Not only to be sure they want to talk to me but also to be sure we are still friends. I swear to god I never know, and when I risk t, it’s still feels like a 50/50 for me.
And then you get an invite from a person you would have thought you aren’t friends with, based on their behavior. Time to start a game I like to call: “Is it an invite out of politeness/because of a social norm I’m missing or is this an actual invite because we are friends and I missed that”
Not only to be sure they want to talk to me but also to be sure we are still friends. I swear to god I never know, and when I risk t, it’s still feels like a 50/50 for me.
And then you get an invite from a person you would have thought you aren’t friends with, based on their behavior. Time to start a game I like to call: “Is it an invite out of politeness/because of a social norm I’m missing or is this an actual invite because we are friends and I missed that”
And you can’t just ask because, like measuring a quantum system, measurement perturbs the system.