make me sad that you don't care if I tag along or not.
Nothing
There was a small flutter, a tiny distraction, then we were left without an option, when...
